The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-17

time for voting very materially, if every man will have his ballot marked before entering the polling place.
 Chairman J. w. Altman of the sub-com- Il ittee to arrange the plans for the cleo | tion, announced that if he could find any authority to establish more polling places in some of the beats, without endanger 1 ing the validity of the primary he would certainly do so. Chairman R. N. Bell of the county committee held yesterday that no such action could be taken.
 The adoption of the resolution group ing the candidates for the delegation caused some comment It simply means that the 47 names on the ticket prepared by the O'Neal county committee will go in one column and the AT names of the Mallory forces will go in another, with their names, pictures or embems in a ring at the head.
 This met with the hearty approval of Chairman Scully of the ONeal committee, but Chairman O. P. Gaut said that he would file his list under protest, that he considered it contrary to law and would probably appeal to the state committee. MT. Gaut did not want the two factions divided, but thought that under the law
  One of the features of the meeting was the adoption of a resolution indorsing the candidacy of C. c. Nesmith for chief justice of the supreme court Ehis is the | first time in the history of the county committee that such action has been | taken, and it is considered quite tribute to MT. Nesmith that his party in his home county Is undivided in his support. | The first action after the roll call was
 the reelection of R. N. Bell to the chair manship and John P. Abbott to the sec retaryship. Both were elected without | opposition.
 The petition of F. J. Ellard for a re- 1 count in the election for committeeman | from Beat-22 was referred to a commit- | tee consisting of Committeeman Altman, | Thompson, Cowart, Smith and Goodwyn, whose report to dismiss the contest was | later adopted
 | Upon motion a subcommittee to ar range the plans for the primary on May 2 was appointed, consisting of J. W. Alt man, Lee Cowart R. DuPont Thompson, | Victor Torina and Dr. J. B. Seay. This committee was instructed by Chairman | Peli to prepare list of election managers before 12 o'clock last night and 1t met at | 8 o'clock at the courthouse to proceed with this work.
 | It was decided to postpone action on the tie vote between H. P. Cox and A. A. Amerine, in Beat 51, until the next meet | ing A committee was appointed to con- | fer with the board of revenue and ask | that more polling places be established. | The board has referred this matter to its attorney and finds it impossible for them to do anything without action by the leg | islature.
 Lee Cowart introduced the resolution | providing for placing the candidates for the state convention in groups, as fol- | lows
 | "Whereas in addition to nominating candidates for the public offices to be voted for in the coming state election to be held in November. 1910, it is necessary | to represent Jefferson county in demo- cratic state convention to be held in Montgomery at the time fixed by the dem ocratic state committee.
 And whereas it is the opinion of this committee that the position of delegate is not a public office within the meaning of the code of Alabama regulating the nomination of candidates for public office,
 but on the contrary is a party representa- | tive to a convention of the democratic l party,
 And whereas the ticket to be voted at | said primary contains long list of names | of public offices and it is the desire of
 the committee to select the delegates to l said state convention at the same time soid candidates for public office are voted flor and select same In such manner as will not unnecessarily delay the voter and
 the election managers in voting and con ducting this primary election to be keld on May g. 1910 therefore. be it
 "Resolved, by the democratic executive committee of Jefferson county, That per | sons desiring to become candidates for l delegates to said convention may if they
 desire to do so. have their names entered
 upon the ticket to be voted for delegates | in said primary, in groups of Al or less,
 under such emblem as such candidates
 for delegates may request. said request | to be filed with the committee within five days from this date, and all of such can didates making such request in groups of
 47 or less may be voted for by each cleo
 tor by placing a cross mark (X) in cir cle to be placed over each group respec- lively