The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-16
SPECIAL PRIMARY
IN IND DISTRICT
SET FOR JULY IS
Democratic Executive Com
mittee Unanimously In
dOrSeS Underwood
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU !
THE AGE-HEKALD
Mont pon,ery Ala luna TX

Democrats of the Second Congress
sional district will name the sue
cessor of Congressman John r. Ty-
son, deceased, in special primary
Monday, July 16, under a resolution
adopted by the state democratic ex-
ecutive committee Friday afternoC n.
The date was selected by vote of 16
to 10 after an effort had been made
to call the election Saturday, July IA,
SO as to allow national guardsmen to
vote before leaving for camp.
The calling of the special primary
and the adoption of resolution in
dorsing Senator Oscar w. Underwood
for president of the United States
featured the meeting. The resolution
regarding the Alabama senator was
offered by Benjamin F. Elmore of De-
mopolis during the closing minutes of
the session and was adopted by a ris-
ing vote of the committee. The reso-
luton follows:
Resolved, that the state demo-
cratic executive committee cordially
Endorses Senator Oscar w. Underwood
for President of the United States"
The state ctmmitte declined to
make provision for the appointment
Of woman as the representative of
the democratic party in each county,
holding that it was without author
ity to change the party organization
in the. state or counties. The vote
was taken following the reading of
a letter from Mrs. John D. McNeel of
Birmingham, national committee
woman, who suggested that a chair
woman be named for each county
who would work with the chairman
1f tt,n 10 ixrn
mittee in enlisting the women in the
work Ct the party.
Authority Is Lacking
r. b. Evins, chairman of the state
committee, referred the letter to the
committee with the announcement
that he doubted his authority to COM
ply with the request without specific
instructions from the committee. On
motion of George d. Bondurant of
Birmingham the committee held that
it was without authority to make the
appointments and that under the
present system women are entitled
to the same representation as men,
there being nothing in the rules of
the party to prevent women demo-
Gratis from serving on the state and
county committees. Two of the five
members of the state committee for
the Eighth district are women: Mrs.
Vera Austelle of Decatur and Miss
Janet C. Simpson of Florence, who
we're elected in the last democratic
primary
The only contest during the meet
ing came UP over the date for the
special primary for July 16. j. Z.
Miner of Vernon contended that the
national guardsmen would leave for
camp July Is and should be permitted
to cast their votes before leaving. Mr..
Miner sought to call the election for
Saturday. July IA, but this motion
was defeated by vote of 16 to 10.
Members of the state committee
for the Second district were appoint
ed a subcommittee and charged with
the duty of conducting the primary,
canyassing the returns and certify
ing the nomination to the chairman
of the state committee. This sub
committee Is composed OF cyrus b.
Brown of Montgomery, chairman
John Gamble of Troy, Trammell e.
Henderson of Andalusia. Ira Cham
pion of Montgomery and Fred IL
Gormley of Montgomery.
Must Pay S125 Fee. -,
Each candidate for Congress Will
he required to pay a qualification fee
of s125 and to file his certificate OF
qualification not later than July l.
I'm to this time three candidates.
Ray Rushton of Montgomery, J. LIS
ter Hill of Montgomery and DR.. W.