The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-05
GOSSIP SAID IT WAS
 BONE AS A REBUKE
Governors Friends on Committee
 Offered No Protest.
lzr. Jones Was Depesed From state Cemmittee by Governor, and It Wa. said His Friends watch- cd Chance For vinaica-
 fion.


 tton Chairman of the Democratic Exe- clitive Committee of Montgomery County to succeed Judge A H. Airing ton, resigned. The selection of MT. Jones. as Chairman of the County Con- nittee was regarded at the Court House as no less personal compliment to him than an intended slap at the present administration.
 Mr. Jones himself was absent from the city when the committee elected him chairman. With his family he took a river trip to Selma and was spending tho day in Selma when the committee met. The information of the action or the committee. which he received when he reached the city at 6:30 o'clock last night came as surprise.
 The political significance of the elec- ton of MT. Jones, attorney for the louisville and Nashville. to the head of the party machinery of the county, was not lost upon the politically we'll Informed at the court house. They did not hesitate to say that 1t was intend ed as a dig at the State administration and Intended to convey a part of Mont gOmery county's disapproval of exist ing political conditions. There are members of the committee who are recognized as friends of the Governor, but they were silent yesterday.
 1t was recalled that the State Con- veution of September 1906 which was dominated by Governor Conner, the old system of selecting members of the State Executive Committee was abolished Members of the State Com mittee had previously been selected from the Congressional Districts by the delegates to the convention from the respective districts. The conven- ton changed this system and elected all members of the State Committee by vote Of the entire convention.
 No secret was made of the fact that the old system had been abolished and the new one established to allow the Governor to push Mir. Jones, Carson C. Whitson and others of the State Com mittee. Under the old district selection # was held that Mir. Jones would have been selected by vote of the delegates from the Second District regardless or the wishes of the Governor. The Gov ernor determining to work his will in the convention chose a new way of selecting members of the committee and in this way he succeeded in push ing Mir. Jones from the committee
 -This fact was not lost upon the Friends of Mir. Jones. They bided their ffnle and yesterday when the oppor- ftinity offered they put him at the head M the County Committee and made no bones about tf1s fact that it was in- tended as rebuke. as far as it would go of the Governor Mfr. Jones is him seH personally popular in Montgomery lie is member of the City Board of Education and few if any men of the city have wider circle of friends.
 Judge A H. Arlington submitted his rfSlgnation as Chairman of the Com mAttee because new duties which he has assumed in the practice of his profess sion compel him to travel a great deal His Frequent absences from the city he believed seriously interferred with tha Sonouct or tne party campaign and he 1etermined to relinquish the position. He has held the place for the past six years and he has disAlarged the duties oL i1 with great credit to himself.
 1ne principal business of the commit Tee which met yesterday at noon at the court house was the fixing of the as- sessments of the candidates in the gem eral primary of May IS and the seIec. ton of managers and clerks for inc various polling places of the county Ine committee had but little difficulty 1n 1lxing the assessments. the scheduIe o1 which Is as follows: tax collector. Soo; tax assessor. $50; treasurer. SEQ: superintendent of education, $2o; Board of Revenue s10: Justices of the Peace &5s Constables. $2.5O. e'
 behore selecting the clerks and man. egerss the committee elected IT n
 ocnran a member of the committee rom Beat 22. This beat was recentIv created oy the Board of Revenue ana f1 | ffryA tee N '"e commit
 The committee to select clerks and managers from the list furnished bv me various candidates was connosaS or Messrs. W. T. Seibels, F. M Jones Sonn V. carter and A H Arlington On the report of the committee tbn Soi elected: As were
 Beat 1-Managers. F. M Mcc,, 10ugn, " J. Maxwell, Tony Boscowitz. clerks Biount Davidson, JuIe Galatss returning officer. J. s. Parrish.
 Beat 2--Managers, E. o. Hsnnor c A. Grifith, W. A. Gunter. Jr.: clerlSs w. C. Smith, J. D. Hendricks; return. < Ing oficer, T. L. Peach.
 beat S-Managers, H. M Blue w Wlkerson, s. s. Higgins; clerks. c. W. Aeroert. M. A. Benjamin; returning officer, R. c. Arlington.
 Beat 4-Managers, Gaston Scott. F A. Taylor. c. L. Teacher; clerks; H C. Crenshaw, W. J. Reynolds; returning officer. W. A. Jackson.
 Beat b-Managers J. H. Hinderer, W. M- Lucas, John Conniff: clerks, Hugh Nelson, Tom Fariss; returning oficer, R. B. Lowe.
 Beat 6-Managers, R. c. Benjamin, !. C.. Kilgrow. Arthur Kohn: clerks, Guy I. Smith, Porter Bibb; returning officer, W. J. Toole.
 Beat T, Box l-ManagerS Jack Thor ington, J. e. Hegenwald, Thomas Me- Cough; clerks, J. B. Allen. R. P. Dexter; returning officer. R. L. Parker.
 Beat '. Box 2-Managers, w. D. Pee ples, w D. Peck, F. G. Browder; clerks, " Fl. Scott. Earl Ramage; returning officer, N. W. Purifoy.
 Beat s--Manag gers w S. Jones. T. V. Thompson. J. L. Blakey; clerks, A. NJ. Jones. Walter Mills; returning officer. B If. Holt.
 Beat g--ManA gers. pr. Frank Mclean, J. c. Chestnut. L. W. Haigh: clerks, Frank McIain. A. IT Clark; returning officer, Frank Pettus.
 Beat 10--Managers, q. ". Boyd, A. w. Moseiey, W. T. Tarver: clerks. H. F. ShackIeford, Felix Anderson; return ing officer. A. W. Moseley.
 Beat 11-AIanagers, John W. Under wood J. T. Robertson, John Woodward; Clerks, J. F. Robertson, L. c. Under wood; Returning officer John Moss.
 Beat 12-Managers. Jim Crow, F. M. Henbow, c. W. Rudder; Clerks. A. L. Dees. W. L. Pugh; Returning officer. A. L. Pugh.
 Beat I3-Managers. J. J. Stevens, O. c. 1fcVail, W. L. Smith; Clerks, T. G. Young. ". A. Townsend; Returning of fcer. T. J. Booth
 Beat 14--ManaEers. W. D. Huffman,