The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-15
Counties Must HeW to
the Line.
UNIFORM QUALIFICATION
Sanford Resolutions Adopted
/. by State Committee.
No Attempt Made to Interfere with
Selection Of County Officers.
Sub Committee Named to En-
force Laws That Have
Been Laid Down.

Birmingham. Aug. 1.-(special.1 -Tne
Democratic State Executive Conn
rnittee was called to order in the Council
chamber of the city hail at 1880 o'clock bY
Hon. r. j. Lowe. the chairman.
The secretary called the roll and am
nounced twenty members present, as fol-
lows:
Robert j. Lowe. chairman. Jefferson.
State at Large-John ". Smith, Russells
T. NJ. Stevens. Mobile; Stevens Smith,
Sumter.
Second District-B. NJ. Miller, Wilcox;
Bib Graves. Montgomery; William Ii.
Sanford. Pike.
Third District-J. T. German, Lee.
Fourth District-H. s. D. Mallory, Dal-
las; H. d. Merrill, Cieburne; Carson @.
Whitson. Talladega.
Fifth District-F. L. Mckenzie, Eli
more; w. T. Brightman, Lowndes; d. NJ
White, Coosa.
Sixth District-A. P. Smith, Greene.
Seventh District-R. A. Mitchell, Eto-
wah; w. w. HARRISON, DeKalb; T. M.
Jones, st. Clair.
Eighth District-J. C. Kumpe. Law-
renee.
Ninth District-C. B. Smith, Hale.
John C. Pugh, secretary. Birmingham.
mr.. Lowe Speaks.
Chairman Lowe said 1t was a source
Of qualification to the Democracy of the
State that so many members of the conn
fhittee had responded. at a personal sac
rifce to the call.
He reviewed the action of the State
Committee in ordering a-primary and
adopting a plan which. no man had criti-
cized as to its fairness OF justice.
In certain localities in Alabama the
county committees have prescribed quail
fcations for voters different from those
prescribed by the STATE Committee.
The authorityFof hsnStats COMMITTEES
to prescribe qualifications is unquestiona-
BILE. It is as plain as daylight that this
primary Is Democratic primary. to be
participated in only by Democrats.
The committee had directed him as
chairman to carry out the plan of the pri-
mary, but the action of certain county
committees had made it necessary for
him to call the committee together again
and let the responsibility and authority
go hand in hand. 1t would be absurd
for the people of Alabama to have any
but general qualifications for electors In
state primary. The State Committee de-
legated nothing of its authority to the
county committees.
Hon. John V. Smith offered a resolu-
ton Of sympathy for Hon. Tennent i.o-
max in his affection and providing tnar
a COPY of the resolution be forwarded to
Mr.. Lomax Adopted by rising vote.
Hon. w. II. Sanford of Pike, then OF
fered a resolution substantially as fol-
lows:
The resolution recites that 1t has come
to the knowledge of the State Executive
hat
tees have assumed to disregard the ac-
ton of the State Committee and nave
adopted other and different qualifications
from those established by the state Conn
mittee, and resolved:
Sanford Resolutions.
First-That the State Executive COM
mittee alone has the power to nx tne
qualifications of voters in said primary
election for State officers
Second-That any white man possessing
the qualifications established by this COM
mittee shall have the right 10 VOTE tnS
action of any county committee u ene
contrary notwithstanding.
Third-No man not possessing the quail
ecations shall be competent TO Vote
Eourth-Chairman of each County Com
mittee which has undertaken TO prescripe
other and different qualifications are re-
ouested to call their committees to meet
not later than Tuesday next to pass reso-
Iutions and take necessary steps TO carry
out the plan of the State Committee
Fifth-That every challenged vote snail
be marked by the managers with NUM-
her to correspond with the voter on the
noll list and returned with other ballots
To the County Committee. If 1t is proved
the voter did not possess the QUALIFICATIONS
the ballot is to be thrown out.
Sixth-Provides that the respective
County Committees shall preserve all bal
lots contested and not counted and all
ballots contested and counted and for
ward the same to the chairman of the
State Committee.
Seventh-That a committee of three
shall be appointed by the chairman.
which committee shall report to the state
Committee subcommittee -of Ave.
Eighth-It shall be the duty of the
subcommittee to supervise the execution
from Pike He thought the provision in
all the details. And to this end the sub
committee shall have the right and pow
er. If It deems II necessary to do so, to
appoint election managers and returning
oficers in any of the various precincts
of the State. And said managers shall
receive and count only the official ballots
for candidates for State officers,
Mr.. Sanford Speaks.
Mr.. Sanford said the resolutions were
in line with the spirit of call of the Ex-
ecutive Committee ordering State pri-
mary. The necessity of having uniform
qualification is apparent on its face. These
resolutions do not interfere with the quail
fications of voters in selecting county ofi-
GERS. The State Committee does not at
tempt to interfere with county officers
But in State Democratic primary only
Democrats should be allowed to vote.
Hon. John V. Smith seconded the reso-
lutions.
In support of the resolutions he read
the ceIsbrated Tompkins resolutions.
There were no extreme measures in the
resolutions introduced by the gentleman
and carrying out of the primary plan in
the State Committees plan providing
that a challenged voter may make dec