Judsonia weekly advance., 1913-07-16
BRUNDIDCE REITERATES
 HIS FRAUD CLAIMS

nounced he had withdrawn from the contest and would return to Searcy to resume his law practice.
 T never have run political race or fought a political fight as an 'inde pendent Democrat" Mir Bruadidge declared, "and Fever shall I do not consider the decision of she Supreme Court makes it binding upon the Demo crats Of the state to support Judge Hays. Personally, 1 have not decided ,Ror whom I shall vote1
 Mir. Brundidges statement. which is addressed to the voters of Arkansas, follows:
 "To the Voters of Arkansas:
 Tn view of the recent action of majority of the members of the State Central Committee in declaring Judge Hays the nominee for governor. and of my subsequent action in bringing about a contest in the courts, I deem it proper that I should make to you this statement.
 All of you who heard me in the re-
 
 bear witness to the fact that during the entire canvass I never gave utter ance to single word derogatory to Judge Hays standing as a citizen or man. Nor did I ever, knowingly permit either my campaign managers or my friends to do so. I conducted the can yass upon as high and dignified a plane as I knew how to put 1t. Upon the other hand, the opposition to me, for some reason best known to them conceivable falsehood and personal islander they could heap upon me. by reason of which this canvass will go down in history as degrading and debasing one.
 Fought Political Machine.
 ''The issue in the recent contest was we'll defined, for at the very inception Of the campaign l gave notice that if l was elected the governors office would be taken out of the control of the machine politicians. 1 went fur ther than this, and stated that 1 neither wanted nor desired the sup port of any boodler, law-breaker or grafter in the state of Arkansas, and under no circumstances would l receg nize any obligations to this crowd That I was fairly nominated in the primary recently held have no more doubt than I am living today. am now the rightful nominee of the Demo- cratic party for governor of Arkansas
 Asked for Injunction
 When I saw the determination to hold back the returns in certain coun- ties, 1 became convinced that it was neither by accident nor mistake, but by reconciliation and design, and that there was a preeonceived determina- sIl a5 deprive me of the nomination. becan1e so thoroughly convinced that this effort would be successfully made before the committee that secured from the Pulaski Chancery Court a temporary restraining order enjoining the committee from declaring Judge Hays the nominee until l could make s the contest which the statute laws of l the state authorized me to make before the committed Whereupon my representatives filed before the committee on contests, alleging illegal voting and frauds in cer- tain counties. We asked the com mittee to send a messenger after the poll books, ballots and tally sheets in
 
 the expenses of sending for them. This the committee declined to do, but in- stead, extended an invitation to the county committees of these counties named by me to voluntarily send them Tn, and at the same time included in the invitation the counties of Poinsett, Faulkner and White. My home county of White immediately complied with the request, and it's ballots, poll books and tally sheets are now in this city. subject to any proper inspection or in Testigation; and my information is that the counties of sPoinsett and Faulkner also have compiled with the request. Upon the other hand. all of the counties from which my represen.
 
 tihves demanded copy of the poll books, ballots and tally sheets, refused an inspection of the same, notwith- standing that We made written de. mand therefor under the primary cleo tion law of 1911, with possibly the ex- ception of Ouachita county. The fact will not be overlooked, as any lawyer knows, that under the present primary election law the State Central Commit tee is the only tribunal having the power to compel the delivery to it for inspection and recounting of the bal lots and poll books. No court in this state has any such power, nor can if make any such order except upon ap. plication from the State Central Com mittee in the present. case neither sought nor desired the aid of any court of justice in unearthing the frauds charged.
 Ouachita County Vote.
 In Ouachita county, the home of Judge Hays, the poll books and ballots were turned over to my representa-