The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-07

I do not attempt to be the mouthpiece. or to speak as by the authority of the President, but knowing the man, knowing his acts, knowing his public utterances. l know that what have said. today are the Presidents views upon these great ques- tions and know 1t as any other citizen ought to know 1t.
 Appeals for Conservatism.
 ssNow let our deliberations be conserv- atiye. There are more battles won by conservatism than by brute force. We all will have to yield some of our views and some of our sentiments and endeavor to get down to that matter which will be for the common good and common veal and welfare of our party. We must give and take in a spirit of conciliation and in spirit of honor and integrity.
 My friends we frequently hear people say, speak of the Constitution following the flag Equal rights to all men and special privileges to none and all such high-sounding phrases as that, are but meaningless words to those who do not practice what they preach. Constitution follow the flag Yes; God grant that the Constitution and flag always will follow each other, and that 1t may follow in Alabama as we'll as in any other State in the Union. God grant that under the  pressed of all nations who come to our shores may find a haven of rest. God give us peace in this country, political peace peace of personal and property l rights, give us peace among our fellow men everywhere, and let us look only 10 the common good of our country. and not | to our own self-interest, because we can | only accomplish things in this manner by | pulling together.
 Stand by Constitution. "Now, I have detained you long enough
 and I want to say to you, that presiding l temporarily over this meeting, that you
 must help me in the discharge of my duty; you must have that degree of gen. <, erosity to each other so as to make this conference a success. It is success all
 ready so far as numbers and personnel
 are concerned, let us make it in fact that success that it ought to be, and let us
 show as I said in the beginning to the | people all over this country that the He- | publican party in Alabama is iaw-aplo- l ing party. that it stands by the law, that | 1t stands by the constitution Of it's State | as long as it Is upon the statute DOCKS.
 as well as he constitution of the United | States.
 "Of course the courts of the country | are open to every citizen, and Congress IS |
 wrongs that have been perpetrated, but willie it is on the statute book l say, don't endeavor to tear down the law by illegal methods. the law may be attacked 1 by legal methods but not by illegal ones. | Let us say to the people we know what | the law is. and we will stand by 1t as | long as it is upon the statute books | T thank you for giving me your kind | attention to these remarks and without | anything further I will now call the meet ing together and will ask that the con- | ference now be in order.
 NEGROES CoMFoRTED
 BY HUNDLEY'S WORDS | MT. Hundley's sentiments were meat | and drink to his negro hearers. Tney | were then to get the comfort he extended l them. He had oratorical gifts and he | displayed them. The negro. ever sus- | coptible to oratory. was reused to en- thusiasm frequently and the sentiments | of the speaker were heartily applauded. | MT. Hundley spoke clearly and dis | tinctly and a good voice enhanced the | value of his address.
 At the conclusion of his remarks 1t | was announced that w. A. Anderson, white man and U. A. Mason, a negro. | had been named as temporary secreta- | ries of the conference.
 The temporary organization was, upon l motion of A. M. Johnson, negro from | Mobile, made permanent.
 | In response to many calls for "Thomp- | son." thompson" J. O. Thompson, one | of the triumvirate, stepped forward | T am not here for speech-making," | line. The best speech that could be made has just been made by Mir. Hundley. l The referees do not want to monopolize | the time of the convention. and the best
 thing we can do is to get down to busi- w. H. Armbrecht, a young white Re- publican from Mobile. moved that a Committee on Rules, to consist of five members. should be appointed by the chairman. The motion, having been adopted. the chair named on the com mittee "; H: Armbrecht. ". T. Hutch and w. B. Chambliss.
 AS the committee retired, A. W. John- son. the negro leader, secured the floor. In his renarks was the first intimation of the dissatisfaction of the negroes, which was to cut an important figure in the proceedings.
 JOHNSON SOUNDS
 NOTE OF DISCoRD.
 Johnson complimented highly the state ment made by MT. Aldrich, for the ref erees, declaring that the speaker was white in heart as we'll as in face.
 Its the best speech from a white Re- publican to negroes" said Johnson, since the days of that noble old Roman, Dr. Mosely, now gone to his reward. But we can ndrOIy endorse your recOmen- dations until we know what you are go- ing to do. We can't expect hope from that party organization now in charge of Republican affairs-an organization which was conceived in sin and brought forth in iniQuity.
 "The chairman of that committee" continued Johnson, has put himself out side of the pale of Republicanism and is incapable of presiding over any Re- publican organization. We have no as- surance that the work of the Birmingham Convention will be undone."
 That Birmingham convention was in league, with the Constitutional Conven- tion." Johnson went on. Tt went even further than the Constitutional Conven- tion. The Democrats partially disfran- chised us and that Bingham convention wholly disfranchised us.
 "it is now proposed to leave the future of the party with the Executive Com mittee. I am not satisfied with the manifesto we have heard. We have already had our hands bound. Shall we allow our feet to be bound, too? We negroes are a grateful race. We were grateful to the Republican party for what 1t did for us. We were too grateful and that's what's put us where we are now I would a thousand times rather voted for Governor Jelks than for J. A. w. Smith,"
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