The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-31
MOBILES CONTEST
DENOCRATIC COMMITTEES WILL"
 HEAR IT TODAY.
Exv. Dnmer Claims Nomination U Lower House over J. H. NorShie -Mecting i'm Council Cham-
 her at Noon.

For the purpose ol poSeiho contest brought by Eyre Damer or MO, hiIa against J. H. Norville, recognized as inc Democratic nominee for the lower House of the Legislature rom Mobile County, the Democratic state Executive Committee will meet Tn the Council Chambers at noon today. The call for the meeting was issuGu several days ago by Chairman II. D. Mallory of Selma. This will be the second meeting of the State Commit tee since it's selection by the State con vention in Montgomery. September lo. In the contest which is to be decided today. MT, Damer, candidate TOT the nomination from his County charses that he was properly chosen nominee The charges include allegations ol iiie- gal counting of votes, Twice since the State primary election the matter has heen brought by Mir. Damer to the at tention of the Mobile County ExecutiVe Committee and in each instance the TO- caI organization has refused to take action The meeting Of today was called on an appeal by the unsuccess- ful candidate to the state Comnlittee, The grounds which MT. Norville Will take in defense of the charges brought by his opponent have not been made public. last evening from Selma. He pro- fessed to be ignorant of the specinc charges which will be brought today | beyond the fact that. in general lrauu l in counting the ballots is charged. Al though only a few members or the State Committee were in the city last night, the Chairman expressed the pe- lief that there would be no difficulty in securing a working quorum. as only few of the members have sent him word they would not be here. I.N Dot Committee is expected to reach Mont gomery this morning, while Eyre Da- mer and J. II. Norville. the contest ants in today's proceedings, are ex- pected to arrive in the city on the early morning train from the south this morning. Members of the Com mttee are also expected to reach the city during the morning. The full membership of the Commit- tee under the new plan adopted at the last State Convention includes forty five nine of whom were elected from the nine districts by convention dele gates from the State at large The remaining thirtysix members were chosen by the convention. four from each district. on the nomination of the delegates from those districts. The Committee includes:
 From the State at large:
 First District-W. A. Garter, Clarke.
 Second District-Bibb Graves, Mont gomery.
 Third District--J. E. Foy. Barbour
 Fourth District-T. M. Crumpton, Chiffon.
 Fifth District-A. J. Driver. Cham berS
 sixth District-w. c. Davis. Walker.
 Seventh Dlstrict-T. R. Williams, Franklin.
 Eighth DistrIct-virgil o, Bouldin. Jackson. ferson. .-- From Districts:
 First District-Joseph x. Granade. Washington; (. L. Hubbard. Monroe; Charles Miller. Marengo; Robert T. Err win. Mobile.
 Second District-J. B. Lloyd. Wilcox; G. R. Farnham. Conecuh: John Gam ble, Pike; A. l.. Tyson. Montgomery. \. B. Powell. Bullock: W. l.. Lee, Houston; H. B. Steasall. Dale.
 Fourth District--J. B. Goodwin, Cal houn; E. A. Turner, Shelby; J. w. Oden, TalladeGa; l.. E. Jeffrics. Dal- las.
 Fifth District--J. c. Wood. Lowndes, G. $. Livingston, Autauga: Edward Watley, Clay; w. M. Lackey. Talla- pooSa.
 Sixth District-Amos Horton, Greene; Ed DeGrafenreid. Hale: W. T. Or mond Tuscaloosa; J. c. Milner. La mar.
 Seventh District-J. E. Brown. Gull
 nan; Hugh White. Cherokee; J. l.. Herring, St. Clair; R. A. Mitchell, Eto- -Wah.
 Eighth District-G, N. Robinson. Lawrence; J. H. Pride Madison: J. J. Mitchell. Lauderdale; w. R. Walker Limestone.
 Ninth District-E. K. Campbell, Jef- ferson; B. A. Thompson. Jefferson; l.. H. Nunnelec, Bibb; NJ. c. Allgood Blount.