The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-08
REPUBLICANS ARE HOLDING POW-WOW May Cause New Line-9p in
 the State 3RYAh'S PULL IS TIE CAUSE Referees Were Opposed to Him. State Officers Do Not Believe
 Gore Will Be Shed in
 Baldwin County.
3RYAh'S PULL IS HE CAUSE

Montgomery, November 7.-(Special)- There has been a conference of leaders of the republican party in the state in the office of Charles Scott today that may or may not cause new lining up of interests in the state.
 It is well known that the appointment of United States Marshal Lee Bryan to succeed himself was a hard blow to the majority of the leaders in the ranks or the republicans and that it has caused the belief that they are not to have hereafter in the eyes of the President, the force that Is given to the words of Judge Thomas c. Jones of the federal bench, who asked the appointment of Captain Bryan. It is known that the letter Of Judge Jones wos the sole and only req son for the selection some time before the expiration of his term.
 If it is worth while to judge by the outlook there is going to be change of things that may be far reaching in the management of the affairs of the good old party in Alabama. The peculiar thing in the whole matter, however. is the fact that Judge Jones Is an uncompromsing democrat He made his fight to retain Captain Bryan because of an effort some time ago to have one of the deputies in his office put out because he was dem ocrat which Judge Jones fought and won out on. He felt that in his support of the democrat he owed his help to Mar shal Bryan, which has been given. The Baldwin War.
 So far there has been no word to the office of the governor that the citizens of Daphne, in Baldwin county, reported to be moving en masse upon Bay Minette to take the sheriff and the county records and move them to what they claim Is the county seat at Daphne, had reached the latter place. Neither was there any eVl- dence that they had even started from Daphne. notwithstanding the report How ever, it was related that story had come in some way that start would be made this afternoon and that it was the inten- tion of the party to try to get the re- cords It was not thought that they in- tended to fight for them, as has been re- ported but to endeavor to reach some understanding without bloodshed. In fact it is not regarded here that there is the least danger of gore being poured out down there in any event, though the feel ing is very high.
 The governor is in close touch with the situation and will act as he thinks best when the time comes for him to interfere. He had nothing to say about the matter today save to relate that he had heard of the reports from down there and to say that he did not believe any effort had been made then to force the issue
 Argues Case for County. | Former Attorney General w. l.. Mar tin has just returned from Washington where he argued on the part of the county the case against the Fidelity and Deposit l company of Baltimore, in which the county seeks to recover on the bond of a | former treasurer for the loss of money amounting to more than S10O,00O by the failure of local banking concern. The lower courts, after prolonged fighting gave a judgment against the bond com pany for S101, ,000. It is regarded now thai the case will either be affirmed or sent back to the state courts for lack of juris | diction.
 At a meeting of the creditors of F. M Billing today H. c. Davidson was elected trustee and his bond fixed at $l0,O0O. The gross nominal assets are given at $1,237,' | 231. .40 and the liabilities at S6S2, ,674 40 There can be made no estimate of wha' the creditors will get. MT. Billing was banker here for many years and has been known as a man of wealth.