The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-06
REPUBLICANS ASK NEGROES
 TO RETURN TO THE PARTY

jority of the members of the Republican State Executive Committee. They were informed that the referees and their friends were In charge or the party ma chinery and were abe to go anesd with their reorganization plans The negroes were asked to join in the work and abide by the action of the conference.
 Ad Wlmbs, the well known negro from Hale County, spoke in support or the proposition of the white Republicans. lie urged the negroes to line up with the reiormers. Several of the negroes present opposed Wimbs and his position. They declared tFat some of the white Republicans had and had not accepted them.
 A N Johnson of Mobile. in his talk. invited the white Republicans to assist the negro in breaking down the suffrage clause of the new Constitution. He in- yited the whites 10 7eip the deserving negroes to secure registration certificates
 No promises were given by the referees and the caucus broke up without dennite results.
 Hundley to Preside Today.
 Oscar R. Hundley of Huntsville will be the temporary Chairman of the hepuph- can conference winch win meet today at noon in the hall of the House of Repre- sentatives at the Capitol.
 He will deliver. perhaps, the principal speech of the conference in assuming the chair. In thls speech he Is expected to define the position of the administration forces in Alabama and to outline the pol icy of the Conference.
 Mir. Hundley Is expected in his opening speech to describe the attitude of Presi- dent Roosevelt towards Alabama Repub- licans and Alabama conditions.
 The announcement that MT. Hundley Is to preside over the Conference was made yesterday by J. O. Thompson. one of the Alabama referees. The three referees ,.ft.< oaff fnst tho A bama affairs, J. O. Thompson, ". r. Aldrich and Charles H. Scott. are the prime movers in the conference and as such they are acting as steering com mittee in arranging the details or the con ference. The selection of MT. Hundiey as temporary chairman was decided upon by the three referees.
 Mir Hundley is a prominent lawyer og Huntsville and was for many years active in Democratic circles in Madison Coun- ty. He represented at one time Madison County in the Alabama Senate He has since 1896 affiliated with the Republican party and was some months ago an un. successful applicant for United States Attorney of the Northern Aiubama Dis trict.
 A number of speeches will he made by prominent Republicans ani prophecies of the future greatness of the Republican party in Alabama will be plentiful
  the administration of President Roosevelt. It will also pass resolution of sympathy for the negro voters who have not Ee- cured registration.
 Montgomery was last night well filled with Republicans. It was claimed by cer- tain of the Republicans that several hun dred were here. The crowd is undolbt- edly large. perhaps up to the, expecta- tons of the referees.
 On one train last night. the southbound T nA Arao ty-three white Republicans. A large per cent of the crowd Is from North Ala bama. It was said last night that th' North AlabamianR outnumbered the South Alabamians two to one. The referees have headquarters at the Exchange Hotel and about that hotel the | crowd eddied last night. The scene was not unlike the hotel presents during a | Democratic gathering in Montgomery | There was, however. noticeable differ | ence in the personnel ot the crowd. The | Republican leaders looked well and pros porous, but the rank and file hardly com pared with the attendants upon State | Democratic Convention.
 | Some of Those Here. 1 In the crowd last night were Postnnas- | ter P. D. Barker of Mobile. District At | tnrney M. D. Wickersham of Mobile. w | F. Tebbetts. Collector of the Port or Mo | bile. Lee J. Bryan. United States Mar l sinai. Montgomery: Assistant Postmaster | Henr- r. Irwin of Montgomery. Interna | Revenue Collector J, Q, Thompson Q | Birmingham. Postmaster A. J. Locke oi
 Eufauia Postmaster s. c, Starke Q