The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23

 SURE WINNER Capt. Scott Says NOmina-
 tiOn is Certain. ALABAMA REFEREE TALKS "NO Name But That of Presi- dent Will Be Mentioned" AM Registered Republican Voters Will Be Permitted in Montgom-
 cry and Anti-Negrophilists
 May Come Into Fold.
REFEREE TALKS

'No power but death can defeat the nomination of President Roosevelt by the National Republican Convention" de- clared Capt. Charles H. Scott yesterday. Tn fact 1 am sure no name but that of Roosevelt will be mentioned"
 Captain Scott is one of the Republican administration referees in Alabama.
 The Republican conference which will be held in Montgomery May $, it is claim ed by Captain Scott, will mark an inn portant epoch in the history of the Party in Alabama. He expects between 600 and 1000 Republicans will attend the confer ence.
 All qualified Republican voters, white or black, have been invited to attend the conference. The principal business of the conference will be the adoption of a pol icy for the party in Alabama for the fu ture. Prominent Republicans will speak and general discussion is expected with the adoption of formal resolutions. The conference was called by J. O. Thompson, Charles H. Scott, and Will liam F. Aldrich, the three Alabama ref erees having in charge the distribution of the Federal patronage for the State. The conference will be friendly to the admin istration of President Roosevelt. That much is settled. It will in effect be a protest against the Republican State Con vention which shut he door in the face of the negro. Its promoters have deter mined to ma'<e this protest as emphatic as possible.
 The action of President Roosevelt on the question of the negro in politics has worked important changes in the minds of the rank and file of the State. The Birmingham Convention of last year had out a keen and long nnife for the negro. He was busted from the hall and made to feel that his personal safety was en- dangered if he sought to associate with his political allies of former years.
 A number of the leaders of the con- vention undoubtedly went into the work of busting the negro from Republican politics under, a misapprehenslon.
 It Is not denied that many of the dele gates to the Convention believed that their course would meet the approval of the administration. They were speedily undeceived. The President was not long in making his attitude known. He de- capitated Julian Bingham, Collector of Internal Revenue, who was an anti-ne- gro leader and appointed to his place J. O. Thompson. who on the convention floor had led losing fight for the pres ence of the negro in party councils. Oth- CT officeholders who had stood by and been prominent. with Bingham in his fight against the negro, were decapitated. Oth- CT. office holders who in the convention had opposed the negro took to the woods. They have been quiet since the cyclone struck. but. they are expected to be prom inent figures in the coming conference.
 Most of the leading Republicans of the State are holders of Federal positions. It is not thought that any of them care
  word has been passed around that the administration brand is on the conference and all friends of the administration are to take 1t whole. For that reason if for no other, the atte ldance is expected to be large.
 The conference will meet May In the Hall of the House of Representatives. It may be in session two days.
 The object of the conference" said Captain Scott yesterday, lis to get Re- publicans in Alabama back on party lines. A radical departure was made by the Birmingham Convention of last year, but the men who were instrumental in making that departure have seen the fal- lacy of their action. They have aban- doned the plan of action undertaken then and only few Republicans are still de- lending that conventions action. The color line will not be drawn in the Mont gomery conference. The Alabama ref erees who have called the conference. have invited all qualified voters who affiliate with the Republican Party"