The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-28

The state committee of the democratic
and conservative party named May 81, 1876.
| and the capitol the place for the biennial
state convention for the nomination of
candidates for state officers and the an
nouncement of the fundamental principles
to be promoted by their election. Prompt
ly at noon Chairman Joseph F. Johnston
of the committee called the body to order
and invited Delegate n. n. Clements of
| Tuscaloosa to the chair as temporary pre-
siding officer. Five hundred and sixty
| two delegates enrolled their names The
roll presented most impressive evidence
of the universal ardor of the masses in
support of the great cause before them.
Never before had the party sassembled
in its interest distinguished a body of
citizens. From Barbour came General
Clayton, Hawkins, Dent, E. s. Shorter,
G. L. Conner; from Clay, j. d. Barron;
from Butler, w. II. Crenshaw, DIR. FL. M.
| CALDWELL from Coosa, William Garrett;
! from Elmore, A. j. Goodwin John G.
Bass; from Dallas, Morgan, Pettus. N.
H. r. Dawson, Fred II. Smith, Robert
Mckee, Joseph f. Johnston from Jef
| ferson, Alburto Martin, w. A. Walker.
Jr., Robert II. Pearson; from Iauderdale.
Emmet O'Neal, Wade Keyes; from Lee.
| w. j. Sanford, j. r. Dowdell; from
Henry, w. C. Oates; from Madison, Le-
roy Pope Walker, w. NJ. Lowe; from Ma
rengo, Francis S. Lyon. James Taylor
Jones; from Mobile, Percy Walker. Gya-
lord B. Clark, C. c. Langdon; from Nor
gan, Samuel Blackwell; from Montgomery,
| w. l.. Bragg, F. C. Randolph Daniel
S. Troy; from St Clair, John W. Inzer.
George R. Gather; from Perry, p. II.
Pitts, Jr., A. C. Davidson; from Tusca-
loosa, F. S. Moody, H. M. Sommervlle;
from Wilcox, Frank Cook, Charles l..
! Scott.
| Delegate Robinson of Chambers pro-
posed the two-thirds rule. Col w G.
Oates objected. The expedient might
have been tolerable half century ago, for
| the purpose then intended to be accom-
| plshd but the sounder rule of democ-
racy now was obedience to the will of the
majority. Col. d. S. Troy could not ac-
cept the reasoning of the gentleman from
Henry and called the question. Robin
sons motion prevailed, 4601a to sols
w. II. Chambers of Russell, head of the
order of Patrons of Husbandry was elect
II. Screws of the Montgomery Advertiser,
secretary
| Promptly, J. w. Jones of Morgan pro-
posed the name of Governor Houston for
denomination. And by a rising vote' in
| jected Delegate Riddle. Instantly e.le
convention rose as one man, cheering in
| triumph in the old rebel YELL" even as
| the song had fioated over the forest at
Shiloh.
r. X. Boyd of Marshall was renomi-
mated by acclamation secretary of state.
The governor appeared and made snort
speech, accepting the honor conferred.
Boyd delivered brief speech and the con-
vention went off to dinner in fine spirits
At the afternoon session Daniel Craw-
ford, the treasurer elected in 1874, and
Col. John w. A. Sanford, the attorney
general then elected, were renominated
nv acclamation Willis Brewer or
| Lowndes county was nominated for state
auditor, and thus began remarkable
career in that office.
| Can't Joseph F. Johnston was continued
| by the convention as chairman Oh the
party state committee.
To rescue the chief executive office at
Washington from the party OF revolution
and spoliation was the unifylns purpose
of the entire white man S party OF lhe
southern states in 1876. we nave seen
the Alabama party convention renominate
a
tion. but when that body reached the duty
before 1t of selecting delegates to repre-
sent the state in the approaching ra-
tional democratic convention to assemble
at ST. Louis to nominate candidate TO
succeed General Grant in the presidency,
the horrors of Grants two successive to-
ministrations in the prosecutions or tnls
state Mississippi, LOUISIANA ana oouth
Carolina seem to rise up to the delegates
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gravity of the moment The convention
hallotted long for representatives for the
state at large at st. Louis. Names placed
in nomination were of the most trusted
individuals. Finally Leroy Pope walker
from Huntsville and Charles c. Langdon
from Mobile were chosen mus siVihe
honor to the extreme northern and the ex-
treme southern divisions. Two others were
to he chosen, and this labor was pro-
longed and intensely animated. AS the
outcrop, Gen. John I. Morgan OF tne
western county of Dallas and Col. Ell ..
shorter of the eastern county of Barbour
were named to fill out the full number OF
four delegates for the state at large
The next important work was the seiec-
tion of two electors for the state at large,
whose duty it would be to canvass the
state for the ticket to be put out at
81 J,ouis The choice here fell upon
John It Morgan and James L. Pugh, Dis
trict electors, selected by the dlstrlcts re-
spectively, were: sydney J. Prince for the
First, j. T. Holtzclaw for the second, ).
+. Waddell for the Third, ]. G. kilpatrcK
for the Fourth, w. II. Northington Ior
the Fifth, W. G. Little, Jr., for the
Sixth. s K McSpadden for the seventh,
and Fl. c. Jones for the Eighth
Capt. W. l.. Bragg reported from the
committee on platform series OF eio-
ouent resolutions. From No ] the fol-
lowing extract is characteristic OF the
others: .
This white people, whether resioine III
tho mountains and valleys of north Ala