The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-14


 make New York city their home.
 trying to have Mir. Hall go before the State Democratic Committee when 1t meets in Montgomery next Tuesday. the 18th inst, for the purpose or inducing that body If possible, to re- view and set aside the action Of the Second Congres essional Executive Com mittee, taken at its meeting on the 18th day of last February, in calling a Congressional primary to nominate A candidate for Representative In the Sixtieth Congress. which primary cleo tion was ordered for the 18th Of March (instant1.
 Those men are seeking (so I am advised) to set aside what was thus done with the object Tn view or post noning the Congressional primary elec- tion until the 27th day of August, when the general state pI pIimary will be
 .sThe contention of these men Is silly in the extreme. Their position is that only four out of the nine members of the Second Congressional Executive Committee were present in person. inc other five being represented by proxies in writing at said first committee
 meeting. held as above stated on the Fifteenth day of last February; and that therefore, there was no quorom present for the legitimate transaction of any business which might come be- fore said committee. There Is abso- lute no merit in this contention. Four
 members of the committee. towit; w. A Henderson of Montgomery county; a. c. Wiley of Pike County; J. T. Brad shaw of Crenshaw, county, and A. F. Gamble of Butler county, were present, besides Labe Strauss of Montgomery, the secretary of the committee, and participated In the proceedings and de liberations of that body. Sol D. Bloch of wilcox; C. P. Deming of Conecuh county: G. w. L. Smith of Escambla county; B. F. Feist of Baldwin county and ]. O. Sentell of Crenshaw county were not personally present, but were each represented by written proxy. and their votes were cast according to their wishes in favor of a primary in said District. to be held on the fifteenth day of March. except that of MT. Bloch, which, according to his instructions, was cast against an early primary.
 Confirmed Former Action.
 "Subsequently. the Congressional Ex- ecutive Committee, of the Second Dis trict, pursuant to a regularly issued call under a committee resolution, as- sembled fin Montgomery on towit: the sixth day of March, Onstant) and 
 every essential particular. tho action, deliberation and proceedings of said Congressional Executive Committee in the manner of calling the primary cleo ton, and in the appointment of cleo ton managers etc. and flatly refused to change the date of the holding of said primary election. It then devel- oped that I was the only candidate for Congress who had complied with the provisions of the State primary election law, and that was the only one. .enti- tied to have my name printed on the official ballot.
 "On neither occasion when this com mittee met was I present
 MT Hall. who claims to be running for Congress. was present or both oc- caslons and was given full and com plete opportunity to be heard.
 The thousand dollars assessment. which l paid to the chairman of the committee as entrance money. has al- ready been distributed pro rata among the different counties to enable an cleo ton to be held in counties comprising the Second Congressional District. and has already been spent for election purposes. or contracted to be spent with that end in view. Election man agers, returning officers. clerks. mark CTS and watchers have already been duly and legally appointed for each voting precinct In the seVerdI cpuhlleS or Salo District.
 T am advised that the official ballot has already been printed and Gistri- buted. and so also election blanks and forms. such as tally sheets. reports and 1 other necessary papers, have been print l ed and distributed. The poll lists have | also been prepared ready to be sent out | to the different election managers | throughout said District Other large cxpenses have been incurred by me. l The whole burden of holding said pri- l mary election necessarily falls on me, i as under the law ] am the only quail l fled candidate l submit that it Is un- l fair to me to seek to disturb what the | C,ongressional Executive Committee has i already done in respect to and incident | 10 holding the said primary election on the 18th Inst.
 l same Conditions Elsewhere | "I am advised that an exact condf- ! tion of affairs as to the question of q | ouorum of the Congressional Commit l fee exists in the Third. Fifth and Sixth | Districts. which have ordered early primary elections for Congressional nominations: that iS to say that while 1 fin each case every member of the Com l nnittee was present either in person or
 by proxy. nevertheless, as matter of l fact there was less than a quorum of
 each Committee present in person.
 'aTbe state Democratic Executive | (Contipued on Page ThreeA