The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-23
VOTE IN THE SECOND
COMMITTEE WILL MEET NEXT WEEK
 TO CANVASS RETURNS.
CoBgressman Wiley Writes Letter to Mir. Gamble of Butler ExpressiBg Surprise at Conduct of
 Democrafs,

 in Montgomery next week to canvass the returns of the primary election held Monday and to declare the result. i This announcement was made yester- day by w. A. Henderson. of Montgom- cry, chairman of the committee. MT [ Henderson said that the Weeting or the committee would probably be cali- ed for Thursday
 In reference to the failure of the Democrats of Butler county to hold an | election as ordered by the District Com- | mittee Mir Henderson said that he had done everything reasonable to ac- commodate Committeeman A. E. Gam | bIe of that county. He called atten- .tion to d letter from the printers who prepared the ballots showing that the ballots were forwarded to Committee man Gamble on March 13, and that he was advised by mail of their shipment
 It will be remembered that Commit teeman Gamble issued statement which was published by The Advertiser showing why a primary election was not held in Butler county. He referred to the delay in shipment of the ballots
 MT. Gamble wrote a letter to Con gressman Wiley complaining that he had not received sufficient funds to hold the election. This letter has also been published in The Advertiser.
 The following letter from Congress man wiley to MT. Gamble has been made public;
 Washington, D. C.. March 18th, 1906,
 MT. A. E. Gamble, Greenville, Ala. Dear Sir:
 T am just in receipt of your letter of the 17th inst. inclosing copy of your communication of even date to MT w. A. Henderson, chairman of the Congress sional Executive Committee of the Sec- ond district
 fN- a were d great surprise to me. The as- sessment made by the Congressional Executive Committee of $1,000 against candidates for congress was promptly paid by me; but MT. Henderson being candidate for state senator and being necessitated to be out of the city or Montgomery good portion of the time. in order to save all possible de- lay in making remittances to the dif- ferent county committeeman. 1t was so arranged between us that could draw on this fund for immediate or urgent needs.
 You will doubtless recall, that Mir. Hall, when he failed to qualify claim l ed that the amount, so assessed against l the congressional candidates, was we'll nigh prohibitory. The committee. when l 1t learned that I alone had legally quail | fled as a candidate, passed resolution, | so I am advised, that I should be TO- | quired to pay all necessary election ex- | penses when the same was ascertained. | This I expected to do whenever notlhed | what these expenses were. Until then, could not know what they were, so | as to pay tho same accordingly.
 ",rwelvc days ago I mailed you my check for $75 being pro rata part Of the $1,000 assessment (after deducting certain sums paid out for election pur- poses) to go to Butler county for i'm mediate use, I expecting and intending of course, to pay all expenses in con nection with and incident to the pri- mary election in that county. whenever the same should be duly ascertaineo and reported to me.
 'I beg to assure you that never fin my life have I failed to meet any pe- cuniary obligation binding upon me.
 You kept this check for ten days without even acknowledging It's re- ceipt, although you wrote to me in the meantime about the effort Mir. Long was making to have the State Demo cratic Executive Committee rescind th' action of the Congressional HxecutlV' Committee. You did not call on mo fol more money nor let me know how mucf you would require; nor did you ever Tn innate to me that you would not holE the primary election in Butler county
 Your letter, to that effect, was not re ceiyed by mo until this day--abou
 five o'clock D, m.--too late to do any
 thing I had already paid tho printe
 for printing ballots and all necessar! election forms, tally sheets, ct cetera and had the same expressed to you all that the law required.
 These ballots and forms were sent
 to you as committeeman. to be for
 warded to the different precinct mana
 gers. I fail to discover how you could
 have incurred any liability whatsoever
 by sending the same into the different
 precincts and giving the regularly ap-
 pointed managers fair chance to open
 the polls, or at least to decline to dc so It is not usual for election mana
 gers to demand or receive oompensa-
 ton in advance of services rendered by
 them. You know that the calling of a general primary on theA 18th of March
 was not my plan: but acduiesced in what was done. You, yourself, as l am | advised, voted oh the 7th of March
 when the committee reasembled. not to disturb the date
 An appeal, protest or what not wal filed before the State Executive Com mittee against the action of the Con
 gressional Committed; and the petition
 was overwhelmingly dismissed. The , action of of the District Committe'
 was ratified and confirmed. Still, mei [ claiming to be Democrats continued tC
 assail both the State and Compression al Committees, and to prate about 'snaI judgment heavy assessments etc . am never in revolt against the consti tuted authority of my party. Thei
 seemed to sec no inconsistency in thu position they assumed, But I am no
 my brothers keeper
 ''The Congressional primary in thu
 first district. for instance. has beer
 called for April the 7th, and the assess
 ment fixed against the only qualified
 candidate, Mir. Taylor, I am informed
 was only $500. It was evidently ex'
 pected that some managers would bs
 willing to serve without pay.
 ''No complaint has been lodged against the committee on account oi so small an assessment. No cry oi snap judgment has been raised, anC no committeeman has refused to holt primary election, under that call, II any county of the first district. II have tried to be loyal and faith
 full to my trust and true to my friends