The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-04


Mr.. Tunstali of Hale County concurred
In what Mr.. Smith had said and MIR.
Whitson of Talladega spoke against the
Miller resolution.
Mr.. Lowe Speaks.
Chairman Lowe came down upon the
floor of the Committee meeting yielding
the gavel to Mr.. O'Neai of Lauderdale.
Mr.. Lowe said the State Committee had
made its regulations for the primary SO
plain that no one could err. The re-
turns from Conecuh County had been
certified to by the presiding officer and
secretary of the committee. rhis certi-
ficats Had been mailed to the State Com
rnittee and two days later the chairman
Of the County Committee had written
that an error had been made. Mr.. Lowe
said no one was here contesting and
he did not think the Miller resolution
should be adopted.
Mr.. Miller of Wilcox supported his
resolution. He said 1t was the intention
of the new constitution and the Demo-
cratic party that no one should be the
nominee unless he had received bona
fide number of votes over his opponent
When the question was in doubt he said
he could not sit in his seat and pass
upon 1t without raising his voice to pro-
test All he wanted was fairness. he
said Mr.. Crumpton could be brought to
Montgomery within a few hours and
every vote cast in Conecuh County could
be canvassed by the State Committee. II
Mr.. Hefiin had not received the 100 votes
credited to him in Conecuh County he had
not received the nomination and Mr.. Mil
Ter said he was not willing to declare Mr..
Hefiin the nominee, although Mr.. HELM
was his personal friend.
"a NALL I'D 1n
Miller resolution. He said clerical error
had been committed and in his opinion a
clerical error should not stand in the way
Of the will Of the sovereigns Of Alabama.
Mr.. j. v. Smith replied to 4.4r. NAL
lory. illustrating the effect of the Mil
Ter resolution Mr.. smith said 1t meant
that IL adopted the Committee would say
that 1t should heed the statement of any
man who would come in after the official
returns had been declared and say that
an error had been committed.
Miller Resolution Tabled.
Mr.. Smith closed by moving to table
the Miller resolution and Mr.. Miller de-
manded the ayes and nays.
The vote resulted as follows:
Ayes-Messrs Lowe, j. v. Smith, Tun-
stall. Steven Smith. Mullins. Douglass.
German. whitson. Brightman. White, A.
p. Smith, Mitchell. Jones, Sanders.-l4
Nays, Messrs O'Neal, Miller. Graves,
Frasier, Arlington. Mallory, seale.--7.
And the Miller resolution was tabled
The question recurring to the report of
the subcommittee it was adopted.
New State Committeeman.
An additional report of the sub-comnlit-
tee was read by Secretary Pugh as fol-
lows:
whereas, as your committee finds from
the Official returns that the following can
didates for members of the State Execu-
tive Committee of the Democratic and
Conservative party of Alabama received
a majority of all votes cast in the respec-
tive districts, to wit:
From First District-J. j. King. Lin
den; w. A. Carter. Thomasville; Thomas
M. Stevens, Mobile: Howard Douglass,
Mcintosh BLUM.
From Second District--William Ii.
Sanford, Troy; Tennent Lomax, Mont
gomery; j. r. Porterield. Greenville; W.
c. Cocker.
From Third Distriet--H. H. Foster. A.
H. Merrill, Eufaula; r. II. Arlington,
Elbs; e. Herndon Glenn, Scale.
From Fourth District-H. S. d. NAL
lory. Selma; c. c. Whitson, Talladega;
Upton Mullins, Clanton; H. D. Merrill,
Edwardsville.
From Fifth District-W. A. Austin.
Wetumpka: D. NJ. White. Goodwater;
]. J. Harlan, Dadeville;, B. c. Jones.
From Sixth District-George A. Scar
cy, Tuscaloosa; r. A. O'Rear. Jasper;
C. Brooks Smith, LancVille; G. b,
Wimberly.
From Seventh Dlstrict-W I. Bullock,
Russellville; r. A. Mitchell, Alabama
City: j. l.. Herring. J. H. Meigs, Albert
Vile.
From Eighth District-J. II. Nathan
Shefield; ]. F. Proctor, Scottsboro; JOIN
C. Eyster, Decatur; w. A. Given, Cur
ley.
From Ninth District-Robert II. Thach'
Birmingham; Jones G. Moore, Birming-
ham; j. B. Christian, UniontoWn; John
B. Rodeu, Birmingham.
therefore be 1t resolved. Ihag th'
foregoing be declared the members-elect
of the Executive Committee of the Demo-
cratic and Conservative party OF Ala
bama from their respective districts.
The report of the subcommittee was
adopted on motion of Mr.. White OF
Coosa.
For Second Primary.
A further report was made as follows:
..Whereas. your Committee ascertains
from the official returns that for the Of
Ace of Attorney General and Superinten-
dent of Education no candidate received