The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-20
EDITORS REGRET
 COMER INCIDENT Many Call on Governor During
 the Day OFFICERS ARE ELECTED H. S. Doster of the PrattviIle Progress Is the President of the Alabama Press Association for the
 Coming Year.

Nontgomery, July 9.-(Special) )-The effort to pass resolutions which criticised Governor Conner, by the Alabama Press association last night, as result or NA.ch the governor felt that he had been insulted, was the chief topic Of conVersa- ton today, the opinion being pretty gen eral that the movement was untlmely ana without proper consideration for the man who was the guest of the assembly IT the time of the incident. However, It 's universally agreed thas no insult was m- tended and members of the assoclatlon in largo number have called on the gov ernor today to disclaim any intention or putting this embarrassment upon him.
 The governor said that the incident was one of the most unpleasant in his en- tire career and he is not disposed to be- lfeve that any appreciable number or the members intended to do him hurt or had any idea of laying this uncomfortable situation upon him. The passage of the resolution of Maj. ". W. Screws left the objectional matter in the air, where it was when the meeting adjourned The vigorous remarks of Max Hamburger of the Mobile Herald have made him many friends among the followers of the gov ernor in which company he has not be- fore travelled or sought to travel.
 The Resolutions.
 The resolutions about which the trouble came up are divided half of q commenda- tory nature, and half on the other side. H is approved for his work for educa- ton, for the old soldiers, for equalization of taxes, for restriction of child labor, so far as gone, for reeeding from the tax loan feature, for resenting unjust ac- tions of corporations, for observing party choice in the appointment of Bankhead to he Senate. Crit' ism lay in the state ment C1 disapproval of his effort to dis credit the nomination of Bankhead, for hostility toward the great developers of the state, especially the great arteries of commerce" his tendency to confound the executive and legislative authority" opposition to immigration laws; failure to have an exhibit at Jamestown; and his fsilure to recognize the unpaid and un- selfish labors of the press of tsa state.
 That the nov cment was contemplated many feel sure. Rumors were current H. the afternoon that something very warm was anticipated al the night session anu those who were looking for warm time had better be on hand It was not known what was 10 come, -dt few ex- pected the excitement that did develop before the end of the session. There was tendency among those who were prs ent to cry the thin~ down as not intended an. President Neil assures the public, the members of the association and the friends of the governor that the resolu- tionswere simply a medium of expression oI opinion, and not in any sense intended as an affront to the chief executive.
 The Days Session.
 There was a comparative calm after the storm of last night at the meeting of the association this morning. There was only one little breeze, and that was stirred by Harry Martin of the Ozark Tribune, who read a paper in which Mir. Martin assailed some United States judges for decisions he believed not for the pub lis good. and a United States senator.
 At the conclusion of the reading of the paper by Mir. Martin, Maj. w. W. Screws arose to defend Senator J. H. Bankhead, and F. P. Glass arose to defend Judge Thomas G. Jones. Both made some very vigorous remarks, the latter paying Judge Jones a very high tribute as a man of the strictest integrity on the bench, in the legislature and in all the walks of life.
 MT. Martin said he had not called the name of any judge, and that his descrlp- ton of the judge in question better fitted a man outside than In the state.