The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-09
DEMOCRATS IN 1S7S
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Continued from Page Five.) county. city and town in this State. but nothing in this resolution, nor in either Of said plans, when prepared and an- nounced, shall in any manner affect dele gates heretofore selected to any nominat- ing convention by any other method. nor in any manner impair the weight to which the action of any nominating con vention shall be entitled, when composed Of delegates in whole or in part, who have been or may hereafter be selected otherwise than by primary election shall be prepared and announced And the State Executive Committee shall have full power and authority at all times to make all such necessary changes in either of said plans as experience may show shall be wise and just and for the best in- terests of the Democratic and Conserva- tive party of Alabama.
 District Committees.
 Hon. William c. Oates of Henry in- troduced the following resolution which was adopted. the Sixth District being excepted from its provisions:
 Resolved. That in each of those Congressional Districts, in which there is no Executive Committee. that an Executive Committee shall be formed to be composed of the Chairmen of the Executive Committee of the several counties of such district. and the mem Der of the State Executive Committee from such district whose name first appears on the list of said Committee as reported to. and adopted by this convention. shall be Chairman of the Committee herein provided for.
 Second-That 1t is the duty of the several Committees provided for in the foregoing to call together nominating conventions for their respective dis tricts, and to fix and publish the times and places of holding the same.
 Third--That it is the sense of this conventions should not meet to nomi- nate candidates for Congress until af- ter the State elections in August next. and the Executive Committees of the several Congressional Districts are re- spectfuIly requested to call their re- spective conventions to meet after that time.
 State Executive Committee.
 The following were reported as the State Executive Committee. by the Committee appointed for that purpose mittee:
 Central Committee-Thos. H. Watts. Walter l.. Bragg. H. c. Semple, P. T. Sayre, T. B. Bethea. Montgomery.
 Districts. -
 Fitst-R. B. owen of Mobile, M. c. Burke of Marengo. s. T. Prince of Choctaw.
 Second-w. D. Wood of Pike. F. s. Ferguson of Montgomery, J. T. B. Foard of Escambia.
 Third-A. c. Gordon of Henry, A. A. Scott of Lee, B. M. Henry of Russell.
 Fourth-John J. Steele of Lowndes. N. H. R. Dawson of Dallas. Charles G. Brown of Perry.
 Fifth-T. l.. Bulger of Tallapoosa. John A. Holmes of Chambers. A. T. Goodwin of Fillmore.
 Sixth-T. c. Clarke of Greene, N. N. Clements of Tuscaloosa, William A. Walker of Jefferson.
 Seventh-Joseph H; Johnson of Tal- ladega. R. K. Boyd of Marshall. John H. Dfsque of Etowah.
 Eighth-A II. Kellar of Colbert; A s. Fletcher of Madison. William J. Wood of Lauderdale.
 Ratifying.
 A rousing ratification meeting was held at the Central Bank corner under the auspices of the Workingmens Club of Montgomery. where the hrst gun of the campaign was fred and stirring speeches made by the nomi- , nees of the State Convention for the various State offices and prominent party men from different parts of the State. MT. J. P. Armstrong; presided over the meeting and Hon. Rufus w. Cobb, of Shelby. the nominee for Gov ernnr was The first speaker. He said