Birmingham state herald., 1896-01-22
Johnston,s Friends Jubilant.

Montgomery, Jan. 21.-(Special.)-Cap tain Johnston's friends got everything they asked for today at the hands of the state executive committee. They elected their choice for chairman, Hon. John B. Knox of Calhoun, without opposition; adopted the liberal primary plan, which the State Herald and most of Captain Johnston's other friends have advocated; filled the vacancies on the committee with men of their choosing and did it all without half trying. The Johnston men are wearing broad smiles tonight. The average anti-Johnston advocate looks like the boy the calf ran over. The re- suit of today's committee meeting amounts, it is believed, to the gallant captains nomination and subsequent election. t''-} .5r s%iI ~-'i lis.st' 7ss
 The committee was called to order at 10:3O o'clock by Chairman Tompkins, all of the members being present except Messrs. Bonner and Grant. The chair man announced the vacancies in the Second and Sixth districts, caused by the deaths of Messrs. Dunklin and Judge Greene.
 On motion of Mir Waller Hon. Lee Long of Greenville was elected to fill the vacancy in the Second, and on motion of MT Davis Hon. l.. B. Musgrove of Walker was chosen to fill that in the Sixth. Chairman Tompkins resigned the chair to Hon. A. G. Smith.
 A letter was read from Hon. Ben P. Hunt of Huntsville counseling conserva- tism and the adoption of the Perry plan i; also one from J. r. Marshal of Riley, president of the Afro-American league of Alabama asking that colored demo- crats not be barred from the democratic primaries. Fss {feess.
 Colonel Tompkins resignation as chair man. and also as a committeeman from the state at large, was read and accepted, and resolutions complimentary to the re- tiring chairman were offered by MT. Rountree and unanimously adopted.
 Mr. Waller of Hale nominated MT. John B. Knox of Calhoun as chairman to suc- ceed Colonel Tompkins, and he was elect ed by exclamation. MT. Tennent Lomax of Montgomery was then unanimously elected to succeed Colonel Tompkins as a member of the committee from the state at large.
 A committee of five on resolutions was appointed, consisting of Messrs Weak ley, Lawson, Jones, Waller and Dent.
 committee of five on time for holding primaries and county and state conventions was appointed, consisting of Messrs Davis, Rountree, Lyons, Smith and Winston.
 MT Lyons offered a resolution inviting all who pledged themselves to support
 
 maries.
 MT. Smith of Jefferson offered another covering the same ground. but going further and requiring participants to in dorse the principles of the party.
 MT. Lawson introduced resolution fa- voring the division of the national del- egation between the silver and sound money faction of the party.
 MT. Wood presented resolution Sug- gesting the second Tuesday in May as the date for the state convention and that the law regulating it and the pri- maries be the esa me as that which regu- lated those of 1894. is
 All of these resolutions were referred to the committee on resolutions The morning session adjourned about 12:30 until D. m.
 Upon reconvening Judge Foster of Henry resigned on account of his recent appointment to judicial position and MT. Morris of Geneva was elected to suc- ceed him.
 The resolutions committee then pre- sented its report, in which was embodied MT. Smiths resolution with regard to opening the primaries to all who would agree to support the nominees and the principles of the party. The report also recommended that the; representation of the different counties in the state con- vention be the same as in the last con- vent!on. With the Mallory resolution added the report was adopted.
 There was not the least particle of dis agreement or scrapping or. debating on any proposition until the resolutions committee reported in the afternoon The opposition did not chirp until then but the proposition to receive in the pri- mary elections the votes of all good and conservative citizens of Alabama re- gardfess of past affiliations, who would agree to support the nominees and in dorse the principles of the democratic party woke them up. and considerable supply of eloquence was. .unloosed
 After the committee'S resolution was Dallas proposeds aDh aniehdment to the effect that the passage of the resolution was not intended to deprive the executive committee of any county in the state