The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-31
ROUNTREE SCORES A PARTIAL
 VICTORY AMID WILD SCENES
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 the executive committee, but also sald
 that the association must purify itself 1 He alluded to MT. Rountree as the Jonah
 who might cause the destruction of the l organization and added that in purifying
 a stream the most natural place to be- l gin was at its source.
 G. w. Reed said that he was not going
 to air his views on MT. Rountrees ac- 1 tiop. but that he did want to protest
 against the extrajudicial power assumed by the executive committee regarding | the matter under discussion. "The eXecu- 1 tive committee met this morning and attempted to pass on MT. Rountree's case | and preiudiced the association against him. ;" he said. T believe they have gone beyond themselves" (Applause) Gen. R. N. Rhodes: l am opposed to MT. Benner's motion in the first place because its language is offensive-is dis respectful to the most important commit tee of this organization. 'SThis body is superior to the executive l committee and can ratify or refuse 10 ratify anything done by the committee. We are not purely a friendly associa- ton, We arc chartered corporation ana our executive committee has the right to act the same as that Of any other chartered corporation.
 My entire sympathy goes out to MT. Rountree. I would not vote for meas ure to expel him. It would not have been possible for him to have practiced any malfasance without the practical conni- vance of sundry members of the associa- tion.
 This association should pass a resolu- l tion severely condemning all newspaper men who have misused their transporta- tion."
 ConWay's Remarks. F. F. Conway said: If MT. Rountree cannot reply favorably to this report of the Investigating committee he ought to be expelled before this meeting adjourns. But he is not the only one. We are all on trial before the people of the state today"
 He moved a substitute to deny the right of the executive committee to declare an office vacant and that the office of sec retary be declared vacant by this associa- ton pending this investigation. Delegated Authority. Through MT. Glass it was brought out that the executive committee had dele gated to Mir Rountree the authority to arrange for and to conduct the press trip. He maintained therefore that the com | mittee had the right to demand an ac- count of their agents actions. The com- mittees only recourse In the matter was to demand the resignation of MT. Roun- tree. It was all they could do when the secretary refused to render an account of his actions.
 Mir Benners said that his only idea in introducing the original resolution was to discredit the act of the committee in declaring an office of the association va- cant. They claim they were acting in vacation" he said, "when, as a matter of fact they had this very meeting post hot they could take this hghhanded action
 q insist on my original motion to dis avow and dsown the action of the execu- tive committee, and I shall vote against this substitute.''
 The substitute was carried which tenn porarily vacated the office of secretary until the next annual meeting of the as- sociation. MT. West was elected secre- tary pro tenn.
 A motion to adjourn was made. which precipitated warm debate at random during which MT. Wilson said he was not in favor of this meeting resolving itself into a lynching party.
 MT. Wilson during the melee finally got the floor second time and another mo- ton to adjourn was finally wedged in but he withered it and yielded the floor to Gen. R. N. Rhodes, who offered the fol- lowing resolutions:
 Rhodes Resolution.
 Resolved by the Alabama Press Asso- citation, That the lending, giving away or sale of transportation by any newspaper or newspaper owner, publisher, manager or editor. except under the terms of con- tracts with transportation companies, and the use of the transportation by anyone except it be issued in his or her name is both illegal and improper, and such con- duct is condemned by this association"
 The resolution was passed by vote of thirty-eight to seventeen.
 Considerable confusion was caused by MT. Conway's assertion that Mir. Hart, who was taking active part in the dis cussion, was not member of the asso- ciation.
 In spite of the rule that motion to adjourn is not debatable, everybondv tried to talk on the subject Mir. Camper insisted that a members vote on the question would be either a Justification of condemnation of Secretary Rountree. MT. Rosson moved that Secretary Roun- tree be condemned and that he be called upon to reimburse each member for money he has wrongfully callected dur ing the past eleven years MT. Glass said that if every man did not express himself squarely and une- quivocally on Mir. Rountree's action in some shape or other the association was
 
 When MT. Rosson insisted on his motion and spoke about reimbursing members he was hissed and withdrew the latter clause of his motion.
 Rountree's Appeal.
 Mir. Rountree amid the confusion asked that he be not condemned before he was given fair trial and allowed to present his side of the case. He said it was right granted to the meanest criminal that he be not hanged without trial.
 Mir. Brooks secured the floor again and opposed the motion to condemn the sec retary before he had been given trial before the association.
 The chair finally ruled that the motion to adjourn was made before that of MT. Rosson and a vote was taken on the question.
 It was carried by the close margin of thirty-four to twenty-nine and President Yerby declared the association adjourn ed.