Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-07-25
COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS.
Report of Miller County Democratic
Central Committee Meeting.

! Central Committee Of Miller county,
met in the City Hall, in the city of
] Texarkana, Ark, at / 1 o'clock, a. m.,
and was called to order by w, II.
Arnold, Chairman, the following COM
mitteemen, on roll call answering to
their names: Ward ,, Henry Moore
by his proxy L A Byme; Ward 8, w.
r Burch; Ward 4, J w Paup by his
proxy j w Hearon, Garland Town
ship, II. Hlgginbotham by his proxy
w f Kirby; Beech township, &C Tur-
ner by his proxy T II Hull; Days
Greek township, I S Few; Cleveland
township, j II Sewoll by his proxy j
ID. Cook; Homan township, WR LAM
beth by his proxy IL B Soofeld; Lost
Prairie township, Chas NJ Hervey by
his proxy John N Cook; Red River
township, M Connor; Cut OF town.
ship, w B Booker by his proxy G A
Hays; Sulphur township, 7 P Bennett
and d SandersOn, Secretary by his
proxy John N Cook All were pres
ent except G IL Kelton from Ward
one.
A petition signed by citizens of
Cleveland township asking that j j
Towry be recognized as the commit
teeman from said township was pre-
sented, and motion to table being
lost, j j Towry was elected to repre-
sent Cleveland township,
A petition signed by citizens of
Ward one stating that they were
without representation on said COM
mittee and asking that J T
Murphy be elected to represent them
was presented, and on motion j. T.
Murphy was duly elected to represent
said ward.
The chairman then presented the
tally sheets and poll books from the
various polling places in Garland
township at which primary elections
were held, and the same were opened
and counted. The vote is as follows:
Ward 1.-For j. d. Sanderson, 4S
votes.
Ward 2-For Sanderson, 11S votes.
Ward g. 68
Ward T. so
Garland township-For Sanderson,
40 votes.
Total Sanderson vote, 306.
There were no returns from Mt
Pleasant and Shiloh boxes.
Resolutions, ratifying and approx
ing the primary election held on the
18th inst, were offered by G. A..
Hays, and resolutions protesting
against said election were offered by
w. f. Kirby, as q substitute therefor.
The substitute was lost by vote of
five for and eight against those voting
in the affirmative, Byrne, Kirby, Hull,
Towery and Bennett; negative, Muir
ply, Burch, IIearon, Few, Scofeld,
Cook, Connor and Hays, the chairman
and secretary not voting. A motion
was then made to strike out certain
parts Of the resolutions, which was
carried. Mr.. Scofeld offered resolu-
tions as substitute and on motion
the same were adopted and are as
follows:
Whereas, 1t appears from the re-
turns of the Primary election, held on
July 18th, A. d. 1898, for Postmaster
at Texarkana, Arkansas, ordered by
the Democratic Central Committee
Of Miller county, that Jefferson d.
Sandorson received SOC votes, and no
vote was cast for any other asplrant
for said Office
Therefore, BE it resolved by the
Central Committee Of Miller county,
| Arkansas, that jefferson D. Sanderson
was duly and regularly elected as the
choice of the Democratic patrons of
the post Office at Texarkana, Arkansas,
for Postmaster, and we hereby request
the Postmaster General Of the United
States to appoint said Jefferson ID.
Sanderson, Postmaster at Texarkana.
Resolved, That we hereby request
and urge upon Senator j. X. Jones
and Congressman Thos. G. McRae to
use all proper means to secure said
appointment for said Jefferson d.
Sanderson
The Chairman Of this committee, is
hereby instructed to send copies Of all
papers and proceedings leading up to
said primary election to the Postmas-
ter General, Senator Jones and Hon
Thos. G. McRae.
Bennett, Of Sulphur made a motion
to unseat |. S. Few, and the motion
was lost by a vote of five for and seven
against, those voting in the afllrma.
tive, Byrne, Kirby Towery, Hull and
Bennett; negative, Murphy, Burcb
Ilearon, Scofeld, Cook, Connor and
Hays, the chairman, secretary and /