The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-17
STATEMENT |S MADE
 BY COMMIT YEMEN
Present Their Side" of Coup
 Taken Friday
ACTION IS REGULAR
Members State That Old Committee Ceased to Exist as Soon as the Returns Had Been Formally
 Canvassed

Six members of the Jefferson county democratic executive committee. four of whom took an active part in the coup of Friday whereby over the protestation of c. c. Nesmith, then chairman. q reorganization was per fected. have entered charges to the effect that the report of the proceed ings in The Age-Herald of Saturday morning was "manifestly, unfair"
 Having filed those charges, the six members, among whom are the newly elected officers. proceed at great length to give their side" of the case In view of the influence which the com mittee wields and the. desirability of the plums which are at the disposal of the members, every action taken by the body Is of enthralling interest In the statement of the six com blaming members there are two par agraphs of peculiar interest. The first 1 follows
 There is no foundation for the statement that Chairman Nesmith and Secretary Abbott were 'railroaded' out of their jobs"
 1 The second paragraph follows: 1 The 1ntimation that there was any prearranged plan Is without foundation l except-the plan of the entire com- mittee to elect its officers from It's l mem bership."
 Nesmith and Abbott are not mem- bers of the new committee. The "en- tire committee"--a majority, in fact was not present.
 Six Members Complain l The statement follows:
 l fhe report of the meeting of the county democratic executive Ncommit- tee in The Age Herald of May 18 was 50 manifestly unfair to the member- ship of the committee that we deem II but proper that the full facts in connection therewith should be stated. l There Is no foundation for the state ment that Chairman Nesmith and Sec fetary Abbott were railroaded out of their Jobs The old committee by oper- alton of law and custom of the party ceased to exist when the returns had been canvassed,. the result announced on Frlday and the committee ad journed sine die. There was a quorum of the old committee present when the meeting was called to order on the 10th. The returns were canvassed the results announced and the committee adjourned, Thereafter this old com mittee ceased to exist. The terms of of flee of the old committeeman had ex- pired and the terms of office for which the new committeeman were elected began immediately. Of the new oom- mittee there were 24 members pres ent, It has always been the custom and the law of the party that fmme. diately after the adjournment of the old committee the new committed should organize, elect it's officers and to transact any other party business which may come before the organiza- tion,
 ''The old committee adjourned after canvassing the returns and announce Ing the results and, as was the custom and law of the party, motion was thereupon made to go into the organ izatlon of the new committed, To the complete surprise of the new commit : tee former Chairman Nesmith declined 10 entertain the motion, declared it out of order, declared the meeting ad- Journed, picked up his hat and re- tired from the room. The secretary fol- lowed suit. The new committee there- upon proceeded to elect a temporary chairman and secretary and went into permanent organization as has always been done heretofore. There,ipon a res olution was introduced and unan- imously adopted. declaring that now and hereafter all officers of this com mittee shall be selected from it's duly elected and qualified membership.
 Harmony and Fairness
 ''The sole purpose Of thel committee in
 adopting this resolution wts in the m. NJ terest of harmony and fa1rness and tt Aencourage greater intereAt among the