The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-02-08

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repossd in him BY the platform and he
would discharge that trust.
The whole argument. in the opinion
Of Mr. Lee. resolved itself into the
question as to whether or not the peo-
pie were Competent to select their own
officers and he held that they were
In an able argument, summing up
his views ana points previously made.
Mr.. Jeffries closed the debate.
The Bouldin substitute declaring
for . convention. and. making the NAM
ing of COMMITTEES Of eleven to pre-
pare plan, was then carried by vote
OF 81 TO g.. IN
The chairman named on that CONF
mtttee Messrs. BouIdin, Crumpton. En-
win, Tyson. SteaGaII, Jeffries Lackey.
DeGraffenreid. Mitchell, Walker and
Campbell.
This committee worked Throughout
the dinner hour and had the plan
ready when the committee met again
at o'clock.
Aftcrnoon session.
It was o'clock before the special
committee completed It's work OF pre-
pairing the general primary plan. At
that hour the committee was reassem-
bled by Chairman Mallory. The spe-'
cial COMMITTEES submitted It's report
through its chairman, Virgil Bouidin-
Mr.. Walker submitted an amend
ment to the plan, In so far as, 1t re-
lated to the county primaries already
ordered by county committees. This
paragraph Of the plan said that SUCH
primaries can be held, but the county
committees were requested to put the
county primaries on May Is.
Mr.. Walkers amendment Withdrew
the permission for the early prfma-
ries and requested the county commit
tees to move the date of the county
primary to the date for the State pri-
mary. MIR. Ormond asked that the
amendment be not adopted. His coun-
ty of Tuscaloosa was the only county
to which the permission applied, for
1t was the only county In which an ear
4 y primary had been ordered. His peo-
pie were unanimously in favor OF the
early primary.
''why." said Mr.. ormond. "for, the
single office Of county treasurer there
ARE twenty-five candidates. The local
conditions are demanding II"
The committee refused by a vote OF
eighteen to twelve to table the amend
ment offered by Mr.. Walker. BY the
same vote the amendment was adopted.
Mr.. Allgood moved to strike out the
provision of~the report, which provided
that no man who voted against the
Democrats nominee in the last cleo
tion should be authorized to vote in
the primary.
Mr.. Aligood spoke briefly in sup
port of his amendment. 1t was OPP
posed in witty and humorous speech
by Mr.. Crurnpton.
Mr.. Davis offered a substitute for
the Allgood amendment. which de-
ciared that any elector. who shall
agree to support the nominees of the
primary be entitled to participate In
the primary.
The first Of the votes on this amend
ment resulted in tie, seventeen to
seventeen, but Mr.. Tyson, Of Mont
gomery, changed his vote and the
amendment was carried.
Mr.. Gamble. of Pike, presented a
resolution authorizing the primaries
Of crenshaw county TO be held at the
early date agreed upon Dy the county
committees. But the resolution was
voted down before the point OF order
was made that the same question had
been previously decided.
Mr.. Davis. of walker. offered res
olution creating the Tenth judicial
Democrats Circuit headed by j. H.
SAank head. SIR. This committee, 1t was
the judicial primary In the Tenth
Judicial Circuit. The resolution was
adopted.
Mr.. Lackey, Of Taiiapoosa. presents
ed a resolution authorizing the chair
man Of the committee to consider
twelve members q quorum to transact
business whenever he thought 1t ne
cessary. Mr.. Davis. of walker, be-
tween whom and Mr.. Lackey there had
been several passages at arms dur
ing the day, offered an amendment
providing that each OF the twelve
..should be as long, as broad, as
weighty and as witty as Mr.. 'Lackey."
Mr.. Lackey. who weighs over 800
declared that the amendment nulli-
fed the resolution. He therefore with
drew the resolution among laughter.
Mr.. Graves, OF Montgomery, offered
a resolution instructing the chairman
Of the committee to name q campaign
COMMITTEES, Of which the chairman
himself should be the head. The res
olution was adopted and the commit
tee adjourned, it then being o'clock
ana the members from North Alabama
having thirty minutes to catch their
trains.