The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-25
COMMITTEE CALLED
CHAIRMAN wELLJrAN SUMMONS
 REPUBLICANS.
State Committee will Convene In Birmingham May 12-keferees Had Asked for Meeting
 Here May 5.

Birmingham, April 2l-(special. )-The following call has been issued:
 '.The Republican State Executive Com- mittee of Alabama Is nereey @ uosai ealieq a,,, fo man, at 2 D. m, Tuesday. May Rth. 1908. ]"
 Chairman W. .. Wellman Of the State Executive Committee gives out the fol- lowing statement which is seif-expiana-
 II have been in conference with Cap
 tain J. W. Dimmick our national commit
 teeman, and few other Republicans and
 have decided to call a meeting of our com
 mittee to be held at the H1.ei Mse i5ih ni,,man
 p. m. The referees have been making
 an effort for the past four months to
 have this meeting held, put up to the
 present time have failed to secure a ma presented me today with letters from seventeen members of our committee re- questing me to call a meeting in Mont gomery Tuesday. May 9th As seventeen
 mot tS mad9rsy 3rs of tas Snd decided to issue 8 call as above stated. Blrm- ingham seems to be a more suitable place and May 12th more satisfactory to a ma
 iority of the committee; e, rne m. toii1wing stn w. Hughes, H. C. Ashley, A. c. Neg l ley. F. T. Hudson H. E. Berkstresser, E. S. Perdue, w. W. simmons. John B. IIsbell, W. s. Standifer. C: F. Cox. Henry t. lrWin, w. V. Starhe, w. w. RAihheh, P. NJ. Long, John A. Steele. J. J. Curtis. | James M. Ragan.
 | Among the letters requesting this meet , ing was copy of one l. Pollak had writ | ten me some days since which was con- | strued as request for meeting. MT; | Pollak told me today he did not so intend | 1t and was opposed to the May 9th meet | ing. I hope that after this meeting On | May 12th, that we will have no more talk | about committee meetings until we meet A..h eN<NV.
 select delegates to our next national con- l vention."
 The petition presented to Chairman Wellman by Revenue Collector J. O..
 Thompson, one of the referees follows: 1 Hon. W. l. Wellman, Chairman of the | Republican State Executive Committee | of Alabama. Huntsville, Ala:
 Dear Sir-ln view of the conference l called at Montgomery May 6th proximo | by the referees, in which all members
 of our committee, together with other | Republicans. are requested to be pres
 ent, we deem 1t advisable for us to meet | in an organized and an official way.
 Looking to that end we respectfully re- Committee at Montgomery, Ala, the day | prior to the conference, May 5. 190s" | The fact that a majority of the com | mitteemen have signed this call shows. it
 achieved distinct victory, and 1t indi- 1 cates that from the present time. or at least from May s, that they will be prac- | tically in the saddle in Alabama. In speaking of the signing of this peti' | tion by a majority of the committeeman. | in connection with the coming meeting. l Mir. Thompson said< this morning: 1 Tt Is presumed that MT. Wellman will | give out the call at once as he has l stated he would act on the petition of ths | majority of the committee. The object | of the meeting is 10 revive the faith of 1 the Republicans and to exhort all who are | inclined to waver, and to remember that
 the nations safety and its greatest pros- | perity have been achi wed by the Repub- | lican party. That will be the object of
 those who attend the meeting, and 1t ia | certain the meeting will strengthen the party at home and in other States. | No party can be useful or even re- | spectacle unless 1t adheres firmly to its principles. We will eliminate factionsl it is now evident that the majority of the
 State Executive Committee is in favor ot
 the right thing
 Latest advices from the various coun- | ties throughout the State indicate that a l large and representative number of Re. | publicans from each locality will be | present and that the sole object of those | who attend will be to promote peace and | harmony In party ranks and to get ready | for the common foe
 MT. Wellman has repeatedly said that | he would call a meeting of the State | Committee if requested to do so by a | majority of the members thereof, and | the presumption is that he will issue the l call as requested and the meeting will
 be held.