The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-31
STATE COMMITTEE ! CONFINES TODAY AT TUTW|LER HOTEL Indications Are Programme Already Agreed Upon Will
 Be Carried Through IS MUCH TALK OF
 SELECTING SLATES Nothing Final Done-Regarded As Almost Impossible to Accomplish
 In Primary-Majority of
 Members Here

When the state democratic executive committee is called to order at noon today at the Tutwiler hotel by Chairman Bibb Graves, the programme already agreed on will be carried through with out difficulty. This is the opinion of the leaders of every faction in Ala eama politics represented on the com mittee In accord with the unquestioned choice of the people of Alabama, the expressed mandate of the last demo- cratic national platform, the known de- sire of President Wilson and the request of the democratic national chairman, a primary will be called for selecting dele gates to the convention at St. Louis. which will nominate democratic can didate for the presidency.
 A series of resolutions commenting President Wilson in terms of the high est praise and lauding the acts of the democratic administration will be passed, probably by unanimous vote. There may be some discussion as to the wording of the resolution which shall be adopted relating to the administration. but 1t is
  cur to mar the show of perfect harmony which permeated the preliminary meet ipgs of the delegates yesterday
 TALK OF SLATES
 While there was much talk around the Tutwiler last night as to the intentions of the different factions in the matter of selecting states for the delegations fo fha learned on reliable authority that noth- ing final had been done ip this regard. The matter of making slates, which is comparatively easy in conventions, pre- sents some almost insurmountable difficulties in primaries, and it is doubtful if such plans can be successfully carried out. Under the plan previously decided upon, there will be "A delegates chosen from Alabama, two for each of the congressman and senators, and there will also be a like number of alternates.
 At a late hour last night, it was an- nounced by Walter Sessions, secretary of the committed, that a large majority of the members of the state committee had already reached the city and prac- tfcally all those who had not yet arrived had announced their intention of com ing in this morning. The officers and members of the committee follow:
 MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE
 Bibb Graves, chairman. Montgomery; Walter l.. Sessions secretary, Birming- ham; Pat McGauly, reporter, Montgom- cry.
 State at large: R. T. Erwin, Mobile; o. c. Wiley. Troy, Pike; E. c. Glover, Abbeville Henry; J. K. Dixon, Tal- a K }cnv A1h land, Clay; A. F. Fite, Jasper, Wall ker; Thomas Bradford, Centre, Chero- kee; J. F. Koonce, Florence, Lauderdale; George B. Tarrant Birmingham. Jeffer- son.
 First district: T. J. Bedsole, Grove Choctaw; Palmer Pillans, Mobile, Mo- bile; B. H. Stallworth Monroeville, Monroe.
 Second district: B. G. Arlington, Mont gomery, Montgomery; B. r. Crum. Mont gomery, Montgomery; John Gamble, Troy. Pike; W. H. Stoddard, Luverne, Crenshaw
 Third district: J. P. Hanks. Enter prise, Coffee; E. H. Hill, Dothan, Hous- ton; G. H. Malone, Dothan. Houston; w. H. Morris, Geneva, Geneva. Fourth district: Dave Goodlett, Jr., Jacksonville. Calhoun; w. B. Merrill, Hefin, Cleburne: E. w. Pettus, Selma, Dallas; J. c. Sproull, Anniston, Cal houn.
 Fifth district: c. S. Livingston, Prattville, Autauga; Frank w. Lull, We- tumpka, Elmore; F. P. Nichols, Roan- oke, Randolph; J. c. Wood, Hayneville, Lowndes
 Sixth district: H. G. Benners, Greens boro, Hale; r. A. Gamble, Jasper. Wal ker; John w. Cook, Eutaw, Greene; George A. Searcy, Tuscaloosa, Tusca- loosa
 Seventh district: R. L. Barnes, Cunt ersville, Marshall; s. A. Jordan. Gads- den, Etowah; w. T. McCord, Alabama City. Etowah; R. A. Mitchell, Gads- den. Etowah
 Eighth district E. c. Betts. Hunts vile. Madison; Virgil Bouldin. Scotts- boro. Jackson; J. c. Kumpe. Moulton. Lawrence; A. G. Patterson, New Deca- tur, Morgan.
 Ninth district: Borden Burr, Birming- ham, Jefferson; James F. Hawkins, Bir- mingham. Jefferson; W. D. Nesbitt Bir- I mingham, Jefferson; John B. Reid. Bir- mingham, Jefferson.
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