The Forrest City times., 1900-03-09
Judicial Committee Meeting.

z The Democratic executive committee of the First Judicial district met here Mon day. all the district being represented but one. The delegates present were: Sens- to. R. A. Dowdy, from White Mai. J. b. Dent, from Woodruff: J.R. Turner of the Helena Horn, proxy for l.. J. Nc Kinney of Phillips; 8. H. Mann, of St Francis. The committee was called to order by Chairman s. H. Mann. J,K. Turner offered the following reaolution which was adopted:
 Be 1t resolved that the manner of nomi- nating . democratic candidate for Prose cutting Attorney for the First Judicial CIT cult W Arkansas to be voted for and elected at the general state election to be had and held. on the 3rd day of aeptem Der, 1900, shall be by primary election to be held in the various counties comprising said circuit, at such times and places as may be designated by the Democratic Ex ecutive committees of the several coun ties for nominating democratic candid ates for county offices. The names of all candidates for prosecuting attorney to be placed upon the primary ticket of the said
 
 saple time and place and in the same man her and under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed bt the sad Execu- | tive Committees for their respective coun ties. governing the primary elections of their counties for tho nomination of coup- ty candidates as aforesaid. That the votes cast for pr0sscutinx attorney In the several townships of the several oouptiss shall, by the judges of election of the re- spective voting precincts be certified up te the chairman of the Executive coinmittee and by said chairman laid before the Ex- ecutive committee or county convention, as the case may be under the rules and regulations governing the party proceed ure-of the respective counties for the pur- pose of having said vote. tabulated and the result declared, the chairman of the body so tabulating said vote and declaring the result thereof in his county shall cer. tify the vote received by each candidate Tor prosecuting attorney to the chairma,l of the Judicial committee of said circuit said certificate of votes to be held by said chairman of said Judicial committee until all the counties of the district shall have held their primaries and certified the vote | cast for each candidate to him. That within ten days after said chairman shal have received the certificate ot the vote oi
 the last county holding primaries as afore | said, be shall call meeting of the Judi cial committee, to be held at such timt
 and place as may seem most convenient
 and appropriate to him. for the purpose oi canvassng said vote and ascertaining ths result thereof. That when the vote cas-
 for each candidate shall be so ascertainet
 the candidate receiving the highest nun
 Der of votes cast for prosecuting attorne,
 shall be declared the nominee of the part,
 for said office, and the chairman of saie
 committee shall forthwith furnish sai,
 nominee with certificate of his nomina tion.
 Resolved further. That the Executiv, f committees of the several counties of sal, circuit are hereby respectfully requeste,
 to comply with the terms of, the foregoin, resolution.
 COUNTY or ST. FRANCIS, STATE OF ARKANsAs, | 1, s. H. Mann. chairman of the Execu
 tive committee of the First Judicial Cir ! cult of Arkansas, do hereby certify tha
 the above and foregoing resolutions wer | duly presented and adopted by the afore said committee at meeting regularl
 called and held at Forrest City, Arkansas
 on the 5th day of March. 1900. 5. II. MANN, Chairman. Attest:
 ! <. A. DowDy, Secretary,