The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-09
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road Commission, Hon. R. J. Lowe. MT. Lowe told him that the resolution was not in his interest Moreover, MT. Love had written him a letter which he woL.d read to the Committee. In this letter Mir. Lowe announced his opposition to the resolution. He said. "The resolution is unwise and by many 1t will be con- sidered unfair"
 "The passage of this resolution" de- clared Mir. Stevens, will be considered unwise and unjust. and we will hear from it all over the State I am unal- terablv opposed to it."
 MT. Douglas, the parent of the reso lution, declared that he saw no reason why Mir Stevens should have any such fears. The resolution was only intended to secure a general expression of the people. This expression, he said, could not be secured with so many candidates in the field. The resolution, he declared, gave a majority of the people the oppor- tunity of getting the man they wanted.
 MT. Nathan said that he would have favored this majority plan If it had been originally presented, butit was too lasc now. The primary plan, he said, had been adopted two months ago.
 Every member of the party" he said, understands it. To make this change now would be unwise. It would be wo'Se than a mistake. It would be a blundcr and a blunder from which 1t would take the party a long time to recover"
 "The passage of this resolution" he went on, Twill lay us open to the criii- cism of having done it in the interest of one candidate"
 How will it do that?' asked Nil Douglas.
 q can't say that but my friend can easily see. We should not do anything questionable at this late date" Mir. Eyster said that he stood for the majority plan originally.
 If it was right then,' said MT. EystgI, 'it'is right now. It has been a funda- mental policy of the Democratic Party since the days of Martin Van Buren that a majority of the votes shall be neces- sary to a choice and sometimes more than a majority Is needed. We can af- ford to be criticised for doing the right thing"
 Their position was that the majority rule was right and proper, a cardinal Democratic doctrine. If 1t was right in January, as admitted by some of the opponents of the resolution, they argued, 1t was right yesterday. They declared that it was never too late to ratify a wrong.
 The committee on a test vote was oNeHiy uNlueu, NlH6 LOT lhe IeSOlutlOAi and nine against 1t.
 Before a final vote could be had the committee adjourned and ended the agony to the relief of all. Leading Democrats Present.
 The Committee meeting was attended | by nearly every Democratic political leader of prominence. except those who are actively engaged in canvassing, or who was kept away by official duties. From the Sixth District there came a strong delegation of Captain Hobson' s friends. In the delegation were F. W. 1 deGraffenried. w. B. Inge and H. G.
 Benners of Hale County. Henry Fitts of
 Tuscaloosa, H. P. Gibson of Walker | County and J. w. Young of Marion | County Congressman Bankhead had
 many friends on the Committee and In
 the interested crowd which watched It's
 proceedings
 The Committee was almost unanimous
 lv in favor of permitting Captain Hob-
 son's name to go on the ticket. Only one
 dissenting voote was cast. Chairman
 Mallory said that he had petitions from
 hundreds and hundreds, he might say