Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-02-23
DR. CALDWELL
 IS ENDORSED Pine Bluffian Will Be Ship pers' Candidate for Rail road Commissioner. OTHERS ARE RUNNING Felsenthal Believed to be the Strong. est Man in Southern Dis
 trict Contest.
OTHERS ARE RUNNING

Little Rock, Feb. 22.-(SpeciaD--
 The big bomb to fall in the race for railroad commissioner in the southern district this afternoon. was the indorsement of Dr. J. l.. Cald- well, secretary of the Pine Bluff Board of Trade, as a candidate for the place, by the shippers of the dis trict, representatives of whom met here. For some time the shippers of the state have been undertaking to agree upon man to make the race, who would have the indorsement of all the ship pers. FGrt Smith started the move ment and the shippers of the other lowed and a meeting was arranged to be held in Little Rock today. Large delegations came from Camden Fort Smith, Fordyce, Pine Bluff and Hot Springs, with Nashville, Hope. Tex arkana and other towns of the dis
 trict represented. E. D. Crane, a member of the firm of Reynolds, Dav- is and Co.,, of Fort Smith, was chos en as chairman of the meeting. All the morning was spent in the pres entation of the claims of Adolph Eel senthal, of Camden; Peter Robinson, of Warren; P. H. Dickerson, of Fort Smith; Adam Clark Jr., of Arkadel- phia; o. H. Sumpter of Hot Springs; and Senator w. F. Mcknight of Rol- yet, all announced candidates for the place and men who have been for weeks making a canvass of the dis trict Besides these men the con- mittee considered E. T. Collins, of Fordyce, rate expert; J. L. Gala well, of Pine Buff; H. K. Albers, former merchant and travelling man of number of years experience, of Fort Smith, and Eugene Lake, bank cashier of Huntington. Before noon the contest narrowed until only dark horses remained. The delegates did not apparently lco!z with favor upon Adolph Felsenthal, of Camden, so he, with his If follow CTS, among them the most prominent business men of Camden, withdrew the name of the candidate to be pre- sented. Felsenthal has been one Of the recognized leaders ill the race, and announced that he will stic', through the contest, believing he is able to win over the candidate sell ected by the shippers. The delegates met again in the afternoon and gradually the names os candidates were dropped until only one was left that of pr. Caldwell. H. K Albers ran close race, but the
 fact that he is a resident of Fort Smith and R. P. Allen, another member of the commission, is a resident of Van Buren, but four miles away, he might have been turned in winner, but the shippers desired to have the com mission scattered as much over the state as possible. Dr. Caldwell has been mentioned a number of times as probable candidate, but he would not consider the proposition of mak- ing the race until assured by the ship pers they would support him. All the others now claim they will run through the race, making all the mer- rier on account of the great number of candidates, few votes going a long ways. The action of the com mittee makes it Dr. Caldwell against the field, and all the candidates will probably center upon him their
 strongest guns. Dr. Caldwell has for years been close student of shipping economies, being an officer of the Pine Bluff traffic organization, He is also a minister.