The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-02

at about $50 or 500, VIII be a matter Of
personal arrangement between the two
candidates and the committee
Tho Meeting Was Stormy
Yesterdays meeting of the executive COM
mlttee was a stormy one. It Will be re-
membered that just after the primary two
weeks ago a special committee was ap-
pointed to recount the votes in the boxes,
which had been returned, and where there
were no ballots in them, to summon the
managers and take statements from them
under oath. There were twenty-one of
these boxes, and their managers were ask
ed to appear before the special committee
yesterday morning at o'clock, but none
of them came.
At noon yesterday the whole executive
committee was called together, Walter
Moore, representing R. F. Kolb; Edgar L.
Mitchell, representing Robert j. Lowe;
Robert II. Thach, representing James
Weatherly; Jerry Fountain, representing
C. P. Beddow, and John Harkins for T. NJ.
Duggan, representing John T. Shugart,
submitted the following majority report OF
the COMMITTEES:
The Majority Report
Under the resolution passed by this COM
mttee, the subcommittee proceeded to
count the vote in all boxes that were prop
erly sealed and locked, and where the
boxes were not properly sealed and locked
the committee took the face of the GER
tidcates contained therein. There were
quite number of boxes in which the ball
lots had not been returned, and in these
boxes it was impossible for the sub-com-
nil 4 tl.t.
face of the returns from the certificates.
The subcommittee found the task of
recounting the ballots a tedious one, being
compelled TO remain up all night of the day
they commenced their labors. The recount
was necessarily more or less Inaccurate,
owing to the continued strain and difficulty
of picking out those candidates seeking
recount, but as a result Of their labors tho
Subcommittee report that their investiga-
ton shows that F. S. White, Hugh Morrow,
J. p. Tillman, l.. c. Bradley, r. +. Kolb,
were unquestionably nominated, and should
be declared the nominees of the party by
the full committee.
IN regard to sixth place, the sub-c 5mmit-
tee respectfully reports that r. J. Lowe
and r. g. Hewitt upon the face of the re-
turns, received exactly the same number
of votes, to-wit: 2,119, and as the ballots
were lacking in quite number of boxes,
the subcommittee report that, in their
judgment, in justice to both Mr.. Lowe and
to Mr.. Hewitt. and in the interest of the
party, the sixth place should be and Is
hereby reported a tie to the full committee,
and as the subcommittee has no authority
in the premises, we hereby refer this mat
ter to the full committee in order that they
may decide in what manner 1t should be
determined who shall be the extra nominee
to the constitutional convention. Recon-
mending, however, that primary election
be held on Saturday, the 18th day of April,
1899, to decide between r. G. Hewitt and
Robert Lowe as to which shall be declared
a nominee for delegate to the constitu-
tlonal convention and under the plan
ADOPTED by said subcommittee, which sub
committee shall have all the powers in and
about the primary election to be ordered
which it had and possessed in the late prI-
mary election.
walter MOORE.
EDGAR l.. MITCHELL.
"ROBERT H. TIACH.
"JERE FOUNTAIN.
JOHN TIARKINS,
for T. NJ. DUGGAN."
Kennedy's Minority Report
John s. Kennedy, representing Mr.. Hew-
itt Immediately submitted the following
minority report
"rhat fail to concur in the statements
of the inaccuracies alleged in the other re-