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 nority vote of the county, for in the June primary, on the face of the re turns, Mr. Mccoy received 757 votes; Edgar Brewster, 757 votes and T. M. Phillips 55S votes, where. as there had been nearly 2,200 votes cast in the primary. Whoever, therefore was the nominee of the committee would be the nominee of the minority of the party. This was contrary, the speaker said, to the precedent established by the State Democratic Executive Com mittee, which, in the present can. palgn, required each Democratic aspirant for State office to receive a majority vote of the party. Il new primary was held between Brewster and Mccoy alone, one CT the other of them was bound to re- ceve majority vot. of the county and would be the unques toned nom inee.
 Hon. w. T. Young then made speech in which he said that ne groes bad urquestionably partici- pated ln the June primary, and that the negroes had sworn that they were both Democi ciats and Re publicans, and reputable white citizens had sworn the same way, and as these votes played quite Q material part in the result of the election, he therefore thought 8 new primary should be ordered. As to the other testimony as to illegal votes, it would take the committee week to find out who of them were legal voters and who were not.
 Capt. NJ. G. Sennett then ad- dressed the committee and said he thought the Democratic party should progress; that the negroes should be allowed 10 vote in the primaries where they wished to affiliate with the Democratic party, and the younger generation of the colored race educated to appreciate the duties and responsibilities of government.
 Mr. Young, in reply to Capt. Sen nett, said he thought this so far as the Democratic party is concerned, would be retrogression and not pro- gression.
 The roll was then called on Mir. Lytle's resolution. and the Vote re. suited, ayes, II; nays, F, so the resolution was lost.
 MT. A. B. Grace then introduced a resolution proceeded by several "Whereases, declaring Mccoy the nominee.
 Mr. J. ". Adams offered the fol. lowing as a substitute:
 Resolved, by the Democratic Cen tral Committee of Jefferson County, Arkansas, that the depositions, bal l lots, poll-books and other evidence show that Edgar Brewster, in the Democratic primary of June l6, 1898, received a greater number of the legal votes in said primary than did his opponent, II. A. Mccoy.
 Therefore, be it resolved by the members of the said committee, In person and by proxy, that Edgar l Brewster be declared the Demo cratic nominee of Jefferson county for said office at the September election 1898.
 | At this juncture Capt. Mr. NJ. G.. l Sennett, anticipating the action of the committee and in an i'm pressive manner, arose and demand ed that Mir. Edgar Brewster come l forward and sign an agreemens to abide by the action of the com mittee.
 1 Mr. J. W. Adams then arose and said that inasmuch as on former 1 occasion, at knox's hall, when after the first primary the Central Com mittee had assembled to hear the l first contest, and when like mo l tion had been offered aud was not resp bonded to by Maj. Mccoy or any one for him, they should not now complain if we follow their illus trious example on a former occasion, l There was hurrah ard \ laugh 1 on the Mccoy siGe, and then the roll was called on the adoption nl the substitute, which was lost by the vote of ayes and l6 noes. I The motion then recurred on the l.