The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-23
SUB- COMMITTEE WILL BE
 NAMED ID FIX THE DATE
Vacancies Are Filled By George w. Jones of Montgomery and George F. Sedberry of Elmore-Many
 Prominent Men Attend.
BY E. E. KERsH.

bI E. Es NEhOFl.
 Prospective candidates for office in Ala bama are none the wiser as to how they may obtain democratic nominations by virtue of the meeting of the state com mittee in this city yesterday. To state 1t in brief the committee merely met, talked good bit and finally passed a resou- ton without very important meaning.
 The committee did pass a resolution of an indefinite character. This resolution simply states that it is the sense Of the committee that because of constitutional provisions as to the payment of poll tax that no county should seek to make nom- nations until after another meeting of the committee, to be held within the first fifteen days of next January, and further authorizing the state chairman to name a subcommittee of five for the purpose of announcing the eligibility of voters. fixing the date and 'tpromulgatng the mode and manner Of making nomina- tions.
 SIieI.t Fight Made.
 It was on this latter proposition that fight was made-not so much fight but a very wrangling parliamentary discussion. The resolution had come before the com mttee as majority report of sup committee, and it's signers insisted that it's only significance was that the mem- bers thought it unwise to begin cam paign so long in advance of the elec- ! tion Some have taken the resolution to mean that the committee is lodging prl- mary and hoped by the refusal to TX date for primary to attempt at the Jan uary meeting to return to the old con vention system. But this is emphatically denied by ardent supporters of the ma iority report. Colonel Merrill of Barbour who led the fight for this report. stated with emphasis that he favored primary, and believing the people wanted 1t, he would so vote at the January meeting. number of other members supporters or this report openly stated after the meet ing that they would support the primary proposition. So strong and emphatic were these statements until all interested are leaving the city pretty well satisfied as to what action is to be taken
 DoubIe-Barreled Affair.
 The plan submitted by the minority of inc sub-committe was double-barrelled affair They wanted primary to select state. district, circuit and chancery offi- cials They also wanted state conven- tion for the selection of delegates to the national convention and for presidential electors There was also much talk apoun the necessity for platform This mi nority report was strong Tn the commit fee. losing out by the close vote of Is to 16.
 Slow in Meeting.
 The committee finally adjourned in per- fectlv good humor. In fact, after the minority fought a hard, game fight and lost they gracefully submitted, and MT. White of Coosa cast the only negative vote.
 ial subcommittee provided for in the resolution adopted. He announced that this committee would be named in due time to perform the work demanded Of 1t. The committee which met in the Coun- cil Chamber Of the City Hall was little slow in gathering and it was nearly o'clock before Chairman Lowe finally rap ped for order. The roll call by Secretary Pugh showed the presence of twenty nine of the thirty-four living members. Those present were:
 Chairman-Robert J. Lowe, Jefferson. First District-W. A. Carter, Clarke; Howard Douglas, Washington; T. M. Stevens, Mobile
 Second Distret-W. c. Coker, Butler; William H. Sanford, Pike.
 Third District-R. H. Arlington. Coffee; H. H. Foster Geneva E. Herndon Glenn, Russell; A. H. Merrill, Barbour.
 Fourth District-H. S. D. Mallory, Dal- las; H. D. Merrill, Calhoun; Tipton Null lins, Clifton
 Fifth District-w A. Austin. Fillmore; J. J. Harlan, Tallapoosa; D. M. White, Coosa.
 Sixth District-Rufus A. ORear, Walk CT; George A. Searcy, Tuscaloosa; c. Brooks Smith, Hale; c. B. Wimberly, Pickens.
 Seventh District-James L. Herring. St. Iaf I MpiQg MarshaiI. A Mitchell. Etowah.
 Eighth District-Johp c. Eyster, Nor gan; w. A. Given. Madison; Joseph H. Nathan. Colbert; John F. Proctor. Jack son.
 Ninth District-J. B. Christian. Perry; Jones G. Moore, Jefferson; Ben. F. Roden. Jefferson Robert H. Thach, Jefferson.
 Chairman Lowe Talks.
 Chairman Lowe said that the call of this extraordinary session was occasioned by extraordinary environment. Several counties had shown tendencies to hold carly primaries, and since the primary system was very expensive to candidates. he thought all would readily see the ne- cessitv for uniform date should the committee see fit to adopt the primary plan for the nomination of candidates. He believed that the constitutional conven- tion and the subsequent legislature had declared the will of the people not to have too many elections. He did not desire to appear as a dictator to the committee, he said but he did want to declare his stand for uniformity-all nominatio should be made upon the same day. The general statutes fix the date of the elec- tions and likewise party law should fix a date for primaries.
 Mir Lowe said it would be but just to the candidates and the people to know fhav ha fo rna al<n nominations. The committee should dis cuss the matter friends and come to- gether for a common purpose. He had no suggestions to make. as to a date for the primary.
 Vacancies Filled. Mr. Eyster of Morgan moved that in