The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-12
ALABAMA DELEGATION

The Ala abama delegation, with the
 exception of Colonel Bibb Graves and
 Matt Murphy, arrived in BirmlnSham
 yesterday morning well pleased with
 the impression they had created in St.
 Louis. Colonel Graves remained over
 as the chosen representative Of the
 Alabamians Colonel Graves was the
 Alabama member on the committee oa
 constitution and bylaws.
 '"There is no doubt in my mind that
 the color question will not come up
 on the floor" said Colonel Graves to
 the departing delegates. But as it
 is proposed by the chairman of the
 committee on constitution and bylaws
 not to make it's report until many of
 the delegates have left or are leaving,
 it is best that I should remain behind
 and see the thing through. However,
 I am assured by our western friends
 that state supervision will prevail" Colonel Graves and the Rev. Dr. h.
 ger of Mobile were the shining lights of the Alabama delegation. They placed the state on the map. and fol-
 lowing the great patriotic address Of Dr. Inzer he was offered several put pits in states from Texas to New York and did accept an invitation to speak at Lincoln, >Neb, within the next few weeks. He was for a few moments the most sought man in the entire con- vention. He is cousin of young Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.. who accepted the invitation of Dr. Inzer to visit Alabama within the next few months to aid in the state organiza tion of the American Legion. Motion pictures were made of Dr. Inzer and he was in- terviewed by several nationally known magazine writers.
 SOUTH IN SADDLE Throughout the entire convention the south was in the saddle. With 1 former Senator Luke Lea of Tennessee and Major Henry D. Lindsley of Dal- | las, Tex, delivering vibrant verbal shells every time the occasion de- manded, "Old Dixie" made itself felt and no action was taken without due consideration of it's potential strength
 and influence
 The first national caucus of the American Legion clearly displayed IL was to be the biggest factor in the
 political and economic life of the l country for the next generation at least From every state and territory in the union, from the far-off islands of Hawaii and the Philippines, came degelates, and in all 1884 answered the roll call.
 The delegates were noisy, and for the first two days business could not be ex- pedited because of the uncontrolled ele- ments. It was young democracy at work.
 
 the old-time politicians who, neverthe- less marvelled at the strength of the youngster.
 The opposition of the American legion to bolshevism could not be doubted They administered stinging rebuke to the city of Chicago for possessing "Burgomaster" Thompson as the Illinois delegation dubbed the mayor of its greatest city. The delegates also re-used to fall into the trap of requesting money from Con- gress in the shape of additional bonuses. This was largely due to the few words of advice from Theodore Roosevelt, who throughout dominated the convention by his personal magnetism and ability to do the right thing at the right time.
 LIQUOR QUESTION The liquor question was untouched all though the friends of liberalism sought by means of premature publicity of their resolutions to influence the delegates to start a floor discussion on the subject.
 But the leaders interposed, and with the sage advice of pr. Inzer all dangerous topics were lulled back await the cau- GUS in November at Minneapolis when all service men will be represented and a true expression of the sentiment of the veterans will come out.
 The temporary state executive commit tee of Alabama, which also voted to en- large it's membership rom time to time so that every county will be represented, | is now constituted as follows: Col. Bibb 1 Graves, Montgomery. chairman; Rev. I John Inzer. Mobile, vic- chairman; LeRoy Jacobs Birmingham, secretary; Richard 1 F. Lussier Samuel Greene Morrow Dr. ! Will Jordan, Dr. Ceci7 Gaston, Jennings l Cillem, Joseph Yates, and Matthew Mur- l phy of Birmingham; Frank $. Ladd.
 Norman Reise and J. r.. Stoddard of Mo- l bile
 STATE CAUCUS
 The functions of this committee will