The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-21

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 yasterdav for the,frsk time in history the democratic exf;uti4e eohlfii,tee ol Alabama took an 4iuai 4rf m the ha- tional politics of tie EnikS5 States,
 The committee, tdali pT@ctkeal purposes, presented to the nayon fneS name of oscar W. Underwood, nth Alabama district congressman, as fortlny skanuaru pear CT of democracy inlhe. presA4ential cali' paign of 1912. @
 In adopting the p1amof preeehtins Mf. Underwood to the natiQalfcenyentioh' the committee acted practlally unanimously. The indorsement of M ulidetwood was so enthusiastic that tf ineuIbers of the committee not only p9itively declined to accent the novel idea z as.tsecond choice' expression. but .my epe4tedly cheering registered their hearg approval of the reb,,lse administereg ceftain newspapers for ti-Underwoogu gutterances and pro- clivities. dS
 Suecinctly, tho dmnlitfee arranged Tor n primary in whid the people shall vote for presidential oadidhtes. for state or flcials, for conerfsn1efi. and for dele l gates to the staf convention' and Tor state conventi1 in which shall be cbosen two i,,sti5t of the supreme court, a,,d dalaqates .tf,jne national convention. , IT yas decreeslz Hat these delegates shall ha inst,ucted 'tojsast tethe votes Of Ala hama for That pfsidential candidate who eha1l have. .race} ed a majority of the xotes cast. f1s the primary.
 rbo,,ob a,,-hYfff was made to have the aa,eoates fti fhe xtional convention chos on in fine 1,riri3y, it was very plainly stated that the &ort was not in the hope of ini,,rirr Nth4 political opportunity of N,. I1nderunod. Att was due to sincere ha,;os tbat 1lfSl }Jumittee should follow Inc tacit instrl,9ous of the late conven- tion.
 The stiffest light. of the day occurred over the questln' of county representation ,,, +be efafa Invention, the committee r,,,er of ssf,l6k B91t" counties battling Sar hast9 3 ponu}ation, and the com Ioi ,oitteem e en hes White" counties strug- .ling for x 8As19 f voting strength. n,ha for,rAf 8d a Rigorous and excel- 1art,,r ma{nfofed iibuster, but event. ,,aii,, 1ost7' th( ate convention each countv shaf&e Scented by one dele cato Tor. 1k3y kvotes and majority Fraction t, 1bf in the gubernatorial primary ofsRy glV.
 W Applause
 Janes v{2ht " member of the Bir- n,ingharn &}nh R, was unanimously elected ne4fhuX Initteeman to succeed tbe late J<X X*N &1nlinson. He made a very hanxsS3au< <deploring the neces- e;tv of tYix4 |ec1 3ff a successor to Mir. Tomlinsod Iii the members for his election. III hg himself to work d,llipentld8r Ad Eftherance of the in- terest ofgx t1I *and of the candi- dacv of f41 citizen and national ? x.b ara ctert .E 1ca Underworld. At tba ne,,tl1 If anne Underwood, the buildinp 1oef& 4 with vociferous ap- p1ause ,;I lSt IS cheers. Continuing Mr we ed that he had heard rumors I7he ect that he had been seeking }H 3hpt onor and that he did not inter- kiv nn2e in the work the couaftfo& he'd throughout the da la r1N &nts the excite ,,,ent ,vA kSS &.dearth of the .ansatio1 11s ' bSt interesting and unl kte1 hts was the fact that fE ve( hgainst the pri- rsrv 1 ne fhold on certain
 membei5 Se. and the indi- cation s & X11ot had a formal reeoYutt l]1 providing for 8 retnrn 11n idea, 1t would have o han of Morgan MT. Lo1 5dr. Abercrombie of Ma ht in advocating 'fbe con in arraigning the - d N PAGE a)