The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03
By FRED II. GoRMLEY ontgomery Bureau, The Age-Herald, 2RI-e First National Bank Building


 Montgomery, September 2.-(Spe- ciai. Saturday night were that John H. Bankhead, Jr., of Jasper will be named permanent chairman of the state democratic convention without opposition when it is organized Thursday afternoon at o'clock. that Rev. R. Cox, for merly of Mobile but now of Mont gomery. will be eieIed permanent secretary, and that there will be complete harmony during the process of organization.
 The withdrawal of Sidney Ja Bowie of Birmingham left clear field for Mir. Bankhead. Judge ". W. Bran- don, the next governor of Alabama. while taking no part fn the organ iaation>of the convention. has let it be known that the selection of Mir. Bankhead will be pleasing to him When Nr. Bowie learned that MT Bankhead's ideas regarding the con tinued development of an organiza- tion for education in Alabama were in line with his own he decided there was no need for fight for the per manent chairmanship. The chairman is Important mainly because of the power he has in the selection of cora nittees.
 The convention will be called to order at 1 o'clock in the Grand theatre. by James H. Webb of Mo bile, chairman of the state demo- cratic executive committee. who has already been designated as tenn porary chairman of the state commit tee, which called the convention. Mir. Webb has already announced that he will name Mir. Cox as temporary secretary and 1t became known Sat urday night that Mir. Cox will re- ceive the support of many leaders fo- permanent secretary.
 Lines are already being. drawn for various contests which will come be- fore the convention and it is re- garded as certain that the conven- ton will go far into the second day. It Is highly improbable that the work already outlined can be com pieted in one day.
 Brandon to Attend
 Governor designate Brandon will arrive in Montgomery Tuesday eve ming and will confer with his friends regarding blanks which will be pro- posed In the convention. Judge Bran don has already appealed to the rep rcsentatives of the states democracy to outline & platform which will take into consideration the proposals made by him in his successful campaign. It Is known that persons who took leading part in the campaign which brought success at the polls August 8 are preparing resolutions embodying the various blanks which were included in Judge Brandona platform.
 Reports two weeks ago were that & hard fight would be made to eny- body in the platform plank propos- ing light wines and beer. There Is every indication now that an over wheiming majority of the members of the state convention will oppose such a suggestion. In fact, informa- tion is that majority will favor q plank opposing any change in the prohibition laws unless a means be found to make them stronger. AL though an effort has been made dur ing the past year to change the laws so as to permit the sale of cereal bev- erages. otherwise known as near beer, this subject has not been gen. orally discussed and if there is to be an effort to include such plank in the platform the preliminary work has been done without such informa- tion reaching the public.
 The big fight, according to present indications, will be on the subject of 8 democratic convention for the Judicial officers, The state dem ocratio executive committee has de- clined to call such a convention dur ing the past two years, refusing the last time in January. Several mem bers of the present state democratic executive committee have indicated that they favor such a convention but have declined to vote for 1t be. cause they believed such a subject should be handled only by a con vention or a committee which ha. had some semblance of instructions from the democratic voters. Judiciary Fight expected. The argums nt in the convention will be that the people who selected