The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-22

! to promote a scheme TO build at Mont
eomery n great alliance warehouse. The
warehouse would be receiving and ship
ping agency of unexampled resources. 1t
would discount farmers notes and sell
supplies on credit The price OF the sub
seription stock was So the share.
Dr. J. c. Nicholson OF Mount Meigs was
Chairman of the meeting. A. B. Braz-
zell. p. B. Martin, NJ. d. Ellard, NJ. r.
Parker, s. ID. Oliver were prominent citi-
zens in attendance. Commissioner Kolb
delivered an address. 1t was recalled,
that since the office of state commits
sioner OF agriculture went into effect. the
price of commercial fertilizers had fallen
from $40 the ton to $40
These were signs of disturbance of the
public mind when the party convention
Of 1888 met to nominate a party ticket
for governor and other state officers.
There came down from Birmingham to
take his seat q lawyer, yet young man,
who had been speaker of the legislature
of Tennessee, a son-in-law of the famous
developer, James W. Sloss. This was Ed
win T. Taliaffero. Being Il lawyer by
profession, Mr.. Taliaffero was ineligible
to membership in the farmers alliance.
A recent arrival in the state he had no
factional prejudice 10 overcome His eX-
perience as a presiding officer in Tennes-
see suggested Kim as fit man from the
jefferson county delegation, to he made
president OF the convention. Birmingham,
speaking for Jefferson county, had rea-
sons of its own for beginning an aggres-
, sive claim upon state politics. Mr.. Talaf-
fero was elected president Of the conven-
tion. He was an imposing figure, six feet,
six inches tall, wearing long hair, fall
ing upon the collar of his long froclz
| coat without a thread of gray.
No effort to entangle the party with
alliance was made in the convention. Gov
| pr mr. ofrd tn
himself without the formality of a ballot.
Much newspaper controversy had pre-
vailed for months prior to the meeting OF
the convention touching the aspirations
of various state officers then in their
second terms to succeed TO third. State
Auditor Burke led in importuning for this
violence to party custom. He went so
far as to issue u circular letter through
! the mails arguing for his release from
| the party rule.
Secretary of State c. c. Langdon had
filled out an unexpired term, by appoint
ment of Governor ONeal, had filled full
| term by election. in 1886, and now, in 1888,
was Ienomnated Attorney General
Thomas n. Mcclellan was nominated for
a third term. opposed by Lyman w. Mar
tin of Russell, on the first ballot Solomon
Palmer was nominated for superintendent
of education, third term. John l.. Cobbs,
a merchant of Montgomery. was renom-
term.
Auditor Burke failed of nomination for
a third term Cyrus d. Hogue of Perry
was nominated for that office by acelama-
ton.
The convention was exceedingly anxi-
Gus that President Cleveland should sue
ceed himself. The tariff was the issue
and the President was most acceptable
to the south. The coinage question was
not then foremost. Gen. j.. W. Pettus,
GAYLORD b. Burke of Mobile, James e.
Webb of Birmingham and Samuel Black
Non of Decatur Were appointed delegates
at large TO the forthcoming Chicago ma
tional democratic convention.
The convention met and adjourned the
same day.
The following republican federal office
holders, the ms and the outs, and those
in expectation, mostly none of southern
BIRTH, set in convention in the hall of
the house of representatives. lot OF
negro delegates joined them, outnumber-
ing the whites. three to one. This body
put out a full state ticket w. L. Ewing
for governor.
seay received 1875 votes and Ewing
42,S05. Ewings vote came from the white
counties, where the alliance was strong.
In Dallas he received only 672, but in
Elmore 1917. In Lawrence he received
1886, in Mason SsH. in Colbert LES, in
Bullock 352.
JOHN WITHERSPoON DUBoSE.