The Sentinel=record., 1910-01-30

resignation was not again preached. But the committee worked away wuh It's majority, oyerruling the chairman whenever his decision were adverse. all appeals being upheld by large ma 1orities, and often without any vote belng taken to sustain the chairman.
 There was considerable activity on the part of the few Wood followers to bolt the committee and break up quorum, but the movement failed. This followed immediately after the resolution to increase the city repre- sentatlon on the committee had been passed over the opposition of the chairman. The committee is com posed originally of forty-four mem- bers, and thirty-two were present and voting when the test vote was taken on the adoption of the Teague resom- tion which increased the city mem- bership.
 Immediately there was a movement to get members out of the room 10 break the quorum. Efforts at pro- ceedure were delayed through Chair. man Wood, who made the opposition appeal and have their appeals sustain ed on every point Gradually the Wool men were being called out. but the quorum still existed.
 When the question came up of nam- ing the two new commit eemen from the First ward, Secretary Erickson proposed J. J. Ledgerwood and N. NJ. Moody both property owners ana prominent citizens. They were elect ed by the committee over the chair man, who continued to rule arbitrarily against The procedure of the major ity and still caused appeals to be taken.
 i.ater the two new committeeman from the second ward were selected in John c. Higgins and Frank P. Walker property owners in that dis. trict and business men. This. too, was after the committee had kept ov- erruling the chairman.
 By this time several other Wood members of the committee had left the room and gone into other parts of the building, and the question of a quorum was again raised, and another test vote taken. Again the commit. tee rebuked the chairman, and a mo. tion by Judge Teague prevailed which seated the four new committeeman alrady elected. which made a quorum through the remainder of the session 9 certainty. Then few other mem. bers of the committee came back into the hall
 In calling the meeting to order Chairman Wood started a long speech in which he quoted frequently from the rules of the state convention, and which later turned into a trend of q revival of local political affairs of the past, and insinuations that the pres ent> committee had been tempered with for the purpose of bringing re- turn of dishonest elections. Judge Teague interrupted the chairman by calling his attention to the fact that the committee was no mass meeting, but party organization called to- gether for the transaction of business.
 The matter of accepting resigna- tions and filling vacancies was given first attention. J. D. Jester of NH township, I. c. Radcliffe of Baxter and J. N Boucher of Lee were the J. F. Swearingen was elected to succeed j. D. Lester in Mill: II. l.. Shackelford was elected to succeed ! N. Boucher in Lee. and T. !. Radcliffe to succeed ]. c. Radcliffe | In Baxter These new members were seated without protest.
 The work of the committee through l put the whole session dragged miser- ably because of ;he opposition of the l chairman. He hal only scant mt 1ority of following, but his rulings [ 'etarded the work because had to be appealed from to the com nittee