Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-07
LEGAL PRIMARY
 IN THIS COUNTY County Central Committee Met Yesterday to Arrange For Balloting March 27.
BREWSTER PRESIDES
Election Will Be Held Without Cost to Candidates For United
 States Senate.
The Jefferson County Democratic Central Committee met YeSterdaY


 morning at the court house ill this city and adopted a resolution, making the primary election to be held in this county on March 27 for tht nomination of candidates for state, district, gov ernment and township officers leg alized affair. A central committee IS to be elected in this county on that day. A committee was named to ar range for the election and it was stat ed that there were enough funds on hand to bear all of the expenses of holding the election in this county, making it unnecessary for the candi- dates for United States Senator to pay the usual fee to aid in holding the election. Chairman Edgar Brewster presided, with JC Nichol as secretary. The following resolution was adop.- ed:
 Be it Resolved, by the Democratic . Central Committee of Jefferson Coun- ty:
 E First. That legalized primary election shall be held in the various wards of the city of Pine Bluff and other. voting precincts of Jefferson county, Arkansas, on Wednesday, March 27, 1912 for the purpose of vol ing for candidates for United States senator and all state and district off sces, and for the purpose of electing officers and delegates of the Democra- tic party in conformity with the rules of the Democratic party, adopted by the State Convention of 1909 and amended by the convention in 1910.
 Second That subcommittee from this committee composed of the chair man and secretary and c. M. Acklin be and they are hereby authorized and directed to hold and conduct the said state primary election to be held on March 27, 1912, and do all things ne cessary for the holding of said prim- ary election. <
 Third. It appearing to the County Central Committee that the treasurer, c. M. Nichol, has sufficient funds on hand to pay the necessary expense of holding said election, be it resolved that no fee be required from candi- dates for United States senator, or any state office, and that candidates for district offices be required to pay the sum of $500 each.
 Fourth. That the subcommittee hereinbefore provided for be and they are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to appoint the judges and clerks to hold said election in the various wards and voting precincts of said county in the following man ner, to-wit: That the Central Commit teemen from each ward and township in said county shall send to said committee, not later than March IS, 1912, list of not less than eight names (now qualified electors) from which the judges and clerks in each ward and township shall be elected. provided if no such list be furnished | from that ward or township by said date, then and in that event, that th; | said committee be authorized to ap- l point said judges and clerks from the Iqualified voters of said ward or town ship
 Fifth. Candidates for Central Con- mitteemen and delegates to the coun, ty convention who desire their names printed on the official ballot, must furnish this subcommittee with their names accompanied with request that it be printed on the ballet not later than noon on the 18th day of March, 1912.
 ] County Convention Delegates. l The County Convention shall ba composed of delegates from the vari- ous wards and precincts on a basis Of one delegate for each fifty votes and one delegate for. each fraction over I twenty-five votes cast for\the Demo- cratic candidate for governor in the last preceding general election; pro vided, each precinct shall have at least one delegate, and it shall be the duty of the County Central Commit tee to prepare and publish list of the number of delegates to which each precinct and ward is entitled. <
 The following statement shows tho number, of votes cast for the Demo. cratic candidate for governor in the general election held in this county l in September. 1910. with the delegates to which each townshipsi is entitled in the convention:
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