The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-29
RESOLUTIONS BACK PRESIDENT WILSON
 IN WINNING WAR
Thompson's Speech Plays Huddleston-Fourth Dis trict Nominatcs Bing- ham of Talladega for
 Congress

The state and senatorial ticket
 recommended yesterday by the
 nominating committee of the state
 republican convention was adopted
 and the persons named declared to
 he the republican nominees for the
 offices stated. as follows:
 For governor, Lewis HI. Rev.
 holds of Clifton county.
 For lieutenant governor, C. M.
 Cox of Dale county.
 For United States senator. w. F.
 Aldrich of Jefferson county.
 For secretary of state; David H.
 Long of Winston county.
 For attorney general. c. M. Me-
 Kny of Clay county.
 For state auditor. l.. A. Car
 roll of Geneva county.
 For state treasurer: J. F. Sloan
 of Cherokee county.
 For superintendent of educa-
 tion: D. E. Moody of Blount
 county.
 For associate members of the
 Alabama public service commis-
 sion: John Isbell of DeKaIb coun-
 ty md C. R. Robinson of st. Clair
 county.
 For associate justices of the su-
 preme court: Chester Tubb of
 Winston county and w. M. Che-
 malt of Franklin county.
 For associate justice of the court
 of appealss William M. Fort of
 Marion county.
 The convention took a recess of half an hour while the committees were preparing their reports, and dur ing this time the Ninth congressional district convention met and nominated J.O. Thompson of Birmingham for Congress. Francis LAtady was chair man of the convention. Preceding his nomination Mir. Thompson made speech along patriotic lines, declar- ing it the duty of everybody to do his share in the winning of the war. The convention pledged it's support te the administration in it's prosecution Of the war and declared against any ne gotiated peace or peace by agreement declared themselves in favor of the speedy and vigorous prosecution of the War to a successful conclusion and that the winning of the war was the questiof others dwindle into comparative insig- nificance.
 A complete state ticket and candi- date for United States senator were nom- mated and a state executive commit tee and chairman and secretary elected The convention was called to order in the ballroom of the Hillman hotel at noon by Pope M. Long of Jasper, chair man of the state executive committee, who asked for the report of the creden- tials and organization committees. The committee reported that there was no contests and recommended that William M. Ford of Marion county be elected temporary chairman, and H. E. Berk- stresser of Tallapoosa county temporary The report was adopted and later the temporary organization made permanent.
 FORD CHAIRMAN
 Mir. Ford, in taking the chair, stated that this is no time for talk; that the is confronted with graver ques- tions than ever before in its history. and it is the duty of every man to stand behind the government in this great crisis. He said the republican party struck the first blow for liberty and was doing it's duty in thep resent world struggle for liberty and freedom. He paid President Wilson glowing tribute ,or the able manner in which he had handled thew ar, saying that he yielded 0 no man in his admiration for the great nan who, 'by some accident" is now guiding the destinies of the nation. He asserted that the republican party s the only party capable of working ,ut the problems that will come after he war is over that through 50 years he democratic party. whenever in pow ,r, had left train of economic ruin md that it would not be fit to handle hings after this war.
 When the boys come back from over here no cheap politician can get in bower in this state,'' he said. Ten years rom now the boys over there and those ,et to go will be running things in Ala ,ama. and you will have to use differ mt tones in talking to them"
 COMMITTEES NAMED On motion the chair appointed commit ees as follows:
 Resolutions-O. D. Street, chairman; ,harles Roland, Judge l.. H. Reynolds, Royal Alloway, E. G. Avery, w. l.. Will cn, Walter M. Chenault, J. Rivers Car lo