The age-herald., 1900-10-10
STATE COMMITTEE
 HEARS THE APPEAL The ThompSOn-Brewar Contro-
 verSy Taken Up. THREE SESSIONS WERE HELD Testimony Concluded and Arguments Will be Heard This Morning Many Afidavits Submitted Twenty
 Members Present
THREE SESSIONS WERE HELD

gomery, October 9.-(SpeciaL)-The State
 Democratic Executive Committee had three
 sessions today considering the Thompson
 Brewer controversy in the Fifth District.
 The testimony was concluded at 11:30 o'clock tonight and after three hours argu-
 ment tomorrow the committee will take the case for decision.
 It is impossible tonight to predict with
 degree of certainty the winner, as only few members of the committee are willing to express their views in advance of all the evidence The case is exciting much inter- est over the State and there are many politicians in the city today to watch the outcome.
 The hearing of the case has proceeded without interruption, and has furnished no excitement. The testimony has been prac- tically the same as has been often printed. Tweney-seven members of the committee attended the sessions today and there is manifest disposition to deal fairly. There is little speculation tonight as to the outcome and some persons state that an effort will be made to refer the whole mat ter back to a primary A motion to thls effect would hardly prevail, however. Mot at 1s:So O'clock The committee convened in the City Council chamber at 12:30 o'clock. The roll call revealed the presence of the following members:
 From the -at-Large-Chairman, Robert J. Lowe, John " Smith, Tennent Lomax, Francis L. Pettus, T. M. stevens J. Tom Hef1n.
 First District-W. D. Dunn and Howard Douglas.
 Second District-Bibb Graves. Third District--J. T. German, T. $. Fra zier, R. H. Arlington
 Fourth District-H s. D. Mallory, H. D. Merrill, Carson c. Whitson. Fifth District-F. L. Mckenzie, W. T. Brightman, D. M. White.
 Sixth District-A. P. Smith, R. L. Scale. Seventh District-R. A. Mitchell Eigth District-W. A. Given, ". T. San- ders J. c. Kumpe.
 Ninth Dstrct-E. c. Hall, c. B. Smith. Chairman Lowe stated the object of the meeting to be the consideration of the ap- | peal by c. w. Thompson from the action of | the Brewer convention in GooGwater. MT Graves presented a communication | from Committeeman C. R. Bricken of the | Second District, which purported to be his resignation as a member of the committee. l Chairman Lowe that he would read the | communication later
 | Captain White in behalf of Colonel Thompson announced that he was ready to proceed MT. Pettus said he thought it best | for the attorneys from both sides to agree
  motion to that effect. General Oates, rep | resenting Colonel Brewer, said he was ready for some agreement as suggested. and recess was taken for ten minutes to allow a consultation.
 When the attorneys returned Captain l White stated that an agreement had been reached between the attorneys that the scope of the testimony be limited to the proceedings of Goodwater convention and l the executive committee meeting prior to duyaf Tar Thaf rn- ceedings prior to these dates the committee would take judicial knowledge. No testi- mony should be taken except as to the committee meeting and convention, no time | being fixed for the taking of testimony. The time for argument of the case was l agreed at one hour and a half for each | side, the appellant to open and close. l MT. Greene, for Colonel Brewer, stated l that Captain White had correctly stated l the agreement, and upon motion of MT l Mallory the committee accepted the agree ment of counsel as the order of business l for the committee.
 l Captain White then suggested that the l attorneys had agreed to briefly state l their cases, and then to allow the commit tee time for lunch. This was agreeable to l the committee, and each side briefly set 1 forth the facts, as they expected to show l them. The facts were stated about as they l have often been printed
 1 After the statement it was moved that
  reconsider In the court house where the | spectators might be provided with seats. Afternoon Session l At the afternoon session of the committee | there were twenty-siX members present l Counsel Stanford asked permission to read the appeal made by Thompson, but the att | torneys for Brewer objected on the ground that it was an argument The chair sus- l tained the objection. Mir Mallory then 1 called for the suspension of the rules for 1 the reading of the appeal merely for it's information. The motion was declared car- 1 ried, and MT. Stanford read the letter writ ten by Colonel Thompson to Chairman 1 Lowe, as Heretofore published in The Age Herald.
 Attorney Chiffon then read the letter of | Colonel Brewer in reply to Colonel Thomp- sons request that their respective claims | to the nomination be submitted to the State Committee.
 | sworn proceedings of the Thompson con l vention at Goodwater. The attorney then l read an affidavit from Judge A. J. Driver of | Chambers, setting forth the proceedings of l the district executive committee at Good ! water on the same day as the convention 1 The affidavit was practically the same as | has been published. An affidavit from w. i G. Davis, delegate from Chambers, set 1 ting forth the facts of the Goodwater con- l vention about the same as was set forth | Dy JuOSe DrlVer, was read and submit l ted. Affidaxits from J. w. Redd J. l A Wise and other of Chambers, setting | forth the same facts were presented. An | affidavit from P A. Dunn of Autauga set l forth the same facts. An affidavit from 1 Delegate E. L. Smith of Autauga, which | was in substance the same the other | affidavits, was read Other affidavits with | the same evidence were offered from all | the delegates in the Thompson convention. Afidavits were also submitted from G. | A. Sorrell, of the Brewer convention, and i some twenty-five spectators at the Good l water convention.
 At the close of this proceeding the ap- | pellant began the introduction of wit 1 nesses. M. l.. Lawson of Coosa testified to
 the proceedings of the Goodwater conven- | ton about the same was stated in the | affidavit of Driver and others. R. G. Row. | land, delegate from Randolph to the l convention, testified to the same proceed
 ings as the preceding witness. A dozen or | more other witnesses were examined for
 Thompson, but no new evidence was in-