The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-10

| be reserved for man who would be | more subservient to the dominant fac- ton than the distinguished gentleman from Dallas. It was said further. that Hon. Carson c. Whifson of Talladega. although opposed to Mir. Conner. would tee.
 According to reports, E. K. Campbell and B. A. Thompson are slated for two of the places from the Ninth District, l if the Conner side wins. Under the same conditions Alderman A. L. Tyson ond District place. It was further gos-
 siped that Captain J. H. Webb, and S.
 H Cooper, both of Marengo County, were slated for two of the new places Reed Barnes to Preside.
 In all probability Hon. Reed Barnes of Opelika, who will be Temporary Chairman of the Convention will be l made permanent chairman by the def- egates. There was some gossip last
 night that perhaps the honor of be- ing permanent chairman would go to
 Judge A H. Alston of Barbour. Later
 in the night 1t was the consensus of
 opinion that the temporary organiza-
 tion of the convention would be made
 the permanent organization. This
 means that General W. ". Brandon of Tuscaloosa, and R. p. L. Mel of
 Selma. the temporary secretaries will
 be made the permanent secretaries
 There will be no opposition to the
 nomination of Judge John R. Tyson I.of Montgomery, for chief justice of the Supreme Court. Judge Weakley's name win not however, be with
 drawn. It will be presented and the complimentary vote he received Tn ttfe primary will be recorded. Judge
 Weakley has already written letter of congratulation to Judge Tyson upon
 hta m fY1o
 ten as soon as Judge Weakley heard
 the returns from the official count of
 the primary vote.
 There has been no specialization of sentiment in the contest for Associate Justice. Nothing definite is known ex- cept that each candidate win receive the ballot to which his vote in the pri- mary entitled him, Of course when the ballot has been registered the field will be open for a free fight When the break comes each delegate as 1t were is holding as large basket as he can get to get as many of the fragments as he can gather The second ballot will either result in a nomination or 1t will inaugurate the liveIiest sort of a fight for the two places
 The friends of Justice J. R. DowdelI and Hon. Thomas C. Mcclellan were ab- solutely confident as the two leaders in the flve-handed race they would get tfe nomination on the second ballot. They claimed that the advance guard of the delegates plainly showed a dis position to give the places to the two candidates receiving the plurality vote. The friends of the other three candi- dates were not willing to concede that the convention would do this And each of the other candidates had number of friends on the ground. These friends were watching closely for any favorable development and were ready to take advantage of 1t. The leaders last night were, however, of the opinion that there would hardly be much of a fight in making the nom- nations for Associate Justice.
 White Has the Platform.
 Capt. Frank $. White of Birmingham with the platform neatly typewriter and in his grip. came in on a night train. On the same train was Hon. R. B. Conner, nominee for Governor With them was Editor Rufus N. Rhodes of The Birmingham News E. K Camp bell, B. A. Thompson, w. E. Fort and a number of others. The platform which, 1t Is understood, was drafted largely by Captain White and William E. Fort, a Birmingham lawyer. will endorse William Jennings Bryan. This will be done in general terms. It will call for railroad Legislation providing for lower rates, a classification of rates and better car services. It will also call for better school facilities in Ala bama. prominent plank in the plat form will be a demand for a more stringent child labor law.
 Throughout all of yesterday MT. Co., mer had headquarters in the New Ex- change in rooms 402 and 404. The headquarters were in charge of w. D Nesbit The opposition to MT. Conner had headquarters in Room 4lO The crowd of course gathered In the lobby. | but the real interest, the real work of last night was in these two headouar- ters. A vast majority of those in the Hobbies did not know what the lead CTS of the two factions were doing in 1 the headquarters upstairs. But un- stairs messages and propositions were puassing from one room to the other ard throughout the early hours of the night no agreement was reached.
 The bone of contention was the new Executive Committee and the method Of selecting 1t. The opposition to Mir. Conner would agree to no plan bu, | that the committee should be made ! up as 1t has always been and that its members should be selected as they | have always been selected. It would | not consent that Democratic precedent | should be overthrown and Congress sional Districts should be wiped out. It would not agree that the commit tee should be increased from thirty | six to forty-five. The message of the | opposition to Mr. Conner and his fol- | lowers was this:
 If you are determined to select a | factLonal and partisan committee as | frankly as you propose to do. you will | have to fight. We propose to have our | friends in the convention resist every | effort to destroy the Democratic pre-
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