The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08
Candidates VIII Furnish List of
Names from Each Ward
FOR COMMITTEE TO SELECT FROM
Registration Will Begin at 8 O'clock
This Morning-Places Will Remain
Open Until 2 p. m. for Accomomda-
ton of the Laboring Glasses.

The gentlemen appointed by the city ex-
| executive committee to arrange details for
| the coming primary are finding it a hard
| task to arrive at a plan that will meet the
| appreciation of all three of the mayoralty
! candidates.
The committee met yesterday afternoon
! and made amendments to the plan salts
/ factory to Smith and Parker, but to which
| b. M Allen, manager for Drennen, finds
| considerable objection In brief, the
amendments provide
| That each candidate shall have repre-
sentation at the polls.
That to this end each candidate shall sub
| NIT names of five supporters from each
| ward, from which selection will be made.
That each candidate shall have a repre-
sentative at each polling place to challenge
voters.
That If voter is not allowed to cast his
ballot he will have the right of appeal to
| the city executive committee.
That the hours of registration shall be
from a. m. to p. M
Parker Forces Satisfied
A. G. Smith, manager for Mr.. Parker,
was at home i'll when the amendments
, were shown him. He authorized a state
| WINGED of the committees efforts to ar
| range for a fair and square primary, and
| that he would acquiesce in the plan adopt
| ed by the committee.
But the revised plan did not meet with
| favor at the Drennen headquarters The
Drennen executive committee held a meet
| ing last night and appointd a. sub-commit-
tee consisting of E. ]. Smyer T. FL Motion,
m npap II
/ berg to go out and ascertain whether or
not the propositions made by Mr.. Bremen
! in yesterdays Age-Herald to the other two
candidates for mayor had been accepted
| or rejected, and also to ascertain what, il
any, action had been taken by the commit
tee on arrangements authorized by tho
Crawford plan to conduct the approaching
primary. Nothing had been heard from
them during the day.
The committee returned after a short
time and reported that neither of the Other
two candidates would sign the letter Dub
lished by Mr. Drennen. The committee
while out also visited The Age-Herald Of
flee, where they obtained a copy of the
amended plan, which had been adopted
last night by the committee on arrange
ments appointed by the executive commit
tee.
Alien is Not Satisfied
II am not at all satisfied with this
amended plan" said B. M Allen, after
he had seen what the amendments were.
1t shows that some of the Objectionable
features in the original plan have been con-
sidered; but not amended so as to meet the
approval of the Drennen committee.
1.-THE first objection to the amended plan
is. that it requires each candidate to sub
nit to the arrangement committee five
names for each box, from which the COM
mittee is to select a manager to represent
each candidate. Il think that it is not al
ways an easy matter for each candidate to
find five men for each ward who are suit
able to act as managers and who will be
willing to serve such. Then the ar
rangement committee might select the
most inefficient man named by Drennen
and Parker, and pick out the best man
from the Smith list
Another objection is that no provision is
made for supplying the places of any man
ager who for any reason would fail to
qualify on the day of the election. We
have no assurance that the committee
would appoint Drennen man, should one
a
no reason why each candidate should not
be permitted to appoint his own managers;
men whom he knows to be confident and
who he knows will serve.
"a most curious provision in this re
vised plan Is one to the effect that the
committee on arrangements can appoint
managers and clerks for any candidate who
'withdraws nominally or otherwise, from
the race / have never heard OF a man
'nominally withdra wing from the race, and
1 take 1t that. the committee must mean
that they will supply the managers and
clerks of any candidate whom they con-
slider 'nominally in the race We think
that 1t ought to be left to each candidate
to say whether or not he is in the race,
for his ideas on the subject and those of
the committee on arrangements might diff
fer materially.
'sThis revised plan provides for the
challenging of voter, but while it gives
this voter so challenged the right to an
appeal to the whole executive committee,
yet 1t gives the man who makes the chal-
lenge no such privilege. Suppose two of
the managers should agree to let number
OF illegal voters vote, then even III the other
manager did challenge them, the first two
managers could overruie him, so to speak,
and he would have no right to appeal from
their decision. aH
ItsApparent Fairness
1.-THE substantial fairness of a plan in
not more important than Its apparent fair
ness and any plan which does not appeal