The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-17

down by the new committed did not forward any appeal to the State Exec utive Committee.
 The Stiles party. however. frankly brought their troubles to the State Campaign Committee. where they by no means had easy sailing. The first question but before them by Chairman | J. Craig Smith was: While we want the contest discussed in its various phases. the prime question to be dis cussed is. What Jurisdiction has this committee in contest over a dis puted county nomination."
 Friends of Judge Stiles who went before the committee in executive ses- sion were Congressman Sidney L.. Bowie. Augustus IT. Benners. Chair man J. R. Aird, of the new Jefferson County Executive Committees, and Chairman Robert N. Bell of the Jeffer-
 son County Campaign Committee, which was named to secure the election of the Democratic ticket in Jefferson County. The question of Chairman Smith as to the Jurisdiction of the State Cam paign Committee over this issue hav- ing been asked the doors were closed and the committee passed into execu- tive session to be addressed by the lEleHuS Ol JuuSe StIieS.
 COgresman Bowie Speaks.
 Congressman Bowie. who since he began the pratcice of law in Birming- ham has appeared as counsel in every contested nomination case before the various committees, made the princi- pal argument. It Is understood that he declared that the State Campaign Committee had Jurisdiction because Colonel Higdon's friends announced hoV inu hn fpri iSIi tion of the State Committee and after
 the challenge had been accepted by the Stiles forces refused to bring the is-
 sue before the State Committee. He further contended that the State Cam paign Committee had Jurisdiction be- cause 1t was charged with the duty of electing all Democratic nominees whether they were State or county nominees.
 It is also said the question of so called "independentism" in politics came up for discussion with the de- claration that. while conditions might under some circumstances demand 1t in the North, the time for 1t had not arrived in the South. After the issue had been thoroughly discussed the gentlemen representing Judge Stiles. and asking for regularity in the nom- ination, withdrew from the room and
 the committed, among its own mem-
 bers. took up the question for dis cussion. A resolution presented by Hon.
 R. H. Thach. of Jefferson. especially
 and plainly endorsing Judge Stiles as the nominee was first discussed. This resolution. 1t Is understood. was not adopted in exact verbiage as some of the members of the Campaign Con- mittee were not entirely satisfied with it. Modified, so as to make a general endorsement of the nomination of all regular Democratic nominees and especially endorsing the regular nom- inee for Sheriff in Jefferson. 1t was passed by the committee.
 The Jefferson county issue was the only question that rippled the placid and harmonius waters of the commit .. tee at its yesterdays meeting. This meeting was held in room 100 of the Exchange, the same room occupied by
 Hon. B. B. Conner as headquarters dur ing the last State Convention.
 Headquarters in Montgomery. It was announced that headquarters for the Campaign Committee had been selected in the old Farley National
 Bank building overlooking Court
 Square. The headquarters will occupy the room formerly used by the Mont
 gomery Commercial and Industrial As sociation. They will be in charge of Chairman Smith of the Campaign Com
 mittee and Vice Chairman William F. Fort. Mir. Fort is young lawyer of
 Birmingham. who was quite active in
 the interest of MT. Conner during the Democratic party campaign of last summer.
 The members of the committee who
 were present yesterday. when the meeting was called to order by Chair
 man Smith. were Vice Chairman Will liam P. Fort of Birmingham: Hon. George 1T. Malone of Dothan: Major Edward M. Robinson of Mobile II. A.
 Skeggs of Decatur: A. R. Brindlev of Gadsden and J. E. Camp of Talla adega It was plainly the temper of the
 committee to make an aggressive. wig orous fight. It was the feeling of the committee that a fight should be made
 that would stop the Populists and Re- | publicans out of the very few places | where they still have small majority.
 Chairman White of the Democratic Ex- 1 ecutive Committee. of Shelby county.
 appeared before the Committee and
 asked for assistance in his county He
 was confident that the Populist ticket
 in his county could be defeated MT.
 White was given assurance that he
 would have the hearty support of the
 State Committee Mir. Conner, the Dem
 ocratic nominee for Governor will him l self make two speeches In Shelby. I
 ocratic party will he sent to that coun- | ty.
 Opposition to Democracy.
 If developed. too. that there was op- | position to the Democratic nominees In
 Geneva. Dale. Chiffon. Cleburne, Mar
 shall. St. Clair. Lawrence. Rlount. Gull
 lman, Franklin and Winston | Tudge Camp of TalIadega reported
 that there was opposition. more or less
 strong. to the Democratic nominee for
 Senator from the counties or autausa' Chiffon and Shelby. With the proper | sort of a fight he expressed no fears | as to the outcome. - A similar Senatorial contest was re- | ported by MT Brindley of E'o"dh' lhe | Democratic nominee for senator rom l the counties of Etowah and St' Clair | was just now the subject of some Re- publican opposition. but MT Brind- ley expressed the belief that the i'e"'o- cratic nominee would win.
 Major Robinson of the First Con gressional District. while reporting his