The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-24

say 1--WE, the People" before the cam
paign of 1918.
Borden Burr was reported at a late
hour last night to have been thoroughly
dissatisfied with the entire convention.
AS he was leaving the theatre in rather
ugly frame of mind, he was heard to
remark Things here amt like they
used to be in Montgomery. Now when +
ran the legislature" But just at that
point the door was closed and the rest
of his remarks could not be heard.
Sydney ]. Bowie was about TO take
charge of the convention and walk away
with it when Henry Gray came to the
rescue. His stubborn fight against Can
nonism and George Huddlestonism" as
typefied by Mr.. Bowie gave the ''people"
an opportunity to get together, and the
machine lost its control. Or rather the
Bowie machine did, for no one could
charge that there was any lack of
smoothness in the manner in which Mrs.
Jacobs ran the convention.
The friends of Culpepper Exum were
considerably put out about the recep-
ton which the former mayor of Birming-
ham received. Just as Mr.. EXum was
granted the floor. Hugo Black asked him
to yield for moment. When Mr.. Black
nominated Mrs. Jacobs as chairman,
there was so much excitement that the
crowd forgot that Gully had the floor
and he finally gave up in desperation.
1t is stated that Mr.. Exum had prepared
very eloquent and lengthy address on
the subject ooh, How I Worked When
l Was Mayor The speech (Which was
nVt delivered) consisted of IA legal cap
pages, all entirely blank.
L. J. Haley surprised even his best
friends He arose to two points of order
az one time, which every one must adj
nit is "some rise" This occurred when
d. c.. Ewing, in the course of his adj
dress. pulled out the original edition of
the Ulster County Gazette published
during the Revolutionary war and began
to read a joke. Mr. Haley insisted that
in the first place Mr.. Ewng's time was
up and in the second place the jokePwas
an old one But since most of the crowd
had not heard the joke In recent years,
Mr. Ewing was allowed to proceed
| 1t is reported that Robert Jemison. Jr..
went to the convention for the purpose of
getting himself before the people as the
logical man for governor on the "Busi-
ness Mans ticket. Friends of Mr..
| Jemison contend that he acquitted him
| self admirably, showing all the qualifca-
| lions necessary. He made the shortest
to tell any jokes His candidacy would
| receive large vote among the conven-
| ton delegates.
| DR. Cunningham became SO absorbed
| in one of his numerous speeches that
he forgot where he was He quoted
| entirely three of his addresses to the
people on How / Am Making Birming-
ham Sanitary" and when most of the
audience started for the door-the 9TH
ers started for the speaker--he caught
himself and Immediately launched into
a discussion of 1.-THE Evils of .Alcohol-
ism" the memorable address which he
delivered at the Bijou theatre on Nov
ember 2S, 1903. and which was largely
responsible for the fact that the ma
jority against the prohibition amend
ment at the election the next day was
| only 10000
When City "Commish" John Hornady
was introduced to the audience, he
gave his address as Fourth avenue and
Nineteenth street Several men pro-
tested against allowing all inmate OF
| the city Jail to speak, and Mr.. Hor-
nady was not allowed to tell what he
was going to do for or to- the people
of Birmingham. Friends Of the new
city commissioner are highly indignant
over the insinuations made against
him, and declare that no one who had
not spent a night or two in the city
| bastile would ever have thought that
| the Jail was located on Fourth and
Nineteenth.