Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-16
DEMOCRATIC PREPARATION Full Meeting of the County Ex-
 ecutive Committee. DAY0 COUNTY CONVENTION Will Be April l5-Everything Arranged as to Representation and to Assure Fair
 Methods.

So far so good.
 Democratic party machinery in Jeffer- son is all ready for the button to be touched s', #4 The county democratic executive com- mittee met in the circuit court room yes terday al noon, and was called to order by Chairman Waldrop. On call of the roll the following members were found to be present.
 l. w. McAdory, D. w. Houston, w. R. Quinn, J. w. Sellers, I. A. Brown, Paul E.. Greene, Henry Dill, R. H. Tendon, w. A. Bradford, Dr. P. P. Grove, J. L. Walthal, ID. A. Paschal, Fuller Vines, A. G. Morris, Charles Turnham, T. H. Moore, J. l.. Staggers. William. Jackson, M. W. Steele, J. c. Waldrop, Smith Miles, c. L. Dabbs, J. B. Gibson, pr. J. s. Gillespie, M A. Porter, w. C. Garrett, w. K. Terry, John M. Connolly, s. D. Weakley
 w. T. Kennedy was permitted to rep resent w. B. Gere of Bessemer by proxy. Henry Simpson was elected a commit teeman for Morris beat.
 G. B. Lawsonswas elected committee man for beat 19.
 It was ordered that two boxes or voting places be had in Coalburg beat for the primary (Coalburg and Brookside). It was also recommended that voting place be established at Blossburg, in beat 3S.
 
 mittee on details for the primary made his report, which was the report pulp lfshed in the StateHera1d Friday morn ing. Copies of the State Herald were furnished each member before the read ing of the report.
 The report was acted upon by sections Sections l, ?, 3, and 5 were adopted without their second reading being called for. Section 6, on motion of Mir. s. D. Weakly, was amended so as to read as follows:
 All ballots to be cast in said elections shall be on white paper without any identifying devices or marks thereon. Adopted. Mir. Weakley said it was in- tended that the casting of ballots should be as near secrecy as to the individual as possible ...
 M. w. Steele urged a proclamation of the result of the election for all candi- dates to be made at the same time Section was adopted.
 On motion of M. A. Porter the words at the end of section 9, Provided, the managers are not thereby crowded OF hindered," were stricken out
 Section 10 paragraph g. was changed so as to read If there is a tie between opposing candidates who have the high est number of votes," to make the clause read more clearly
 Section II: There shall be appointed by the chairman a committee of five to be known as the committee of arrange ments." J. c. Waldrop moved that this committee to be appointed inside the executive committee. Lost
 Speaking to section II, MT. Brown did not want to let candidates have addi- tionai tickets printed. He thought 1t might benefit some special man. He moved to amend accordingly. Lost.
 Section 12 was read. MT. Richard Evans moved the subcommittee pre- scribe manner of marking the ballot Adopted. Section F, as thus amended was adopted.
 Section 13 was read. M. A. Porter moved the basis of representation be the same as at the last county convention to send delegates to Montgomery, not that basis presented in the report.
 On motion of s. D, Weakley the follow ing was adopted: That the delegates to the county convention accorded to beats 21 and 37 be distributed among the subdivisions in those beats, according to the number of white voters therein, as returned upon the lists provided for by the plan just adopted. The number of delegates to be given each subdivision shall bear the same proportion to the number of delegates allowed the whole precinct as the number of white voters in the subdivisions bear to the totnI white vote of the precinct The chairman of this committee, from said lists shall ascertain the number to which each sub- division is entitled and publish the same"
 On motion of w. K. Terry section F was reconsidered and amended so as to read: Any matters of detail not ar ranged relating to the holding of said election, not provided for by the commit tee, shall be regulated by the election laws of Alabama"
 On motion of R.. H. Tendon, the follow ing was adopted as section IA of the plan:
 Section IA. The respective managers and returning officers shall, before open ing the polls on the day fixed for holding the primary, subscribe to the following obligation or pledge, to-wit: "We hereby pledge ourselves as managers and re- turning officers of said primary election to conduct, manage and hold said cleo tion and to count the ballots cast at said election honestly, fairly and conscfen- tiously, to the best of our ability"
 County Convention April Is.
 It was moved that the committee meet on Wednesday, April 10, at 10 a. m. and