The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26
PLANS FOR ELECTION
 OF NOMINEE TO CONGRESS

The Ninth Congressional district execu- tive committee met at noon Tuesday in the office of E. K. Campbell, chairman, and perfected plans for election of a nom- inee for Congress on May 1S the date fixed by the democratic state committee.
 Resolutions were adopted which showed that the committee felt that the state committee had thoughtlessly or otherwise left out cerain provisions in the general primary plan which are required by law. In stating the purpose of the meeting, Chairman Campbell said that the state committee had failed to make any pro- visions that any of the returns should be made to the chairmen of the congressional districts. Chairman Campbell said that the law requires that the chairman of each congressional district shall certify the names to the secretary of state, and that in order that there should be no mis- take the resolutions calling for separate returns to the chairman of the Ninth Congressional committee as well as the chairman of the state executive commit tee, had been prepared. The resolutions were read and adopted as follows:
 Whereas, the democratic state execu- tive committee of Alabama has ordered general democratic state primary election to be held in all counties of the state of Alabama on Monday, the 18th day of May, 1908, for the purpose of nominating anmocratic candidates for the Sixty-irst Congress of the United States, from the several districts of Alabama and for the purpose of nominating state and county officers and has prescribed the qualiflca- tions of the voters at this primary, and provided that candidates for nomination to Congress shall notify the chairman of fhn dara tf. @fe fa .x..;+4 of their desire to have their names placed on the ticket as candidates for Congress and be subject to such assessments as the state committee shall prescribe, and the plan provides that said primary shall be held and conducted under the laws of the state of Alabama; and,--
 Whereas The act to regulate primary elections in the state of Alabama, ap- proved October 1. 1903, provides that: Whenever 1t shall be desired by the committee or governing authority of any political party to hold a primary election under the provisions of this act, said com mittee or governing authority for the state, or political subdivision of the state where such officers are to be nominated, shall, at least thirty days prior to said primary election, give public notice there of by posting said notice at the court house door and by advertising in a news paper published in such subdivision, if there be such a newspaper Said law further provides that's When the nomi- nation of candidates for public office is made by any primary election as herein specified. which is to be filled by the vo- ters of the entire county, it shall be the d,'tv, of the chairman and the secretary of the county executive committee, or other governing authority representing the party for which the nomination is made, to certify the same. If the office is to be filled by the voters of any dis trict. whether senatorial congressional or judicial certificates shall be made by the chairman and secretary of the committee or other governing authority of such dis trict, representing the party for which the nomination is made And
 ''Whereas. this committee was duly elected by the people of the Ninth Con- gressional district to represent the den- ocratic party in said district; and
 Whereas, it is the desire and wish of this committee to conform to the rulings of the state committee in calling Con gressional election and at the same time comply with the law of the state of Ala bama, in order that the names of the democratic nominees may be properly placed on the state ticket in the Novem- Der election; it being evident that this committee must order a primary election and declare the result
 ''Therefore, be it resolved:
 1. That primary election for the nom ination of the democratic candidate for the representative in Congress in the Sixty-first congress of the United States from the Ninth congressional district of Alabama, is hereby ordered to be held in the counties of Blount, Bibb Jeffer- son and Perry. composing the Ninth con- eressional district of Alabama on Mon day. the 18th day of May. 1908. in &C., cordance with the plan. rules and regu- lations heretofore made, or hereafter to be promulgated by the state democratic executive committee. M
 ?. That the candidates for the democrat ic nomination for Congress in the Ninth Congressional district of Alabama shall file in writing their applications to have