The Prescott daily news., 1908-07-23
CENTRAL COMMITTEE
The 0ffieia' Head of the Democratic
 Party of Arkansas Met Yesterday.

Little Rock, July 23-Special- The Democratic State Central Committee whish failed of a quorum at the meeting called for. Z o'clock yesterday afternoon met again at 4 p. m. in the ban quet hall at the Marion Hotel, and it was found that tn, re W re fifteen members ,represen.e. either in person or by proxy
 Chairman Frank Mi!lwee cal.- ed the meeting to order and sta ed it's purpose to the organiza tion, and arranging for the com ing cmpaign. The chairman took occasion to say that there shoulS. be a vigorous campaign pushed this year and that ArkansG should roll up the biggest major- ity ever known for the nat!onl and state tickets.
 Suggestions were asked from old members of the comm t; e md the naming of an eXecutiV v committee was proposed. Jn motion of w. K Ramsey, a ccm mittee of five, to include e chairman and secretary were named for this purpose, an! " k Ramsey, H. M. Armisteal an
 Y. H, Carraway were appointed py the chair.na
 10 report W 2.aac C. O the financial condition of the com sLttee but it is understood that there is a small deiic..
 Tilc committee adjournei sg5- i'ct to the call of the chairnlan
 md immediately afterwarl; the executive committee to whom the duty Ii making all necess ary arrangements for the campaign, met and got down to business. Resolutions of former campaigns were read, and thes e vitn, few exceptions were adopted by the cOmmitte for the present campaign. These res- resolutions provide for a ? per cent assessment of the salarieJ of state officers, the appointees of such officers, district of ficers and their appointees and deputies provided the salary Of
 [ each is $1,OOO or more per an num. Prosecuting attorneys are assessed fee of $50, and each county is assessed at the 1t the rate of S3 each for the
 'elegates of the county in the state convention. Supreme court circuit and chancery judges are exempted from the assessment.
 The secretary was instructed to get busy at once with the mo- tices of the assessments so the fund will be ready when neeted.
 The matter of. securing speak CTS was left to be arranged at a latter meeting of the committee Harmony was the key note of the meeting and Chairman Mill wee expressed the wish that the speakers selected should not be such as to widen any breech that may now exist between factions, and stated that if candidate who desired to speak in the cam Udlku COulu IlOt uO SO w WItuOut too much persoanal zeal in his own behalf should be sent to an- another district. .st a .aafs a. Several s offers have been re- ceiyed rendering services to the committee in the campaign, one of these being from Hon. Hal lNorwood, nominee for attorney general. The Sebastian County Bryan Club rendered any services its membership might be able to render and it is expected that Hon. George w. Donaghey win go on the stump. Ds~a f |; The executive committee ad- iourned to meet again in Little Rock on August 4 when the list of speakers will be selectdA It is thought that by this time the committee win have on hand am- pie funds for the prosecution of the campaigni ai0 b9udl xfIaN GU |