The age-herald., 1898-02-19
WILL MEET AT
 HIGH NOON TODAY The Jefferson County Democratic EXeCu
 tive Committee, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT ROOM To Adopt Plans for the Selection of
 Candidates. PRIMARY AND CONVENTION PLANS Will Probably Be Adopted-Hon. John W. Tom lnson Thinks the Silver Men Will Have Things Their Own Way -Comp-
 ments State Committee.
PRIMARY AND CONVENTION PLANS

The democratic county executive conn mtttee meets today at 12 m. in the circuit court room in the county court house to adopt a plan of nominating county off, cers and members of the legislature and delegates to the state convention, and to fix the date of holding the primaries and the convention. The committee will, it is very generally conceded, fix the dates, at the time fixed by the state committee April 9 for primaries and April 13 for county convention.
 erday the Democratic Bfmetallic club of Jefferson county he'd an enthusias- tic meeting, and the impression prevailed that the plan of the organization would be adopted The plan as heretofore pub lished in The Age-Heraid is to hold a primary for county officers and conven- tion for state nominees.
 Hon. John w TomlinSon was seen yes terday and to an Age-Herald reporter Safd: q feel that the silver men in the commit tee will have everything their own way. Hon. B. A. Thompson has been selected to make the fight in the committee for the silver forces and a meeting will be held tomorrow morning to map out deh- nite plum of action.
 'In regard to the action of the state democratic committee, I think the com mittee did exactly right. I am glad Dr. Cameron's amendment prevailed. To not require pledge of those participating in our primaries to stand by the nominees, not only state but national, and the prin- ciples of the party, would never have done The resolutions of the state com mittee in 1897 require:
 That all persons so participating Tn the primaries or mass meetings of the party to be held thereby pledge themselves to support the nominees of such primaries. conventions or mass meetings, whether municipal, county or federal.
 "This clause was suggested by me to a member of the state committed, and was added to the resolution before adoption in 1897. The purpose of the provision was 10 prevent from participating in the dem- ocratic primaries those who have no bona fide intention, at the time of participating, of supporting the municipal, county, state or federal nominees. Of course, this clause does not prevent any man from leaving the party whenever he sees fit.
 All that is rquired,' continued MT. Tom linson, lis that he have a present inten-. tion of not only supporting the state, but national nominees. l do not think the language of the resolution warrants any other construction. The Mobile Register, a gold paper construes the clause in ques- tion in that way as follows: The com mittee resolved, by vote of 13 to 10, to adopt the pledge resolution of 1897, requir- ing the voters in the coming primary to pledge themselves not only to support the nominee of the convention of this year,
 
 tion
 ''What is desired are men who are not only democrats in state elections, but democrats in national elections. All such are welcomed but I am sure I express the sentiments of the great majority of the democrats of this state when I say that I oppose any policy which counten- ances men coming into the party for the purpose of capturing the state and county offices the state and county committees, members of the legislature and the solic- itors, of controlling the policy of the party, etc. with no bona fide intention of SUD- porting the national nominees unless the platform adopted meets their peculiar views. What is wanted with such men in the party?
 "They not only continually sheer at democracy but day after day denounce and msrepresent those who work for the supremacy of democratic principles, and with more virulence than they do repub- 1icans."