The age-herald., 1900-10-11
Election Will Be Held on the
 20th Inst.
BOTH SIDES ACCEPT THE DECISION
Thompson Lacked Only Few Votes to Declare Him the Nominee-Stete Chairman 10 Declare the
 Result

Age-Heralu Bureau, Hotel Clancey, Montgomery, October 10.-(Special )-After a two days session the Democratic State Committee tonight decided that there is no Democratic nominee for Congress in the Fifth district, and 1t was ordered that white primary election be held October 20 to determine who Is the nominee
 This Is considered as a partial Brewer victory as his friends had recognized that 1t was the best he could hope for The vote on the question was close, however, Thompson having within three of enough votes to declare him the nominee.
 The committee seemed divided into three parts, those favoring Thompson or Brewer and those for another primary. The ses- sion of the committee was executive after the conclusion of the arguments by the at- torneys, but it is understood that there were eleven Thompson partisans, nine for Brewer and six for another primary. The latter element was led by Judge A. P. Smith of Greene Messrs Heflin of Cham bers, Stevens of Mobile and German Of Opelika leading the fight for Thompson, and Messrs White of Coosa and McKen- zie of Elmore for Brewer.
 While both of the candidates desired decision favorable to themselves, they both accept the decision of the committee, and for the next ten days there will be some hard campaigning in the Fifth district.
 When the committee met at 10 o'clock this morning the attorneys began the ar- gument of the case and consumed the time up to o'clock. T. D. Sanford of Opelika opened for Thompson, and was followed by Judge J. M. Chiffon and Gen. rxy ~ no4a ,Ia ka for Cant F. S. White closed for Thompson.
 When the committee reconvened in the afternoon they went into executive session. A resolution was adopted allotting to each member ten minutes in which to speak on the case. This consumed considerable time.
 The Resolution
 Finally MT. Sanders of Limestone offered the following resolutions:
 Resolved, That 1t Is the opinion of this committee that the highest interest of the Democratic party of the Fifth Congression- al district and the State of Alabama de- mands that the Democratic voters them selves of said district shall determine the pending controversy, and declare In no lfh- certain tone who Is the party's nominee for Congress. It Is therefore ordered that on Saturday, the 20th of October, 1900, there shall be had in the Fifth Congressional dis trict a white primary for the purpose Of determining who is the nominee for Con- gross.
 'The qualifications of voters to be those prescribed by the committee under res olution passed on the 8th day of June, l90O.
 "The only candidates to be voted for at said primary shall be the Hon. Charles W. Thompson of Tuskegee and Hon. Willis Brewer of Hayneville.
 "Colonel Thompson and Colonel Brewer shall each select a manager, clerk ana returning officer for each election precinct and shall equally participate in the selec. ton of the election machinery throughout the district.
 ."There shall be provided at each polling place a separate box in which shall be de- posted all votes which may be challenged, with the cause of the challenge endorsed thereon which box containing said chal- lenge vote as we'll as the box containing the vote not challenged shall be returned by the returning officers for the respect i've precincts to the court house or the respective counties and there delivered October 22, 1900, to the Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of the respective counties. Said precinct mana gers herein provided for shall count the vote, both those challenged and unchal- lenged in their respecive precincts and certify the result to the Democratic Execu- tive Committee of their respective counties on Monday, October 22 1900.
 ToCanvass the Returns
 "On the 22d day of October, 1900, all Democratic Executive Committees of each county of said district at noon shall meet at the court house of their respective coun- ties and there canvass the returns for said county from said primary and declare the result, which result shall be set aside to the chairman of this committee who shall declare that the candidate receiving the highest number of votes from said primary as shown by the retprns thus set aside to him to be the nominee. Nothing herein Is to be construed into depriving any party aggrtsved, of his right of appeal to this committee.
 "It is further ordered that if at said primary herein provided for the Hon. Charles W. Thompson shall be declared the nominee the chairman of this committee Is hereby authorized to declare that the dis trict executive committee elected by the Thompson convention at the Goodwater convention Is the regular committee for said district. If the Hon. Willis Brewer shall be declared to be the nominee the chairman of this committee Is hereby au- thortzed to declare that the district execu- tive committee elected by the Brewer con Vention at the Goodwater convention Is the regular committee for said district. The person declared to be the nominee as herein provided shall be considered to stand upon his certificate of nomination hereto fore filed with the Secretary of State and