Lster had been appointed, and
was the proper man, that although
Mi. Lester had declined, lie had no light
to do so, and that his lesignutiou had
not been accepted, and wound up by
saying that Mr. CoNon "v.is like
who went to tho bottom of the
SM-lm wasn't in it."' Colson then gave
up tho chair and Lester proceeded to
cull tho convention to order again, omitting,
of course, the prayer. The convention
then proceeded to elect. Mr. Lester
temporary chairman, with the same
After considerable wrangling
over the admission of the proxies from
unrepresented Judge Moi row-was
linally elected permanent chairman
and on the Hist ballot A. IL Dyche, of
Lsurel, aud Judge James Denton, of Pulaski,
were selected as delegates to tho
Minneapolis convention. A resolution
was olfcred, recommending Judge V.
Homing, of Laurel, ns a delegate from
tho hrge, which was overruled
by the chair as out of order. While the
various committees were out, II. F. Fin-
ley entertained tho crowd with one of
his characteristic arraignments of
At i .. .... ir i JH1...1 U.....1,... r r .. r v i . ;
.... , . . ....
",e,UMl ' ". ' nt "lony years ago
jM.oar ",n" "veil n Unrel." At thii
there was a peicoiitiblt titter all over
the house and exclamations of was
there "' but befote the colonel ot thro'
he almost hi ought tears to his ow n eves
in h)"lpenl for tin-"poor orphan boy,
a. i.. wvcue. i ne name- ol the
for ileleates. besides the above,
wen. Dr. Watkins, of Whitley, and W.
