The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-29
TWO REPUBLICAN
 BODIES CALLED
THOMPSON AND DAVIDSON CALL MEETING OF COMMITTEES OF WHICH THEY ARE THE HEAD. ON DIFFERENT DATES.

Republican politics took on a lively air yesterday by the issuance of calls for meetings of the state executive commit tees of both factions. The first call was issued by Joseph o. Thompson, chairman of the original committee, yesterday morning, which was followed last night with a call by Julius w. Davidson of the Davidson faction.
 The Davidson call Is as follows:
 "The republican executive committee of Alabama is hereby called to meet in the city of Birmingham on Saturday, Febru- ary 15, 1908, for the purpose of naming a time and place of holding a state conven- ton and for the transaction of such other business that may come before the com mttee.
 JULIUS w. DAWSON, Chairman.
 'R. E. s. RIVES. Secretary" The Thompson call reads: "Sir-The republican executive commit tee of Alabama is hereby called to meet in the city of Birmingham on February IS, 1908, at 10 a. m., for the purpose of considering any business that may proper ly come before said committee
 U. o. THOMPSON, Chairman.
 IN. l.. STEELE, Secretary
 The feature of each meeting will be the nominating of delegates to the na- tional convention to be held in Chicago on June IT. A delegation will probably be named by each faction,s which will re- suit in Alabama's having a contested delegation at the convention. Each side is confident that it's delegation will be recognized by the convention and declares the other side hasn't following enough to cast a decent vote.
 The split in the Alabama republican party arose at tue last state election Chairman Thompson was opposed to the party taking a hand in state politics and the executive committee refused to nominate delegates Under the leadership desiring to enter the state field organ ized another executive committee and placed a full ticket in the field. This breach has continued to widen each side claiming that it has the largest following Practically all of the officeholders, how ever, still give allegiance to the Thomp- son colors
 Thompson's faction is unequivocally for Taft while the Davidson crowd is for Hughes, Foraker, Cannon and other pro- posed presidential candidates, and are all bitterly opposed to Taft.
 The Thompson following is for naming delegates to the convention on popula- tion basis, while the Davidson faction are for choosing them according to the vote cast for Roosevelt and Fairbanks.
 In discussing the matter Julius w. Davidson said:
 T am in favor of basng the represen- tation in the convention on the votes cast in the several counties for Roosevelt and Fairbanks in the last presidential cleo tion
 q regard the proposition mentioned iR the evening papers to base the representa- tion on a population basis as unjust and unfair to the republicans in those coun- ties which poll 90 per cent of the votes of the party in the state.
 If population basis is adopted it will give some counties more delegates in the convention than votes actually boiled in the last election. l am also strongly in favor of making nominations and making a strong fight in every election, whether it be state, district, county or munich pal"