The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-17
TAFT FORCES
 SCORE POINT Thompson Wing Goes on the Ballot. SO SAYS SECRETARY OF STATE Davidson Faction Also to Be Seen
 on Ballot The Latter is To Be Designated ss .Davidson Faction" And
 Their Emblem Is "Arm
 Asd Hammer"

AS the result of Secretary of State Frank N. .Julian's decision announced yesterday, the so-called Thompson wing of the Republican party in Ala bania will be recognized in the Noven- Der election as the regular official organization of that party in this State. It means that the nominees or that wing as ascertained by the com ventfon held in Birmingham some time ago are to go on the ballot at the general election November 2, under the emblem of Vulcan"
 At the same time that Secretary of State Julian made this announcement he also said that the nominees of the so-called Davidson" wing of the Re publican party will be placed on the ballot. They are to be designated. however. as the "Davidson Faction"
 This Is regarded as a distinct vic tory for the Taft forces in Alabama. It Is q repetition of the victory which was won by the same faction before the National Committee of the Repubh- cans at Chicago in June. It Is the third setback to be received by the Davidson wing for. besides. the failure of recognition by the national com mittee and by the Secretary of State, the recent application to Judge A. D. Sayre, of the Montgomery City Court, for a rfiandamus writ compelling the Secretary of State to recognize the Davidson nominee as the official party representatives, was denied by that court on the ground that it had no Jurisdiction.
 The nominees of the Davidson faction whose names are to appear on the bal lot next November win be under the Arm and Hammer emblem. The Secre- tary of State does not see how under the law as it stands he could refuse the concession of placing these nomi- iees on the ticket with the designa- tions mentioned.
 Thus the adherents of the Davidson crowd of the Republicans seem to have lost any possible advantage gained from priority of filing emblems with the Secretary of State. They certified to the Secretary of State the names of their nominees and also filed their emblem ahead of the Taft aggregation and were thus making the fight for official recognition.
 MT. Julian's statement Is as fol- lows:
 The Davidson wing of the Repub. ifcan party filed an emblem and list of4' nominees on ssEebruary IS, and claimed that the faction represented by the committee filing the emblem was the regular Republican party. This department hesitated as to accepting the same. preferring that a court decision be had but the Attorney General advised that the Secretary of State should receive the emblem and place the same on file. The code makes it mandatory upon the Secre- tary of State to immediately certify the emblem to the various probate Judges In the State. This was done.
 At the time the Davidson faction made their certificate of nomination and emblem there was no way of an- ticipating the action of the Thompson faction.
 "1n June the rhompson faction filed their emblem of Vulcan which had previously been filed in 1904. together with a list of nominees.
 The code says: The emblem once adopted. prepared, and filed shall con tinue the emblem of the party adopt ing the same until it is changed by the same or like authority as pre- pared adopted and fled etc.
 From the above it will be seen that Vulcan was adopted as the emblem of the Republican party in 1904. and has not been changed by the regular party authorities. There are only two ways to ascertain which faction is the regular one, and that is by court decision or by the action of the na- tional convention of the party.
 '"The national committee recognized the thompson IaCtlOn db ESBuIdTs rue Davidson faction sought. through the City Court of Montgomery, to compel the Secretary of State to certify to the nominees of the Davidson faction as the regular Republican nominees. The of the Davidson faction was not sustained by the court.
 "In view of the action of the na- tional Republican convention and the fact that the emblem Vulcan has not been changed since the original fling. I will certify that the nominees of the Thompson wing are entitled to go on the ticket as the regular Republican nominees, and that Vulcan Is the Re- publican emblem.
 "The Davidson wing will have their nominees placed cn the ticket under the emblem. Arm and Hammer as the Davidson faction of the Republican