The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-17
Chairman Mal1ory's Re
 signation Accepted
NEW MAN WILL GO IN
 OFFICE ON NOVEMBER I5
Contest from Ta1Iapoosa in Favor
 of Mir. Oliver.
No Opposition Developed To MI white's Electlon--The Resigna- lions of Messrs. AIIsood And
 Robinson Are Accepted.

In a speciai meeting called for the purpose of deciding an appeal rom Tallapoosa County on a contest Tor tne nomination for County Superintendent of Education. the State Democfatic Executive Committee yesterday spent over two hours on the contested noIni- nation, finally fixing the seal of their approval on J. P. Oliver as the regular nominee, and elected MT. Frank 5. White of Birmingham, as the Chair- man of the State Committee to sue ceed Hon. H. S. D. Mallory, the avo"eo . candidate for Governor.
 During the morning caucus or g number of the committee was held in room 42O at the Exchange. It was said that this caucus decided on the election of Captain White and that sev- erai conflicting ambitions were ao' justed. .r.,,ary ii was evident that Colonel Mallory wished that his fellow members laNo +hs offer of his resignation as chair man sincerely and there was no eitort therefore to resist 1t. He insisted on inc resignation being filed. declaring that it was not proper for him to con tlnue as the head of the committee during his candidacy for the suoer. material nomination. There was .no time for another meeting of the com ,11ttteeoin sight at which the resigna- tIhn could be submitted and hence it was- urged that, to avoid the expense and inconvenience. of re-assempnng the organization, the chairman would re- sign. .4,o.+
 The resignation is to take eilect November Is. This will allow MT. Aal- lory to carry out all the purposes or the committee through the present nan,pAIgns which close on the night of Nnvarnhar g. MT. White will be im- mediately notified of his. election anu if is understood there will be noth- Ing in the way. of his accepting the honor to succeed Mir Mallory.
 Alter accepting -tne resignatton vl chairnaan Mallory, the committee pass. ed d resolution elaboratcly thanking the chairman for his long and loyal service to tho Democratic party and extolling him as a man who had won the esteem of all who had ever as- sociated with. him on the committee. The resolution was passed by unanl- nous vote.
 Two other resignations were pre- aented to the committee and accepted. one was that of M c. Aligood, or oneonta member from the ninth dis trict. Mir Allgood's sense of propriety was the same as that or chairman Mallory for while the latter will run for Governor during the next primary. Mir. AiIgood announced yesterday in his communication to the committee that he would be a. candidate for the nomination for State Auditor.
 Resignation of MT. Robinson.
 The other member to resign was C' N. Robinson, of Moulton. whose resi- dence Is in the Eighth District. Mir. Robinsons reason for leaving the com YnittAe was that urgent business at home would prevent his attendance on the meetings of the committee regular ly As his successor, on motion of w. R. Walker. of Athens, who placed him in nomination. J. c. kumpe. or Law renee County. was unanimously elect ed.
 To succeed Mir. Allgood, the commit tee named D. R. Blackwood, of Blount County, whose name was placed In nomination by Mir. W. D. Nesbitt, Of Birmingham. His choice was also un- animous,
 Tn many ways the meeting was the most harmonious that has been held in several years. The decision of the organization to declare void the re- cent action of the county executive committee of Tallapoosa County in the contest over the office of County Superintendent of Education was re- Earded as 6 victory for J. P. Oliver. the candidate who was declared the nomi- nee~by one majority on the canvass of the former county committee.
 The contestant made practically no fight before the State Committee. His name is George J. Bell. He seems to have contented himself with the yer dict of the new committee of Talla- poosa County who received the original contests as filed by MT. Bell. This committee ordered that both contestant and contestee be placed on the ballot to be voted on November as the nomi- nees of the Democratic party.
 MT Oliver resented this action of the county committee and immediately gave notice of the appeal to the State Committed This was on July 6. 1908, the protest had been filed May 23. the primary having been held on May IS.
 This was the substance of the pro- ceedings of the subordinate committee as set out in the papers which were brought up from TaIlapoosa County.
 W. M. Lackey, himself of Tallapoosa County. led the fight for MT. Oliver. He encountered considerable opposition but the resolution which he presented as embodying his views, with but slight amendment offered by W. c. Davis, of Walker County. was adopted. This provided in effect as follows:
 That the action of the Democratic Executive Committee of Tallapoosa county in declaring both contestant and contestee the nominees of the party ordering their names put on the ballot NoVember 5. was wholly void and of no effect.
 That the action of the former coun- ty committee in declaring MT. Oliver the nominee is hereby recognized and he Is declared the nominee
 That Mir. Bell has yet the right to continue his contest before the county committee with the right to appeal to the State committee"
 Charges of Partisanship.
 MT. Lackey's presentation of the case for Mir. Oliver was without gloves He declared openly that the new com mittee in Tallapoosa county came to their conclusion in the contest matter without requiring any proof whatever of the charges of fraud and illegal canvass made by Mir. Bell Duly the bare statement of the latter was be- fore the committee, to the effect that in some three or four beats of the county several votes (giving numbers), were illegally counted for Mir. Oliver when they were cast for the contestant, as alleged
 There was an efEort on the part of