The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
No Quorum Present When Mondays Nominees Were
 Declared
FINANCES ARE YET
 IN STATE OF UNREST
Members of Subcommittee Want Remuneration for Work, But There Is Considerable Op-
 position to Proposal

The work as a result of the Jeffer- son county primary held last Monday is by no means concluded. In the near future there will be A meeting of the county committee for one and possibly two purposes.
 The first will be to receive the re
 port of the sub committee concerning E
 finances and to determine the much
 mooted question as to whether or not
 the members of the sub committee shall
 be remunerated for their services. In addition there may be develop mepts which will require the commit tee again to declare the various nom inees.
 As can be seen, the candidates will be deprived of the amount of their as sessments, which is to be refunded, for an indefinite period. Robert N. Bell, chairman of the county committee stated yesterday afternoon that he would not call the committee together again until after this week. at least In the early portion of next week he will be attending the state convention in Montgomery. II is reasonably cer- tain, therefore, that there will be no other meeting of the committee prior to the last few days or next week
 Request for Remuneration
 Following the official count Friday night early Saturday morning possibly hetween 2 and o'clock the sub com mittee, under the auspices of which the primary was held, endeavored to sub init it's report concerning finances Il is known and was known by members of the committee that In the report the members of the subcommittee request ed that they be remuncrated if not for their services, for time and money lost as a result of their inability to attend |to their businesses.
 When this report was submitted Com mitteeman Harris suggested that as no quorum was present it could not be con sidered Committeeman Staley then sug- gested to MT Harris that he must have observed that there was no quorum present when the nominees were de- clared.
 The committee adjourned without con- siderng the report of the subcommittee.
 Therefore, il is certain that to consider this report, the committee will be called together again. And if developments oc- cur along the lines suggested by Com mitteeman Staey, which will prove that a quorum of the committee did not de- clare the nominees. it may happen that
 this duty will have again to be per- formed
 Money in the Balance
 The interesting portion of the matter, and that which was discussed through out Birmingham all day yesterday. is
 whether or not the committee shall allow
 the members of the subcommittee to re- munerate themselves out ot the fund , paid in by the candidates. It is indicated that the majority of the committee is opposed to the idea, con | tending that the party honor was suffi- l clent remuneration 1t Is known that the candidates who will have 10 bear tine additional expense, will be strongly op- | Iosed to the idea.
 The members of the subcommittee did
 not talk for publication yesterday, al | though 1t Is known that they hold that | to the proposition there are at least two I sides They will point out that during I the time of their service, they lost money | on account of their inability to attend tc | their personal businesses. One Of the
 members is an employe of a railroad, ana ! he lost several runs" each of which would have been remunerative. Another ! is an officer of the law, and during his l time of service it was necessary for nin l to employ and remunerate d substitute Each incurred expenses that would not | have been incurred had he not been at | tending to the business Of the party and | the county.
 Large Sum Collected i The subcommittee collected large sum of money, and about 70 per cent of that
 sum is awaiting the action of the county committee.
 l It is understood that the members of
 the subcommittee will represent that in | their opinion they are entitled 10 sum variously estimated as between $3o and | s5GC each.
 | Members of the committee who talked
 yesterday are of the opinion that the