The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-11-12

this, ana make IL the zenith OF an
nual contests in which the contest
ants will be limited to high school
students of less than IS years of
age.
Slow progress has been made the
past two days in the Wright case,
though yesterday afternoon the at
torneys for the contestants, the
mother and sister of Weldon E.
Wright, began to move more rapid
ly with their witnesses. Today
quite a few witnesses have been
placed on the stand, all TO testify
as to the condition of Wright from
bovhood until the time of his death.
The gathering of the $50 witnesses
in the case is like a reunion of the
st John College, which was oper-
ated here in the early JOS, as many
of the witnesses who attended
school with Weldon Wright in
those days have not been in the
city since until called here for the
trial. All the witnesses for the
plaintiffs who are trying to break
the will by which Weldon Wright
left city property valued at $4,000
to Judge R. J. Lea, presiding judge
over the circuit court, his first cou-
sin and executor of the will of his
father, have testified that Weldon
Wright was of small mental ability
and the most of them were of the
opinion that he did not know what
he was doing when he ignored his
mother and sister and wiled the
property to Judge Lea. Tomor-
row the defense will probably be-
gin the introduction of testimony,
and it will also start with witnesses
who were intimately acquainted
with Wright from childhood. They
are expected to testify to the sound
deliberation of Wright when serv-
ing on juries, of his power to learn
in school, but his failure to do
more than absorb learning
through his aversion to school
duties, and later, his lack of affec-
ton for his mother and sister for
driving him from their home.
The plaintiffs deny they drove
Wright from their home, claiming
he left under a delusion and was
not permitted to return. The case
is attracting much attention on ac-
count of the prominence of the
litigants.
Residents of Hot Springs, and
several other cities, have request
ed Attorney General Kirby to give
them an opinion as to whether or
not cities can take on the commits
sion, or Galveston form of govern
ment, without a constitutional
amendment He is now preparing
the answer, which will be issued
probably tomorrow or Thursday.
Additional evidence is being COL
lected daily by the republicans all
over Arkansas, and there is a pos
sibility that the Republicans will
contest more than three seats in
congress, alleging irregularities in
the election last Tuesday. While
contests are threatened in the sec
ond and seventh districts, the first
is the only one in which active
preparations have been made, by
the employment Of a lawy r to
present the claims OF G. T. Brood
worth of Corning, the defeated re-
publican candidate there. The re-
publican leaders threaten to file
their contests in the seventh dis
trict at once. where they claim
victory over r. Minor Wallace, if
the complete returns are not imme-
diately certified to the secretary of
state. They allege some changing
OF the results are being made or
the official count would have been
reported some time ago, instead of
there being no complete reports
from any county, as is the case at
present. Some claims of irregular
tiles in the negro townships of this
county have been made, but it is
not thought Guy w. Caron, the
republican nominee, will contest
the seat of c. c. Reid, his demo
ratio opponent.