The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-25

HENRY B. GRAY.
 Heflin. The last named two were be- lieved to be the head and forefront of any movement that might exist in Ala
 bama for William R. Hearst. So far
 as could be learned last nght there was not the slightest vestige of senti-
 ment for Hearst. If the New York edi- l tor had any friend in the assembled | leaders, they held it the better part of discretion to keep their mouths shut. There were no outspoken Hearst men | in the assembly.
 Neither Messrs. Johnston, Stallings | nor Hefiin is delegate to the State Convention. Ex-Governor Johnston attempted a fight in Jefferson County l against the ticket put out by the con l servative element of the party fin that | county. The former Governor himself headed a ticket but as a prominent delegate to the convention expressed 1t last night. he was licked out of his | boots" He was. however. on hand | hobnobbing with former confreres, in- cluding the former Congressman from sunset behind the tidal wave of popu- lar sentiment that carried William J. | Sanford into the Governors chair. A Distinguished Gathering. It was a distinguished gathering that l filled the lobby of the Exchange Hotel | last night from side to side and from end to end. In the early part of the night Governor Cunningham was among the crowd shaking hands with his friends from various sections of the State. And there was John B. {, Knox. smooth of face and strong; John H. Bankhead, portly and impressive; Henry D. Clayton, blonde and hand 1 some; William Richardson, looking like a presiding elder in his clerical clothes and white tie: Sydney J. Bewis. strong of face and strong of hand; Jones c. Moore, genial, quiet and self-contained; i; Braxton B. Conner, long and tall, and strong of face; George w, Taylor, cor dial of manner and kindly in counte- nance: Henry B. Gray. debonair, we'll | dressed, and with a carnation in his | buttonhole; George W. Jones. small, active and alert; H. S. D. Mallory, with his grey .mustache and fine curling hair. a splendid type of the Southern gentleman. And there were a host of others of State prominence, in the cor | dial, masculine and virile crowd. Hugh Morrow, the young Senator from Jeff ferson; George A Searcy of Tuscaloosa. G. l.. Conner of EufauIa. Speaker A. M. | Tunstall of Hale. his father, Railroad l Commissioner w. c. Tunstall of the same county, and his brother. Solicitor | W. c. Tunstall, Jr.. of Calhoun; Ar | chic Thompson of Jefferson, George H. Parker and Robert L. Hipp of Cullman, WA. Carter. of Clarke. Oscar Under wood of Jefferson. Edward NJ. Robin son of Mobile, F. O. Hoffman and syd Lyons of the same county, Fritz Thompson of Bibb, w. B. Bankhead of | Huntsville E. w. Booker of Elmore | Milo Abercrombie of Macon. A. J. Dri- yer of Chambers D. H. Riddle of Coosa | and many others known to newspaper req aders of Alabama.
 Work of the Convention. While the important feature of to- days convention is the selection of four delegates from the State-at-large, a number of hot fights are shaping for district delegates. Each of the nine districts select two delegates from the | district to St. Louis. The con- | vention as a whole, however, has no great concern with these district fights. | They will be settled outside Of the con vention hall. The district delegates will get together and decide upon the men 1 they want to go to St Louis from the district and the convention will ratify the action of the district delegates. It is thought that the convention today will give a recess between the temporal l Ty anu anu give the district delegates an opportunity of making a choice. Upon the reassembling
 of the convention the action of the Dis | trict delegates will be ratified. It was expected that the delegates from the counties comprising the districts
 would hold caucuses last night and make | selections, but in some way the caucuses could not get together or the leaders de
 cided that 1t would be. better to wait
 until today to make a choice.
 The names of the following well known | citizens of Alabama were mentioned last night as candidates from their districts to the St Louis conventions:
 First District-E. NJ. Robinson, Mobile J. A. Kyser, Monroe; R. A, Mosely | Washington.
 Second District-R. E. Steiner Mont gomery Miller Bonner, Wilcox: w. C.
 Black, Pike; George R Farnham. Cone cuh and Claude Hamilton. Butler.
 Third District-G. l.. Conner, Barbour
 J. E. Acker, Dale.
 Fourth District-C. P. Johnson. Talla-
 dega; T. s. Plowman Talladega; A. L. Mcleod. Dallas.
 Fifth District-E. W. Booker. Fillmore; | Milo Abercrombie, Macon and O s. Justice Fillmore.
 Sixth District-George 4. searcy Of 1 Tuscaloosa and John A. Rodgers of | Sumter.
 There is some talk that Captain Rich mond Pearson Hobson may be a candi- | date for a delegates place from this dis | trict.
 Seventh District--G. w Pratt, St. l Clair; T.. L. Hipp, Cullman.
 Eighth District-Emmett ONeal of Lauderdale: Charles Pulley of Colbert, and Samuel Blackwell of Morgan. Ninth District-E. W. Barrett of Jeff
 ferson; W. F. White of Perry and Her bert Reynolds of Bibb.
 County Delegates Caucus. | Several of the county delegations held (C0ntinued on Page seVen.G