The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-05
EDUCATORS BACK
 FULL 0F HONORS Alabamians Land Big Conven-
 tion for Mobile SOME UNIQUE TACTICS Huge Japonicas Rushed By Express Were Pinned on Lapel of Each
 Delegate on the Day
 of Voting
SOME UNIQUE TACTICS

Alabama educators who attended the big convention of the department of su- perlntendence of the National Educa- tional association at Indianapolis returned yesterday flushed with victory. They suc- ceeded in bringing the great convention to Mobile next year after battle that was full of spectacular features.
 They went after the convention with de- termination. and that their tactics were successful is shown by the result "As final stroke we had a genuine novelty" said Superintendent A. A. Persons of the Bessemer schools we had wired to Mo- bile for 1000 Japonicas to be rushed by express. When they arrived some of the fair friends of the Alabama delegation aided in the task of pinning one of the magnificent flowers on the lapel of each member of the convention as he went into the hall. This was done just before the hour when the voting was to be done on the place of next meeting. There were more than 1900 names on the association register at Indianapolis, and we should have more than that in Mobile next year"
 Here is the way the Indianapolis News
  years conventions:
 After more than dozen flights of ora tory from eloquent speakers of the north, east, west and south and two ballots, the department of superintendence of the National Educational association voted yesterday that the next meeting shall be held at Mobile, Ala. When the final vote was announced there was loud cheer from the Mobile enthusiasts, and l.. c. Irving. who, as a representative of the chamber of commerce of Mobile, was the chief speaker for that city, took a place on the stage and received a flood of con- gratulations. MT. Irving made a witty and eloquent speech and did much to turn the trend of sentiment toward Mobile.
 'The candidates for the convention were Richmond, Va; Dallas, St. Louis, Chat tanooga, Mobile and Chicago. The first ballot showed 66O votes cast, the number necessary to choice being Ss1. The re- suit was as follows: Richmond II, Dallas 119, St. Louis Il, Chattanooga 40, Mobile 32o, and Chicago 159 Mobile did not have majority, and, according to a motion introduced earlier by John w. Cook, president of the Northern Illinois Normal school, the city having the lowest vote was dropped. In this case, however, both Richmond and St. Louis were dropped as they had a tie vote. On the second ballot 606 votes were cast 304 being necessary to a choice. The result was as follows: Dallas sS, Chattanooga il, Mobile 371, and Chicago 1Ss. On motion of Ella Flagg Young, superintendent of l, the Chicago 
 unanimous
 String Tied to It
 Under a resolution introduced by Mir Cook before the balloting began and adopted by the convention, there is a string tied to the Mobile choice, however The Cook resolution provides that the choice made by the convention for the Text meeting place shall not be final un- less approved by the officers of the de- partment of superintendence and the sec retary of the National Education associa- ton. This is not an unusual resolution for this association. Its object is to pre- vent the organization from being held up by high railroad rates. Leaders among the superintendents said there was no doubt that the action of the meeting would be approved provided reasonable railroad rates and other accommodations could be obtained. There was some op-
 
 it had been explained by MT. Cook and w. H. Maxwell, superintendent of the schools of New York city, 1t went through without any difficulty. Tt required more than one hour to de- termine the next meeting place. and the convention was in an uproar much of the time over the eloquent. humorous, and sarcastic speeches made by the boomers for the different cities. u, ~ Ella Flagg Young presenting the case of Chicago, said that she had no doubt that the meeting would be a great thing for Mobile, Dallas and all of the other small cities that were seeking 1t, placing emphasis on the word small She spoke of the great modern developments in Chi cago, and declared that it was not worth while to mention hotel accommodations. Chicago she said, could entertain a dozen conventions of this kind and still the hotels would be unconscious of it.
 Big Hotel With Big Roof
 "The claim of Mobile was presented by L. C. Irving and s. s. Murphy, superin- tendent of the Mobile schools. MT. Irving said that a modern hotel costing s1 100000 had just been erected in Mobile, and that the roof was so large that the members of the organization might easily play baseball on it without any fear of losing the ball. He also made reference to Rob- ert E. Jones of Chattanooga, who had spoken for that city Mir. Jones had talked about taking the visitors up on the mountains to view the surrounding coun- try. | CT have heard" said MT. Irving. of a certain biblical incident in which cer- tain man took another man up on the mountain top.' n. Aside from MT. Jones' A. E. Darrah of Chattanooga also spoke for Chatta- nooga. Ben Blewett spoke for St. Louis; Arthur LeFevre of Dallas and John w.