The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-11

action was unfair the chair explained
| that he had no intention of being unfair.
but as he understood It, the gentleman
| was out of order, and is was his duty
10 SO declare it. e. NJ. Robinson secured
the floor and moved that Judge o. Kyle,
who was said to have been the bearer of
| the information concerning the alleged
| agreement be allowed to make a state
ment. Mr.. Robinson was ruled out OF
order on the ground that the question for
| reeommitting the report to the commit
tee still awaited action Mr.. Whitson ad-
Yaneed TO the front of the stage and IN
| deftook to talk. There were cries Of sit
| down. and the chairman pounded his
gaYel vigorously producing so much noise
! that Mr.. Whitson was forced 10 desst.
There were cries of vote and the ques-
| ton Of recommitting the report was pre-
| sented. It was impossible to tell from the
| response which side had won, and on
| demand for the call OF the counties, the
call was made. The report was a state
| ment TO recommit the report of 412 to 202
This was the first clear-cut trial OF
| strength between the Conner and the anti
| Conner factions, and Mr.. Conner, in the
language of a street fair speiier Ate
EN- alive"
Night Session.
After the call to order second report
was brought in by the committee on per-
manent organization and order of business
signed by twelve of the eighteen members,
! and read by c. c. Whitson, chairman. The
signers were OConnor, Huy, Jordan.
| colquitt, Mitchell, Kyle, Jeffries Whltson.
Tilman, Wharley Smith and Robinson.
This report held that the executive com
mittee must be elected by the people of
the districts and not by the state as a
whole. It was argued by Whitson and
Robinson in eloquent speeches.
| A minority report was read by j. W.
Oyerton taking the opposite view, sign
! ed by OYerton, Merritt, Frazier Hender-
son and Hoffman. The chair explained
| that Colquitt and HOLMAN had been sub
stituted for others on the committee.
Jeffries of Dallas and White of Jeffer
son spoke, the latter in defense of the
minority report. He said that to let the
districts elect the committee meant the
| turning over of the Second and Fourth to
| the Louisville and Nashville railroad. e.
M. Robinson spoke of the majority report,
deprecating the disposition of Captain
White to have war to the knife in the
democratic party On call of the coun-
ties the minority report was adopted on
a vote of 2S4Is to 22312.
On motion of F. s. White, the following
were appointed a committee on resolutions
and platform, two from the districts in
the order named:
Platform and Resolutions-B B. Boone.
j. r. Cowan w. c. Crumpton, II. D. Clay
ton, II. D. Benton, ]. II. Lumpkin, L. II.
Jeffries, J. r. Hefln, II. d. Gibson. T. e.
Knight, r. L. Scale, W. p Lay, W. S.
Foreman, J. n. Thompson, o. Kyle, j. w.
Tomlinson and f. S. White.
Mr. White was made chairman. After
this committee retired the convention pro-
eeeded to nominate candidates for the
! supreme court bench. S. r. Stern nomi-
mated ]. r. Tyson for chief justice, and
Nesmith of Birmingham presented S. ID.
Weakley. The vote of the primary, S22 Sc
and 291. "A respectively was read, and on
motion of e. K Campbell of Birmingham
the nomination of Tyson was made unanl-
J nous.
/ Coleman, Bilbro and Parks for associate
| Justices were withdrawn and the election
of Dowdell and Mcclellan was made
unanimous.
Frank S. White of Jefferson presented o.
list of names for the new executive COM
mittee. which was unanimously adopted
| by the convention.
Resolutions Adopted.
The committee on platform presented its
report at the night session. read by
| where.
The committee also reported the fol-
| lowing resolutions, which were adopted:
To remove the word conservative. from
the name of the party in Alabama.
To increase the salary of the supreme
court justices
TO ask government for money for bet
ter public roads.
To protect fish and game In Alabama.
To give state courts Jurisdiction in
damage suits up to $4,000.
To prevent members of the state board
of assessment from accepting passes
To be more liberal In passes for Con-
federate soldiers.
To provide a board to settle strikes.
A resolution to endorse the Bryan plan
of government ownership of railroads
was tabled.
The convention, after rowdy session.
adjourned at II o'clock.
Foil of Delegates.
Following is the list of delegates to the
convention by counties;
Autauga-W. p. Clarke, ]. D. DeRamus
B. H. Gaines, H. d. Gibson, d. M. Hall,
Guy Rice.
Baldwin, F. Feist, G. W. Burns, R.
Leon Jones, DR.. II. S. Greene.
Barbour-A. II. Aston, George Boyer,
H. d. Clayton, G. l.. Conner George Day,
s. H. Dent, j. NJ. Edmondson, G. B. Espy.
j. e. Foy, j. T. Grubbs, C. S. Mcdowell.
Jr., r. NJ. Lee, j. A. Johnson, B. B. Nc
Kenzie, A. NJ McLendon, j. F. McTyer.
Robert Moultrop, G. w. Peach W. II.
| ITuells D. .. w llllduls, W. w mn u ~
Zorn.
Bibb-John T. Ellison, w. E. Fancher.
B. M. Huey, ]. p. Kennedy, ]. G. Oakley,
j. G. Porter.
Blount-E. c. Aldredge D. r. Black
wood c. Darden, w. F. Harrell, Sam In
grain, ii. l.. Martin, NJ p. Rhodes.
Bullock-R e. l.. Cope, M w. Britt, A.
J. DeFee, ]. S. Finlayson, j. I. Flewellen,
T. s. Frazer, T. M. Hough, L. M. Moseley.
S. p. Rainier, W. A. Reynolds, c. w.
Sellers.
Butler-R. A. Beeland, T. II. Crenshaw,
Wiley Howard. II. d. Lampley, L. NJ.
Lane, ID. NJ. Howell, N. c. Vinson, j. E..
Wall, F. A. Whittle.
Calhoun-Fred L. Blackmon, e. G. Cald-
well, Dr. A. j. Douthit, j. H. Edmondson,
l.. w. Grant, j. T. Greene. E. T. Harris,
DR.. r. l.. Hughes, C. C. Morgan, Henry
ID. McCarty, A. II. Tarvin.
Chambers-John D. Denney, Eugene Full
Ter, c. c. Heard, ]. Thomas Heflin, J. II.
Hines, John f. Reynolds, w. C. Thomas.
Frank A Vernon, r. Wainwright, w. L..
Wilson, j. A Wise.
Cherokee-Thomas Bradford, E. V.
Brinley, j. A. Nance, Hugh Reed, T. H.
Shropshire. Hugh II. White, ]. Yves
Coker.
Chilton-Martin Sorrell, w. C. Dyer, T..
N. Crumpton, j. A. Mitchell, ]. C. Dennis.
Choctaw-O. l.. Gray, G. II. Carma-
than, j. r. Adams, G. w. Zitaram, G. f..
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