The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-27
OUTS HOLD MEETING
REPUBLICANS PROTEST AGAINST
 OFFICEHOLDERS.
Referee. In Alabama, Booker washing- ton, John S. CIarkson and Asstsk- ant Postmaster General Hitch
 cock are Condemned.


 Birmingham. June 2s.-(Special )- Republicans of Alabama, sixty-hve In number, followers of the Davidson fac- ton. held a conference here today in Magnolia Hall and after quite ,heat- ed debate decided on perfectlng organ ization elimination of all office holders from the State Executive Committee except clerks of courts, commissioners and referees in bankruptcy, condemned the present administration In Ala bama headed by J. O. Thompson, con demned Booker Washington. John 5. Clarkson, surveyor or the port or Ne" York, and Assistant Postmaster Gen eral Hitchcock for "abettlng ornce- holding politicians in Alabama.
 It was more of meeting of the "outs'' fighting the 'fns" in this State. Julius Davidson, chairman of the Ex- ecutive Committee of the Davidson There were three negroes present. one of them, T. S. Samson, who stated that he was vke-president of the Colored Citizens Club of Birmingham. which went on record endorsing Senator For aker of Ohio, for the Presidency. He announced that the negroes were not especially for Senator Foraker. but were opposed to President Roosevel.:
 Resolutions were adopted asking for an investigation of the Civil Service Commission in Alabama, the allegation being that> the Commission was not carrying out the intent of the law.
  presented the following resolution:
 That 1t Is the sense of this con- ference that no Federal office holder be a member of any State. Congressional or county committee, nor a delegate to State or National convention"
 There was considerable debate on the proposition and after some amendments eliminating county and Congresslonal districts, the resolution was adopted. Judge Stratton introduced set or resolutions, quite lengthy, in which the national administration is endorsed ard the integrity of the President IS | commended. A number of whereas paragraphs condemn the action of of | flee holding politicians who through | the aid of Booker Washington nave | sought to discredit with the President shut off the President from all com- munication with the rank and nie or | his party in this State.
 | Another paragraph says: We de-
 nounce John s. Clarkson, surveyor oi | First Assistant Postmaster-Gener | Frank Hitchcock as the active direc- | tors and abettors of the Alabama once regard of the Presidents civil service
 The resolutions conclude with the | following: We hereby petition the | President to direct the withdrawal Of | all office holders from the several com
 mittees of the party in this S state; S oso | lution is interesting:
 "Fifth-We frankly declare to the | President that we do not attach blame | to him for this condition of affairs no man being omnipotent and omni- l present, and that only the possession 1 of such qualities can control the con- l ditions growing out of the system of | the control of party machinery by a | clique of office holders. and the only | way to destroy this nefarious state | of affairs is to rid the party of the | domination of these office holders. | We further declare that we believe | the President is civil service re- | former and that he Is sincere in his l statements publicly made with reference | to a renomination; yet these office | holding politicians. acting in contunc- | tion with certain off1ceho1ders of the | North, are so anxious to bend the knee that thrift may follow fawning,' that | they reckIessly place the President in l false light before the country with reference both to the question of proper | official conduct on their part and that | of q renomination-all of which is evi- | denced by resolutions recently passed | and published in the papers of Ala | bama by the procurement of these off,
 iceholders. Many of these committees | passing resolutions did so at the be- | hest and dictation of deputy collectors i of internal revenue and deputy mar | shals, travelling, presumably. on Gov | ernment money and surely on Govern | ment time."