The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-27

The governor was then renominated by exclamation, amidst a great uproar or plaudits
 The nominee was escorted to the stand and partsking of the enthusiasm of his greeting. delivered an impassioned ad- dress. He said: "All that is great and noble in our civiuized society; all that is high and pure in our aspirations: all that is common between our people in blood and traditions and all hopes of our future cry out to those wA) would leave us to turn back in their course and let us remain together in the house of our fathers, united against the foe ready to devour all. l shall enter the cam paign before us without trace of bit terness or resentment toward any who may have before now struck me below the belt"
 J. D. Brown of Clay was unanimously nominated for reelection as secretary of state. John Purifuy of Wilcox was nominated for state auditor over Bass, Booker and Ford. J. Craig Smith defeat ed on the second ballot John l.. Cobbs. the incumbent, then in his second term, for state treasurer John G. Harris of Sumter defeated on the nrst ballot. R. K. Pettus of Madison for superintendent of education. Hector D. Lane for commits sioner of agriculture. defeated Hiram nd NNlIS, J. +. AulNef ana J. II. NOT wood. This was an office created not by the constitution but by statute It had been filled by executive appointment hith- erto The people were expected to fill it by their suffrage at the approaching Au- gust election. Lane. tho nominee, was then in the office by the appointment of Governor Jones.
 w. l.. Martin of Marshall had been ap- pointed attorney general by Governor SpaV in 1SSS fill hp Nac by Seay's promotion of Thomas N. Me Clellan to the supreme court The state party convention of 1890 nominated Mar tin and he was electe- to succeed him self. The convention of 1892 nominated him to a third succession to the office.
 The supreme court here nominated was accepted by the Kolb faction. It com prised George w. Stone. chief justice, and Associate Justices Thomas W. Cole man, Thomas N Mcclellan, James B. Head and Jonathan Haralson.
 The opera house meeting put out a full ticket. R. F. Kolb for governor, l.. c. Ramsey declined and J. c. Fonville put in his place for secretary of state; w. L.. B. Lynch of Macon for state auditor. T. K. Jones of Tuscaloosa for state treas urer, Rev. NJ. Adams of Blbb presi- dent of the Alabama Farmers Alliance, for commissioner of agriculture, and B, K. Collier of Jefferson for attorney gen eral.
 The platform of the new party calling itself Jeffersonian Democracy" in it's essential features required the govern ment to issue all currency, paper and coin alike and in volume to the amount of $50 per capita of population. This demand involved the policy of free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at 16 to 1. Withdrawing money from cir culation for purposes of increasing the Nrc Inn, of Gel h Ia punishable as such" Trusts, combines, leagues, syndicates, used to diminish or destroy competition should be prohibited Reform in the method of assessing and collecting state taxes and federal n- come tax must be sought. The state railroad commission should be elected by the people. The state convicts should be taken from the mines The Iegisla- ture should regulate party primaries. All political offices should be filled by pri- mary action.
 The pivotal point in either platform was in the treatment given to a general demand that the electorate should not include the negro Must constitutional convention be called to effect this end? The Jeffersonians on this point were silent. Their platform read We favor protection of the colored race in their legal rights and would afford them en- coura cement and aid in the attainment of higher civilization and citizenship" etc.
 The platform of the regulars demand ed that the state should be forever re- tained 'in the hands of the intelligent and virtuous."
 Henry D. Clayton, chairman of the com mittee on platform. reported a plank call ing for a constitutional convention Capt Joseph F. Johnston of the committee ex- plained to the convention the unanimity of the committee on that plank. Elk Governor Watts. on the floor opposed the adoption of the plank "because it will cost the party 250O0 votes in the cleo. tion,'' Col. John w. A. Sanford opposed 1t because the Kolb men may come into the convention in such numbers as to put in Jeopardy the present security against high taxes" Captain Johnston re- piled, the condition Of the state needed the constitutional convention and 1t was the time and opportunity of the party to give the people the remedy. Dele gate Fowler from Perry and others op- posed the plank.
 The committee on platform conferred briefly and authorized Captain Johnston to say that although the convention seemed favorable to the plank. in def erence to the opinions of individual dele gates in opposition, it vas withdrawn.
 Upon the whole, the platforms of the two factions except in the feature relat- ing to the freedmen were not materially at variance.
 The capitol body warmly and formally
 ndorsed the two years administration of Governor Jones.
 The Jeffersonians put out no electoral ticket but did appoint their own delega- ton to the approaching national demo- cratic convention at Chicago.
 JOHN W1THERSPooN DUBoSE.