The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-09

thousands of voters urging that Hobson's name be put on the ticket.
 Chairman F. s. Moody of the Sixth District Congression Committee in a short speech before the Committee said that party harmony would be seriously disturbed if such action was not taken.
 After the meeting Chairman Mallory said that he had a telegram from H. C. Compton who has announced himself a a candidate for President of the Rail- road Commission, asking that he be ex- tended the same privilege shown Captain Hobson as he was not 6 registered voter The blanket resolution adopted carried his case as we'll as that of Hobson.
 Opposed by Mallory.
 Chairman Mallory called Mfr. Mullins to the chair.
 Mir. Mallory took the floor In opposition to the resolution. He urged upon the committee the importance of being abso- lutely impartial. He said the adoption of the resolution would be most unwlse. He favored the present rule. A run off race had proven unsatisfactory and 1t was made at an enormous expense by the candidates. The result did not show the sentiment of the people. It did not touch a majority of the people, The vote in the run off race for Attorney General, he said, was cast by very small ma tority. The report of the primary plan of the Committee had been published in the papers and had been circulated all over the State There had been no com plaint against it. Thre was no com plaint now before the committee that anything was wrong with the plan.
 He pleaded with the committee not to adopt the resolution and declared that incalculable harm would come if 1t was adopted
 Mir. whitson said that originally he had not favored primary for any State office except for Governor. The best method of selecting candidates, he said was in a convention of Democratic repre- sentatives. He declared that no poor man could hope to Do elested in pri- mary which embraced the whole State. Tho second primary of two years ago, he said, was farce in which not one fifth of the Democratic voters took part. While he had originally opposed the com mittee plan 1t was now too late to change.
 If you do that" he said ''you will be charged with unfairness. injustice and partisanship. Stand by your plan"
 MT. Proctor also opposed the resolution. The candidates he said had vested rights. The resolution was an injustice to them. He declared that if the resolution was passed 1t would kill primaries forever in Alabama.
 J. J. King, was in favor of the resolu- tion. If the Committee had done wrong he said, the wrong could be rectihed. Il was never too late to rectify a wrong.
 MT. Nathan moved that the resolution be tabled. The ayes and nays were call ed for.
 The secretary announced that the reso- The vote was verified, however. and found to be g ayes and 9 nays. The Detailed Vote. The vote was as follows on the motion to table:
 Ayes-Carter, Stevens, Porterfield. Nal lory, Mullins Whitson. O'Rear, Nathan and Roden.-9.
 Nays-Douglas, King, Jones. Foster Merrill. sedberry. Smith, Eyster and Moore-9.
 "The motion is lost by tic vote" said Chairman Mallory.
 "I move we adjourned" called out Mir Nathan. The chorus of ayes was over. whelming and the committee dispersed. Most of the visiting Democrats Jeff Montgomery last night. John V. Smith. in speaking of the re ] fusal of the State Executive Committe, to rescind it's former action as to thu plurality rule said last night: 'I favord a plurality rule in the hs ginning and heartily endorse the Com mittee's action today. In my opinion i would have been serious mistake tG change the plurality rule.