The Forrest City times., 1913-07-11


 we're successful iu obtaining them. there could not possibly have been sufficient time left for the contestant to have gone through the different bal. lo' boxes and have formulated his charges before Thursday. A wire an s~ered the same purpose. and was a much quicker method.
 The Gazette quoted Section 6 of the Act of 1911, for the purpose of showing that the power of obtaining custody of poll books rested solely with the State Central Committee. Such is not the case. because by Section 1 of the Act, the contestant had that right. It reads. Section {: The contestant may. within ten days from the date of any primary election. obtain from the judges. or any one of them, having the same. copy of the poll books of said primary election. showing the name Of each person voting thereat and the number of his ballot, by mak- ing demand in writing upon the cleo ton judge or Judges having custody Ci 'iV poii boOho' EouOulu tliutI or such parties refuse to give to the contestant copy of the poll books, : ...#.. hs shall be deemed guilty of a miSdemeanor. and be punished by q fine of not more than $500"
 IL will be seen therefrom the con- testant had the power in his own hands to have gotten the poll books had he been sincere in his efforts along that line. On the other hand, no pen aity attached to refusal to deliver the poll books upon the demand of the committee. They might ask. but those holding the poll books could not be. forced to heed such request, nor be punished for such refusal.
 Regarding the time allowed for ex. amnlng the box of Ouachita county, the committee gave the contestant all the time asked for by his attorneys for that purpose. The charge had been made that in Ouachita county the bal lots had not been counted as cast Up- on investigation by committee of five. three of whom were Brundidgs "''At d hhhiiiiilohs ICDOIt W dS that the votes had been counted as cast
 Why, in justice to all parties, didn't ae Gazette editorial contain that re- port:
 The Gazette shows that in Smack oTer township, Ouachita county. 25 out of Ill names of those who voted did not appear on the printed list of tax payers. The Gazette did not tell that the judges of election in that township ! NA'e Btundidge men; that they un. uCHoted!y "'',''l4 have seen to it that no illegal 0tes were cas-. .s,-.,1.vs The Gazette did not point out that there are four ways of proving that one is qualified voter; First Those whose names appear on the printed list; sec ond; those who hold receipts and those whose names were inadvertently omit. ted from the list; third: those who have lived in a county six months, and who hold receipt paid in another county, fourth. those who have reach ed the age of 21 years since the last tax assessing period
 As the Gazette correctly says. "It has. Of course nct been shown that Judge Hays is not the rightful nominee" However. reading of the Gazette edi- torial would leave one to believe that it was the duty of the Hays men to not only hunt up the evidence for MT. l Brundidge with which to establish his ha,f n1c kN charges made by him. The burden Is always upon the party who makes charge, however the committee were at all times ready and willing to hear any testimony Mir. Brundidge produc- ed. Ten days had elapsed since the primary. during all of which time MT. Brundidge had been crying Fraud | But when the committee met hs brought them nothing to substantiate 1 those allegations It was apparent to the committee that the sole purpose of MT Brundidge's attorneys was, not ! to present the contest in the three days allotted, but to use said tactics as would carry the hearing beyond the time when Democratic nominee could be declared and certified out In | Corroboration of that statement, we have only to point to the refusal of MT. Brundidge to comply with the motion of the committee, wherein 1t requested 1 both Brundidge and Hays to signify their willingness in writing whether or not they would abide bx the ruling of the cort1nittee, as required by law.
 With 'aIl of the. light before them, with the glorious histoAtof the Demo cracy of Arkansas Sbefore them, it's struggles in reconstruction days and its victories, the committeeman did not want to turn Arkansas over to the Re publicans as was done in our sister state of Tennessee, but, acting with | sincere conviction upon the belief that Judge Geo. w Hays had, from the off i cial returns, received a greater number oi votes that his late oppone:t, and 9celing confident they.were yoicing tn sentiments of the great majority of Democrats within the state, and were