The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-24
ESTES SECRETARY OF COMMITTEE ID
 SUCCEED SESSIONS Convention Plan for NOmi- mating Judges Is Voted
 Down at Montgomery DISCUSSION WAS
 STARTED BY PETTUS Felt It Was Undignified for Supreme
 Court Justices to Make Canvass Among the

Montgomery May -CSpec1al) ) Election of George H. Estes' of Bir- mingham to succeed the late Walter L. Sessions of that city as secretary or the democratic state executive com mittee, the adoption of a resolution de- claring as nominees of the party the successful candidates in the primary or May 9, the defeat of a resolution pro- yiding for the nomination of judges by the convention system, and the trans action of routine business featured the meeting here today of the state execu- tive committee. There were 21 mem bers present.
 The state committee was called to order at noon at the Exchange hotel by Chairman Bibb Graves of Montgom- cry. The first business before the com- mittee was the election of a perma- nent secretary to succeed MT. Sessions who died several weeks ago. By unan- imous vote Mir. Estes was chosen. C. Brooks Smith, state commissioner of insurance, was then elected temporary secretary of the meeting.
 Chairman Graves appointed a com mittee of five members to prepare a fitting memorial to be presented at the next meeting of the committee in
  This committee is composed of the fol- lowing members:
 George B. Tarrant of Birming gham, R. G. Arrangton of Montgomery, E. A. Hill of Dothan, A. G. Patterson of New Decatur and G. s. Livingston of Pratt vile.
 PETTUS RESOLUTION
 The only discussion before tte conn., mittee arose as the result of a reso I1 NY TD1ff of So1r providing for the nomination of su- preme court judges by convention rather than by primary. In support of his resolution, MT. Pettus declared he thought judges sould not be submit ted to the humiliation of being com- pelled to canvass in the interest of their candidacy for a judicial office. He said Campaigning" reflected upon the dignity of their office, that it placed them under obligations to persons, and that it interfered with their efficiency.
 The resolution provided, in brief, that sft is the sense of the state democratic executive committee that convention be called after the primary election for gov ernor in 1918 for the purpose of adopting a platform and for the purpose of nomi- hating two candidates for the office of associate justice of the supreme court"
 This resolution, following 8 short de- bate, was voted to be laid on the table by an overwhelming vote. Those who op- posed the resolution on the floor were J. K. Dixon of Talladega, and R. G. Ar riugton of Montgomery.
 SEATS FOR MEMBERS
 General Graves announced that he had received informa ton from the chairman of the national democratic executive com mittee to the effect that the members of the state committee might received seats in the national convention at St. Louis upon application.
 The only other business before the com mittee was the adoption of a resolution declaring as nominees of the party the successful candidates in the primary on May g. This resolution was read at length by MT. Smith, after which it was adopted.
 The committee then elected alternate delegates to the national convention from the Third, Fifth and Ninth districts, the official returns showing that no alternates were nominated in any of these districts.
 The following were elected by the com mittee: Third district. w. O. Mulkey of Geneva and J. H. Espy of Henry; Fifth district J. B. Rylance of Dadeville and Judge J. c. Wood of Lowndes; Ninth dis trict, H. E. Mccormack and D. U. Will Hams, both of Birmingham.
 Among the party nominees present at the meeting of the committee were Ray Rushton of Montgomery and Capt. Frank S. White of Birmingham, delegates from the state at large to the national conven- tion; Judge John Pelham and Gen. Charles R. Bricken, nominees for places on the court of appeals.
 Following are the members of the state committee who were present:
 State at Large-W. w. Haralson,