The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-11
Conference Pledges Sup
 port to Negro Policy. OTHER FACTIONS MUST GO About Sixty Alabama Republi-
 cans at Meeting. , 
 Scheme to Capture State Convention and Dust Committeeman Dim mick and Chairman Wellman.
 Blacks and Tans to Get Offices.
OTHER FACTIONS MUST GO

E The Alabama supporters of President a Roosevelt, white and black, headed py E the Presidents referees. who met Tn
 Montgomery yesterday, pledged anew ' their support to the Presidents wen known negro policy, and in effect tnrew
 down the gage of battle to the LiS | whites, declaring that all Lily Wm'e N oficeholders in Alabama must go to the N block. ..,,
 In the conference, of more than slAly x Republicans resolutions declaring tna' negroes should have places on the deie- zation to the next Republican Nauonal A convention as well as representation upon all Executive Committees were auopteo [ without dissenting vote. Captain Cnarles h H. Scott of Montgomery, was ehooIseu H for Alabama member of the Natlonai ne- A publican Committee to succeed Captaln J. Fl M. Dimmick of Montgomery, and warfare ras declared upon Walter I. Wellman Of M Huntsville the Lily White chairman or Fl he Republican State Executive Commit
 tee. .,, Fl A dozen or more prominent negro poll { t;cians were present and heartily endors- ed the proceedings of the conference:
 Raferees' Power Strengthened. The conference undoubtedly strengthen ed the hands of the referees. They se- N cured the support of some of. the Lily
 
 \ offcial heads, came into the biacK anu tan fold and the referees won to ther support some of the negroes who nave been holding aloof, proud in their possess sion of the Presidents friendship TOT the A negro. The conference was another step | towards the control by the administrator | Republicans, or the black and tans' or the next State convention with the ooJscI | of sending a Roosevelt delegation to the ]. next Nauonal Republican convention.@The conference in reality drew the line sharp i ly between the administration supporters and Lily Whites. The fight Is now on to a finish between the two, factions for < supremacy in the State convention It is Ahe purpose of the supporters or { the administration led by the rererees 10 \ secure, as a result of the State conven- < tion. the election of an Alabama mem- X her of the National Committee and as chairman of the State Committee man 4 who shall be in line with the Presidents s 4 policy of having negroes represented ln < party councils and caucuses.
 National Committeeman J. w. Dimmick and State Chairman w. l. Wellman are recognized as members of the Lily
 white wing of the party, standing for a
 white mans party in which the negroes shall have no voice Under ordinary cir & cumstances the National Committemen
 and the State Chairman have controlling N voice in the dispensing of Federal pat ronage The Presidents well known pol \ icy towards the negro has robbed these H marty officials in Alabama of all voice in s the appointment of Federal officials. AS x A substitute for their power and in op- V nosition to them in their policy he named three referees to have charge of the dis h nosal ok Federal patronage Tn Alabama. "A The referees named are Captain Charles \ H. Scott, of Montgomery, w. F. Aldrich X of Montevallo, and J. o. Thompson of Birmingham.
 A The Scheme to Control. \ It is the purpose of the referees and h their supporters to make the greatest ' show of strength in the State convention 1 and through it assume control of the narty organization and dispense accord ]. ing to party form, the Alabama patron age. The plan embodies the election of one of the referees as National Commit Il teman and of another as State Chairman. 1. This having been accomplished, the referees, as referees will pass out or existence. The patronage, as of old, will be regularly dispensed through party b channels.
 According to well known Republicans { the Lily Whites, because of the Presl- dents negro policy stand to lose on every proposition These Republicans say that even if the Lily Whites should win in the f fight for the control of the State con- | vention and elect party officials who are \ opposed to the negro, President Roose- welt. if elected, would not recognize them. A In that event they claim that the referees would be retained and continue to pass out the offices. This claim they say is 2 made upon the highest authority.
 The conference of yesterday was altogether pleasing to the referees. It
 was held in the office of Captain Scott on Dexter Avenue. Former Congressman W. F. Aldrich, who presided, and who is 4 one of the referees said last night. The conference was entirely satlsfac- !. tory to the referees The adption of the
 declaration of policies by a unanimous
 vote proves that there is not dissenting
 vote among the Presidents friends in F Alabama. The harmony manifested was I gratifying in the extreme. There Is not a doubt-not the shadow of a doubt that supporters of the administration will con trol the State convention and send to the National Convention delegation friendly to the nomination and election of Pres- dent Roosevelt"
 Doling Out the Jobs.
 Incidental to the conference there was 5 considera ble discussions as to the filling of certain federal offices which will be- come vacant in the near future The N referees took advantage of the prsence of t. so many OL LlGCeLdlG INFpubIlCdHS 10 con fer upon the filling of the impending "a vacancies.
 The most important political gossip cen tered about the appointment of the sue cessor of Frank Simmons, of Evergreen who Is at present Marshal of the South ern District at Mobile, whose term will expire soon. It was whispered among the
 Republicans present that in all probabili-
 ty the place would go to G. B. Deans chief deputy in the office of the Collector of the Port of Mobile. Deans is recently from Shelby County which county he rep resented in the State Legislature as a Populist In Shelby County he was a staunch political friend of Referee Aid R rich in the latter's various races for Con- gress
 Marshal Simmons is said to have lined m with the Lily Whites when the issue