The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-08
BULL MOOSE WILL DUST NEGROES BY BOLD DECLARATION Hope to Have 300 Delegates at Convention in Bir-
 mingham August 5
ANTI-DEMOCRATS ARE
 AGAINST THE NEGRO
Republicans Achieved Same Result by Different Method-Will Center Fight on Burnett and
 HuddlestOn

The bull moose convention will be called to order at the Tutwiler hotel in Birmingham August 5, noon.
 If the plans of the leaders of that anti ldemocratic organization bear fruit, the convention will be participated fin by an unusually large number of delegates. An other distinctive featule will be that ev. cry delegate will be white man.
 Such in brief were the provisions of resolution unanimously adopted yesterday at noon by a special committee on con- ~ention appointed sometime ago by the executive committee of the party Judge l.. H. Reynolds of Clanton, as chairman of the special committee, presided. and George S. Obear of Birmingham served as secretary.
 The elimination of the negro from par ticipation in the councils of the party was achieved by a more direct if less ndroit manner than the same result was achieved by the republican organization. The latter made itself lily white by de- clining to permit counties which cast less than 100 votes for Taft and Roosevelt to send delegates. The bull moose or eanization made itself lily white by
 
 negro shall participate in any convention held under the authority of the party.
 800 Delegates Expected
 The committee yesterday provided means whereby the convention will be composed of an exceedingly large num- Der of men. A unique basis of representa- ton was adopted. By the first shot out of the box, each county was given three delegatessto be known as delegates from the state at large In addition, it was provided that each county which cast less than 50 anti-democratic votes shall have one representative in convention. Other counties will have one delegate in conven- tion for every 100 votes cast against Pres fdent Wilson, and one for every fraction Of 100 votes above 50.
 By the terms of the resolution, 1t will be possible for the convention to seat over 300 delebates It Is the hope of progress sive' leaders that a large number be in attendance. The convention will be held ct the Tutwiler hotel, and after the. dis position of preliminary matters, the hom- ination of candidates will be in order
 It was learned yesterday that a eandi- date will be named for each state and congressional office Special efforts will be made to elect a congressman from the Seventh and a congressman fro,l the Ninth districts.
 Seventeen Counties Placated
 Bdil moose leaders congratulated themselves yesterday afternoon over what they termed their superior wis dom in handling the negro question. By a bold declaration that no negro shall participate, the bull moose faction sev- cred the Gordian knot. The republi cans by providing that no county in which less than 100 votes were cast for Taft and Roosevelt, shall send a delegate to convention, barred seven teen counties from participation in re- publican organizations. By their more liberal policy in regard to representa- tion, the progressives are hopeful Of winning to their standard all anti democrats and certain disgruntled dem- ocrats who live in the seventeen coun- ties against which the republicans raised ban.
 The two factions by different routes reached the same end. In reference to qualification, the two differed in nc essential regard. The republicans in vited everybody who is dissatisfied with present conditions to join them. The progressives invited everybody dissat- isfied with present conditions and liv- ing in the belief of the progre ssive party to join them.
 c. o. P. Convention July P
 The republican state convention vii be called to order in Birmingham July 22. The republicans will proceed tt nominate candidate for every stat' and congressional office to be filled thi, year.
 In the open, nothing is said by eithe