The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-28
WILL
ENTER CAMPAIGN
Full State Ticket Has Been
Nominated
STRATTON AT THE HEAD
New State Executive Committee Is
Named With Julius w. Davidson
as DECENTRALIZATION
is Adopted.
STRATToN AT THE HEAD

The republicans of Alabama, in a mass
convention held at the city hall yesterday,
nominated a full ticket for state offices
and a new or independent state executive
committee.
Following is the ticket named in the
convention:
Governor. Judge A. E. stratton of Mont
gomery.
Lieutenant governor. Gen. James A.
Hurst of Etowah
Attorney general, J. B. Sloan of Blount.
State auditor, j. c. Miller of Elyton
Secretary of state, George r. Randolph
of Admission.
State treasurer George Byers of Gull
man.
Superintendent of education no one
named.
Commissioner of agriculture, William
Cook.
Member of railroad commission. s. A.
Leonard of Mobile, Charles P. Lane of
Huntsville.
Chief justice, Shelby S. Peasants of
Huntsville.
Associate justices, Warren S. Reese of
Montgomery. Arthur S. Stiles.
The New Committee.
Following is the new state republican
executive committee named by the con-
ventlon:
J. w. Davidson of Birmingham, chair
man.
T. II. Miller of Birmingham, secretary.
AT large
T. II. Aldrich, Birmingham.
Fred G. Bromber, Mobile.
]. w. Hughes, Birmingham.
]. II. Hays, Warrior.
George B. Randolph, Admission.
T. B. Morton, Birmingham.
]. B. Shields, Jasper.
w. A. Smith, Birmingham.
D. c. Dinwiddie, Bay Minette.
w. /. Williams, Huntsville.
p, Ramsey. Birmingham.
John Standifer, Alabama City.
l.. H. Reynolds Birmingham.
G. T. Jackson. Birmingham.
BY Districts.
First-A S. Leonard Mobile; A. ]. Spen-
GER Mobile.
Second-A. e. stratton. Montgomery; l..
j. Burgin, Montgomery.
Third-Ben Dyer, opelika; D. B. Smith,
Opellka.
Fourth-w. r. Aldrich, Aldrch; r. e.
Hollngsworth, Lincoln.
! Fifth. A. Alexander. Pratt City; S.
H. Carlisle, Alexander city.
Sixth-D. N. Cooper, Lansford; ]. M.
Crawford, Jasper.
SEVENTH. r. Luney. Sheffield; C. P.
Lowe, Huntsville.
NINTH. c.. Miller, Birmingham; F. NJ.
Johnson.
Party Principles.
The platform favors local option and an
educational system that Will not dscrim-
mate against the rural districts. Better
roads are advocated and the convention
favored the enactment of laws permitting
each community to raise a local tax for
school and road purposes.
The republicans ask for the enforcement
of child labor laws and favor legilation
regulating railroads to a reasonable ex-
tent.
President Roosevelt is called upon to
make the race for a third term as Presi-
dent of the United States. The convention
advocated a ''stand-pat" policy on the
question of the tariff and commended the
Presidents stand on the eight-hour day
law
The platform adopted at the last nation
al convention was endorsed. Lynch law
was strongly condemned.
Well Attended.
The mass-convention was attended by
representative republicans from all sec
tions of the state who seem interested in
making an active campaign for state of
fees few members of the regular state
republican executive committee were
present though the convention seems to
have been in direct opposition to the or
ganized machinery of the party in the
state.
AT meeting of the executive commit
tee held in Birmingham last Tuesday II
was decided not to put ticket In the
field for state Offices but to devote the