The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-11

with flashing eyes, but was forced to wait until the tumuit had subsided. Frantic calls from Chairman Barnes for order had little effect upon the crowd.
 MFR. ROBERTsOg,s APPEAL.
 MT. Robertson of Mobile then took the fioor as substitute for C. C- Whit son, Chairman of the Committee which had signed the majority report
 MT. Robertson said he had twice been crushed, once by the primary of August 27, and once before by the vote on the previous Committee re- port.
 s.But. my friends" said the talented young Mobilian speaking firmly and in mellow voice that cried throughout the immenae hall. T am ready 70 abide by the expressed will of the Democratic party. My friend (Mr. White) has spoken in a foreign tongue He says he Is willing to fight the war to the death. He says he Is willing to drive the knife to the hiit in the hearts of those who oppose his cause May God grant that when next ne raises his eloquent voice in we'll rounded periods, he may never again speak of driving the knife In hearts of the Democratic party"
 The speaker made an eloquent plea for the voice of the minority to De heard il, conventloE. Two-thirds or the Convention were composed Of co" mer men and one~third of former sup porters Of Dr. Cunningham. The same proportion existed in the Com mittee on Permanent Orgsnizatloh' which, after two hours deliLeration' brought in unanimous report .
 And after that report had been made" said MT Robertson. my friend from Birmingham, whose silver-thread of diplomacy" ("Make 1t gold.' shout ed a voice from the hoor) T might al- most say, has been in evidence through almost the entire proceedings of the Convention, rises and talks of plunging the knife into the heart or Democracy"
 He was making a light for principle, MT. Robinson said. fight for home rule. The people who were voters in the First District wanted to have as members of the Democratic State Ex- ecutive Committee men of their own choosing, and not men chosen by peo- pie of other sections of the State.
 As he eoncirded, a shout arose which filled the Auditorium, coming rom friends of the Conner movement and It's opponents alike.
 nIyTLER MAN BREAKS OUT.
 The vote was then taken by counties on the adoption of the minority report. One after another the counties were called When the call was made up- on Butler, Chairman Dempsey Powell reported nine ayes. R. M. Smythe, a member of the delegation, immediately protested the vote.
 T vote mo-" he shouted.
 Explanation developed that the But Ter County delegation had agreed to he bound by the unit rule.
 q refuse to be bound by a caucus, sir" shouted MT Smythe
 T cannot recognize the unit rule in convention" ruled Chairman RarDSs, The vote was registered as eight ayes and one no.
 q want to show shouted a fellow delegate of Mir. Sp1ythe's. that the gen. tlemnn is a railroad attorney.
 Many members of the Convention approached MT; Smythe and shook his hand.
 When Jefferson County was reached. Chairman F. s. White announced the delegation had agreed to abide by the unit rule. By vote of SS to he voted 47 ayes.
 As in the previous roll call vote. Mo- bile County voted twenty-seven noes Montgomery County split even on the question, twelve voting aye and twelve voting no.
 As the vote progressed 1t became evident that the minority report would be adopted by a large majority, and the shouts from the Conner faction in- creased in frequency and volume.
 When the vote of the last committee on the list had been announced. there was a wait of a few minutes until the Secretary added the totals of the two columns. The final total vote showed that the minority report had been adopt ed 3S4 1-2 to 223 l-2. a change of more than twenty votes over the previous vote upon the same question.
 At this stage motion to adjourn until 9:30 o'clock In the morning was overwhelmingly voted down. and the convention proceeded to the announce ment of the Committe on Platform and Resolutions. The following were made membefs of the Committee:
 F. S White, B. B. Boone, J, R. Cowan, w. c. Crumpton, H. D. Clayton, H. D. Benton. J. H. Lumpkin. L. E. Jeffries, J. T. Hefiin. H. D. Gibson, T. E. Knight R. L. Scale, W. F. Lay. w S Foreman. J. N. Thompson, O. Kyle, J. w. Tomlin- son.
 At this juncture. a resolution was in- troduced by A S. Lyons of Mobile hear tily endorsing the candidacy of William J. Bryan as the Democratic nominee for President. Referred.
 MT. Holt of Perry introduced a reso- lution calling upon the State Legisla- ture to enact law for biennial instead of Guadrennial session. Referred.
 A storm was raised by a resolution from D. H. Riddle Of Coosa. aimed to eliminate the negro from con- sideration in the Democratic Party. Be- ieving that the negro should be elim- mated in fact as well as theory. 1t stated, the resolution provided that all future conventions of the Democratic