The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-29
STATE COMMITTEE WILL MEET TODAY CIeburne County Controversy Must be Cleared Up TUNSTALL TALKS ON LAW Railroad Commission Law Was Passed All Right and the Corrections to
 It Were Made In Proper
 Form.
TUNSTALL TALKS ON LAW


 Montgomery, June 2S.-(Special )-The state executive committee of the demo- cratic and conservative party of Alabama, will be in session here tomorrow having been called by the chairman, H. S. D. Mallory of Selma, to consider the contro- versy on in the county of Cleburne, where contending factions each claim the organization. It seems that W. B. Merrill is leading one side, claiming to be the regularly elected chairman of the county committee, and that the same honor is claimed by a crowd headed by former Probate Judge A. A. Hurst, who lead a revolt in the county convention in favor of a primary instead of con vention, as had been decided upon.
 Clebume county has been stirred up for more than d year on the question of moving the court house from Edwards vile to Hefiln, which was done. The forces favorable to Edwardsville have followed Judge Hurst and those in line with lief lin W. B. Merrill. They have taken the fight into everything of public nature and things are pretty well stirred up.
 It is very likely that the supreme court will hand down this week a decision in the court house case. It was contended that the election was not properly held, in that ballots not like those designated in the election law were used. The fight is made on the constitutionality of the special law by which the removal election was held
 Tunstall Interviewed
 A. NJ. Tunstall of Greensboro, speaker of the last house of representatives, is in the city today, having come over for treatment by local specialist He was asked, of course, about the allegation of the brief written by former Attorney Gen eral w. l.. Martin, that the railroad com mission law passed by the last legisla ture, was bad, in that 1t did not show as it should, the details of its passage. He talked freely of the incident of cor recting the record after the adjourn ment of the legislature.
 Tt was our right and our duty to make the correction in the record said MT Tunstall. "The law was passed all right and We owed it to the people to make any corrections that were right to be and should have been made. We looked far into the authorities and found that they gave that right as well as imposed the duty and strange as some might think it. we were governed by the very authorities quoted by General Martin, the trouble be- ing that he did not go far enough in presenting their ideas. That is especially so of Cushing, who entirely sustains the action taken if enough of him is read -
 Marble In Capitol.
 It is learned that the marble works at Sylacauga are doing their best to be able to get in a bid for the work to be done on the capitol Improvements, and will have some sort of statement for the com mission at it's meeting tomorrow The trouble has been that the producers of the Alabama marble are so crowded that they have not been able to take care of new business. but they are anxious. and all good citizens of the state are also interested that Alabama marble shall go into the state house.
 It is fairly certain that the plans and estimates will be in shape tomorrow and that bids will be in from which the commission may select a contractor This will be for the marble tile and wanseoting and general finishing up of walls and ceiling on the first floor. At the same time plans will be submitted for painting and recovering the second floor nails and rotundas. The contract for the sanitary plumbing. noted already as let to Webber X Johnson of this city, bas been signed
 Work is going on now with a rush on the new wing being erected on the south end of the lot. Contractor Tetherow has been at work like one of his men lay ing brick With the best of them. Plans are also making for the beautfying of the south end of the lot. including walks and drives and other attractive fea- lures.
 To Deliver Bonds.
 Governor Jelks and Private Secretary J. K. Jackson left this evening for New York, where they will deliver the new issue of refundng bonds recently sold to a syndicate composed of New York, Montgomery and Birmingham bankers. The last few days have been taken up with signing and sealing the issue, which amounts to s7,43I,6 GOO.
 Col. Harvey Jones. state tax comms- sioner, who has been i'll at his home in Mobile for five weeks. is back at his desk He says he has hs county com niissioners in good working order now and though it is busy time, he Is get ting good returns from all over the state. Colonel Jones is adjutant of the Alabama division, United Confederate veterans and has a great deal on his hands to keep up with both places. However. his reports show that he is making a success of his tax office. his collections for last year being s133. .753. .S6 for the state and sill 406 S1 for the county, being total of $2b, 160 67.
 Hon. E. R. McDavd, secretary of state, is in Birmingham to attend the marriage 1f fro nT vi
 New State Code.
 l. ]. Mayfeld of Tuscaloosa is in the city on business connected with the pub lication of the new code of Alabama which will be ready for delivery to the governor thirty days before the converting of the next session of the legislature He says the work is we'll in hand, and he will be ready in time to meet all the require- ments of the law in the premises
 Judge Mayfield formerly presided over the county court of Tuscaloosa and Is the author of Mayfield's Digest and also com piler of parallel issue of the new coil sttution and the one of 1875. In addition to this he has published number of law books. and has the reputation of being well posted on the laws of the state
 Speaking of the new code Judge May field said: "It will be ready on time last one, yet there has been great deal to do to get the book in shape It will be in the hands of the governor in due time"
 The last constitution provides for new