The age-herald., 1901-04-04
tate Executive Committee Met
 Here Yesterday MANY NOMINEES PRESENT bhn '. Smith Will Direct the
 Campaign. TWO CONTESTS WERE SETTLED The Committee Refused to Accept Mir. Lowe's Resignation as Chairman. Favorable Reports From All
 Sections of the State.
TWO CONTESTS WERE SETTLED

The State Democratic Executive Com nittee met in the Commercial Club rooms t 1:40 o'clock yesterday, and with the Inception of an hour and half's recess pntinued in session until a quarter past ! o'clock last night.
 A large number of the Democratic nom- bees for delegates to the Constitutional convention were present and reported the pnditions in their respective counties and hstricts
 Two contests were disposed of, one rom Barbour County, in which G. l.. comer contested the nomination of Dr.
 J. Winn, and the other from Fillmore, D which F. L. Mckenzie contested the domination of A. E. Williams. Dr. Vim pas declared the nominee in Barbour md Mir. McKinzie in Elmore.
 Robert J. Lowe rendered his resignation s chairman of the committee, but the ommittee declined to. accept it. In the bsence of MT. Lowe, Chairman John V. mith of the campaign committee pre- lded
 Congressman Sydney J. Bowie rendered is resignation as member of the com httee and Tipton Mullins of Chiffon was lected to fill the vacancy.
 A. M. Tunstall of Hale was elected to le vacancy created by the death of Fran Is L. Pettus of Dallas.
 Congressman Ols sSf2Gr- Gnderwood of Birmingham, Johr pkhead of Fay kte, Sydney J Anniston and tenry D. Clayton cf .- ssaeia were among he prominent nieh present at the meet hg.
 MT Bowron was a member of the com littee and MT. Clayton appeared in the lterest of Dr. J. J. Vim of Barbour, in he contest case from that county:
 Members Present.
 The members of the committee present vere John " Smith of Russell, who pre- lded over the meeting in the absence of hartman Robert J. Lowe; Emmett pNeill of Lauderdale, Tennant Lomax of Icntgomery, Steve Smith of Sumter, J. !. Hef1in of Chambers, Sydney J. Bow of Calhoun, Howard Douglas of Wash lgton, Bibb Graves of Montgomery, J. T. horman of Lee, T. s. Frazier of Bullock [. s. b. Mallory of Dallas. Carson c. ghitson of Talladega, F. l.. Mckenzie of umore w T. Brightman of Lowndes, A.
 Smith of Greene, W. W. Haralson of DeKaIb, T. M. Jones of St. Clair, W. A. nven of Madison, J. c. Kumpe of Law bnce, E. C. Hall of Blount and c. B. mith of Hale.
 A. M. Tuntstall of Hale was elected to II the vacancy in the committee caused ' the death of Francis L. Pettus of Dallas.
 MT. Lowe's Communicat On calling the committee to order, MT. hnith stated that he had a communica- bn from Chairman Lowe. which secre- bry John c. Pugh was directed to read. 1 was as follows:
 Birmingham, April 3, 1901. To the State Democratic Executive Com
 mittee:
 sGentlemen--I find that I shall not be sesently able to discharge the duties Scumbent upon the chairman of your bmmittee, and hereby tender my resig- ation, with the request that you accept he same today.
 s.I retain sentiments of the kindest re- ards to each member of the committee, nd for many of you an enduring affec- bn.
 ''Thanking you for your uniform kind ess and indulgence, I remain, yours IuIy, ROBERT J. LOWE" Remnant Lomax of Montgomery moved hat the committee decline to accept the psignation of Mir Lowe and on the adop- bn of the motion a committee consist ig of MT. ONeill of Lauderdale. Mir. tazier of Bullock, and MT. Bowie of hlhoun, was appointed to notify Mir. owe of the action of the committee. he committee returned from the hotel here 1t had called upon Mir. Lowe in few minutes and reported that MT. owe expressed his deep gratitude to the bmmittee for the confidence thus it had ,posed in him and for the additional pnor conferred upon him, and that he kelded to the wishes of the committee On motion of W. A Given of Madison committee of three consisting of MT. ,Neill of Lauderdale. was appointed to raft resolutions of sympathy with MT. . owe on his recent bereavement.
 Campaign Committee.
 MT. Lowe suggested to the committee lat waited upon him at the hotel that a lmpaign committe with John V. Smith Russell as chairman. be appointed to bnduct the campaign for the constitu- pnaI convention. The suggestion was lopted and Mir. Smith authorized to lme the members of his committee. ono come from each of the nine Congress bnal districts in the State.
 Mir. Smith thanked the committe for the mor and asked every nominee of the smocratic party for delegate to the | invention to cooperate with him in the { fort to have the entire ticket elected