The age-herald., 1899-01-27
NO FURTHER AMENDMENTS
Decided It UnWiSe to Asitate the Matter
 in the Legislature.
CONVENTION TO BE HELD IN MARCH
To Nominate Thirty-Three Delegates, One From Each Senatorial District Ofthe State Judge Zell Gaston
 Before the Committe.

Montgomery. January 26.-(special )-At 12:30 this afternoon in the council cham
 Der of the Montgomery city hall, Chairman
 Robert J. Lowe, called the state demo- cratic executive committee to order Upon
 the call of the roll by Secretary Nathan L.
 Miller, of Birmingham, the following mem- bers answered to their names:
 State-at-Large-George P. Jones, A. s.
 Lyons, R. B. Barnes, E. w. Booker Ten | nent Lomax, r. l.. Pettus. First District-R. R. Poole Second District-Charles R. Bricken, John N. Stanford, J. Lee Long. Third District-F M. Moseley, c. s. Me-
 Dowell, Jr.
 Fourth District-Tipton Mullins, Sidney J. Bowie.
 Fifth District-L G. Dawson, J. Thomas
 Hefiin.
 Sixth District-Danel A Collier, w. w. Brandon, Bernard Harwood. Seventh District-R. N. Bell w. I. Bull lock.
 Eighth District-John NJ. Hampton, A. F. Murray, John F. Proctor. Ninth District-A. c. Davidson, R. T. Robinett.
 Chairman Lowe stated, in few words that the meeting had become necessary be- cause of the calling of the constitutional convent on.
 Secretary Miller announced the resigna- ton of Committeeman B. F. Elmore. The resignation was accepted and R. R. Poole, of Marengo, was elected to the vacancy. MT. Pettus offered the following resou- tion:
 Be it resolved That 1t Is the sense of the state executive committee of the democratic party of Alabama that we very cordially endorse the action of the democratic caucus of the general assem- ply in framing and having enacted a l law calling a constitutional convention. Resolved, That we think it unwise and inexpedfent farther to agitate the matter in the general assembly and for this reason we respectfully recommend that no amendment or modification of the law be made" In Executive Session In order to consider this the committee went into executive session. After some what prolonged session the Pettus resolu- | tion was adopted by vote of 19 to g; and | the committee took a recess until o'clock. Before adjournment for the afternoon the following special committee was appointed | to confer with certain gentlemen who de- 1 sired to appear before the committee, and invite them to appear before the committee l at 5 o'clock: Messrs Collier Proctor, Book | CT, Mullins and Bell Also another committee was appointed to prepare plan and call for convention for l the purpose of selecting delegates to the constitutional convention, namely, Messrs l Bullock, Bowie Pettus, ad Mcdowell Chairman Lowe was added. Afternoon Session 1 MT. Collier of the committee on invita- l tion to gentlemen who desired to appear presented H. L. Mckee, of Selma, chair man of the committee of the Commercial l and Industrial clubs of Alabama who of- h lie fn fha 1n,v s1 mittee in the matter of electing constitu- tional convention. Probate Judge Zell Caste, populist, of Butler county, addressed the committee in reference to the attitude of the populists in regard to the constitutional convention and stated upon what terms he believed the CO., operation of the populist party could be se- cured in calling the convention. He dis claimed having been sent or appearing in a representative capacity, but declared he was acquainted with the disposition of the individual members of the state populist committee and the populist members of the legislature, and that he was morally certain that an agreement could be reached favor able alike to both parties, which would command the support of all the white peo- pie Of the state for the bill calling the con- stitutional convention. Endorsed Gaston's Remarks Senator Brooks, of Crenshaw, populist in-
 
 The committee then went into executive session. The principal act of the executive session was the adoption of the following resolution:
 Resolved, That state convention of this party be called to be held in Mont gomery on the 29th day of March. 1899. for the purpose of nominating thirty three delegates to the constitutional convention, one to reside in each sena- torial district; that beat meetings or pri- maries, as may be ordered by the county committees respectively, be held in each county on the 18th day of March, 1899: and county conventions to nominate del egates from the counties respectively, and to select delegates to said state con vention to be held on the 22nd day of March, 1899; except where primaries are ordered, in which event the county com mittees shall meet on the 22nd of March, 1899, to ascertain and declare the result: Provided, that the delegates to said state convention from each senatorial district shall have the right to select the delegate-at-large from said district, subject to the ratification of the state convention.
 Resolved further, That the qualifca- tion of voters in such beat meetings or primaries and the basis of representa- tion in said state convention be the same as was provided for our last state convention.
 in contained shall effect the action of counties where the county committee
 has already ordered beat meetings or
 primaries on different date from that
 herein fixed: Provided, that so much
 of these resolutions as reads as follows:
 ITO nominate delegates from the coun-
 ties and,' shall not apply to Chiffon
 county"
 The committee then adjourned.