The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-25
INTEREST CENTERS IN COMMITTEE MEET Important Questions Are to
 Be Taken Up for
 Consideration

Atlanta, October 24.-(Special. )-Con- siderable interest centers in the meet ing on Thursday of the state demo- cratic executive committee. although there is nothing unusual i'll it's pro- gramme, so far as can now be fore seen
 1 The committee will meet at F o'clock, noon, in the state senate chamber, will fix a date for d primary for governor and commissioner of labor and com merce, will make rules to govern the primary, and will consider one or two other questions which will be brought before it.
 It is now believed the primary will be fixed about December or 6, allow ing nearly six weeks more for the cam paign.
 There will probably be some effort to get the committee to disbar those who, at the instigation of Thomas l.. Watson, voted for Joseph NJ. Brown for governor in the regular election of 1910, after Hoke Smith had been nom- mated as the regular candidate in the primary, but it is thought the commit
  ula tion on this line than to require that all participants in the coming primary shall agree to support its nom- inees. That is d customary require ment.
 It is pretty well understood that ,he county unit plan of nomination will be adopted-that is the nomination to go to the committee who receives the greate9t number of votes in the state convention, each county to have two delega tes for each member it has in the lower house. The nominee must, of course, have majority of the dele | gates in the state convention, and it is said some attempt may be made to vary the county unit plan, to the extent of holding a second primary in certain counties which may not give either one | of the three candidates a majority. This the convention.
 1 The committee must also solve the l question of the expense of the state primary which is, by the way, very 1 interesting one. It is estimated the state primary will cost in the neighbor- hood of $20,000. This expense Is usual ly borne by the candidates for county
 
 1 missioner are the only candidates to be ! voted for An effort will be made to life this expense from the shoulders of the candidates by trying to get tine va rious counties to bear it, but where this fails it is said it will probably have to be put upon the candidates. It is thought, however. that most of the counties will provide in some way to meet their share of the expense.
 Next the executive committee will be a sked to submit the question of prohibit ton or local option direct to the white voters of the state in the primary. This is the proposition of former Gov. Jo- seph NJ. Brown, now a candidate, all ot which explains why,the committee will reject ii, because it is well known that it is Hol5e smith committee through out, having been named by the state i convention which nominated Hokt Smith. The question, however. will be put up to the committee and it will be given q chance to turn it down.
 The only other question the commit tee will have to consider so far as is known, is that of submitting to the peo. pie the question of q candidate fol r President on the democratic ticket e strong effort is now being made il ,. this direction, especially by the advo. T cates of Woodrow Wilson who would . like to see Georgia the first state il the union to come out for Wilson fol :; President