The age-herald., 1898-03-11
 CHAIRMAN KNOX ISSUES HIS CALL
For the Converting of the State Convention On
 April 20.
Special to The Age-IIerald.

Anniston, Ala, March 10.-The following call was issued tonight by Hon. John B. Knox, chairman of the Democratic State Executive oCmmittee:
 Headquarters of the Execu-
 tive Committee of the Democratic
 and Conservative Party of Alabama. To the Members of the Democratic and Conservative Party:
 At meeting of your state executive committee, held in the city of Montgom- cry, on the 10th day.of February, 1898, the following, among other proceedings, were had: Resolutions were adopted as follows: Be it resolved, That the state convention of the Democratic and Conservative party of Alabama shall be held in the city of Montgomery; that the different county committees shall call primary or beat meeting at the discretion of the different county executive committees, on Saturday, April g, and the county conventions on Wednesday, April 13, and the state con- vention on April 20; provided that those counties that have already acted in the matter shall not be affected by this reso- lution.
 Resolved, That we hereby invite all con- servative voters, irrespective of past polit- ical associations or differences, who can unite with us in the effort for pure, eco- nomical and constitutional government and who will support the nominees and prin- ciples of the democratic party, to joint us in sending delegates to the approaching state convention.
 Resolved, further, That all persons so participating in the primaries, conventions mass meetings of the party, hereafter to be held. thereby pledge themselves to support the nominees of such primaries, conventions mass meetings, whether municipal, county, state or federal.
 Each county shall be entitled to the same rrr of dp1ppateS in said convention that it had in the last state convention.
 Resolved, further, That each county ex- ecutive committee shall decide for it's coun- ty whether the delegates to the state or other conventions shall be selected by prt- mary election, beat meeting, county con- vention or mass meeting; and whether any other than white voters shall be allowed to participate in said primaries.
 Resolved further, That the chairman Of this committee is hereby directed to call judicial, chancery and senatorial conven- tions in all circuits, chancery divisions and senatorial districts which have no executive committees, said conventions to be held at the same time and place as the state con- vention, and the representation therein to be the same as in the state convention; provided, that If any counties have already selected delegates to such conventions or have ordered primaries or conventions for selecting such delegates, such action is hereby ratified and confirmed.
 Be 1t resolved, That the qualifications of voters prescribed by this committee shall be the qualifications in all the counties of the state, except in those counties which havealready held conventions.
 Pursuant to said resolutions, the state convention and the judician, chancery and senatoril conventions of all the judicial circuits, chancery divisons and senatorial districts winch have no executive commit- tee are called to meet in the hall of the house of representatives in the city of Montgomery on the 20th day of April 1S9S. The beat meetings and primary elections to send delegates to the county conventions are called for Saturday, April g. 1898, and the county conventions and mass meetings to send delegates to the state convention and such judicial channery and senatorial conventions are called for Wednesday, the 18th day of April. 1s9S
 These resolutions as to uniformity in time of holding beat meetings, primary elections and county conventions do not apply to counties that have already selected dele gates to said convention.
 JOHN B. KNOX,
 Chairman.