Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-06-23


 to the nomination and to show that he had received plurality of P votes of the true and legal votes cast in said primary. But the at torneys for Mccoy plead for more time, which at Mir. Brewster's re- quest was granted, and Mccoy was given until June the 24th to bring before the committee testimony of rebuttal.
 In the meantime the county con- ention re convened on June 4, and by union of the Mccoy and Phill- ips forces, both of whom bad been defeated, a resolution was passed ordering a new primary for June It, thereby taking the matter out of the hands of the central committee and depriving Mr. Brewster of his nomination.
 In the primary election on June 16, the unofficial returns showed 757 votes for Brewster, 757 votes for Mccoy and 556 votes for Phillips.
 The central committee met on Saturday June IS to officially can vass the vote of the primary elPe- tion of June l6. A canvass of the Bolivar township box showed two less votes for Mccoy than had been returned for him. Two ballots had been put in the box with two names for sheriff on them. These had been counted and returned for Me Coy, but neither ballot was vote for sheriff, and the two ballots we're not counted for him on the official canvass. When the Sherrill box of Plum Bayou township was reached, canvass showed that one more vote had been reported for Mccoy than was cast for him at that box. This resulted in a loss O three votes for Mccoy.
 In the canvass of the Third ward box, Mr. Brewster lost one vote, ballot with the voters name signed to it which had been returned f3r Brewster by tbe judges of the elee- tion. was not counted for him by the central committee, although an- other irregular ballot in that box was counted by the committee for Mccoy.
 ca the face of the returns it will therefore be seen that Brewster had & plurality of two.
 But in the count of the Secon q wa"d box, two ballots not returned by the judges of the election for Mccoy, were counted for him, one being the Jim smith vote and the other the ballot with all of the names scratched for sheriff, the pencil mark extending through the "Mc :" in McCoys name to the line below.
 This made the official canvass again stand tie between Mccoy and Brewster.
 On motion of Mir Arthur Murray !, who held a proxy for J. D. Bush, the committee returned to the First ward box, which was opened, and a ballot with all the names scratched for sheriff. with a big line just running under the edge Of McCoy's name and up and through the last two letters of bis name, and which vote was not counted or returned fo" him by the judges of election, one of whom was a Mccoy iudge-this ballot, on motion, was counted by the committee for Me- Coy, giving plurality of one for Mccoy.
 The Mccoy partlsans on the com mittee then became clamorous to declare the result. They voted to deny Mr. Brewster's petition to in sestigate the Richland township box and purge it of it's negro Re. publican votes, and other illegal and irregular votes mentioned in the petition. But at this juncture two of the members of the com mittee, who had previously voted with the Mccoy forces, kicked out of the traces and announced that they would vote for the Crawford resolution 10 tigato Richland township. This resolution was passed and then the committee ad- journed to meet again on July l2, at