Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-17

the second ward, objected He had no personal objection to any of the men named, he said, but he disliked the idea of going out of the central committee to get men to hold the elec- ton. He declared that the members of the committee were capable of holding an election and honestly, too.
 MT. Sorrells followed in a lengthy speech in which he made some sensa- tional admissions He first asked MT. Crockett who had prepared the reso- lution which he had presented for adoption. MT. Crockett replied that he did not prepare it, but he declined to inform MT. Sorrells who did. Tn his speech MT. Sorrells reviewed the manner of holding the primary recent ly for the election of prosecuting at- torney, declaring that he had been largely responsible for it's fairness and defying anyone to show single fraudulent act which had been com mitted in that election.
 SOrrells' Admissions.
 T have actually been a party to defrauding Edgar Brewster and Jas. Gould of offices in this county in the past" cried MT. Sorrells, but I have got the manhood now to declare my self for fair, open primaries and be- live that it's in season sometimes to tell the truth. Edgar Brewster and James Gould were both elected to the sheriff's office and each time the office was stolen from them. It will be a repetition of the dirty steal again, if you adopt the resolution offered by MT. Crockett A legalized election is a legalized steal. You know, Mir. Gould, and everybody knows that you beat Mccoy for sheriff, but they stole it from you and I was party to the fraud. don't care who is elected, all want is an honest election. I have nothing to say against any of the men named in the resolution of Mr. Crock ett's to hold the election, but some times we think we are getting good men to act for us and it proves wrong They are all honest men. am one of those unfortunate indi- viduals who has a good character but bad reputation, and that may be the same with some of the judges who are named to hold this election. We won't have fair election if we adopt Crockett's resolution. I have no mo- tive in this appeal. Give us an hon. est, open election and candidates will win by the honest suffrages of the people. This resolution is a trap, it is a scheme. This resolution was writ ten by some one who knows something about politics. For Gods sake give us fair election. If you don't give 1t to us now, it will eventually come. The people are clamoring for it.
 Judge Jones Heard.
 Prosecuting Attorney w. D. Jones who held the proxy of E. J. Kerwin, committeeman from the First ward, was the next speaker. He declared that he wanted to see . fai.. honest election. It was fight ctween white men, white Democrats, and should be fair and square. The pest man, he sad, should win. He said he was going to vote for the Sorrells resolution for two reasons. One was that the other resolution, offered by MT. Crockett gave Chairman Alex ander, Chairman Walker and A. B. Jones the authority to name the judges, while there could be no favor itism shown by any friends of candi- dates in similar clause which was inserted in MT. Sorrells' resolution Another reason he presented was that the few Democrats who could not read or write would have their bal lots made out and cast as they re- quested them by the three judges, in- stead of one as provided for in Erockett's resolution. Judge Jones declared that the election held in this judicial district on September 23 was the fairest and most satisfactory ever pulled of in this section and that not even the defeated candidates