The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-11
PROTEST IS FILED
STATE coMMrTTEE TO CONSIDER
 SECOND DISTRICT MATTER.
Meeting of Democrats in Montgomery Tuesday Called Upon to Set
 Aside Date of Congres- sional Primary.

The primary election ordered by the second District Democratic Congress sional Committee for March 19, may be a live wire before the State Demo- cratic Executive Committee when 1t meets in Montgomery next Tuesday as bv the Democrats of the District to set aside the tions of the District Committee and fix another date for the primary.
 Both the DlstTft W pro6aSIs @o6 fhe be represented by counsel before the State Committee and the contest gives promise of lengthening the session or the chief body of Democrats of the State called to make provision for nominating a Chief Justice of the su-
 The compIaint of the Democrats of he District is contained in the fol- been forwarded to Chairman H. s, D. Mallory of the State Committee:
 Hon. W. A. Henderson. Montgomery, ,"Dear D sir:--Notice is hereby given you. as the Chairman. of the t, Executive Second Congressional District of Ala bama, that an application will be made by me and other aaash,tea at EDen,s. E4te1s ,oa os Committee of the Democratic party of Alabama, at It's meeting to be held in Montgomery, Ala2ama, en auesaay' the tne
 
 set aside lhe order of your said com mittee for a Democratic primary elec- tion to be held on the 18th day of Marfh ih ta sss o isos which said primary election was or dered for the purpose of nominating tr,ca candldats a6 tss fqr foliowing Ss grounds.
 First Said order for said primary election, and said meeting held on the 15t9 day of Februarsyi sirragar asvG oy ylleSaI SSaI and void, because lesF chan quorum of the regular Democratic committee men of said. congressional district at- " second. sso That the notice of said pri- mary was not given as required oy of Alabama, approved on October 1. 1903, and such election will without such notice, be irregular. illegal and
 "Third. That the meeting held by said committee at Montgomery, on the 9th day of March, 1906, for the pur- pose of selecting officers for said pri- than a quorum of the regular com mitteemen of said Congressional dis trict, and said committee, was without authority thus eonstituIea 5o ssieee 4Se er lection of said officers to hold sala primary election was not n contorm- ity with the said act or the leglsla.
  selected for each election precinct from lists furnished by the candi- dates, nor were they equally divided as to such candidates.
 Very respectfully,
 "J. Lee Long.
 Mr. Long. who Is prominent citi- zen of Greenville, was in Montgomery yesterday and delivered the protest to Chairman Henderson in person. It is understood that MT. Long and other Joined in their protest by Democrats of other counties of the al sriet; a.
 The clause in the act referred to by the protest provides that thirty days notice of primary election h must Hd,,n1 be court house. It is saia that this pro- vision has not been compiled with in Chairman Henderson. of the District Committed, said last night that he would not be in Montgomery Tuesday. but that his committee would be rep resented by counsel before the State 1 Committee.
 Vote for George M. Powell, candidate