The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14
TO VOTE
FOR THE JUSTICES
Names VIII be Printed on the
State Ticket
MAJORITY VOTE WILL RULE
Committee De xcs to Interfere WIKI
Action of . sssiOnal Commit.
So the Second
= 3 District
MAJORITY VOTE WILL RULE
] HERvEY w. LAIRD.

HERVEY w. LAIRD.
smery, March 1S.-(special) THE
state committee of the democratic and
| conservative party of Alabama today
provided for the selection of nominees for
chief Justice and associate justices of the
| supreme court by primary plan, though
the choice must be by majority vote.
The names of the candidates are to be
printed on the state ticket and voted
for direct At the same time delegates are
TO be elected and shall be considered in
structed and shall give to each of the
candidates the pro rata vote to which he
may be entitled as shown by the vote re-
ceived by him In each county in the
primary If 1t becomes apparent that
no candidate has a majority on the
plan provided the convention shall NOM
mate by a majority vote under such
rules as it may adopt.
| There was some what of a fight made
by Mr. Thach of Jefferson to have either
primary straight or convention. He
was In favor of a convention and openly
said So but the plan was adopted prac-
tically unanimously.
The afternoon was taken up in hear
ing argument on the controversy in the
Second district The committee declined
to override the executive committee of the
Second district, which has closed the en-
tries for Congress with only the name
of Congressman Wiley on the official
ballot.
Called to Order.
At exactly noon in the council chamber
of the city of Montgomery, Chairman II.
S. ID. Mallory of the state democratic
| committee raped for order.
The roll was~then- called. by Secretary
| John G. Pugh The following were found
| to be in attendance.
| Chairman II. S. d. Mallory, Selma.
| First Distrct--W. A. Carter, Thomas
ville Howard Douglas Mcintosh Bluff;
]. ]. King, Consul; 7. NJ. stephens, Mo-
bile.
Second District-W. C. Coker. Green
Vile; George w. Jones. Montgomery; j.
r. Porterfeld, Greenville.
Third District-R. II. Arlington, Elba;
H. H. Foster, Geneva A. II. Merrill, Eu
faula.
Fourth Dlstrict-H. S. d. Mallory, Sell
ma; II. d. Merrill, Admission; Upton Null
| Inns, Clanton; Carson C. Whitson, Talla-
dega.
Fifth District-Milo b. Abercrombie,
Tuskegee; A. L. Driver, Lafayette;
George f. Sedberry, Wetumpka; d. M.
White, Goodwater.
Sixth District-Rufus A. O'Rear, Jas
per; George A. Searcy, Tuscaloosa; c.
Brooks Smith, Laneville, G. b. Wimberly,
Reform.
Seventh District--James L. Herring,
Ashville; Leon c. McCord, Albertville;
George II. Parker Cullman.
Eighth District-E. B. Almon, Tuscum-
bia; John c. Eyster, New Decatur; w. A.
Given, Gurley.
Ninth District-Jones G. Moore, Bir-
mingham; Robert II. Thach, Birmingham
Secretary-John C. Pugh, Birmingham
Mr.. Christian of Perry, Mr.. Mitchell OF
Gadsden Mr.. Proctor of Scottsboro and
Judge Glenn of Scale, being absent. sent
excuses.
Chairman Mallory stated that the COM
mittee had been called to meet the con-
tingency caused by the death of the late
Chief justice Mcclellan and to provide
for nominating his successor
The chair presented here a protest from
]. l.. Long of Greenville against the ac-
ton of the Second district committee in
arranging a primary for March 10, ana
other actions of said committee not pleas
ing to certain democrats of the district.
r. A. O'Rear offered the resignation of
c. B. Smith, who has announced for state
auditor. Resolutions of regret at the loss
of Mr. Smith were presented by Mr.. Nc
Cord. Adopted.
r. A. O'Rear nominated Judge A. p.
Smith of Eutaw to the vacancy and he
was elected without opposition.
Second District Protest.
The protest of Mr.. Long was read, it
being urged that the primary ordered in
the Second be annulled because the com
mittee of minor authority acted without
quorum and was Illegal. 1t was also
charged that managers had been illegally
chosen.
Secretary Pugh read letter from Con-
gressman A. A. Wiley to Gen. w. c.
Oates, in reference TO the Long protest.
He held that the objections of these men
were silly in the extreme" There is
no merit in the contention" said Mr..
Wiley, who held that proxies were en-
tirely lawful. He had complied with every
law and rule of the committee, putting up
money needed and going to large ex-
pense of having tickets printed
Colonel Wiley said tna- early congress
sional primaries were in accord with the
wishes of the national congressional cam
paign committee which will make vigor-
Gus fight to capture the next House
Chairman Mallory said that 1t was al
ways right to consider these petitions.
Mr. Coker moved that Mr. Lee Long
be heard. Seconded by Mr.. Thach and
carried.
General Oates said that Ray Ruston ot
Montgomery would appear for the COM
mittee.
Justices Primary.
f. B. Almon moved that the plan of
January be amended as to make noml->
nation of justices of the supreme court
as shown below.
Resolved by the state executive commit
tee of the democratic and conservative
party of Alabama.
l. That section seven of the plan adopt
ed by this committee on the 9th day of
January. 1906, for a state primary cleo
ton and state convention be and the
same is hereby amended 50 as to read
as follows:
Z. Resolved further. That l.. such p-i-
mary election. each county shall elect the
number of delegates to which it Is en-