The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-20
MONTGOMERY AGOG
WITH POLITICS
The Clans Have Gathered and All
Is in Readiness.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
HaS Not Yet Decided the Contest From
LOVndeS County.
THE sup!sss COURT ce%EsT
Is Excit' : : Most Interest-List o
= obab'e Winners.
MCCLELLAN CONsIDEREp SrPr suor
His Active Supporters Claim That He viii
Go Into the Convention With 100 Ma
jority-G Gossip of the Politiciana,
The Solicitorships Fight.
Special to The Age-Hera,d


Montgomery, April 19-The state execu.
tive committee met in the city council
chamber this morning, the principal busi.
ness being the hearing of two sides of a
contesting delegation from Lowndes
county.
The decision will be a momentous one
locally, as it involves the Regularity not
only of the delegation to the state conyen-
tion, but also that of all the nominees on
both the Caffey and Wood tickets for
various and sundry fat county Offices in
Lowndes.
Partisans of both factions are backing
their favorites by stiff betting, the follow
ers of Wood being probably the most ag-
gressive, though NO odds are asked or
given.
At II o'clock the committee was called
to order by Chairman John Knox.
On a call of the roll by Secretary N. l..
Miller the following committeeman respond
ed:
State at Large-w. H. Lawson of Mon
gomery; r. p Wetmore, of Jefferson; T. L.
Pettus, of Dallas; Tennent Lomax, Of
Montgomery; A. A. Evans. of Barbour.
Districts
First-A S. Lyons, of Mobile; B. f. Ell.
more, OF MarenSO
Second-J. B. Long, of Butler; C. r.
Bricken, of Crenshaw; j. N. Stanford, of
Wilcox.
Third-E. H. Glenn, of Russell; F. M.
Moseley, of Bullock; ]. ]. Morris. Of
Geneva.
Fourth. B. Knox, of Calhoun; s. ].
Bowie of Talladega; M. A. Keith, of Dali
las.
Fifth w. Cook, of Lowndes; ]. T.
Heafin of Chambers; w. H. Blake, of
Clay.
Sixth-W. B. PEBBLES of Pickens; M. B.
Cameron, of Sumter; Dan Collier of Fays
ette.
Seventh w. 1. Bullock, Of Franklin.
Eighth-George P. Jones, of Lauderdale;
A. L. Murray, of Morgan; r. P. Whitman,
of Madison.
Ninth-F. M. Hudson, of Blount; S. d.
Logan, of Bibb John r. Hogue, of Perry.
Mr. Pat McGanley of Montgomery was
made stenographer.
The first order of business being the con-
sderation of contested county delegations,
Messrs. II. C. Tompkins and Caffey ap-
peared in behalf of H. M. Caffey and J.
E. Webb of Birmingham and Thomas H,
Watts of Montgomery, for W. c. Wood in
the contest from Lowndes county.
There was some delay to allow counsel
fo rthe Wood faction to prepare their pa
p2fS. Oh fnOIlOH OF MI. 0OWte VI ahcao
one hours time was allowed each side for
legal argument after closing the testimony.
The chair stated that two conventions
had been held in Lowndes, each or which
had sent delegation to the state conven-
ton. The committee was to decide the is-
sue as to which of those delegations was
entitled to the prima facia right to be seat.
ed In the state convention.
Mr. Webb stated his case, In which he
claimed to have evidence to show that the
Wood convention was composed of 661s deay
egatss of 105 duly elected from the various
beats, and that no notice OF contest peS
fore the county committee was ever served
on said delegation.
Mr. Tompkins showed In presenting his
case, that the Hugh M. Caffsy delegation
was legally organized under the party law
and was composed of a majority of the
delegates elected from all the beats, as ac-
credited by the action of the regular
county executive committee, after II had
given due personal notice and by previous
publication in the newspapers.
The Probable Winners
From good authority and judging by all
indications the winners IN the supfeme
court contest which closes tomorrow will
be:
For chief justice-Thomas N. Mcclellan,
of Limestone; associate judges, T. A.
Sharpe of jefferson; John r. Tyson, Of
las; j. r. Dowdle, of Chambers.
The active supporters of Judge McClel-
Ian say tonight that his majority In the
convention will be not less than 1S0 votes
The associate judges Will all have good
safe majorties. 1T was rumored toDighB
supposed by the Coleman forces, that Judge
Sharpe, of Jefferson, had withdrawn from
the race in favor of a prominent BfmingS
ham lawyer. This created CONSERVATION
among some who are not quick to see
through political schemes, but it was soon
found to be a canard.
The executive committee was in session
all day, but did not finsh with the Lowndes
contest case and will meet again at 10
o'clock tomorrow. 1t is said both delega<
tions will be seated, each member having
a half vote, there being ten votes accreditA
ed to the county The Caffey faction is un-
derstood to be for Mcclellan, and the
Woods faction against him. However, IL
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