The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-10-04
MAJOR HARRIS
WINS CONTEST
Plea Of Mr.. Compton IS
Dismissed.
r
MEETING OF COMMITTEE
Walker County Matter Sent Back
to Local Body.
Democrats Declare In Favor Of Dispo.
alton Of Local Matters BY the
District and County Com.
mittees.

MAJOR John G, Harris Of Evans. Hale
county. was yesterday confirmed by
the Democratic State Executive Com
mittee as the nominee of the party for
| the office of Associate Railroad Com
missioner OF alabama. the contest
proceedings of II. c. Compton Of
| Springville. being dismissed. This &C.
ton was taken in executive session by
the Committee by unanimous vote. A.
ter the evidence in the case had been
heard.
The appeal from the decision OF the
Walker County Executive Committee,
| In the contest over the party nomina-
| ton for sheriff. was also decided by
tho COMMITTEE. after hearing the evS-
dence. The decision in this case was
In favor of J. A. Higgins. the contes-
| tant. the contest being remanded to
the county committee for hearing and
mittee and not a sub committee, and
without the necessity of Mr.. Husgins
furnishing a bond for costs. az had
| been required.
The only othcr matter before tina
| State Committee was resolution Of
50. sef formally m recognizing the right Of
| county and district committees to hear
contests. thereby. every means In their
% na%isa 81 R'r al fraud. tina, A the
lions might be conducted by the duly
qualified electors OF the party: and al:
so recognizing the right of the local
committees to probe into all contro-
verted questions. regarding the prima-
ry election law as cumulative In ita
| Ing right of contest
This resolution WIS referred. at the
request Of Its author 70 a c count ss
Mr. Lackey. to formulate rules for the
control of appeals from the executive
committees Of all subdivisions: Ch:ir.
Messrs. w. NJ. Lackey. H. NJ. White:
w. G. Davis. Ed deGraffenreid. and
F. K G RepIs Of Major Harris.
There were a number OF local pha.
ses to the defense interposed ON behalf
of Major Harris TO Mr. Comptons CON
inRs were snet based upon any OF .hH~
Ave grounds recognized BY the statutes
no authorization In the laws Of inc
| State for contest for the once OK
torneys for Major Harris that MT:
Compton had not qualified himself IA, as
his residence. because he had negieeHo-
ted to pay his poll taxes for 1901 tsos
| 1904 and 1905. and was not therefore
| entitled to bring the contest against
Regarding the main point at issue;
the residence OF Major HaIris IN tne
as Charlie Henderson. who LED the nc
ket for Associate Railroad Commis-
sioner. and was therefore ineligible 70
serve in that capacity. the only evi.
dence submitted against him was ms
campaign address to his feiiow cii-
| zens" of Montgomery county.
In reply. Major Harris produced ar
fidavits OF a number Of Hale county
people to show that he had maintained
his residence there since June. 1905.
Attendance Was Large.
There was larger attendance at the
committee meeting than had been an
ticipated, twenty-nine of the forty ave
members being present the onciars
Mallory and Secretary. Edward W.
Pettus, Jr. both of Selma. were pre-
sent at the time the meeting was cai'-
When the roll was called only nine
teen members of the committee re-
sponded to their names. and II was
found necessary to take ten minutes
had arrived in Montgomery to reach
tire hall. The nineteen members who
were present we were as ra, foiioW ~s;rx. =,
first district; Rebb Graves. Montgom-
cry, second district: F NJ. Crumpton.
Crilton. fourth district A. j. Driver.
First district-Charles Miller. Mar
engo
Second district--John Gamble, Pike.
Third district--W, e. Lee. Houston;
H. B. Stegall. Dale.
Fourth district--J. B. Goodwin. CAL
Firth dstrict.--w, M. Lackey. Tall
lap""Sa
Sixth district-Amos Hoston. Greene.
Ed De Graffenried. Hale; J. c. Mil
ner Lamar.
Seventh district-Hugh White,
Cherokee ~..
fcrson: b. A. Thompson. Jefferson: L
H. Nunnallee. Bib.
Ten other members OF he commit
toe responded to their names when thu
committee was again called to order
at IL 20, making total attendance OF
twenty nine out of the forty-five MEM
b"rs. The additional ten present were
At larse-,w. G Davis. Walker.
Eighth District; W, D. Nesbftt, Jefrer-
second Dlstrict-J. h. Lloyd, Will
cox; q Z, Farnham., Conecuh:
Firth Distrlct-G. s. Livingston. Au-
tauEa.
sixth Dlstrict-M T. Ormond. Tus-
caluosa.
Eighth District-C. N Robinson.
Mitchell. Lauderdale.
Chairman Mallory said be had heard
M i"Ii and Judga J.. 4 4. WOO WOOD o.
Lowndes stating they would be una
bic to be present.
AS soon as u quorum had responded
to the call of the ron. Chairman Mall
lory said the meeting mad been called
To consider IN" contest of ii. G. Comp
ton against the nop!natton of Major J.
q Harris as AssociaA E.nToad Com
missioner. and that since the call had
been issued, the appeal of the confess
against J o, Long. from Walker
county had been perfected and that it
also was before the COMMITTEES.
L Lee ii NJ n4ll hot
A committee OF three be appointed to
confer with the contestants and con-
fastecs or their attorneys to consider
the question OF the order OF the hear
ings and the time limit to be set on
each case Upon this motion prevail
ing, the chair appointed as such COM
mittee Messrs. Jeffries. Lee and Driver.
walker County Case.
This committee reported. after
brief conference with the interested
parties recommending that the Hug
~ins-LonG contest be first heard. each