Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-10-24
lNM|TTEE WILL MEET MONDAY
 fdlclal corA 2ittee to Select Date and Manner of Hold ing Primary.
|IXON INTERVIEWED
dee Jones Has no Suggestions to Make-.Judge Grace to be
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The judicial committee of the elev-
 nth judicial district, composed of Jeff
 erson, Lincoln and Desha counties, Will meet in this city Monday noon to select the date and manner of hold Okns the primar" for the purpose of {Vhominating a circuit judge and prose- ! cutting attorney The committee is lcomposed of Fred Fox Mike Danaher and T. NJ Hooker, of Jefferson; H. D. Palmer. of Lincoln county, and c. C. Hemingway. of Desha county. The meeting will ill all probability be very brief, as the only business to come before it will be the selection of d date and the manner of conducting the election.
 It is generally believed that the committee will name date previous to the holding of the prima1. cleo tion in March. Many of the voters in the three counties are said to favor a date other than that fixed for the selection of state officers.
 Judge A. B. Grace, who is regarded as one of the best circuit judges in this suate, will be d candidate for re- election and will hardly have opposi- ton. Attorney T. Havis Nixon, of this city Ihas been all ayowed candidate fors ko years for prosecuting attorney Judge w. D. Jones, prosecuting atto1- ney, stated last night that he had no suggestions to make relative to the date of the proposed primary, as he had not determined whether he would seek reelection. Judge Jones has made no statement that he would ba a candidate, but the general rumor the day is set.
 Attorney T. Havis Nixon, when seen by Graphic reporter and asked what suggestions he would have to offer to the judicial committee at it's meeting Monday, stated that while he would likely have no suggestions to offer, that the public was demanding abso- lute fairness in the holding of this primary election and that the per sonnel of the judicial committee was such that he believed they will exer- else great care in providing for an election with sufficient safeguards as to guarantee fairness to all parties interested. He said the convention that met two years ago and created this committee and among other things vested them with authority to hold this election, provided that the elec- tion should be held in all the coun- ties on the same date and that each candidate for judicial office who had opposition should have an equal right in the naming of the judge and clerks and should have representative pres ent at both the casting and counting of the ballots.
 MT. Nixon further stated that about the only way that this could be done would be to hold separate primary for judicial offices; that he did not care particularly on what day this election should be held but did not think it best to hold. it on the first of December and that he did not antic- lpate that it would be held in con necion wit hthe state primary on @ March 30. for the reasen that if it was held on that aate the judicial committee would be powerless to see 'nat the election was fairly conduct eu because the county central com 'h''tees of each county will have onarse or the election in their respect i've counties on that date. He said if n's convenience could be consulted in ',e matter he would suggest that this e'ection be held some time in the lat ter part of December of this year. or turing the month of January. 1910, ss none Of the courts in the districts "ou'u De In session at that time
 HaVing seen the wisdom of an cleo ton or this kind in the race for nros- ecuting attorney two years .ao a,s