Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-02-07
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il mad striven to hold d fair prl- mary. The list Of qualified voters, he contended, was incorrect. He kncw personally of several incl dents whcrH voters had been turn ed down at the pol $ because their names w~re not on the poll books aHi later. after going to their , homes, returned to the polling i places, pro sented their poll tax re- ccipts, and were allowed to vote
 kerwin and Hudson Speak.
 Tho resolution of the central com mittoc, governing the primary clec- ton was read, after which E. J. hciwin asked permission of the floor. He denounced the charges Of fraud in the First ward, declaring that t..a charges were not true and could not be proven. "Thc candi- dates named the judges them selves" ne said. "Mr Benton was i beaten by 90 votes. He could just as easily holler fraud in any other ward as Mir. Hudson has done in the First. Mir. Hudson ought to take ] his medicine like a man. He was defeated squarely. He don't know whether the5o alleged illegal voters cast their votes for him or not. lie ! nf r1, h,t for his opponent. The action of the l judges, according to the rules gov crning the election, is final. In your wisdom you may see fit to throw out tho First ward. l hope you will not do it for the good of the party. Let the majority rule.
 MT. Hudson, who was present, re- piled to Judge Kerwin, saying that there was no majority on election day in the First ward polling place. One man ruled things there, and am sorry to say that that one judge who passed upon the vote and stuffed the ballot box was Mr. Ker- wins own brother am not mak- ing a fight for the office. The prin- ciple of the thing is involved"
 E. E. Bloom Heard.
 Committeeman Bloom, of the Fourth ward, said if any wrong had been done any of the candidates he favored fighting it. The judges ought to be rebuked, if they are guilty of any wrong doing. s"I am a friend of both MT. Hut and MT. Hudson. It's for the good of Dem ocracy that no advantage should be given one good Democrat over an otler,' he concluded.
 \. Brewster, committeeman from the Second ward, expressed Mir. Blooms sentiments. He said the committees resolution should have been carried out to the letter.
 M. c. Cross made a motion that the committee go into the First ward box. 'I had brother there as judge," he said, Hike MT. Kerwin. want to know if he did anything wrong. And then I had a brother-in-law in the race, too." MT. Cross motion received no sec- ond.
 s. M. TayIor's Speech.
 Attorney s. M. Taylor, as rep resentative of MT. Hut, was next heard. He sad MT. Hut had writ ten him that he had learned that Mir. Hudson was contesting his nom- ination. He just asked MT. Taylor to be present at the committee meeting, stating that he did not want to give up the office if he had been honestly elected to it. MT. Taylor dwelt at length on Mir. Hud- sons petition. There was no evi- dence before thc committee, he said. to warrant any investigation as to the First war:l box. "A mere peti- tion," said Mr. Taylor, that is all. For tho prot yction of the secrecy 0. the ballot, 7z.ssr. Taylcr urged the comm;t.aa .,t to display the ballots just to It 7 a cll2 go of fraud, which Na ,.'oarently lot backed by any ev:>>1r
 k. L. Rutherford sa.l he was willing to do the right thing, but he could not figure out how all of the alleged illegal voters were going t. be brought before the committee aa tho persons who voted the illegal bal, ,ots listed by MT. Hudson.
 J. H. Dellmon, committeeman from the F.r~+ ward, moved that the vote bt anvassed by the coi,- mittae and t.lat Ina nam .nooe, ha xao