Judsonia weekly advance., 1913-07-02

ed, the comHisston is sustained and upheld by the confidence and votes of majorityfof the party, but would spurn to ac9ept such leadership if 1t came to me through the channels of political trickery, chicanery and fraud"
 Hays View Of TangIe.
 Judge Hays also was willing to dis. cuss the political tangle,
 "THe official returns from the pri- mary election held June 21, 1913, show thatjI received the nomination for gov erncr by a good majority Judge Hays said. Recognizing this fact, MT. Brpndidge served me with written no- tice of his intention to contest the election before the State Central Com mittee, which is called to meet in Lit tie Rock next Monday, June 30, 19f3, also tt9t he will on that date demand from thu proper officers copies of the poll books of certain counties, 12 in number.
 Under the law, the name of the Democratic nominee for governor must be certified by the State Central Com mittee to the secretary of state 20 days befoxe the election, and in this particular case the name of the nomi- nee must be certified on or before the third day of July next, leaving the State Committee only June 30, July | 2 and 3 four days
 Says No Complaint Filed.
 T have received no statement of the charges against the integrity of the returns of the election that will be made by him. He has filed no com plaint, and I am therefore not advised of the wrongs he complains of Under the act of 1911, he has 30 days in which to file his complaint, but just when he will file it I cannot say. He knows that when his statement of charges is filed with the committee, it necessarily will require a short time for me to prepare and file my answer thereto, and that we are each entitled to 20 days thereafter in which to take our testimony. If any considerable part of this time was consumed in taking the testimony, it would carry us beyond the date fixed for the cleo ton, July 23.
 T am convinced that any statement that he may make impeaching the in tergity of the returns from any county carried by me, or from any county named by him in his notice served or. me, will not have facts to support them. Furthermore, there are mum Der of counties whose returns of cleo ton give him large maiorities, and again these proper charges of irregu arity can truthfully be made and ot which he knows or could know by slight investigation.
 May Disrupt Democrats.
 Under existing conditions and the spirit shown by Mir Brundidge, I an forced to the conclusion that this con test will be entered, not that the ex rects to be declared the nominee fol the office of governor, but for the solt purpose that he may, by delay, proven the name of a Democratic nominee be ing placed on the ticket. This he mus conclude will possibly cause the cleo ton of governor from one of th' other parties and will practically dis rupt the Democratic party.
 T have fought Tair fight ant have won. have been Mirly and hon estly nominated. The Aeople have spoken and their will shoild govern I conf fidefrSllssf dels expect that ne3xt Monday the State Centaral ComIInlh - =, clare me the nominee, ands Supscrlp- not permit the will of t be defeated and the Democratic faffity disrupted for the qualification of MT Brundidge."