Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-17
GREENSBORO,
The Hale County Committee Meet and Take
 Action.

Action.
 Greensboro, March 16.-(Special) a meeting of the Confederate Veterans camp of Hale county Saturday the fol- lowing delegates were elected to the Con- federate reunion, which meets in Rich mond: W. w. Powers, W. c. Christian, T. T. May, James M. Hobson and E. T. Hutchinson.
 The Hale county democratic executive committee met at the court house on Saturday. Hon. c. E. Waller, chairman, called the attention of the committee to a communication he had received from the chairman of the peoples party eX- ecutiye committee. in which the propo- sition was made that if the democratic committee would do away with the plan of beat representation to the county con vention, which had been adopted two years ago by the county convention, and leave the nomination of candidates to the different offices to a direct vote of the white people of the county, then the peo- ple's party would vote in the primaries and support the nominees thus selected. The proposition was declined upon the ground that the executive committee had no authority to change the plan of voting for the nominees adopted by the last county convention. A number of reso- lutions were then adopted amending some of the resolutions which were passed at the last meeting of the exec utive committee, and others were passed supplying some omissions that had oc- cured at the last meeting. The purport of these resolutions was that the county convention, which was called for the 18th day of April should be flor the purpose of declaring the result of said beat meet ings and for the election of a chairman of the executive committed, and for no other purpose" Also that "the chairman of the county executive committee shall bA tNts., fa1 al- voted at said beat meetings or primaries the name of each candidate for governor and under the name of each candidate for governor the names of nine persons as delegates to the state conventon;" and that "the vote for delegates to the state convention in each beat shall be prorated therein exactly as in the case of county officers, and the persons re- ceiving the largest vote, as prorated ac- cordng to beat representation, shall be the delegates to the state convention" A resolution was passed requiring a resi- dence of thirty days in the beat, with the other necessary qualifications, to entit1e him to a vote in the primaries. The ob- ject of this resolution was to prevent col onzing voters. A resolution was also passed allowing each of the delegates to the state convention to appoint his all ternate. and that In the state convention a ma jority of the delegates shouM control the vote of the county.
 Before this meeting of the executive committee no rule had been adopted, ei- ther by the county convention two years ago or by the executive committee at it's former meeting, determining how the votes in the primaries should be cast for governor. It was evidently a casus omissus, and had caused much comment on the part of the people and much trou- ble among the county candidates for the nominations This matter Is now settled and the governors nomination will stand upon the same footing as the nomination of candidates for county offices. This plan is considered fair and just, and is approved by nine-tenths of the people of the county. The general sentiment in this county is for fair election in the primaries and If a majority of the white voters are for Clarke, then let him have the delegates from the county; 1T for Johnston, then let him have them This action of the committee takes away all chances of trading and juggling in the county convention, for which our county has gotten up an unenviable reputation In the past, and puts the nominations where the voice of th4 people win be heard and their wishes respected.