The age-herald., 1901-08-29
NH Meet Immediately After
 Constitutional Convention
CAUCUS MAY ALSO BE HELD
To Determine Whether Alabama's New Instrument of Organic Law Shall Be Made
 Party Measure.

The State Democratic Executive Com mittee of Alabama will be called to as- semble in Montgomery immediately afteH the final adjournment of the constitutional convention, which is likely to take place on or about the 7th of September, to take such action as may be deemed best re- garding the ratification of the new con- stitution.
 Hon. Robert J. Lowe, chairman of the executive committee and a delegate for the state at large in the convention, who arrived in the city from the country last night, stated that he would call the com> mittee together and that he had advised the members of it to be ready to re- spond to his call, upon the adjournment of the convention and that they could assemble within two days after the ad- journment, which means. it would ap- pear, that the committee meeting will as- semble not later than September g.
 Caucus May Be Held.
 MT Lowe further said that there might be caucus of the Democratic members of the convention within the next few days. but he was not certain as to that If requested to call such caucus he would of course do so.
 It is understood from other sources, in- dependent of MT. Lowe's statement, that a caucus will be asked for and that 1t will formulate an address or appeal to the Democratic party to support the new constitution.
 Pressed for his views as to the possi- ble calling of State convention of the Democratic party for the purpose of making a favorable vote for the new constitution a party measure, obligatory upon all Democrats. Chairman Lowe de- clined to express an opinion.
 In fact, he merely admitted that he would call the executive committee to- gether to consider the situation and that he had notified the members of the com mittee of his intention in this particu- lar.
 Asked the direct question whether he favored the calling of 8 State convention of the party to make voting for the new constitution a party measure, Chairman Lowe said that for obvious reasons he would not answer the question.
 Committee Is PowerIess.
 Upon this live subject of making the new constitution a Democratic party issue. Democrat known and esteemed in all the sixty-six counties, but whose name cannot be used, said last night:
 "As a matter of fact the State Demo- cratic executive committee Is powerless to make any question party issue.
 ''The party In convention assembled Is alone of power to make party issues.
 Tt has been charged in the past that the committee has taken to itself authori- ty to set the rule of duty of Democrats, but that is not true!
 'The committee has never yet gone further in this direction than to promu,- gate the plain party law as fixed by the party in convention, for the party con- vention alone has authority to declare what is the duty of Democrats.
 '-The committee Is the interpreter, tho high court of the party. sitting and act ing between the adjournment of one con> vention and the assembling of another, and the committee has never yet exceed ed its plainly delegated authority and has never sought to exceed 1t.
 Therefore, if voting for the new con- stitution is to be made a binding duty upon Democrats, 1t must be made so by a state convention of the party. Tho committee has no power in the premises.
 '"The most the committee can do Is to organize and prosecute vigorous cam paign for the adoption of the new consti- tuition. And that is also the least the party will expect of It's executive conn mftteer
 Chairman Lowe will go to Montgomery this morning to take his seat in the con- vention.
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