The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-22

cotton and iron, would not fail to lend us helping if secret hand in our prolonged effort to recover our own.
 The courtroom bod yformally accepted the Attorney Generals plan, qualified with the audaeious averment that they would surrender the right that was theirs for sake of the public veal
 The capitol houses each in it's own name formally accepted the plan from Wash ington with dsavowal of respect for il as legal movement. The Senate special kcommittee reported: We do it with a solemn protest. believing the suggestion and plant of settlement proposed by the Attorney General of the United States to be equivalent to coercive measure of the federal government.o
 This was the report of Chairman W. H. Parks, senator from Covington, Crenshaw and plan of settlement proposed by ths Jefferson, Walker and St Clair was known as a ''conservatiye.' He made minority report, supposed to qualify the majority averment of intent in the plan of the government
 The capitol house accepted the Attorney Generals plan without in anywise ad- hitting that this general assembly is not fully and legally constituted"
 Governor Lewis did not lose his oppor- tunity. He had succeeded. by indirection in making an issue in Alabama which would encourage the authorities aI Washington to renewed activity in the politics of the state. When he reported to the capitol legislature the communi- cation he had received by telegraph from Attorney General Williams, he assured ''the Democratic Senators and Repre- sentatives at the Capitor' that they would be prudent to receive these suggestions Qrom the government) as a gentle t(sic1 intimation of the convictions of the law officer of the United States government of his views of what is right
 The two lower houses met at 12 noon i'll the hall of the representatives at the capitol Lewis M. Stone of Pickens was placed in nomination for speaker by the democrats and Lewis E. Parsons of Tal- ladega by the republicans. Parsons re- eeived 54 votes and Stone 36. A consider able number of those who had sat in the capitol legislature failed to support the speaker of that body Representative Samuel G. Jones from Lee was the most important of the number. This gentleman had taken early position against the rad icals. He was chief engineer of the Ope- lika and Cincinnati railroad in 1868 When the directory of that road made d demand of the governor for an indorse- ment of their bonds for 1920, 600, the engi- neer knew the claim was illegal and re- fusing to be a party to the crime, re signed his office. The vote for speaker becomes an interesting interpretation Of the ifirmness of the democrats under ex- traordinary temptations.
 Robert Barber, carpetbagger, was elect ed clerk of the house When the election of doorkeeper came up Candee, white, and Whitaker negro. contended for the office The clerk announced 96 votes. cowan, democrat from Jackson, objected to the count. There were only 90 present Speaker Parsons ruled him out of order and Whitaker, by a majority of one, as declared from the clerks desk, took charge of the office. Next day Masterson. republican from Lawrence, rising to a question of privilege, said he had voted. for Candee, whereas he was enrolled IS voting for Whitaker. The speaker and Alex White fought the matter long. Dustan from Marengo and Clarke from Perry contended with them. Finally the uegro was busted and Candee given his rights in the office.
 The senate organized under the Attor ney Generals plan. Colonel Michael D. Woods, once commander of the Forty sixth Alabama infantry of the Confeder- ate army, was chosen secretary.
 JOHN WTTHERSROON DuBOSE.