The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07
Days Proceedings.

Meeting was called to order yesterday morning at 9:45 o'clock by Chairman J. 1 B. Aird. The roll was called by Secre- tary Abbott. A quorum was found to be | present
 T. S Geer, election manager at Linn's Crossing precinct AS, was called to the stand and examined by Attorney z. T. Rudolph, representing Judge Stiles as to the legality of the vote of J. T. Bow don
 Witness testified that Bowden had been allowed to vote after having lived in the county for only about nine months and after making the required affidavit of qualification.
 MT. Benners made a motion to throw out the vote. R. D. Thompson, who con- ducted the cross-examination opposed the motion, arguing against {. Q method used in securing testimony. Of. P. L. Copeland made a sion that bus mess be completed by Dock. MT. Me Donald opposes the prop nron to hurry matters. He contended that the commit tee should go into all the details and throw out every illegal vote and advo- cated further the prosecution of every H. legal voter.
 The vote of J. T. Bowdon at Linn's Crossing was taken from the ballot box. found to have been cast for E. L. Higdon, and was thrown out. E. Mckenzie of Brookside Precinct IS, Precinct IS, was put on the stand and tes- tified as to the illegality of the votes of Meyer Cohn and Jack McAnally. It was shown that these voters had not paid poll tax These votes were deducted from the result
 G. M Taylor of Pratt City made the point that the public had been excluded from the hearing, and that the newspa- pers had been charged with the task of acquaintng the people with the proceed ings of the contest. He stated that the newspapers had neglected or had exclud- ed most of the testimony that had been produced.
 A smile went round the room, but no action was taken in the matter
 Vote Thrown Out.
 The vote of i'll Martin at Warrior was thrown out on the ground that he had not paid poll tax, though it was shown that he claimed the disability of partial blindness and was not subject 10 tax.
 The vote of Ambrose Wright. who 1t was shown had lived at Warrior, for sev- eral years and had paid no poll tax. was declared illegal and a motion was made to deduct 1t from the result. Upon. exam ination 1t was found that Ambrose Wright's name was not found on the vot- ers' list The name A. M. Wright was tIaf uvae al int mated from the list and deducted frsm the result A. M. Wright voted for E. L. Higdon.
 The votes of Peter Gulas and Sam Cam pus at Ensley were declared illegal on the ground that they had paid no poll tax.
 Edward Patillo, who had been charged with illegal voting apepared and demand ed an investigation. MT. Randolph. attor- ney for Judge Stiles, stated that he had been unable to secure testimony and would apologize for all inconvenience or wrong done in the name of Judge Stiles. The committee adopted a resolution ex- honorating MT. Patillo and withdrawing all charges against him.
 Mir Patillo produced evidence that he was El years oid oi <huSuo 70 iaSl anu voted August 27, being due no poll tax. He presented a resigtration certificate. MT. Patllo thanked the attorneys and the committee and retired from the hall.
 J. A. Branch of Bessemer was declared an illegal voter and the ballot was or dered deducted from the general result This vote was for Higdon and was de- ducted.
 It was found that Sam Campurs, at Ens- ley, voted for J. P. Stiles and the vote was ordered thrown out by special resolution and deducted from Stiles list.
 Peter Gulus. at Ensley. voted for Hlg- don and the vote was thrown out
 H. w. Phillips of Ensley testified that Dr. J. T. Kent and M. A. Kirkland had resided in Jefferson county less than one year at the time they voted in the second primary.
 It was found that M. A. Kirkland and Dr. J. T. Kent voted for Higdon and these votes were deducted from result.
 It was shown by Steve Lacey of Jones' boro that Charles Oglesby had been out of the state for two years prior to last Christmas and that he had voted in the recent primary. On examination 1t was