The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-16
FIXES DAY i FOR PRIMARY Congressional Election on
 March 19. COMMITTEE HAS MEETING Second District Votes Same Day as
 in This County. Mr. HssI Protects Against Early Nomi- patton of pemecrasic Candidate
 ITO Meet Aeuin On
 March c.

Voters of the Second Congressional District of Alabama will select the Democratic nominee for Congress on March 19. as ordered by the District Democratic Executive Committee at a meeting held yesterday at noon In the office Of Congressman A. A. Wiley. This Is the date on which the Mont gomery County primary will be held. A majority of the members of the committee were present and all were represented by proxyA The committee
 met in response to the call of w. A. Henderson. of Montgomery, its chair man.
 There was little risistance to hold l ing the primary on the same date as the County primary in Montgomery, although Hon. Thomas J. Hall, of
 Montgomery. a irrespective candidate for Congressional honors appeared be- l fore the committee and asked that the primary be deferred until August 27. the date for the State primary. MT. Hall argued that great expense
 would be saved the committee by hold | ing the primary at the same time as the State primary. He did not refcr to l his personal candidacy.
 The following committeeman were present when the meeting was called
 to order: John Gamble of Pike. o. C. Wiley of Pike, J. T. Bradshaw of Gov | ington, A. E. Gamble pr Butler. and
 II. y Brooke of crensnaw and Chair fn1an Henderson.
 Primary Is Called. As soon as the call had been read.
 Mir. Gamble of Fike offered the follow ing resolution:
 Resolved, by the Democratic Execu- tive Committee of the Second Congress sional District:
 list. That a Democratic primary shall be held in the several election precincts of the Second Congressional District of Alabama. on the 18th day of March. 1906, for the purpose of naming R Democratic candidate for representative in the soth Congress.
 Any person wishing to become candidate for Congress at such pri- mary election shall file his applica- tion fin writing with the Chairman of this Committee. not less than fifteen days before such election Is held; and the name of any person failing to com ply with this provision shall not be placed on the official ballot.
 '2nd. Resolved, that the Chairman of this Committee be and Is hereby authorized to arrange with the Chair man Of the Democratic Executive Com mittee of such counties as may hold their primary elections for county of fieers on the 18th day or March, 1908, to cause the names or any candidates . " entitled to be { voted for at such elec-
 tion. to be placed upon the county ticket so as to be voted for at such primary election; and if such arrange
 ment shall be made and perfected in any county. the names of such candi-
 dates for Congress shall be placed up on the county ticket and voted for at such primary elections.
 "Srd. Resolved. that the inspectors of said election in each county, shall Immediately after the polls are closed, count the vote cast at said primary.
 and make no less than two certificates of the results of said primary election, one of which shall be forwarded to the Chairman of the Democratic Execu-
 tive Committee of the Second Congress sional District. Mir. W. A. Henderson,
 Montgomery. Alabama. and one shall be filed with the Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of each county, In said District where such primary Is held. and shall be preserved for future use and reference
 "4th. Resolved, that said primary election shall be held and the result thereof certified as required by the pri- mary election laws of the State of Alabama"
 Mir. Hall here entered his protest in lengthy speech and as he closed the
 members of the Committee generally
 discussed the resolution which was
 three nays. The meeting was in ex-
 ecutive session and the detailed vote
 was not made public.
 OaceFs of Election. O. c. Wiley offered the following
 resolution, which was adopted without
 discussion:
 Resolved. by the Democratic Exec