Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-01
ARRANGE ID HOLD SPECIAL PRIMARY County Democratic Central Committee Met i'll This
 City Yesterday. A FAIR RESOLUTION Is Adopted Giving All Candidates an Equal Privilege in ChoGs-
 ing Judges.
A FAIR RESOLUTION

The Jefferson County Democratic Central Committee, at the call ol Chairman Edgar Brewster. met yes terday at the court house and per fected plans for holding a special pr- mary election in this county on June 2l, at which time governor is to be nominated. The committee arranged to combine the special election for prosecuting attorney with that for the state office and the judges and clerks will be asked to serve free of charge, as the committee has no funds with which to defray the expenses o1 hold ing the election. Chairman Brewster presided at the meeting and Secretary Jo Nichol was at his desk.
 The committee adopted a resolution that rings With fairness not only for the candidates for prosecuting attor- ney, but those in the governors race. Fourteen members of the committee were present. The resolution adopted follows:
 RESOLUTION
 In order to hold special Primary Election on June 21, 1913, for Cover provided by the rules of the ~Stato nor and Prosecuting Attorney, as Democratic Committee and the laNs of the State of Arkansas.
 BE IT RESOLVED, thar, sub committee, composed of H. N. Wilson, Edgar Brewster, and Jo Nichol, be named by this Committee to make all necessary arrangements for the hold ing of said election, canvassing the returns, and certifying the same, ill accordance with the laws of the Statl and the rules of said Democratic Com mittee.
 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that in naming the judges to hold said election, in order that no advantage be given one candidate over the other 1 the judges and clerks for said elect ion shall be selected in the following manner by the two @ candidates for Prosecuting Attorney: They shall cast lots to determine who shall have the choice of the first voting precinct and the winner of the lots shall be entitled to name two judges in the precinct of his selection, and the loser the other judge; the loser of the lots shall then be entitled to name two judges in the precinct of his se- lection, and the winner the other judge; and they shall thereafter al- ternate in the selection of the voting precincts until the judges at all pre- cincts are selected.
 The Clerk shall be selected in the following manner: N. J. Can't, Jr., representing the Honorable George w. Hays, and Fred T. Fucker, represent ing the Honorable Stephen Brundidge, shall be allowed each, to select one clerk at each voting precinct in the county.
 There being no funds on hand with which to pay for the services of judges and clerks, the judges and clerks of the election are requested to serve without charge.
 For the purpose of defraying the other expenses of the election, the Central Committee of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit shall pay into the treasury of this Committee the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100)
 Those empowered to select judges and clerks, as herein provided, shall bear in mind that there is no fund with which to pay for their services, and they will select such men only as will accept the appointment and agree to act without compensation. Inasmuch as under the resolution of the State Central Committed, the returns must be canveassd, and the nominee declared by the State Com mittee, on June 30, 1913, it is of ut most importance that the judges and Clerks make quick returns of the votes cast to the Central Committee. And this subcommittee is ordered to meet on Wednesday, June %, 1918 at the Court House in the City ol Pine Bluff, Arkansas, for the pur- nose of canYaSSins the retllrns