The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-30

. as 1 F. Anderson. chairman; Alec c. Birch IT V Cashin, J. J. Armstrong, S. Berry
 II. " Pond, Jr., William Youngblood, F. l K. Tisdale and s. A. Pilley
 The committee appointed to nominate
 electors reported. nominating the follow 1 ing men: First district, w T. Henderson:
 alternate Charles E. Moorman Second
 district, W. w. Pridger; alternate. John l sehweitzer. Third district. George W.
 Russell alternate, c. V. Grif. Fourth l district, J. B. Downs: alternate. Lee T.
 Vickers. Fifth district, w. D. HarvelI: alternate. c. U. Cargille. Sixth district l William Dood; alternate w C. Shotts
 Seventh district, B. H. Nicholson; alter | nate, J. C. Brasher. Eighth district, Rob
 ert Cloud aalternate, John R. Wade Ninth
 district, William M. Bailey; alternate, T, l H. Davidson.
 Delegates-at-Large. The election of the four delegates at
 large to the national convention was the | next matter taken up. J. c. Manning | was appointed as chairman of a commit- 1 tee to nominate these four men, the com
 mittee retiring to consider the matter. The election of members of the state committee was next in order The dele l gation from each district was asked 10
 nominate two men from their respective
 districts, while w. H. Standefer Was ap- ] pointed as chairman of a committee com 1 posed of one delegate from each district in addition to himself. to nominate and l apportion the IS delegates at large The members of the committee as nom l mated by the district delegations are as 1 follows: First district. Syd Zury and E. | N. Saynor; Second district, A. B. Long and F. J. Scott; Third district, C. G.
 Blount and P. J. Parrish; Fourth district 1 W. F. Aldrich and w. c. Elder; Fifth dis
 trlet, H. w. Pond, Jr., and B. Pittard;
 Sixth district, J. M. Cranford and H. l.. l Falkner; Seventh district c. D. Alexan-
 der and M. F. Parker; Eighth district,
 John T, Masterson and w. S. Gentry; | Ninth district, W. H. Cornish and J. l B. Sloan.
 The committee on nominations for the state ticket followed next, nominating the
 following men:
 For associate justice of the supreme | court, Frederick G. Bromberg of Mobile
 and Warren s. Reese of Montgomery. | For president of the railroad commission. | J. M. Cranford of Jasper. For fish and
 game commissioner, John H. Standifer of l Etowah.
 Upon motion of W. F. Aldrich. the fol- 1 lowing men were appointed as a commits
 tee on transportation in reference to se- 1 curing rates for the Davidson republicans
 to the national convention. John Towers 1 of Birmingham, S. Berry of Mobile and ! W. c. Elder of Chiffon.
 The committee on members of the com
 mittee from the state at large reported
 with the following nominations: First dis 1 trict, F. c. Brombery; Second district, ] A. E. Stratton; Third district, William 1 Youngblood; Fourth district. c. B. Ran l dolph and John H. Wilson; Fifth district l M. s. Russell and J. c. Manning; Sixth i district, T. B. Morton and Lee Guln; l Seventh district, T. P. Henley, Charles 1 Robinson, w. H. Standifer. R. F. Ander- son and W. A. Barton; Eighth district, N. B. Shelton and Fl L. McWilliams: Ninth | district, z. P Curry and W. L. Sanders. | The state committee held short meet
 Ing in one corner of the convention hall, organized and reelected Julius w. David- 1 son as chairman of the committee and 1 William M. Bailey secretary. Committee Out Over an Hour.
 The committee on nominating the four 1 delegates at large had been out for over an hour and returned at this junction with their report. The four men nomi-
 hated are Charles Alexander of Attalla, Maj Charles J. Allison of Birmingham, Judge Asa E. Stratton 6f Montgomery | and w. R. Pettiford, colored, of Birming- ham. It developed that the committee had agreed to nominate negro as dele gate at large. and it required them some time to decide between Pettiford and C. w. Smith, both negroes.
 The following men were elected as alter iidlt utlSeditS ldlSc. |. J. Scoll OL Montgomery A. c. Birch of Birmingham, G. c. Nicholson of Dallas and c. c. Cap erton of Montgomery.
 The following men were nominated as electors at large: E. M. Houston of Cal
 houn and S. Berry of Mobile: Alternates, | R. G. Robinson of Jefferson county and J. F. Swindle of Walker county. A resolution was introduced congrat- ulating Senator William O. Bradley of Kentucky which was unanimously adopt ed, and the secretary instructed to tele- graph the congratulations to the Ken lucky senator.
 w. F. Aldrich introduced a resolution authorizing the executive committee to fill any vacancy in any of the state and cleo toral tickets which might arise. The resolution adopted.
 J. c. Manning introduced a resolution thanking the presiding officers for their efficient work. which was passed
 Judge Asa F.. Stratton introduced res- olution thanking the ctiy for the use of the convention hall. which was adopted.
 w. F. Aldrich moved for adjournment and the Alabama Davidson republican ;x.ko xt..tx.