The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-07

James H. Webb of Mobile, chair
tive committee, will call the con-
vention to order and will make
short Introductory address; Roy r.
Cox OF Montgomery, state fuel ad-
ministrator and chief clerk of the
state board of control and economy,
will be designated by Mr.. Webb as
temporary chairman.
Ray Rushton of Montgomery will
be named by the convention as tenn
porary chairman and will be handed
the gavel by Chairman Webb. Mr..
Rrshton will make tho keynote I'D
dress as soon as he is declared
elected
John III. Bankhead of Jasper will
then be elected by reclamation as
the permanent presiding officer. Mr..
Cox will be elected as permanent
secretary.
All factions in the. convention
seem agreed that this program shall
be followed. No opposition has de-
veloped to a single name which has
been urged In this connection. The
organization of the convention will
be harmonious.
VIII Appoint Committees
When the permanent organization
has been completed and the address
has been delivered a committee on
resolutions or platform will be elect
ed or appointed. The general opin-
ion is that the convention will au-
thorize the permanent chairman to
make the appointments on this COM
mittee, which will be the commit
tee for tho threshing out of the diff
ferences of the delegates. 1t is
probable that an effort will be made
to select tho platform or resolutions
committee SO each congressional dis
trict may have the same number
of representatives with a small
number being allotted to the state
at large.
This much work OF the convention
will be in complete harmony. but
there is an indication that one fac
ton of the convention will insist
s that the report of the platform Or
resolutions committee be accepted
with little change. ANOTHER will
urge the convention to make ade-
ouate provision for the discussion
and amendment of each section of
the resolution providing for plat
form.
Two Platforms Written
Already in conferences persons who
will be leaders of the convention
have suggested planks for the plat
form. The fact Is that two platforms
have been written and that confer
ence of a large number OF delegates
to the convention has been held and
the two platforms considered. The
result was that a third platform was
written which combined many of the
Ideas of the two original suggestive
platforms.
This proposed platform will be
introduced and considered by the
committee on platform. OF course, 1t
is possible that many changes may
be made in 1t before 1t Is returned
to the convention by the committee.
Henry p White of Alexander City,
member of the convention from the
state-at-large, announced Wednesday
night that he will offer resolution
Immediately after the convention Is
organized, which will provide full
and free discussion Of every pro-
posal in the suggestive platform. He
will ask the convention to authorize
a general discussion Of 80 minutes
on each platform returned by the
platform committee. thus anticipat-
ing that the majority and minority
of tho platform committee will make
reports.
After this discussion the conven-
tion would determine which pro-
posed platform would be considered
first and when one platform has been
accepted as the business for immedi-
ate consideration every section Of
the proposed platform would be
subject to amendment from the floor.
Whites Hesolutfon
Mr.. Whites resolution embodyins
this suggestion. which he will intro.
duce, follows:
Resolved: /. That the conven-
ton shall by q majority vote of a
quorum present and voting adopt
as the measure pending before the
convention any one of the several
reports made by the resolutions
(platform) committee proposing the
party platform.
80. That before the convention
adopts any report from the resolu-
lions committee as the pending
measure 30 minutes shall be allowed
for the explanation of each report,
this time to be controlled by the
member or members of the commit
tee favorable to such report.
80. After the expiration Of the