The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-25
 .S SC Committee Met at
 Noon. ACTION WAS HARMONIOUS Sub- Committee to Select a
 Party Emblem. Matter of Increasing Representation of Certain Counties win Be Pre- scented to Convention Today
 by Committeeman Thach.
ACTION WAS HARMONIOUS

the staff of Governor Jelks, will be the Temporary Chairman of the Convention 1 of the Democratic and Conservative Party ot Alabama which meets today at noon | fu the Auditorium.
 | Colonel Gray was rendered this honor b. the State Executive Committee at its | meeting yesterday in the City Council l Chamber To heighten the value of the honor 1t was given to the popular clti- zen of Birmingham by a unanimous vote MT. Gray was nominated for the place hy Hon. w. H. Sanford of Pike. T!io nc imitation was seconded by Hon. c. c. | Whitson of Talladega, who moved that nominations be closed and that Colonel Gray be elected by exclamation. This the Committee did.
 ] Colonel Gray will preside over the de- l Alterations of the Convention until permanent organization has been effected. | Gen. R. F. IiEon of Montgomery, and Gen. W. W. Brandon of Tuscaloosa. were selected by the committee as temporary secretaries. It is altogether probable that tEese secretaries will be made permanent officers and will serve throughout the l Convention.
 Gray a Popular Citizen. l Colonel Gray. the temporary presiding officer, is one of the most popular citizens I of Birmingham. and one of the best known men of the State. He was some years ago newspaper reporter In Birm- inEham but left the Fourth Estate" to become a bank President of the Peoples Trust and Savings Company of Birmins- ham. While he has been active in Jef- ferson County politics for a long time, his | first public office came to him three years ago when he was elected Treasurer of Jefferson County, He was given e place upon the Governors staff by his personal friend. Governor Jeiis. Colonel Gray lp one of the many men of Alabama who l fnc fascination in the uncertain game or politics, and who like the game, for the game's sake. His tall figure is seen at every Convention and no Legislature assemblies without he is at the opening exercises.
 1 General Ligon. one of the secretaries. is Clerk of the Supreme Court a member of the Governors stan with the rank of Brigadier- General. With his associate secretary. Gen. W. ". Brandon, he is Q member of the State Military Advisory Board, known among the militia of the State as the War College" l Adtutant General rBandon was read ing clerk of the Constitutional Convention and of the last Legislature. It is moi thought possible that the confusion in tine Convention Hall shall become so great ;''at General Brandons voice may not -ise above the din.
 ! The committee at its brief meeting yes terday. in the language of the street. | put 1t up" to the Convention to readiust the representation in the next Conven- ton. The Committee unanimously passed resolution offered by Mir Thach of Jefferson expressing 1t as the sense of the Committee that there should be some change in r." present system of repre- | sentation. | The representation of this Convention is based upon the census of 1890, and no che doubts that some of the couniIes which have grown rapidly in the past twelve years are done a grave intustice | Nor is there any doubt that the tTonvtn- ton will today make a new adjus,ment. It is possible that this question of rcp- resentation will be live wire in tho ttn- vention.
 The Committee met yesterday promptly at noon. in the Council Chamber. On the stroke of that hour Chairman II. S D. Mallory rapped the assembly to order He announced that the Committee had met to select temporary chairman of the State Convention. with a Temporary Secretary and make up a temporary roll of the Convention.
 Secretary John C. Pugh called the roll of the Committee and iascertained that the members present were:
 First District-W. A. Carter and T. NJ. Stevens.
 Second District-George W. Jones. J. R. Porterfeld and W. H. Sanford
 Third District-R. H. Arlington.
 Fourth District-H. D. Merrill and c. c. Whitson.
 Fifth District-D M. White.
 Sixth District-Rufus A O'Rear. Geo. A. Searcy and C. Brooke Smith.
 Seventh District-George H. Parker James l.. Herring, J. H Meigs and R. A. Mitchell.
 Eighth District-John c. Eyster To- seph H. Nathan and John F. Proctor,
 Ninth District-J. B. Christian. Jones c. Moore. Ben F. Roden and Robert Thach.
 Harmony In Election.
 For Temporary Chairman" said Hon. w. H. Sanford. q place in nomi- nation Hon. IT. B. Gray. of Birming- ham"
 T second the nomination" said C. c. Whitson and move that the nomina- : tions be closed" This was done and Colonel Gray was nominated by accIa- nation.
 R, A. Mitchell, of Etowah moved that the convention have two secre- taries and this was done by the com mittee. For one of the Secretaries. MT. Mitchell nominated General R. F. Ligon and he was unanimously chosen For the other Secretary. Mir Whitson nominated General W. w. Brandon. and he was unanimously chosen
 Chairman Mallory asked the pleas ure of the committee as to the tempor- ary roll of the convention. He said that the Secretary of the committee was in possession of a certified list Of delegates from all but two or three counties of the State.
 In response to q question he said that is was the custom for the tenn porary roll of the convention to be made up from the certified lists sent the Secretary, when there was no con tests. He informed the committee that no delegation was contested
 Well. what list of delegates the Secretary lacks" said a member, we lean get from The Advertiser and l