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Show NEGROES ARE RECOGNIZED. For the First Time in History of Re. publican Party in Alabama. For the first time in the history of the Republican party in Alabama negroes ne-groes were given recognition at the conference of the Republicans held at Montgomery Wednesday. The whites took seats on one side of the hall and the negroes on the other. Referees W. F. Aldrich, Charles H Scott and Jo Thompson organized the conference. In calling the conference to order Mr. Aldrich explained the object ob-ject of the meeting. The referees had been appointed, he said, to correct' mistakes and right the wrongs of the recent Birmingham convention. |