The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-09

CT Long or Thompson should be the next chairman of the state committee; that the friends of MT. Long did not ask the President to assist them or otherwise in volve himself in the contest; that all they asked was to be allowed to settle their differences at home among them selves through state convention to be held at an early date. The President jocularly inquired if they meant to say that all they desired of him was to wit ness the bear fight He was assured that that was all they wanted.
 Later in the day Messrs. Barker and Thompson had a joint conference with the President, which eliminated in Messrs O. D. Street and W. T. Hutchens be- ing requested to confer and see if they could agree upon any plan of settling the differences. But when these gentlemen got together for the purpose of confer ring, MT. Hutchens understood that they were restricted simply to dividing the patronage of the state equally between Major Barker and Mir Thompson, and he declined to treat along any other line. MT. Street understood that they were to confer generally and see if they could reach any plan of settlement. In keep ing with his understanding MT. Street submitted in writing to MT. Hutchens two plans with the statement that either plan would be acceptable to the Long and Barker supporters. These two plans were as follows:
 First, that meeting of the republican state executive committee of Alabama be held at Birmingham, Ala, on July 20, 1911, for the purpose of expressing it's views and wishes touching the control of republican affairs in Alabama, the result of it's action to be accepted by all parties. Or second, that a state convention of the republican party of Alabama to be held at Birmingham, Ala, not later than Au- gust 15, 1911, for the purpose of expressing their views and wishes touching the con- trol of republican affairs in Alabama, the result of its actions to be accepted by all parties. Representation to be based upon the vote cast for Taft at the last presi- dential election.
 'Messrs. Hutchens and Street, together with Major Barker and MT. Thompson, appeared before the President Friday to report that they had not agreed, and for further conference. The result of the fur ther conference was the following agree ment:
 That a convention Of the republican party of Alabama be held at Birmingham. Ala, on Thursday, August 31, 1911. for the purpose of expressing the views and wishes of the republican party of the state touching the control of republican affairs in Alabama and for the purpose of electing four delegates and four alter mates to the national convention, and transactiong any other party business.
 That at a meeting of the state eXecu- tive committee held for the purpose of calling this convention no expression of choice for state chairman or national committeeman be made.
 ''We recommend that when the county organizations elect delegates to this state convention they also choose delegates to their respective district conventions when ever the same may be held.
 We further recommend that no dis trict convention be held prior to the call of the national committee for a national convention.
 "P. D. BARKER,
 JOSEPH O. THOMPSON,
 w. T. HUTCHENS,
 70. D. STREET.
 July !. 1911.
 ''It will thus be seen that the delegates favoring Messrs. Long and Barker gained the object of their visit and secured set