The age-herald., 1900-02-07
CHAIRMAN LOWE
 WILL BE REQUESTED
To Gall County Executive Com-
 mittee Together
TO MODIFY PRIMARY PLAN
Regarding Gubernatorial Candidates Agreement Signed by MT. Tomlin- son for Direct Vote-Gen. Shell
 ley Declined to Suggest"

The Jefferson county defhocratic execu- tive committee will probably be called to- gefher in a few days for the purpose of modifying the primary plan in so far as the gubernatorial race is concerned.
 A petition has been prepared and signed by majority of the committee requesting Chairman Lowe to call 'fhe ccmmittee to- gelher, and will probably be handed to the chairman today or tomorrow.
 There l.as been a movement on foot for several weeks to give the voters of ldae county an opportunity ito express their preferences for governor separate and apart from other Issues. The plan suggest ed to bring about this end to have either tne county executive committee or the subcommittee on primary order the names of the gubernabcrsal candidates printed on the baelcts, thus securing a dl- rect vote and avoidjng possible ccm5ina- Nons
 To obviate the calling Together of the full committee it was suggested that the candidates for governor sign an agreement giving thelr consent to a dlrecIt vote, copies of this agreement to be furnished the stpoz. committee, who would cause the names prinited on the tickets.
 An Agreement Prepared
 An agreement was prepared for the sig natures of the gIioerr.atorlal candidates, copies of which were furnished Hon. John w. Tomlinson and General c. M. Shelley, the two Jefferson county candidates, fer their signature Mr Tomlinson very read ny signed it, but General Shelley delayed doing so ut1t.l he could confer vita G..s campaign committee.
 Yesterday w. c. Garrett. Sterling A. Wood and Nathan L. Miller waited on General Shelley with reference to the mat ter of requesting G1tm to sign the agree ment. Latter they received a letter from Chairman John J. Altman of the Shelley campaign committee, in which he stated that General Shelley did not care ito make any suggestions to the committee, but would abide whatever action the commit tee might see proper to take in the mat ter.
 Gubernatorial Contest
 The gubernatorial cortest will probably claim the attention of the politicians and the voters for the next few weeks. now that all but one of the early counties have acted on the senatorial question. The fight between Senator Morgan and Governor Johnston and their friends has been so fierce the past three or four weeks that candidates for state and county offices nave almost been lost sight of. The tenn porary quiet in the senatorial contest will give the other candidates a chance to pre- sent their claims to the voters, and this they, doubtless, will do with all due haste and diligence.
 A prominent democrat, speaking of the movement to have direct vote in Jeffer- son county for gubernatorial candidates, said last night: "The people almost a unit in desiring a direct vote for gov ernor, as it would better enable them to express their real choice and prevent any candidate from sIpping in by means of combines or trades Any candidate for governor who stood in the way of having direct vote would show that inc was afraid to submit his claims direct to the people,"