The age-herald., 1900-12-20
STATE COMMITTEE
 COULD NOT MEET
Failure of a Quorum Prevented
 a Session
THREE MEMBERS LACKING
Resolutions Adopted to Require Mem bers to Attend-Adiourned to Meet Again on January 15-Place
 Left to Chairman.

A quorum of the State Democratic Execu- tive Committee failed to put in an appear ance at the meeting of yesterday and ad- Journment was taken until January 15, the place to be designated by the chairman It is probable that he will name Birming- ham, and in fact intimated as much last night.
 Chairman Lowe issued the call for the committee meeting about a week ago, but did not state any specific business to be considered The real object of the meet ing, however, was to arrange for the Dem- ocratic primary election to be held at an early date for the purpose of naming can- didates for the delegates to the State at the April election.
 Lacked a Quorum.
 When Chairman Lowe called the commit tee to order in the parlors of the Metropoli- tan hotel at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon the following members of the committee were present: Chairman Robert J. Lowe Emmett ONeal of Lauderdale, John w. Smith of Russell J. Thomas Hefiin of Chambers, Sidney J. Bowise of Calhoun, J. T. German of Lee, R. H. Arlington of Coffee, H. D. Merrill of Cleburne, Carson C. Whitson of Talladega, F. L. Mckenzie Of Fillmore, R. A. Mitchell of Etowah T. M Jones of St. Clair, D. M. White of Coosa, D. c. Hall of Blount, c. B. Smith ot Hale, E. D. Shivers of Perry. The roll call revealed the presence of only sixteen members, three less than a quorum.
 The committee adjourned until o'clock at night to await the arrival of three other members necessary to make a quorum The secretary was instructed to wire the ab- sent members and urge them to come on first train, as their presence was necessary to make a quorum.
 When the committee reconvened in the parlors of the Metropolitan Hotel at o'clock last night Secretary John C. Pugh announced that he had received telegrams from all of the absent members whom he could reach by wire and that only one MT. Frazier of Bullock could come in time to attend the committee meeting today
 After listening to the reading of the tel egrams by the secretary the committee adopted the followings resolution, intro- duced by John V. Smith of Russell;
 Some Resolutions.
 Whereas, Sixteen members of the State Democratic Executive Committee have been seriously inconvenienced by the ab- scence by their associates upon the com mittee, the absence of their associates preventing a quorum therefore be it
 Resolved, That the chairman is hereby instructed in his next call for a meeting of this committee to lay special stress upon the necessity of the members of this committee attending the session.
 Resolved second, That unless the mem- bers of this committee attend the session, that their failure to do so shall be report ed to the next State Convention with the recommendation that the State Democratic Executive Committee be empowered to de- clare vacant the place of any member of this committee who shall, without good cause, fail to attend two consecutive meet ings of this committed"
 On the adoption of this resolution the committee adjourned to meet on January 15 next.