The age-herald., 1901-04-04

| building, and believe that the organiza- | ton of labor produces the greatest good | to the individual wage-earner and the masses of the people; and as the Demo- | crats in State convention assembled adopted platform pledging the people that the constitution in certain particu- lars would not be changed, all of which We approve; and as nothing was said In | that pledge about the conventions atti- | tude towards organized labor, we ask you | now, as nominees of the Democratic | party, to pledge yourselves not to change | the constitution whereby organized labor will be affected or its rights abridged, and that employees liability acts be left undisturbed. By doing so you will remove all obstacles in the way of union men voting for a constitutional convention in | the general election. Respectfully, J. H. F. MOSELEY, FRANK ARRICO, | Legislative Committee of the Birming- ham Trades Council. | MT. Weakley of Lauderdale moved that | the communication be referred to the campaign committee.
 MT. Beddow of Jefferson moved in lieu thereof that every nominee for delegate to the Constitutional Convention present, endorse the communication.
 Mir Reese of Dallas endorsed Mir Bed dows motion and MT. Weakley's motion was withdrawn.
 MT Knox of Calhoun suggested that the communication be endorsed by rising vote.
 Chairman Smith said the chair could not put such a motion. but he would ask the candidates to express themselves on the matter. He yielded to Mir. Knox of Calhoun, who was recognized as chair man of the nominees present. The ques- tion was called for and the communica- tion endorsed by q unanimous vote. At 430 o'clock the conference adjourned until o'clock.
 Night Session.
 The committee re-convened at GAO o'clock and Mr. Mallory of Dallas moved that the campaign oon,r..tee be author ized to raise necessary campaign funds. The motion was adopted.
 Mir Given Of Madi Jn rsported the fol- lowing reso;ution which, as adopted by a rising vote
 Resolved, That in tho sad bereavement of our honored cha.rmaa, Robert I. Lowe, Esq.,. in the un':rnciy dfath of his wife and child this commute tenders~him Its s.ncerest sympa ,h5.
 Second That .lI. :, ,-o. ton be spread upon the minutes 2; this committee and a copy be forwarded to him by the secre- tary.
 W. A GIVEN, E. 5. D. MALLORY, EMMETT O'NEILL, Committed. Chairman Smith stete1 that two con- tests had been filed with the committee, and on motion 1t Nas agreed to consider them in the order in which they had been filed.
 The Barbour County Case.
 The secretary was directed to read the papers filed by G. L. Corner of Barbour. who contested thp rGroin1tiOD of ]. J Vim.
 The petitioner alleged that the box at Clayton did not close st 2:a0 D. m. on the day of tho Democratic primary as re- quired by the Democratic executive com mittee of Barbour Co,:lty, and that mo- tice of contest was given when the com mittee met on March 14 to canvass the returns and that the committee gave hearing and decided against petitioner.
 It is further claimed by the petitioner that Vim, the contcstee, received more than fifteen votes in Clayton after 2:30 D. m., the time fixed by the executive committee for closing the polls, or more than enough to give him the nomination. It is further alleged that Dr. Vim tried to induce and did induce a number of his friends to vote for him alone instead of for two candidates, as they were entitled to do.
 It IS alifSCu that III Bf al NO. ( lilt pOliS were opened at a. IT., and that Chair man Thomas. abort D ~'clock. decided to keep the polls opon untll n m. instead of 2:30 D. r1.. ard | = sc 7o'S ho changed this to 6 r n. it i- = 'a-rd t,fnt | large number Of v,t~s Wcrc cast after 2:30 p. m.
 MT. Thor If Dai '...r who -upeared for pr. Wi,o. r.,a |. he would move to dismiss the contsst '~~ want of jur- isliction, but tha: ' all first answer some of the allcCat ~s.
 Mir. Whtson of Tai .'- T offered res- olution limiting tse ..idcration of the lution was adopted.
 Polls Were Kept Open.
 The contestee admitted that the polls were kept open in Beat No. : from a. m. to D. m, but denied that public notice was given of any requirement that the polls should close at 2:3O p. m., that the only notice of such time fixed for clos ing the polls was a publication that ap- peared one time in the Clayton Record. He claimed that the majority of the vo- ters of Beat No. reside in the country and do not come to town to get their mall but once a week and then on Satur- day afternoon; that in view of this 1t was decided to keep the polls open until such time as Chairman Thomas might suggest MT. Thomas. 1t is claimed, was a supporter of both MT. Conner and Dr. Vim, and that he voted for both of them.
 Another Contention.
 The contestee claimed that the Barbour County convention was the proper body to hear the contest and that MT. Conner did not file any contest there, nor did he appeal from the action of the Barbour County Executive Committee, which de- cided against him.
 MT. Conner. replying to the statement of the contestee, that the executive com mittee's action was reported to the coun- ty convention, stated that the conven- tion ruled this out, saying 1t had no place in the conventions proceedings.
 Congressman H. D. Clayton, who ap- peared for pr. Vim, asked the commit tee if ex parte affidavits, notice of which had not been served on the contestee, would be permissible in the contest be- fore the committee. The chair ruled that such af1idavits were competent evidence.
 E. A. Graham of Montgomery appeared as counsel for MT. Conner.
 The Witnesses.
 Mir Conner took the stand and stated