The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-11
The PRIMARY OR
CONVENTION PLAN
County Executive Committee
Meets Today to Decide 1t.
MODE CHOOSING DELEGATES
o Constitutional Convention May be
Widely Discussed This Morning
One Birmingham Member Favors
Beat Meetings, One Primary.

The democratic executive committee 81
Jefferson county will meet today at noon In
the circuit court room of the court house
to determine by what method the delegates
to the constitutional convention and he
delegates to the state democratic conven-
ton snail be nominated The following
call, which was sent out several days ago
by Secretary Nathan l.. Miller, explains
itself:
AT a recent meeting of the state ex-
ecutive committee resolutions were
adopted calling u state convention in
Montgomery on March 18th, 1899, to nom
mate thirty-three delegates from the
state at large to the constitutional con-
vention, and calling upons the county
committees to call beat meetings or
primaries in their respective counties
on March 18th. 1889, or county conven-
lions on the End of March, 1899, to nomi-
nate delegates TO the constitutional con-
vention and delegates to the state con-
vention, called as aforesaid.
In compliance with said resolutions,
the democratic executive committee of
Jefferson county is called to meet in the
circuit court room in Birmingham, Sat
urday, February l1th, 1899, at Il o'clock
noon, to provide for the selection of del
egates to the constitutional convention,
anu 10 the democratic state convention,
in compliance with said resolutions, ana
for the transaction of such other BUSH
ness as may come before said commit
tee."
k3Asors Beat Meetings
"Of course, one cannot say just what the
committee will do, said Robert II. Thach,
one of the members OF the committee, yes
terday, but it is my individual opinion that
we should have beat meetings on March
is, to select delegates to a county conven-
zion. l think that beat meetings will be
preferable to primaries because they will
be much less expensive, and just as good
set of delegates will be selected as there
would be in primary.
Fl am in favor Oh letting the county con-
vention select Jefferson six delegates to
the constitutional convention, as well as the
delegates TO The state democratic conven-
tion. II We nominated Jeifersons delegates
by the primary method, this would require
a long and expensive canvass Of the county
by the candidates, winch | don't think
would be wise, considering now little,
financially, is at stake. Even then the
chances are that we wouldn't get the best
men"
Primary Plan the :iest
Il haven't heard the question discussed
at ALL" said Judge j. T. Garretson, land,
of course, cannot say what viii be done at
tomorrows meeting. Personally, l am gem
orally in favor OF electing officers by pri-
maries, but there may De arguments ad-
vanced tomorrow showing how it would be
better to nominate our Delegates in the
comfy conventions"
II haven't heard the matter discussed at
ALL" said Syl DAILY, land really couldn't
say just which plan would be best. In fact,
L had not thought of the question before
you mentioned IL to me-"
Henry b. Gray and Walter Moore, two
other members of the committee from Bir-
mingham, were out of the city yesterday
and could not be seen.
This mornings meeting promises to be
well attended and very interesting.