The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-28
MUCH INTEREST IN
 MEETING FRIDAY Large Attendance Expected at State Committee Meet SESSIONS IS RETICENT
SESSIONS IS RETICENT
Committee Expected to Decide on Pri- mary Plan to Select Convention Delegates on Account of the Ex-
 pressed Preference of McCombs

The meeting of the state democratic executive committee will be held Friday at the Tutwiler hotel in Birmingham, as announced in The Age-Herald Sunday morning. Walter Sessions. secretary of the committee, has issued the official call of the body, of which Bibb Graves of Montgomery is chairman. On account of the intense interest in the meeting of the committee, as indicated in previous re- ports, a large attendance is expected at the meeting and delegates are expected to begin to arrive not later than wednes- day.
 In discussing the meeting of the com mittee MT. Sessions stated that on ac- count of his position as secretary, he could not afford to take any active part ip the partisan politics which was evil deptly actuating the members of the committee in their decisions. However, he stated that he was of the opinion that on account of the expressed preference oi the democratic national committee as evidenced by the call of w. F. McCombs, national chairman, based on the plank in the democratic national platform, the committee could not do otherwise than vote in favor of a primary to select the delegates to the national convention at St. Louis. MT. Session also voiced his opinion that young men should be select ed to go to the convention rather than the old and tried politicians. He called attention to the appeal of National Chair man William F.. McCombs, which follows:
 CALL BY INCOMES
 New York, December 31, 1915.
 '"To the Democrats of the United States: By the authority of the demo- cratic national executive committee, national convention of the democratic party is hereby called to meet in the city of St. Louis, on Wednesday, the 14th day of June. 1916 at F o'clock noon to nominate candidates for the presidency and vice presidency of the United States, to declare party platform and to take such other action as may be deemed ad- visable.
 Delegates and alternates from each state of the union shall be chosen to the number of two delegates and two alter hates for every representative from the states respectively in the Congress of the United States under the congress sional apportionment of districts based upon the Sixty-fourth Congress. In addi- ton, the territory of Alaska and the D1StrlcC or COluInD1d are enLltiou lO SIX delegates and six alternates each, and six delegates and six alternates are like wise allotted each to the Philippines, Hawaii and Porto Rico.
 .sIn the matter of the manner by which delegates and alternates are to be select ed, attention is called to the following plank in the platform of the party:
 Presidential primary: The movement towards more popular government should be promoted through legislation in each state which will permit the expression of the preference of the electors for national candidates at presidential pri- maries.
 We direct that the national commit tee incorporate in the call for the next nominating convention a requirement that all expressions of preference for presidential candidates shall be given and the selection of delegates and alternates made through a primary election con- ducted by the party organization in each state where such expression and election are not provided for by state law. Com- 1nitteemen who are hereafter to consti- ute the membership of the democratic national committee and whose election IS \ not provided for by law, shall be chosen in each state at such primary elections and the service and authority of commit teemen, however chosen, shall begin i'm mediately upon the receipt of their cre- dentials Respectfully, ssVVTTTTAM F INCOMES. Chairman"