The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-12
Resolution by Committee


 The resolution adopted by the committee follows:
 Be it resolved by the state executive con mittee of the republican party of Alabama, That a convention of the re- publicans of Alabama is hereby called to meet on Thursday, March ', 19l2 at F o'clock, noon, for the purpose of electing six delegates and six alternates from the state at large to the republican national convention called to meet in Chicago on June 1S 1912, and to nominate three can- didates for presidential electors and a candidate for congressman to be voted for by the voters from the state at large in the election for presidential electors and members of the lower house or the Congress of the United States, in the gen. eral election on Tuesday, November 5. 1912; also to nominate candidates of the republican party for president of the rail- road commission of Alabama, two su- preme court judges, fish and game war den and candidates for all other offices to be voted for in the general election in the state of Alabama on November ,, 1912, that the convention may see proper to nominate, and to transact any other party, business that may properly come before the convention.
 Be it further resolved. That the rep resentation at the convention shall be as follows: Each county in the state shall be entitled to one delegate and one ad- dtional delegate for each 100 votes or fraction thereof cast for Taft in 1908. And the following list of delegates by coun- ties is declared to be the rightful appor- tionment thereunder: Autauga ?, Bald win 3, Barbour 2, Bibb 3, Blount II, Bull lock 2, Butler 3, Calhoun ', Chambers ?. Cherokee 8, Chiffon 10, Choctaw ?, Clark 2 Clay ', Cleburne ,, Coffee j. Colbert 5. Conecuh 3, Coosa 6, Covington D, Cren- shaw 3, Cullman IT. Dale 5, Dallas 2, De- Kalb 13. Elmore g. Escambia 3, Etowah II, Fayette 8, Franklin s, Geneva G. Greene ?, Hale ?, Henry ?, Houston 4, Jackson 6, Jefferson 23, Lamar 3, Lauder dale 6, Lawrence 5, Lee 2, Limestone 1, Lowndes 2, Macon ?, Madison 4. Marengo ?, Marion ', Marshall il, Mobile 6, Mon- roe 2 Montgomery 2. Morgan G. Perry 2, Pickens ?, Pike ?, Randolph B. Russell 2. Shelby IA, St. Clair 9. Sumter 2, Talladega 5, Tallapoosa f. Tuscaloosa 8. Walker IS, Washington 9 Wilcox 9 Winston H.
 Be it further resolved, that the regu- lar county organizations are hereby directed to call mass meetings or dele gated conventions in their respective counties on Saturday, February 24, 1912, for the purpose of electing delegates to the state convention, and the county organizations of each county shall give at least 10 days notice of the time loi HOibih6 btat nftctiiSS II h utleBdIeu convention Is to be held, and no county mass meeting convention must be held until 10 days notice of the time and place of holding such county con vention or mass meeting shall have been given. and we recommend that as far as practicable such notice be given by publication in some newspaper of general circulation in the respective counties.
 Resolved, that all qualified voters in the state of Alabama, who believe in the principles of the republican party as promulgated in the platform of the republican party, and who are willing to support the candidates of the party, are cordially invited to par ticipate in such beat meeting. county conventions or mass meetings under such regulations may be prescribed by the county organizations not In conflict with this call.
 Be it further resolved. that a sub committed consisting of one from each congressional district. be and is hereby constituted: whose duty it shall be to make all necessary and proper arrange ments for the holding of said conven- ton.
 This committee consisting of the