Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-15

| UNDER PRESENT CONDITIONS, TO | UNDERMINE AND DESTROY THE | DEMOCRATIC PARTY. ONE OF THE | MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS-INDEED, | THE FIRST VITAL STEP-WAS TO | MAKE THE PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT | THE PARTY WAS DISHONEST" The Montgomery Advertiser has start ed out as it alleged Kolb started cut. go- ing all the gaits a thorough republican would to undermine and destroy the dem oeratic party. It seems now to have adopted the most effective way" and
 that is ito make the people believe that
 the party is dishonest"
 The Montgomery County Committee.
 The county executive committee was called to order at 1925 p. m. by Chair man Thorington, with thirteen members present in person or by proxy. In opening Judge Thorington thanked the committee for the honor conferred on him by selecting him as chairman. H. assured the committee that it would give him great pleasure to cooperate with the members of the committee in forwarding the success of the party, which he felt was paramount to all other questions.
 He felt that the various members had each his personal choice for the various
 offices to be filled, but he felt that no member of the committee would use his official position to forward the cause of
 the candidate of his choice. Chairman Thorington then read the correspondence between MT. J. R. War ren and himself in reference to the se- lection of delegates by the county con- vention from the various beats of the county.
 He also called attention to the fact that
 the resolutions called for a direct vote
 on the candidates for governor. and he suggested that it might be well to also include a vote on the other officers, if hat Ntrsc mol 601 fA,. in, tla a,,fxy law.
 After the call of the roll Chairman Thorington read a letter from MT. Thom- as H. Watts. committeeman from beat 4, resigning his position as member of the | committee.
 The resignation was accepted and Mir. l Raoul placed in nomination the name of | MT. w. H. Rives to fill the vacancy
 caused by his resignati ton. There being | no opposition, MT Rives was elected by | exclamation.
 | Mr Sayre introduced a series of reso- | lutionS providing for the holding of pri- | maries and county conventions and mak- | ing plain the machinery for holding the | primary. The resolutions were adopted
 The Improvements Are Permanent. | MT. Sayre offered a resolution requir-
 | ing the beat meetings in the county
 . beats to be held in the usual places, and
 | that the committeeman in the city beats
 secure places to hold primaries, procure | boxes and the necessary stationary. This was amended by requiring the | committeeman in the county beats to | give notice by posting notice in three or | more places in the beat of the time and | place of the beat meeting. In the city | beats the committee will be required to l give notice by ten days publication in | some newspaper. As amended the res | olution was adopted.
 l MT. Sayre offered resolution regret 1 ting the resignation of Hon. Thomas H. | Watts. Adopted
 On motion of Mr. Sayre the chairman l of the commit e and the two commit l teemen from the city beats were consti- l tuted as committee to arrange for the l printing of the general tickets for the | use in the city beats, and to raise the | money for defraying the expenses of the l primaries in these beats. Committee adjourned. Mobile steamboat men state that the l improvements that have been made by | the government so far in the rivers in the middle and southern part of this state are greatly facilitating the river trans portation business. They state that all of the improvements are of a permanent character, and the state is under more obligations to the general government | for the favors in this line already rem dered than is perhaps appreciated gen | orally. Much yet remains to be done. | knowing ones say, but assurance is felt l that the government will not weary in l well-doing, but will finish up the inn | provemcnts now so well under way. It l is estimated that 6 feet of water all the | year round can easily be obtained, and with no enormous outlay of money, either.
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