The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-11

convention then adjourned until Gov o'clock in afternoon
  THE STRUGGLE BEGINS.
 The afternoon session of the Conven- tion was late in getting started. The short hour allowed for the noon re- cess was all too short for the hungry delegates. and 1t was o'clock when Temporary Chairman Barnes called up- on the Convention to come to oraer l. Even then a number of seats on tne Convention floor were vacant. being nlied gradually during the following quarter of an hour by the arrival of l belated delegates. The first business on the order of the session was the report or the Soih-
 mfttee on Permanent Organization, pre- sented by Carson C. Whltson or Tai iadega The report recommended that the temporary organization of the Con- vention be made the permanent organ ization, except for the substitution or c. B. Brown of Montgomery and E, Levy of Lee as convention secretaries. The committee also recommended an order of business for the convention. One clause of the order provided Tor State Executive Committee of forty five members, instead of thirty-six as at present
 Fifth on the order was read an in- rovation in the usual order of con- ventions. This number provided for | the election of a chairman of the State Executive Committee by the Conven- tion.
 MT. whitson spoke at length on this clause in the report. He referred in complimentary terms to the impartial services of Chairman H. S. D. Mall iory In conclusion he moved the adop- ton of the report of the Committee. Rising immediately to his feet, Frank 1 S. White of Birmingham moved a substitute, that. owing to an apparent misunderstanding of the explanation Of Chairman Whltson. the clause relating to the election of 9 State Committee Chairman should be re-referred to the l Committee. Cries of NO. mo-" rose l from the hall.
 | Tn order to make the action of the l Committee on Organization more clear, L. E. Jeffries of the Organization Com mittee, attempted to explain what had taken place. He said that 1t had been decided in Committee and unanimously voted that for the election of State I Executive Committee each district should vote for it's own committeeman. | The fight was on for the control of the State Committee.
 "When that was done, I believe, MT. White was in the room," said Mir. | Jeffries.
 T was not" shouted MT. White from | the floor.
 l 'aThen you were there few minutes before" retorted Mir. Jeffries. Were you not, Mir. WIhite?"
 At this point, Chairman Barnes de- clared that what had happened In com-
 mittee was not subject for debate on
 the floor. He declared Mir. Jeffries
 was out of order.
 For a minute the floor was scene of pandemonium. Cries of "Jeffries,
 Jeffries," and cries of Down. down."
 rang in opposition through the audi torium.
 The chairman repeated that Mir. Jeff rles was out of order. The floor of i the convention was not the place to
 fight out differences in committee. he reiterated.
 Mir. Robinson of Mobile, at this point | secured the attention of the chair. I Since Mir. Jeffries was to be ruled out of order, he rose to a point of personal ' privilege and asked that a strong | Conner partisan, member of the com
 mittee, be requested to state what had taken place. He called upon Dele gate osceola Kyle of Morgan county. Turning to Mir. Kyle the chairman was about to give him the opportuni- | ty when F. s. White of Jefferson, rose | to a point of order. Shouting repeat | edly in the hubbub, he at length att | tracted the attention of the chairman. I There was a motion before the con- vention, he said, motion to re-refer l the clause which had caused the dis sension to the committee. The chair | man stood corrected and amid clamor ] from all parts of the hall, put the mo- l ton to re-refer to vote.
 "All in favor of the motion, say Aye" he said.
 A storm of "ayes" filled the hall. Those opposed, No" An answer
 ing shout, equal in volume. rolled back upon the chairman. The sentiment was called for.
 ROLL CALL CHEERED. Before another vote was called, the | report of the committee was re-read | by Secretary w. w. Brandon. | As the roll call proceeded, cheer af- I ter cheer arose, now from the friends
 of the movement, accredited to MT. | Corners influence and now from those opposed to the attempt to interfere with the State Committee. solid county vote was the occasion for an | outburst of cheers, and as the battle | of opposing sentiments and influences | was seen to hang in the balance, the l cheering rose louder and louder. When | the county of Jefferson was reached 1 the chairman rose and voted solid | delegation of forty-seven in favor Of | referring the report to the committed | His vote called forth another outburst | from MT. Corners friends. Mobile coun- | ty voted 21 noes"
 In Montgomery county's report, four I