The age-herald., 1900-06-09
DEMOCRATS WILL
 PUT UP THE BARS Executive Committee Fixes Qua|i- fcationsf0T Voting inPrimaries' DOG FALL IN MORGAN CONTEST Convention Ordered in Fourth Congressional District. PRIMARY PLAN WAS ABOLISHED This Case Was the Knottiest Problem Before the Committee, and Took
 Up More Than Half of
 the Session
PRIMARY PLAN WAS ABOLISHED

The state democratic executive committee met in adjourned session at the Morris hotel yesterday afternoon to consider the protest from Morgan county and such other questions as might be brought before it. This protest was presented at the meeting held in this city the latter part of May, but at the request of the representative of the executive committee of that county its con- sideration was passed until yesterday
 The committee passed set of resolu- tions fixing the qualifications for voters in democratic primaries or participants in democratic beat meetings and conventions. When the committee met yesterday after noon it had an even more knotty problem than the Morgan county protest to con- sider, that of the appeal from the action of the Fourth district congressional com mittee in ordering a general primary cleo tion for the purpose of selecting a nominee for representative in congress from that district.
 More than half the session was taken up by this case and the state committee finally ordered the district committee to reconvene and call convention to nominate candi- date. The method of selecting delegates to tue uiSlIlCl COnHeiltlOH was ielt eo thS VA ecutive committees of the different coun- ties.
 The Morgan county protest resulted in the nature of "dog fall,' the committee cen- suring the committee of that county for the method pursued in selecting delegates to the county convention, but declining to inter- fere with the new executive committee on the ground that the protestants had slept on their guard. The committee held that as the protestants had failed to file a pro- test with the committee prior to the pri mary election and also failing to contest in the county or state convention, the state committee could not now properly take the matter up.
 Chairman Robert J. Lowe of Jefferson called the committee to order in the red room of the Morris hotel, the campaign committees headquarters, at 2:40 p. m. The following members of the committee responded to their names as Secretary Pugh called the roll:
 Called to Order
 Chairman-Robert J. Lowe.
 t-Large-Emmett O'Neal of Lau- derdale, John V. Smith of Russell, Ten nant Lomax of Montgomery, Francis L. Pettus of Dallas, Steven Smith of Sumter and Sidney J. Bowie of Calhoun.
 Second District-B. M. Miller of Wilcox, Bibb Graves of Montgomery.
 Third District-T. S. Frazier of Bullock. Fourth District-H. s. D. Mallory of Dallas, H. D. Merrill of Cleburne and Car son c. Whitson of Talladega.
 Fifth District-F. L. Mckenzie of FL More, and D. M. White of Coosa.
 Sixth District-A. P. Smith of Greene, and R. L. Scale of Sumter.
 Seventh District-R. A. Mitchell of Etowah
 Eighth District-W. T. Sanders, of Lime- stone.
 Ninth District-E. c. Hall of Bkount.
 John c. Pugh of Jefferson, secretary of the committee, and Pat McCauly of Mont gomery, stenographer for the committee, were also present.
 J. " Smith, chairman of the state demo- cratic campaign committee, read the reso- lutions recently adopted by the campaign committee relative to the Mobile contest which had previously been settled by compromise between the two factions in the county The resolutions were published in the Age-Herald at the time of their
 
 F. L. Pettus of Dallas offered the follow ing resolutions:
 Pettus Resolution
 Whereas all Issues which have hereto fore divided the democratic party in Ala bama have been settled; and
 Whereas, The democratic voters are now united upon all the principles and policies of the party, and none but disorganizers and disruptionists can now refuse to sup port the principles and candidates of the party; and
 Whereas, This committee has many times extended an invitation to all white voters who believe in the principles and would support the nominees of the democratic party to participate in our primaries; and Whereas, This invitation has been many times abused by persons who have parti- pated in our primaries and afterwards voted against and opposed the nominees; therefore
 Be it resolved. That no person who fails to support all and each of the nominees of the democratic party, both state and coun- ty, in the coming August election shall be allowed to vote or participate in the nom- tnation of congressman in any district in the state: and
 Resolved, second, That only those white voters who support all and each of the nominees, having an opportunity to do so for state, county and federal offices, shall