The Sentinel=record., 1910-01-30
sHoRN OF LOCAL ORGANIZATION OUR REPRESENTATION IN.
 CREASED IN COUNTY.
ena'rnan Wood Does Not Resign Ey. en After Committee Votes Him Down on Every Proposi.
 sition Submitted.

ohorn Of the former method of lo- Cal self-government in marty circle. by the new election law, which placed ail authority with the various county committees Of the state, Hot Springs again came into it's own yesterday af- tefnoon in the session aof the Gar iand County Democratic Central Con- mittee, when the city representation On that body was doubled. and the x ew members named on majority. votes that were practically unan,m. ous.
 The new members on the commit. tee are:
 First ward-J. J. Ledgerwood, N. M Moody.
 Second ward-J c. Higgins, Frank P. Walker.
 Third ward-J. Frank Head. w. w. Little.
 Fourth ward--Roy Levi. sam Blu. mensteil.
 Fifth ward-Tom Sullivan, Dr. Koch.
 Sixth Ward-Dr A. D. Shaw, pr. , caga2elI.
 Aside from this very important ac- ton the committee passed resolu- ton which gave a specially authorized committee of seven the authority to arrange for the coming city primary election oR February IS, the state and district election on Maroh 90, and separated the county and township elections. which will begheld on July l6. which is abont the time they are usually held in the summer months
 The committee which will in the future be the executive committee of the organization, and which will se- feet the judges and clerks of election from lists handed in by members of the whole committee, is composed of J. w. Roberts, E. F. Childs and G. billiard, representing the country, and J. J. Ledgerwood, Seward Erickson, C. Y. Teague and Frank P. Walker, representing the city. Their selec- tion will be made within few days and submitted to the whole commit tee next Saturday afternoon.
 These results were not attained without a steady conflict in the coun- ! ty committee, which was waged from the moment 1t was called together un- til three hours afterward, when ad- | journment was taken until next Sat i urday afternoon, whea,the judges and i, clerks selected by the special com , mittee are to be submitted for con- firmation or rejection by the whole county committed
 Chairman J. R. Wood did not re- sign from his chairmanship. On the other hand, with a scant minority, he opposed all the procedure of the meeting. being more than dozen times overruled by the whole commit tee on appeals from decisions render ed by hi mas chairman.
 Particularly interesting was one rul- ing which declared out of order verbal resolution that he resign his ehairmanship of the committee. J. W. Roberts. the Mill township repre- sentative on the committee. offered the resicnation resolution after sev- eral motions had been arbitrarily ov- erruleJ by Chairman Wood without heinz put to the committee for ap- nroyal or disapproval-
 .1 understand Mir Wood is can a,dota for office" said Mir. Roberts as u,u township, "and it seems prop
 ,o me that it would be nice Tor ,,.., ,o offer his resignation here. tAp- -,anse, He has not recognized the pa a,,ors which seem of benefit to the candidates. to the county and to ali .sa neoole. I move by verbal reso' .h., Mir. Wood retire as cha'r' , sn os this organization
 --TSls is ouf Of order . sa,a :, u"1 n,s
 .a wood. and the question Of ms