Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-12-10
BREWSTER WINNER
BY OFFICIAL VOTE
Canvass of Vote BY SUB
Committee Gives Him Ma
jority of Ten.
NO CHANGES MAZE
Free Bridge Carried by Big Majority
-Graphic'> Original Figures
Are Confirmed.
NO CHANGES MAZE

When the sub committee from the
! jefferson County Democratic Central
| Committee. composed of Judge w. Y.
Woodbridge f. II. Walker and 10
Nichol, met yesterday and canvassed
the retu"ns from the primary cleo
ton held in this city on December 2.
it found the returns the same as wore
reported on election night and he
same to.ais were made as reported
by the Graphic the next morning,
with the corrected figures for two
successive mornings. when the belat-
er returns from the interior township
reached the city. There We're no
changes whatever in the unofficial
by the official vote.
Sheriff Edgar brewster. on The
| face of the official returns, won over
J r. II Williams in the sheriff's race
by ten votes, the exact number that
we're reported previously and the
exact majority as claimed by Sheriff
Brewster after al of the returns had
! een made. Despite this fact Mr..
Williams through Attorneys Creed
Caldwell, S. J. Eunt a1d w. B.
! sc rrells filed contest papers with the
! snh comm itee, ',sking for a recount
| ~ the votes cast in every ward and
| t Mnship in the county, AMI making
! aims OF fraud and Irregularities in
v. rious polling recincts in many OF
which Williams had majority of the
Udses and clerks and in some of
them all of the election officials.
I'll e charges of Williams contain the
r"mns of many persons whom he de-
cares Voted illegally in various
Yards and townships.
The sub committee of the centr,l
committee will not certify any of :rc
minees, but will put the matter up
10 the county committee which is the
usual procedure. The sub commit
lee did, however certify their find
ings after smaking the canvass and
careful inspection of the polls 1ooks
in each ward and township, and will
report the maiorities to the proper
Eody at the proper time. The boxes
we're sealed and left in the custody
of County Clerk c.. M. Nichol. 1t
g. any time the attorneys for the con-
tastant or contestee wish to see tie
poll books in any wards and town.
snips the boxes will be u2sealed in
The presence of the attorneys on bofh
SIDES.
The attorneys for Mr.. Brewster and
! Tar. W;Iliams were permitted to q
present when the vote was being
canvassed. The former was rep. q
scented by Attorney NJ. Danaher, who
j With Attorney Coleman and Gantt
and T. Havis Nixon represent Er.
| brewster and The latter Attorney w.
T.. Sorra.ls, who has associated with
| aim in Mr. Williams behalf, Attor-
neys Creed Caldwell and S. J. Hunt
The Official Figures.
The official returns as announced
by the sub committee after the can
vass of tee vote. shows that the Free
Bridge carried by 148 majority.
Sheriff Brewster received 1921 votes
and Williams, 1921, leaving a
majority of ten votes for Brewster.
Judge Philpot's majority is shown to
be 436 over G. e. Lyle in the county
Judges race. Sandy Reeves Jr., has
a majority of 176 over W. A. Lee in
the circuit clerks race, S. F. Hilz-
helm, the third candidate being 131
votes behind Lee. In the Assessors
race, in which nine men fought it
out for the honor, Fred T. Fuckers
majority over the closest man. Clay
ton p. Guild, is 324. Gould's vote
was 414 in the entire county and H.
M. Dial was third with 3S7. Joe
White defeated T. F. Sorrells fer
county surveyor by .534 votes. In the
representatives race, in which three
were ELECTED. Ell ". Brockman
led the ticket with ! .54S votes, T. a.
Wilson rejected was second. with
1895 and B. F. Hooker third with
1874. Hooker's majority over New
ton the fourth man was increased ten
| votes by The official count to 25
i $1,000 20 ag na asi0inallx remarked :