The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-10

the United States Senate. Under its operation no man will go in the Gov ernor's office carrying United States Senator under his coat 1t assured the people of Alabama that for the next six years at least the Senators from Alabama would be men who were sent there by the people of the State It eliminates all trading between Guber- material candidates and aspirants TOT United States Senator.
 IL was regarded as certain that Sena- tors Morgan and Pettus would nave their names on the primary ticket. And in presenting this plan to the commit tee MT. whitson paid a tribute to the two veteran Senators from Alabama and pictured the high esteem of the people of Alabama which surrounds the two Senators
 Candidates and A1ternates.
 A feature of the plan which should not be overlooked Is that the voter votes direct for the two Senators ana then votes direct for tho two substi- tute Senators, thus giving assurance that here will no be minority Sena- tor from Alabama.
 The committee in another portion CT the whitson plan, cleared way for 8 straight out. open fight between the candidates for Governor on the clear cut issues of the campaign. This was done by authorizing the Congressional Committee and various subordinate committees to hold their primaries ir- respective of the time for the State prl- mary. In that way the situation is clar- fled The county officers can be select cd without confusing local fights with the big fight. Not only may county officers be selected but members of the State Senate and the Legislature as well. In tho same way Congressmen
 t. fFfaT4 gressional Committee may think best.
 The race for Governor is therefore rid of any extraneous matters. It Is a fair fight out in the open with the Conner position and tho Cunningham position fully developed,
 Four Vacancies Filled.
 The committee as it turned out had one fight however. Leon McCord of Guntersville. Secretary of the Supreme Court, was pitted against Hugh White for the place left vacant by the death of Editor J. H. Meigs. The friends of both young men had worked hard. But Mir. Mccord was an easy winner. He more than doubled the vote of his opponent as popular as Mir. White was. The final vote was Mccord IS and White '.
 Hon J. H. Nathan retired from the committee having been appointed Cir cult Judge by Governor Jelks and hold ing 1t incompatible with the propriety that should go with a judicial office, to remain actively a partisan he re- signed. His predecessor on the bench. Judge E. B. Almon, who resigned to practice law. was selected for the va cancy left by Mir. Nathan.
 Cautiously enough there were two va cancies from the Fifth District. Judge J. J. Harlan resigned because he had moved from Alabama to Texas, and B, c. Jones resigned because he could not give sufficient attention to the affairs , of the committee. Two Probate Judges in the Fifth Dictrict were elected to the vacancy, Judge A. J. Driver. of Chambers. and Judge Milo B. Aber- crombie. of Macon.
 Throughout the meeting the City Council Chamber was packed by an i'm terested crowd. In fact there were enough Alabama Democrats present to have made a good convention. They were from every section of the State and with the exception of the guberna- torial candidates, nearly every candi- date for a State office looked on while the committee was at work. The meeting was remarkable one in that only one speech was delivered the speech of Mir. Whitson. There was less talking at this meeting than at | any previosu meeting of the committee