Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-12-30


ed he did not realize that he would
Nv plee9d in an embary asslng posi-
ton. He said he was elected com
mitteeman and later chairman Of
that body, but that as he is directly
interested in the result Of the con-
test and in order to be fair to his
opponent, he thought 1t proper TO
call another member to the chair.
He said that he did not want to vote
on any propositions before the COM
mittee and for that reason he offer
ed to pair his vote with J.. r. Core,
committeeman from Bolivar town
ship, brother-in-law Of the contest
ant, r. H. Williams. Mr.. Core
when asked by Mr.. Brewster If such
an agreement was satisfactory to-
him, replied: I ~ iiA. a',IH
I'm not candidate for sheriff, I
prefer to cast my vote az I please.
Attorney w. B. Sorre]ls, who
with Attorneys s. J. Hunt and Greed
Caldwell, represented r.. H.. VIII
liams, then arose and asked ii it was
proper for Mr.. Brewster 20 nominate
chairman to preside over the meet
ing.
II do not think that he has done
So" replied Judge Wooldrldgs. CAS-
l understand it., / have only been
asked to preside in his place tempo
rarily." taz4. -. f5@u45
Proxies Cause 4 Wrangle
The matter Of electing a tempo
rary chairman was thea discussed
Havis Nixon. MhoN!sH asaociated with
Attornes W., F. !, Coleman, m.
'Danaher and n, <. Toney in repre-
senting Mr.. Brewster, raised Nathe
question of members being repre-
scented by proxy. He read a section
from thePlrulos governing the county
central committee, which directs that
no members shall lie represented by
proxy. Mr.. Nixon said that it was
but fair to all concerned to live up
to the rules governing the commit
tee.
TT. Collier, who held two proxies
those of J. S. BarraQue and Will
liam Richardson-moved that l.. w.
Clement be nominated chairman, in
spite of the fact that no objection
had been made against Judge Wool
bridge presiding except by Attorney
Sorrellls. The attorneys engaged
in heated discussion over the au-
thority of the committee to Dust
Judge Woodbridge as the tempo
rary presiding officer. MIR. Nixon
said there was no objection to Mr..
; Clement and that Judge Woodbridge
would also be satisfactory. Attor-
neys Sorrells and Caldwell objected
| to proceeding until chairman was
elected. When motion to elect
Mr.. Clement chairman prevailed
Attorney Nixon filed a protest
against any member of the commit
! tee voting, seeking to eliminate ali
proxies. Mr.. Sorrells conteaded thai
any member had the right to dele
gate "a proxy" to another to act FOL
him. Another argument in which
attorneys on both sides took part
resulted, ending in Chairman Wool
: bridge ruling that under the rules
:, governing the committee the proxies
would not be recognized.
j T am familiar with proxy conven
), tions," said Judge Woodbridge, "N(
member can be represented by proxy
take it that this committee is to try
a contest. 1t would be absurd t
! hermit one man to serve one day fol
another and the next day permi
) another to hold the same proxy. W.
might as we'll say that judge ON thu
bench could be represented by proX.
The committeeman are regularl!
elected and are responsible to thel
), constituents for their actions. The.
) should be here in person"
: Collier Gets Busy.
j r. J. Collier appealed from tn
ruling of the chair. He was mo-
J recognized because he held proX!
and an appeal was taken by Jr. K
Core, member of the committee
t During the excitement Collier lei
his seat and went out into the hall
way. He returned accompanied b!
j. s. Barraque and William Rich
ardson, whose proxies he held, ant
they asked 10 be listed as present.
:. N. H. Wilson, who gave a ploAy
: Dr. ]. D. Niv'cl GI~0 cal6 n abou
the same time. 1t was finally agree'
: that T.. W. Clement should serve al
. chairman and Mr.. woodbridge gaN'
the chair TO nim.
NIr. Nixon insisted diiar Tie pdit.
rule govern, ali That no persons
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