The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-09
HOBSON'S NAME ON TICKET;
 DANGEROUS MEASURE KILLED

l Chairman Mallory incidentally stated that he had received from the same Com mittee petition that the members of tn, Sixth District Congressional committe, should be selected in the way they had heretofore been chosen. He said that hs had written the Committee that the State Committee at its previous meeing had expressly provided that members of com. mittees of political subdivisions could bs chosen as directed by the Committee and that it was not necessary to being thai particular request before the State Com tmittee.
 Mr. Mallory said further that Chair man Frank s. Moody of the Sixth Dis trict Congressional Committee was pres ept and would appear before the Com mittee if the members desired to hear him.
 Upon motion of Mir. whitson MT. Moody was invited to address the Com mittee.
 Moody Before Committee.
 Mir. Moody explained the purposes ot the communication to the State Commit tee briefly He was there. he said. as the bearer of respectful request from the Congressional Committee of the Sixth District. asking the State Commit tee to modify its primary plan adopted in January.
 We would respectfully ask your Con- mittee to grant the request contained in the communication" said Mfr. Moody. Conditions have arisen in the District | which will result in disturbing the har- mony of the party unless some action of this sort Is taken. So far as T. am in- formed there Is no opposition anywhere in the District. There may be opposition to this action. but I have never heard of it."
 ''Is Congressman Bankhead in favor of allowing Captain Hobson's name to be placed on the ticket?' asked Mir. Stew ems of Mobile.
 'I understand that he is," responded Mir. Moody.
 T came down on the train this morn. ing with the son of Congressman Bank head" said Mir. Eyster of Morgan Coun- ty. 'and he said that his father was in favor of placing the name Of Captain Hobson upon the ticket" Mir. Nathan of Colbert County said that it was apparent that the sentiment of the Committee was that there should be some modification of the primary plan. He saw no reason why it should be con- fined to the Sixth District. If there was any change or modification 1t should ap- ply to all sections Of the State. He moved that committee of three be ap- pointed to draft resolutions carrying a modification of the primary plan into eff
 
 State. The motion was adopted The Chairman named on that Commit tee, Messrs. Nathan of Colbert. Whitson of Talladega and Moore of Jefferson. ihe State Committee then adjourned until 200 o'clock p. m, to give the spe- cial committee an opportunity to draft it's report.
 Sub Committee Reports. When the Committee had reconvened at aSs slNr- the report or the epecia1 committed. The comniittee's report was in fall as fol- lows: sf'+A' .-@
 Your. committee respectfully recom- mends the following amendment to the primary plan:
 That the twentieth section be amend ed so as to read as follows:
 ''Twentieth.-Each candidate for of- flee shall at least twenty days prior to the primary election herein provided for. file with the Chairman or Secretary of the Committee, or he committeeman hav- ing charge and control of the territory in which such candidate is to be voted for, @ declaration in writing of his candidacy in the form hereinafter prescribed, and such declaration shall before being filed as aforesaid be subscribed and sworn to before an officer authorized to admin ister oaths.
 DECLARATION.
 The State of Alabama.
 county of......................
 ''I, A. B., the undersigned, who being first duly sworn, do depose and say, that I am a candidate TOT the Democratic nomination to the office of............, that am citizen of Alabama, and a duly qualified registered elector. or will be entitled to registration prior to the election in November. 1904, and that I possess, or will possess by the time said election is held. the qualification prescib- ed by law for a voter in said election.
 ''(Signed) A. B.
 Sworn to and subscribed before me this the. day of..............l904.
 And provided that the name of no per- son shall be printed on the official ballot who does not file the declaration as above set forth. and provided, further, that the Chairman or Secretary of the Committee or the committeeman having charge of the territory in which and by which such candidate is to be voted for and nomi- mated shall certify to the person having charge of the printing of the official bal lot. the name of such person who has duly filed a declaration, as above provid- ed for and the names of such persons and none other shall be printed on the official ballot"
 Mir. Nathan explained that the only material change in the primary plan as previously adopted by the Committee. was the insertion in Section 20 of a blank declaration from a prospective candidate | declaring that he was entitled to regis tration. The amendment provided that the name of such person should be placed upon the official ballot upon his filing a elgned declaration in the blank form
 The Committee understood the report and nobody wanted to discuss 1t. There | was silence for a moment or two to let anybody talk that wanted to do so, but everybody was apparently satisfied. One Was Against It. MT. Nathan moved the adoption of the report. There was one No" in the viva voce vote, but nobody appeared to know just exactly where 1t came from.
 The report was adopted with that sin | gle dissent.
 Mir. Nathan moved that the Committee adjourn.
 Until that juncture the Committee had moved regularly, smoothly and har- moniously It apeared as if the Com mittemen had quickly dispatched the business before 1t with speed and in har- mony. Some of the onlookers In the rear of the hall took their coats and hats were moving to the door But the motion to adjourn was voted down. That in itself foretold trouble of some sort Coats and hats were put down and the crowd remained to see what the fight was to be about.
 MT. Whitson called the attention of the Committee to the fact that there was vacancy in its membership caused by the oeath or State Senator William I. Bull