The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-07
HALLS NAME IS OFF
CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS FAIL
 EO TO QUALIFY.
saeoua Dtstrfct Committee Meets and Arranses the Details for Prt- Mary Election te He Held
 March 10.

rho name of Hon. Thomas J. Hall | of Montgomery, who had announced ms oand,dacv for Congress from the Sec ond District, will not be printed on 'i.e official ballots to be used Tn The PIT mary election of March 18th as ne taIIed to qualify and pay the assess want of s1 ,OOO required by the District Committee. .n.
 u,,o +ire limit, fifteen days before the l -i,.aary exnired Monday night, anu l rrben the District Committee met Ses ta,.dav at 12 o'clock in the oihce os | c,ongressnan A. A. Wiley. by eail os s inc chairman, w. \. HendeIsou | Montgomery, to arrange the nnul " taiis for the primary 1t was discoNereu thnt Mfr Hail had failed to qualify as
 osndidate in the Democratic prl' mary. ,...o .h, Com ,.;1tao ,nd made an impassioned au dress. declaring that he had iorgot- fen the requirements and appeallns W .o the Committee to allow ms naIie oo on the official ballot. He was aiso represented oy counsel Who s"e" along the same lines. -
 SeS, sraI of the committeeman eX- pressed themselves as regrettins that Mir Hall had failed to qualify put they were practically unanimous m ths opinion that as the time had eXpre1 there was no way py whIcn "iI n,',,,nl r1a,' could regularly qualify as Demo- cratic candidate in the primary elec- tion. didate who paid his assessment Wtthln the time limit and notitied the Cnalr- man of the Committee of his candldacy' As n result but one name, that of the second District Congressman. Will De printed on the offlcial ballot
 When Chairman Henderson called the Committee to order at 12 o'clock other members of the Committee pres ent were as follows: O. c. Wiley, Troy: A. E. Gamble, Greenville; John Gamble. Troy. holding proxy Of B. r.. Felst of Baldwin County; J. O. Sentel, Luverne; c. T. Pollard, Montgomery, holding proxy of c. P. Deming of Com ecuh: L.. Strauss. Montgomery. holding proxy of s. D. Bloch of Wilcox, and A. R. Colquitt. Montgomery. holding proxy of c. W. l.. Smith, of Brewton'
 MT. Gamble of Troy. amended by MT. Gamble of Grcenvilla, offered a resolu- tion directing committeeman in their respective counties to name managers of tho election and the resolution was adopteds
 Mir Hall then appeared before the Committee and made an address in which he said that voters or every pre- cinct in the couaty knew of his can didacy and that if he was given the time to do so he would qualify.
 Mir Gamble of Troy said that since the law required candidates to file their declaration with the Chairman of the Committee fifteen days before the pri- mary. and as Mir. Hall had failed to comply, the Committee had no dis erection in the matter. It seemed to him that as Congressman Wiley was the only candidate who had alled the requirements that his narno was ths only one the Committee should recog- nize.
 After some further discussion of the matter Mir. Colqultt offered resolution expressing the views Of Mir. Gamble and declaring that Congressman Wiley was the only candidate who had quail flied. This resolution was adonted.
 The discussion of Mir. Halls dilemma continued some time but without any further action and after an under standing that each committeeman would look after the distribution of ballot boxes in his county the Com mittee adjourned sine de.