The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31

Ohio, Illinois and Indiana were hard to hold away from Jeff Davis"
 Parsons confirmed Forsyth, that the
 west was exceedingly anxious for the ten southern states that had no electoral col leges as yet should send full delegations to the national democratic convention.
 Returning to the constituency present by their delegates, We find only 3S of ths 62 counties represented Marengo, typi-
 cal county of the black belt. had no dele
 gates on the floor, nor did Marshall, type of the white counties. Colonel W.
 C.. oates was the single delegate from
 Henry.
 Chairman Clanton invited MT. James W.
 Sloss, an unfamiliar name in state poli- tics, then president of the Nashville and Decatur railroad. to preside temporarily. | Walter H. Crenshaw of Butler, chairman of the Selma meeting of 1866, was in-
 stalled as permanent presiding officer
 now It was moved by General Clanton
 that all white men on the floor come for ward enroll their names as delegates, and take seats. The motion prevailed. Barnes of Chambers moved that "a committee be appointed by the chair to consider the propriety of Alabama send ing delegation to the national demo-
 cratic convention called to nominate can | didates for President and vice president of the United States" The motion pre- vailed.
 | N. H. R. Dawson of Dallas, chairman, soon brought in report from the com
 mittee favorable to the representation of Alabama at New York.
 | There was vehement debate on the re- | port The remainder of the day and sev- eral hours of the night were given to it. The convention adjourned until next day before the discussion closed.
 | Powell of Macon offered a minority re- port in opposition to the advice to send 6 e oQf ag iea da1a af ff,
 proposed the sending of a full delegation without vote on party platform or nom- 1 inees, mere sentinels on the outlook. 1 Clanton wanted a full delegation with all the rights and privileges of the de- | mocracy of Alabama, untarnished and un- abashed. Langdon spoke for a full dele | gation that would speak the choice of the state of Alabama for principles, policies and candidates of the national democracy. | Alabama, he said, was not a military pro | vince in spirit and would not for long be one in fact. Forsyth spoke eloquently of what he had seen and heard. The things he had seen and heard called him | ito return to the house of his fathers"
 where welcome awaited him. Alabama must resume her party robes. Let the. | republican party alone with it's sectional | issue. He would go to New York whether
 as. from Military District No. or from
 the ancient state that was his home He
 was a democrat peer of any democrat | in either event.
 l Parsons had not, returned as sanguine
 as Forsyth from hisA mission to Washing
 ton. but he would send a delegation. Tho
 south might not now. receive from the
 national party all its Tight. but he fore
 saw improved conditions. ahead through
 a positive sympathy with, the national democratic organization.
 | Possibly the national convention might nominate Chief Justice Chase, Aand if so
 a large body of republicans in the north
 ern states would help to elect hkm. It
 was commonly reported that the chief
 justice had told Charles O'Connor, lead ] ing counsel for President Davis lthat Davis could not be tried for treason.S It
 was known that the chief justice Had | written a letter to Judge Rice of MoRt-
 gomery, severely rebuking the reconstruS-
 tion measures. His opinions from the | bench for two years past had been en\-
 tirely satisfactory to the south in so fak
 as they related to the theory of indestruc5 l tble states
 | In the next number we shall follow the, | state convention and It's connections.
 JOHN wITHERsPoON DUBosE.