Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-16
JONES AND NIXON
 FACTIONS FIGHT
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 i Woodbridge were named to arrange the details of the city primary.
 When the committee assembled , fight resulted. when petition lrohi the voters of Bogy township, askin for the election of w. B. Wallace of that precinct, as a committeeman to succeed J. D. Crockett. who mas moved out of the county. John F. Oracle held the proxy of Mir Crockett but the question arose as to whether he was still resident of the to"h- ship Attorney Havls Nixon, who mas already announced for prosecuting at torney. In a speech urged the com mittae to seat MT. Wallace and Mayor Toney moved that the petition oe granted. The motion received sec onA. but Judge Jones opposed II I strongly, declaring that MT. Crockett was still resident of Bogy township and until he resigns his successor should not be elected. As MT. Gracle held his proxy. he believed that MT Crockett should be recognized. MT Oracle made a statement ill which h2 declared that MT. Crockett had sent him his proxy and asked that he rep resent him at the committee meeting. ,, He wished it understood that he was not making a fight on MT Wallace. Mir. Oracle was seated by a vote Of l. to IL.
 The real fight of the day came when Attorney Nixon introduced a resolution, fixing the manner of nam ing judges and clerks for the state, congressional and district election, 10 he held in this county and state March 90. and in which the pfosecut- inc attorney's race and the race Tor county and probate judge are to be featured in this county.
 The resolution of Mr. Nixon was that a sub committee of four, to be composed of two partisans of Jones and two partisans of Nixon, jbe ap- pointed to arrange the details of the election, and that Jones and Nixon recommend the names of one half of the judges and clerks to be appoint i ed. Judge James Gould offered as q substitute that the subcommittee be IN J
 Walker and J. s. Barraque and that the central committeeman from each township and ward select the judges and clerks for their respective pre- i cincts. M 4. Hudson offered to amend the substitute giving the cen- tral committee as body the power to name the judges and clerks.
 | Mir. Nixon said the amendment to the substitute was satisfactory to him and that would guarantee the selec- tion of honest and non partisan jud- ges and clerks. Senator H. K. Toney said he was not a partisan of any body, and he was there to urge fair election, and that he believed that the substitute as amended by Hudson would give it, while the original sub- stitute, as offer by Judge Gould would give opportunity for fraud. Mayor Toney voiced the same sentiments and urged fairness. Judge Jones urged | tl,, c,c ba ,hcfif ifnf to stating that he believed a fair election would result. The Hudson amend ment was lost on tie vote.
 Attorney Nixon offered to amend the substitute by deferring action on same until subsequent meeting oi the county committee be held on the first Saturday in February. After much heated discussion on this, the motion lost by vote of 13 1-2 to F 1-2 Again Mir. Nixon tried to get what he termed square deal,' when he offered to amend the substitute by striking from the original substitute the name of J. s. Barraque and add ing thereto the names of B F. Hook CT and Ben Davis, which would give a committee of four, composed of two Jones and two Nixon supporters. This motion was also lost. The other mo- tion offered and lost was to allow each candidate for county and judi cial offices to have a representative present at the different polling places to witness the casting and countina of the votes. MT. Nixon offered q final motion that B. F. Hooker be added to the subcommittee, provid- ed for in the Gould resolution, which would give both he and Judge Jones an equal representative on said com mittee. This motion was adopted The Gould motion was finally adopt ed by vote of 13 1-2 to 12 1-2. Pnr Davis. one of the Jones supporters voted with the Nixon forces on th' notion, which had the effect of w7- r'no ont for Nixon in tho final fIo-',4 but before the result Of the ha'lot