The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-12
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Tunstall showed. made 1t impossible tnat
the first primary be held not later that
August Is in order that time should DC
spared for holding the succeeding pri-
raaries. and fixing upon the nominees
thirty Gays before the ge1etal election.
This explanation made 1t apparent 10
these who favored late primary tnH.
such was an imp1ssibility, and by agree
ment the dates were passed over.
The committee then proceeded 10 ING
consideration of the report "nfeH was
steered by Mr.. Tunstall.
Sections 2. 3. 4 and were adopted WIFI
out discussion or division.
Section g. which provided TOT the uaeo
of the Committee meeting to canvas the
returns, was then passed over pen"Ais
agreement upon the dates.
Section 7, making it the duty OF the
chairua n. OF the State Committee to pre-
pare the ballots was read.
Hon John v. Smith sent up an amend
ment. authorizing the Chairman to levy
an assessment upon the candidates to pay
for the ballots.
1.-The political millennium has come IN
Alabama, it appears" said Mr.. Smith.
who was an ardent advocate of the Con-
vention system, land you have declared
for a primary. You will have to get
money to pay the expense of It,
On motion of Mr.. Tunstall the Smith
amendment was adopted, and the Com
mittee adopted the amended section.
Section was passed over upon the sug-
gestion of DR.. HARRISON of Dekalb. TINS
section defined the character of the bal
lots and Mr.. HARRISON announced tnat
he desired to amend 1t so as to give the
counties the right to place on them the
names of candidates for county offices
Section 0 provoked the most animated
debate of the entire report. 1t liked the
manner of selecting members OF the STATE
Committee, end provided that 1t should De
composed of four members from eacn
Congressional district from dinerent
counties" and a chairman to be elected
by the committee. a,
The opposition to the section was di-
rected against the proposition that the
committeeman should reside In dinereht
counties
Mr. Lowe who was a member OF the
subcommittee, took the floor. leaving
Judge Kampe to preside, and made an
earnest appeal to the committee TO Strike
out the words from different coufiues,
He said the members of the sub-commis-
tee had reserved the right to object to
certain sections of the. report. He Illus
trated what he termed the unfairness OF
the proposition by the condition that II
rcpC sed to foist upon his own Congress
sional district, composed of four coun-
ties The great county OF Jefferson, ne
said with its 10000 inhabitants. would
be limited to but one representative on
the committee, while the other three ut
tie counties, for whose people, he SAID, ne
had the highest regard would each have
q representative, Notwithstanding the
three of them contained less than 10000
people.
This proposition, he said, was an in
consistency 1t proposed, he said. to
stifle the voice of the people, and yet II
came from n member of the committee
CMr. Hall # BlounD who had been elo-
quent Thursday in his plea for primary
that the voice of the people might De
heard.
Mr. Hall ,fended the report of the
committee. His county, he said was
part of the Ninth Congressional District,
and the great county of Jefferson over
Swallowed the influence of his people. lie
said he was in favor of each county in
the State being represented on the State
Committee.
81 am willing to that" said Mr.. Lowe
quietly. IN.
Continuing, Mr.. Hall declared that JEFF
ferson County dominated his district,
and still Blomt County had not objected.
Blount County had yielded to the nomina-
ton of the Congressman and the Chan
cellor 1t was not fair. he said, to give
Jefferson County everything.
Pointing his finger at Mr. Lowe, Mr.
Hall cried with dramatic forvor:
you know Jefferson gets everything;
YOU know you come up to Blount and
ask us for our support-and you get 1t,
too"
This good natured insight into Ninth
District affairs caused broad smiles to
play upon the faces of the committee
men.
What we want is fairness" Mr.. Hall
went on, but there is little fairness in
politics. You gentlemen wait until you
get to be the tail-end Of a thing, and
you'll realize that l am right in what
am telling you. My county has been
che tail-end of the Ninth Congressional
Enstrct long time, and we know. l
ask you to stand by me on this PROPOSE
ton. I am loyal to Jeffersop County, but
l am more loyal to Blount nd be glad
yes happy to see Jefferson grow big
enough to be a Congressional District
by ITSELF
Mr. Lowe. replying to Mr.. Hall, said
Jefferson County had not had a member
of the State Committee in six years.
Then followed a good-humored colloquy
betv cen Messrs. Lowe and Hall.
you have been on the committee,
Bob" said Mr.. Hall, dropping into IA
miliarity, land although you represent
scented jefferson County,"
do you think Blount County is en-
titled to the same representation as JEFF
ferson?" asked Mr.. Lowe.
Yes" retorted Mr.. Hall, ION the State
Committee"
How many Democratic voters have
you got in Blount?" queried Mr.. Lowe,
with a look that said plainly, surely
that is a sockdolager."
oh " re-
piled Mr.. Hall.
How many Democratic voters?" pur-
sued Mr.. Lowe.
I'VE have about $500 or 500"
How much has Blount cost the State
Committee"
I'VE never got as much as we asked
fer"
mo, you didn't get what you demand
ed" retorted Mr.. Lowe quickly. and
you ought to know that you were elected
a member of the state Committee by JEFF
ferson County votes. and you would not
have had scat here without them
Mr.. Lowe then made strong speech
appealing to the committee not TO write
such an unfair principle in the law of the
party. He said he cared nothing for the
representation of jefferson County. that
Jefferson County was great enough to
take care of itself but he was opposed to
the principle of the proposition as being
wrong.
Mr.. Stevens suggested that one commit
teeman be selected from each Senatorial
District. He had not supposed he said
that the committee was a legislative
body but the committee having so de-