The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-18
THE WHITE PEOPLE
 AGAIN IN CONVENTION
Wise and Conservative Utterances That Breath of
 Patriotism and StateSmanShip.

Alabama in 1880 was held in the city of Montgomery, in the Hall or the House of Representatives on Wednes- day, June 2, and was more in the na- ture of a love feast and a renewal of the party pledges and endorsement Of its acts than a party necessity. Since 1874, when Governor Houston assumed the reins of government, the Democ- racy of the State had firmly entrench- ed itself in the minds and hearts of the people and the white men had de- termined to rule the State and to rele- gate to the rear carpet -baggers, scala wags and negroes and in the six years that their party had been in power they had very nearly cleared the State of ill-designing and selfish oficehold- CTS and had installed in high places and positions of public trust gentle men of high character, patriots. who served their State to do 1t and them selves honor and not for personal gain or selfish advanceemnt. Such a state of affairs was most refreshing and sat- isfactory. after the dark days through which the State had just passed and upon the faces of the representative citizens coming to the Convention from all parts of the State. commissioned to discharge a solemn and most import ant trust, there was a smile of satis- ldCllOH anu COHltHlHcht dnu CohoSiObS superiority, which was not to be mis- taken. Having come into the control of their own, they were resolved to keep it, and their coming together again was simply in moro decided tones to announce that determination to the world
 The Republican National Convention was in session at Chicago and an ef- fort was being made to nominate Gen. eral Grant for a third term for the Presidency and as a possible result to place the man on horse back in line as Dictator or Monarch and to crumble in the dust our Republican institutions and the boasted freedom and liberties of our people were being threatened. It was devolving upon the Convention to draw the party lines strictly and prepare the Democrats for the great struggle that was to be made for the Presidency and a platform of princi- ples was to be adopted which would define the cardinal doctrines of the party of the nation and to divide with unerring and unmistakable plainness Federal from State authority, there be- ing already spirit rampant which would obliterate and blot out State lines and place the whole power in one great central government. establishing a monarchy In place of our free and glorious republic. With such a pur- pose and in behalf of such cause. there was no wonder that so much in- terest was taken in the approaching convention, in spite of the fact that there were no warm or heated contests over the State offices, and only contests at all over but two of the places to be filled by the Convention, the Supreme Court coming in for some attention. there being worthy and somewhat spirited rivalry to get those places.
 The Convention.
 Captain Joseph F. Johnston of Dal- las, the Chairman of the State Execu- tive Committee. called the convention to order, and after prayer by the names of General George P. Harrison of Lee for temporary chairman and JoseSa Hodgson and D. W. McIver as temporary secretaries were presented and elected by the con- vention. On taking the chair Gener- al Harrison said he took his selection not as a recognition of his political services or ability, but as a compli- ment to the younger men of the Dem ocracy of Alabama, and he returned thanks in the name of the young Democrats. and he would pledge that the young men of the party would stand in the future as in the past; they would all work for the common good as they had done in great cam paigns before and that they stood ready and willing to open the great cam paign of 1880.
 Permanent Organization.
 On motion nf MT. Clements of Tus- caloosa, the chair appointed the fol- lowing committee on permanent organ ization:
 State at large: N N. Clements, E. w. Pettus. w. H. Barnes. F. A. ONeal. Districts: T. N. Fowler, M. c. Burke. E. Harrison. w. J. OBannon. J. K. Edwards. W. c. Oates; N. H. R. Dawson. J. R. Sat- terf1eld, J. A. Bilbro, M e. Slaugh- ter, w. G. Little. M. L. Stansell. R. K. Boyd. J. Johnson, w. V. Charda- voyne, J. NJ. Jackson.
 The committee reported recommend ing that Chief Justice and two associ- ate justices of the Supreme Court be nominated first and that the order for State offices be followed as laid down in the code; electors and delegates to national convention For President, L. M. Stone of Pickens; Vice Presi- dents, S. A. Nj. Wood of Tuscaloosa and w. H. Barnes of Lee: Secretary, Joseph Hodgson; Assistant Secreta- ries. D. W. McIver and Richard Baugh. The report by the committee was adopted and on being escorted to the chair MT Stone addracsad tho