The age-herald., 1900-03-18
SUBCOMMITTEE
 MEETS TOMORROW
Further Consideration of Prima-
 ry Election Law.
MAY ORDER REGISTRATION
MT Waldrop Said to Favor Plan Rail- roadMen's Political Club Endorses Ticket-Doings in Poht-
 ical Circles

Tomorrow morning at o'clock the pri-
 cratic executive committee will meet to
 resume the consideration of plans for the l primary election to be held in Jefferson
 county on April A. The committee is com l posed of c. F. Beddow, chairman; Walter Moore, R. J. Waldrop, J. B. Kennedy and | E. A. Little. The meeting will ,oe held fin
 the office of Chairman Beddow. l The committee at previous meetings, | adoIpted the plan under which the primary
 was held in 1898, except in the matter of
 dates, names of candidates and few other | particulars that were necessary for the | present campaign. This action was taken
 under directions from the county commit | tee which instructed the subcommittee
 to adhere as closely as possible to the plan 1 of 1S96
 l One of, the first questions presented to the subcommittee was that of allowing a vote on the dfspensary issue. The advo- 1 cotes of the dispensary, through their at 1 tofney James 10. WeLb, peti1ioned the com | unitee to order special ballot boxes at each | voting place in the county in which to I deposit votes for and against the dispens- 1 ary, the county committee having voted down resolution authorizing direct vote | in the primary. The committee took the matter under advisement and will pass on | 1t later
 | Registration of Voters Perhaps the most important question that l has been before the subcommittee is that or registering the white voters in the cities l of Birmingham, Bessemer, Ensley and | Citxr l the subcommittee, supported a resolution l ordering such registration, but the other three members, Messrs Beddow, Moore and l Waldrop, opposed it and it was therefore l defeated. During the past week Mir Ken nedy obtained the signatures of a large l number of the candidates for both county l and state offices to petition asking the
 subcommittee to have the white voters in l the beats named registered for the primary l election.
 It is understood that Mir. Waldrop who is l himself candidate for clerk of the criminal l court, has decided to support the resolution
 offered at former meeting of the commit tee by MT. Kennedy, to order the registra-
 ton, and if he does so that insures it's adop- | ton.
 l The argument advanced by the advocates 1
 cities mentioned is that a large number of I people have moved into these places within the past year who will not be entitled to 1 vote in the August election. They claim | that if these newcomers will not be allowed l to vote in the state election they should
 not be allowed to participate in the demo- | cratic primary.
 Another question to come up tomorrow is ! hot Of rar ,tat fat. tha
 beats created since the last county conven- | tion and for the beats out of which the new
 ones were formed. The new beats are | Huffman beat A. and Ensley, beat 45. The managers who are to have charge of
 cincts are to be selected by the sub-com- | mittee, and this matter will probably come
 up at the meeting tomorrow. Endorsed Ticket
 At meeting of the Railroad sMens Poit- ical club ticket made up of the candidates
 for the respective offices to be voted for by
 the members of the organization in the | primary election was endorsed. l The special committee appointed to con- | fer with the clubs at Avondale and Besse- | mer and the Workingmen's Political club
 of this city, reported that the following | names had been selected and the report | was adopted:
 For Governor-Charles M. Shelley.
 For Sheriff-T. s. Pounds. | For County Treasurer-Henry B. Gray. | For Tax Assessor-John l.. Parker. | For Tax Collector-James B. Francis.
 For Superintendent of Education-Jerry
 Fountain.
 For Clerk of the Criminal Court-John G.
 Bradley.
 For Members of the Board of Revenue
 Gus Ellard, Thomas Broomall, J. H. F.
 Moseley, Dr. Heard, w. B. Baker.
 Justices of the Peace, Beat 37-W. H.
 Stanley and J. E. Wollenhaupt.
 For Constable. Beat 37LMike Murry.
 For Justices of the Peace, Beat 21-
 Charles J. Martin. (One candidate yet to be | selected)
 1 For Constable, Beat 21-James T. Burton.
 The committees did not make any recom- ! mendations for the United States senate, , nor for a legislative ticket.
 ! Action on the selection of a candidate | for coroner was deferred.