The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-24
SEVENTH DISTRICT
 COMMITTEE MEETS
Primary Set for April 1. Resolution IndOrses
 Underwood

district, held in Birmingham yesterday, a primary was called for April 1, and can 'ddates were required 10 file their writ ten application and pay the sum of $l00 30 days prior to that date. Those pres ent yesterday were: 0. R. Hood, chairman, Gadsden; w. P. Lay, secretary, Gadsden William Siglin. Bluffton John A. Davis, F't. Payne: Dr. C. C. Brown, odenville; A. Wilson, Russellvlle.
 The following resolutions and rules for the primary were adopted
 Be 1t resolved by the democratic ex- ecutive committee of the Seventh Con gressional district of Alabama,
 "l. That primary election for the dem- ocratic candidate for representative in Congress in the Sixty-third Congress of the United States from the Seventh Con ordered to be held in the counties of Cherokee, Etowah, Dekalb, Marshall St. Clair, cullman, Winston and Franklin. composing the said Seventh Congressional district of Alabama on Monday, April l. 1912, in accordance with the plans, rules and regulations heretofore made and pro- mulgated by the state democratic execu- tive committee.
 '2. That the candidates for the demo- cratic nomination for Congress in the Seventh Congressional district of Alabama shall file with the chairman of the state democratic executive committee and the chairman of this committee in writing their applications to have their names printed on the ticket 10 be printed and issued by the state executive committee at least 8 days prior to April 1, 1912, and shall pay such assessments as the state executive committee and this committee shall re- quire before their names shall be printed on the general primary ballot.
 "3. That the returns of said primary shall be made and signed by the inspect OTIS and officers of each election precinct and voting place in the respective eoun- chairman of the democratic executive com mittee of each county on or before April ,, 1912, the democratic executive committee of each of said counties are hereby required to assemble at the county seat of such county and canvass said re- turns, and when said returns have been so canvassed for said respective counties
 
 members of Congress shall be certified and declared by them, and they shall return and certify the same to the chairman of the state democratic executive committee and to Hon. o. R. Hood, the chairman of the democratic executive committee of the Seventh Congressional district of Ala bama. at Gadsden, on or before April TO- 1912, and a meeting of this committee is hereby called to assemble in the city of Gadsden at 12 o'clock noon on April -, 1912, at the office of Hon. O. R. Hood, at which time all the said returns shall be canvassed and the result of said pri- mary election be declared and certified by the chairman of this committee within not less than 10 nor more than 90 days to the chairman of the state executive com mittee, as provided by the primary cleo ton laws heretofore referred to. The can didate for such nomination provided for in this call who shall receive a plurality of all the votes cast at said election for the nomination of a representative in Con gress shall be the candidate of the demo- cratic party for representative in Con gress from the Seventh Congressional dis trict of Alabama in the Sixty-thrd Con- gress of the United States.
 "4. That the chairman of this com mittee shall publish in a newspaper published in the Seventh congressional district of Alabama, at least once a week for three consecutive weeks prior to April l. 1912. notice of the primary election to be held on that day; shall have such notice posted at the court house door of each county in said dis trict: and shall notify the chairman of the state executive committee of the passage of these resolutions and the desire of this committee to cooperate with him in carrying out the general plan of the primary on the 1st day of rri1 m h bi,,, to have printed on the ballots to be printed by the state executive commit tee the name of the candidate or names of the candida tes for Congress from this district.
 "5. That this committee hereby as- sesses all candidates for such nomina- tion for Congress from such district the sum of s10O and said sum shall be paid by each candidate seeking such nomina ton at least 30 days before said primary election as prerequisite to having his name printed on the ballot used a { said primary election.
 "6. That the delegates 10 the state convention from each respective coun- ty of the Seventh congressional dis trict elect or name man from their county as a member of the executive congressional committee from the Sew enth congressional district and that the chairman of each county delegation re- port to Hon. O. k. Hood or Gadsden, Ala, present chairman. the name of such committeeman for the new term.
 Provided. that if no committeeman be elected by said delegation from any county the old committeeman now n member of this committee shall act until the member from such county or counties, the case may be. shall be duly elected And in case vacancy by the death or resignation or other wise of any member of the said con gressional committed. this committee shall fill the vacancy.
 We certify that the above resolu- tons were adopted as hereinbefore stated, on February the 22d, 1912.
 70. k. HOOD, Chairman.
 "W. P. Lay. Secretary.
 "Whereas. the state of Alabama will present to the national democratic con vention the name of oscar w. Under wood for President of the United States and recognizing his eminent fitness for chief executive of the nation and his disting guished and patriotic service to the democratic party. therefore be It resolved by the democratic executive committee of the Seventh congressional district of Alabama that we most heart fly indorse the candidacy of Mir. Un- derwood for President. and pledge him our loyal support for the nomination.