The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-29

publican successor. Before his fourth term expired. he was the acknowledged leader of the Spanish-Amerfcan war pol icy. a definite and conclusive republican party measures intended to be fore thought to forestall democratic prosper ity and secure an indefinite lease of power for the party that must lead an inevitably successful foreign war. The senator in this crisis supported extremest republican party measures in opposition to his own party. and even against the position of his democratic colleagues He won election 10 a fifth and a sixth term , as by the decree of partial fate.
 Colonel Reese was g Confederate vet eran Of peculiar war merit. He was among the large cotton planters, busi- ness man in Montgomery of high stand ing and formerly mayor of exceptional efficiency in that office. He was gem tleman of dignified manners and hand some person.
 Upon announcement of his defeat he prepared to appeal his case to the Senate of the United States. He wrote: ''l have sold our plantation to raise money to prosecute this contest and l will sell all own for that purpose if necessary" The Senate failed to sustain him. The intensity of the political agitation in Alabama in 1894 entered every con-
 
 case the governor gave the certificate of election to the organized democrat contestingl at the polls. but some of tho number were finally unseated by Con- gres. From the Third district General George P. Harrison was seated to fill the unexpired term of Governor Oates and for this seat Judge W. C. Robinson un- successfully contested before Congress. Gaston A Robbins of Dallas was seated from the Fourth district. but lost on the contest of w. r. Aldrich. d coal miner and republican of Shelby county. James l.. Cobb, anti-Cleveland democrat lost his seat from the Fifth district on con test of A. J. Goodwin. populist. W. II. Denson, representative from the Seventh ard, popullst. In the Birmingham or Ninth district O. w Underwood was seated, but lost on contest of Truman II. Aldrich republican, Richard II. Clarke of the First or Mobile district, Cleveland gold bug" democrats was elected from the First district and Jesse F. Stallings silver loon or Bryan democrat, from the Second John H. Bankhead was reelected from the Sixth district and General Joseph Wheeler from the Eighth.
 So upon the close of all the contests the delegation from Alabama in Congress stood: Senators Morgan and Pugh, anti Cleveland, free silver democrats; Rep resentative Clarke of the First district, Cleveland gold bug democrat; Represen- tative Stallings of the Second district, free silver democrat: Harrison of the Third gold bug: W. F. Aldrich of the Fourth, republican,; A. J. Goodwin of the Fifth, popuist or 'fusionist'; ]. H. Bankhead of the Sixth, free silver demo- crat: W M. Howard of the Seventh populist; Joseph Wheeler of the Eighth free silver democrat; Truman II. Aldrieh of the Ninth or Birmingham district. re- publican. To recapitulate Stallings, Bankhead and Wheeler were the three democrats, unalloyed Clarke and Har- rison were Cleveland democrats Howard was populist, Goodwin fusionist. and the two Aldrich brothers. republicans. ilnsuf- ficiently favored with populism to insure '.set there
 JOHN WITHERSPOON DUBOSE.