The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-29
MILES WILL NOT
Be A CANDIDATE.
He Writes Long Letter to the
Prohibitionists
CONVENTION MEETS TODAY
Homer L. Castle Of Plttsburg Has
Been seIsAted for Temporary
chairman-Nomin
to Be Made Tomorrow.

Indianapolis, June 2S.-The national pro-
hfbition committee tonight after a ses-
sion Of several hours selected as temper
airy chairman of the national convention
tomorrow Homer L. Castle of Pittsburg,
and for temporary secretary, w. G. Cal
derwood of Minneapolis The treasurer's
report showed that $4,000 has been re-
oeived and expended by the national COM
mittee during the past four years, leav-
ing $1,000 in the treasury. There were
flfty-nine members present Some dues-
ton was raised as to the manner in which
the books of the chairman had been kept,
but substitute motion which prevailed,
expressed satisfaction with the books and
rational Chairman Stewart then made
statement explaining his system of book
keeping which was approved
The first session of the convention will
begin at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning and
will be called to order by National Chair
man Stewart. The state delegations will
meet at o'clock and select convention
committees and members of the national
committee. The address of welcome Will
be delivered by Wilson Doan of this city.
After the temporary organization and the
roll call of states for committees adjourn
ment will be taken until 2 p. m. when the
committees will report the resolutions at
the evening session. The nominations will
be made Thursday.
General Miles Eliminated.
A letter written by Gen. Nelson A. Miles
to George A. wooley of Chicago and
dated from Washington, June 20. which
was made public tonight, is believed by
National Chairman Stewart and others to
be final and to eliminate General Miles
from consideration as presidential candi-
date though the Pennsylvania delegation
and others who insist upon General Miles
nomination have made a statement. In
this statement General Miles says:
Frequent mention has been made by
you and others of a proposal to place me
in nomination by the convention to meet
In indianapolis on the 18th inst. AS stated
by me In a previous letter that has been
published, my Judgement strongly favors
the postponement of action by that con-
yention until the nominations at Chicago
and St. Louis have been made. rms
was suggested not as denying or question:
ing the Importance of the subject OF tenn
perance. but in the hope that such nmlted
action in that matter as can be taken by
national authorities could be co-ordinated
with action regarding the many and i'm
portant subjects upon which the Ameri-
can people must pass judgement, and
which must occupy the attention OF the
chief executive in the near future.
"Those excellent and patriotic people
whom you represent cannot be less IN
terested in these other great national
questions at this critical period of our
history than are the great mass of their
fellow citizens for these questions con-
Germ the very fabric and form or our
government, as well as the integrity and
/ efficiency of It's administration.
Would Not Afford Opportunity.
THE nomination at Indianapolis on the
2sth inst, although an added and greatly
valued token of approval and confidence
would not. in my Judgment, afford that
opportunity for efficient and important
public service which would be the chief
motive for resuming Office
The action OF caucus held today by
those who are insisting that General
Miles make a declaration of his position
before being offered the nomination for
president, resulted In the issue of mani
festo setting forth the position of those
attending the meeting.
Among those who signed the manifesto
were National Chairman Oliver W. Stew
art, National secretary JAMES n. 1dtet
DIR. j. b. Cranfll of Texas, James w.
Bodey of Virginia Josephus Cheaney of
Texas, u A. Foster of Tennessee. VIII
liam Douglass of West Virginia and j..
G. Adams of Texas
State chairmen and secretaries repre-
senting seventeen states met this even
ing. 1t was decided to form permanent
organization and committee of three
was named to arrange details.
The appointment is one delegate and one
alternate for every two hundred votes
cast in 1900. This will give Pennsylvania
144 delegates, New York ia, Illinois 80,
Indiana 49, Ohio So, Kentucky q and other
states smaller representation. Each ter
ritory will have four delegates and the
District Of Columbia 2.
OF the twelve hundred delegates ex-
pected to attend the convention about
sixty are women,