The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-13
B-COMM|TTEE MAKES ASSESSMENTS Candidates Must Pay Payy Expense
 of August Primary CLEBURNE CONTROVERSY Two Separate County Organizations Claim Recognition of State Com
 n1ittee-Hurst Files Formal
 Demand for Recognition.
CLEBURNE CONTROVERSY

some time ago by Chairman H. s. D. Mallory, to arrange details and to have charge of the primary election in August, met in the council chamber of the city hall in this city yesterday at noon. The most important action of the sub I committee was to make the necessary
 assessments against all state candidates 1 for the expenses of the primary. All 1 other details for the holding of the pri- mary were arranged.
 All members of the subcommittee were
 present. with the exception of R. H. Thaeh, who Is out of the city on busi-
 ness. Chairman H. S. D. Mallory pre-
 sided over the meeting.
 The assessments made by the commit | tee are as follows:
 United States senators, s60; alternate
 senator's $50; governor, $60; lieutenant
 governor. $40; attorney general, $50; audi
 tor, $40; secretary of state, sSo; superin-
 tendent of education. $40; treasurer. $40; 1 commissioner of agriculture. $S5; asso-
 ciate railroad commissioner, $40; chief justice. $50: associate justice, $40; con-
 gressmen. s50 chancellors and judges $3o. The assessment against congressman and
 
 didates for these offices who run in the l August primary. and where the request | is made by the local executive commit
 tee that their names be placed on the
 official ticket.
 It was provided that the names of all candidate with the amount of their
 assessments be filed with the chairman
 of the state executive committee at least
 thirty days prior to the holding of the primary.
 County and district executive commit
 tees are to provide funds for the ex-
 pense of printing tickets and holding the 1 local elections
 Amount of Assessment.
 The amount assessed for the nomina-
 tion of state candidate aggregates $1565 | on the basis of thirty-nine candidate for | the various offices who have already an-
 nounced. It is estimated that this will
 pay all the expense of printing the bal lots and cover all other necessary items | in the campaign.
 The chairman was authorized to print | the state ticket and other matter neces- | sary for holding the primary and to | distribute same to the county executive 1 chairman, and was also authorized to | employ such assistance in doing this work
 as he finds necessary. The chairman
 was also given power to act in all mat
 ters coming up during the campaign
 meeting of the committee.
 Rules Adopted.
 The following rules were adopted by l the committee for the holding of the l primary:
 "Al elections held under the authority l of the committee shall be held by the 1 officers provided for the holding of the l primary election on August H. l Whereas subdivision committees hold 1 an election at the same time with the 1 state primary their tickets shall be print
 ed on white paper. The state ticket | will be some other color "The chairman was instructed to send l out the necessary tally sheets, poll lists. l cards of instructions and all necessary | election supplies.
 "Each county holding a primary at the l same time as the state primary on August l 27 shall furnish Its own election sup l plies.
 r.The chairman shall prepare and fur l nish the candidates for governor and 1 Lieutenant governor the form of obliga- | tions required by the state executive l committee and in the event the time | limit for fixing the same is not stated l by law the chairman shall determine | the limit
 | Railroad Commissioners. l The question as to whether two candi- | dates from the same congressional dis | trict for railroad commissioner could be placed on the official ballot came up and | ..,,. 5;,,,,.cad l.x, tho m aen1bers After n | investigation of the law on the subject it l was decided that two men even though I they received majorities In the primary l could not be declared nominees if they resided in the same district. The candi- l date receiving the largest vote in the l district and the next largest residing in another district would be declared nomi- nees. It was the sense of the committee l that candidate from the Ninth con- 1 gressional district would not be eligible ! on account of MT. Corners residence be- l ing in the district. He will, at the time I of the election, be member of the rail- road commission, even though he is suc- | cessful in his race for governor and later | resigns as president of the commission. | H. C. COmplOn, cdnuiudtc ioi ioiiioou | commissioner was present and announced 1 that in view of the fact that it was generally believed that he was a citizen of the Ninth district he wished to state | that this was incorrect as he had only | lived in the district less than a year and | that his citizenship is still at Spring vile, In the Seventh congressional dis trict.
 It was the opinion of the committee that the names of two candidates living in the same district other than the Ninth, the home of MT. Conner, could be placed on the ballot since those candida tes would enter the race in full knowledge of the conditions of the law and rules of the nomination..
 Cleburne Controversy.
 After the business of the sub-commt- tee had been concluded A. A. Hurst of Cleburne county was given an opportun- ity 10 be heard on controversy in his county over the right of two separate county organizations 10 be recognized by the state organization.
 According to MT. Hurst's statements to the committee there are two county executive committees both claiming to