The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-08
CALLING IF PRIMARY CHANGES MANY PLANS No Provision fer Election of
 New Committee GOSSIP OF CANDIDATES County and District Primaries win ] Probably Be Called In the Near
 Future To Conform With
 the General Date.
GOSSIP OF CANDIDATES

none grumbled.
 Nearly every man stated that the entire
 proposition was "cut and dried;'' that
 Governor Conner passed the word down the line that primary must obtain,
 and primary will be the result. This
 action of the state committee knocked
 the props from under many a person yesterday. but there was little grumblins. Several men who planned to be candi-
 dates before the convention are now in doubt as to whether they should under go the expenses entailed by the pri- | mary. However, there was little discus
 sion last night, the majority of the gen. tlemen returning. exousing themselves with a yawn, and stretch, and by pleading their worn out condition.
 Several gentlemen who planned to make the race for the honor of being a dele gate to the national convention, have backed down now One of these is w.
 Melville Drennen. While MT. Drennen
 had never made a positive statement he had intimated pretty strongly that he
 would run before a convention. Instead 1 of going through primary, however, MT. Drennen will make the "trip to the na- | tional convention of Elks, which is held | in the summer in Houston, Tex.
 Rumors of Candidates. 1 No one has made an announcement for
 committeeman from this district. Rumor | has it that Senator Miller will ask for l the honor that SenatoiA Reynolds of Bibb,
 and Capt. Frank s. White will be in the
 race. c. P. Beddow is also prominently
 mentioned.
 | In spite of his desire that the con- I venton plan obtain, Col John w, Tom | linson, it is stated authoritatiyely, will
 make the race for committeeman at large. 1 Colonel Tomlinson it is understood, was | gravely disappointed when the convention
 plan was abandoned. but has enteAed the
 race with spirit and determination to win. out. He remained in Montgomery | last night, and probably did some work ! in his own behalf.
 | Capt. D. w. Booker of Birmingham, | has also announced himself candidate ! for delegate at large. He spent last | night in Birmingham, also. It is under stood that R. J. Lowe of Eufaula, | will also be candidate. Governor Conner has made the public statement that he I would not ask for the honor of being 8 | delegate at large, and the fact that this is congressional election year, makes 1 a practical certainty that no one of the
 nine congressman will be candidates for delegate positions.
 Clayton Will Not Run. In this connection, it is believed by several prominent gentlemen who ex- pressed themselves last night that Con- gressman Clayton, by the adoption of the primary plan, will be deprived of the
 honor of becoming temporary chairman
 of the national convention. It was gen.
 orally admitted that Congressman Clay ton being the oldest national committee man, In point of service, would have been made temporary chairman of the Denver convention had he been a delegate from | the state Inasmuch as MT Clayton will | be candidate for congress, it Is not l presumed that he will be also a candidate | for delegate at large. However his friends | contend that he might be given the proxy | of one of the delegates, and then become the elected chairman. the delegate whom | he relieved then resuming his seat No Provision For Committee. An interesting discussion followed the ] meeting of the committee when the news l became generally known that the con-
 vention plan had lost out.
 Inasmuch as the state executive com
 mttee is elected by convention, the ques- tion now is, when will there be new committeeN chosen?
 
 | ernor Conner is committed to the primary l idea, and that the party, to a certain ex- | tent, is also, that there might not be another convention in long term of years.
 Then how will new executive commit | tee be chosen?
 Ed. deGraffenreid, the prominent Greensboro attorney, member of the com mttee, laughingly remarked last night | that he for one was satisfied with the |. primary plan, inasmuch as 1t made him a permanent member of the executive com mittee.
 "All that we have to do now" said he, lis to fix us a salary and we will be prepared against the coming of hard times and possibly a panic" Other members of the committee in l Birmingham last night were J. l.. Her I ring of Asheville; w. c. Davis of Jasepr; E. A. Turner of Vernon; T. R. Williams | of Russellville; Virgil Bouldin of Scotts-
 boro: N P. Renfro of Opelika; J. w. | Oden of Talladega w. M. Lackey of | Dadeville; M. T. Ormond of Tuscaloosa; J. c. Miller of Vernon; J. B. Brown of | Cullman R. A. Mitchell of Alabama City; | c. N. Robinson of Moulton; J. J. Mitchell | of Florence; M. c. Allgood of Oneonta; l.. H. Nunnellee of Centerville, and oth- | ers number passed through the city | without stopping. E. K. Campbell of | Birmingham, member of the commit l tee, returned also, as did w. D. Nesbitt | of Birmingham, member of the commit | tee from the state at large. B. A.Thomp- | son, the other member of the committee | from Birmingham, did not attend In addition to the above there were | many prominent Birmingham people, not members of the committee and all of 1 them not future candidates, returning on | the Louisville & Nashville. No Comment on Date. The date of the primary, May IS, re- | ceived little comment, so thoroughly was it overshadowed by the discussion of the manner in which delegates will be elected. At this primary, two seats on the su- preme court bench will be filled. those