Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-12-30

men to take thu m and re- ~
count the votes. ted that
Mr.. Brewster be AM select
two men, Mr.. WI NSnd the
four to select the
1--WE have been r. Nd day., AT
declared Mr.. ToneJ 5hA you Nv
ousted Judge Wod good
man, from the chair1 1Hause
he was supposed to aAind of
Brewster, and put Aua1ms
man. Then you flood nMunit-
tee with proxies. If NJ de- r.
terminatio to put Brew " en- L
tirely, without fair ~ be
might as we'll save HIM Nshis
trouble. 1t is not fair, nd Au ~
lust. The sovereign Del "a I'll
Jefferson county will not Ml
it. If your actions in the 6dml
are to be judged, the verd hA|
ready written: We the jury tiel
Williams You have got tMl
Brewster fair hearing. Yo mi
to be fair. You can recite fa IN
but it is fraud on the face OF
Attorney Sorrells in a1sV I'll
Mr.. Toney dealt in some pers M
tiles and asked the committee y
off and consider what kind
steamroller the other side wd
operate if they had the chaace.
charged that Toney did not undo
stand the resolution, adding that II
sub committee only hear the testl
mony and reports it's findings bacl
to the central committee for action
He defended the men who were nam
ed on the committee. ..~
Nixon Is Caustic
Attorney Nixon declared that h
had always advocated fairness il
every political gathering in winch h
had taken part, and was never ;
party to any steam roller proceed
ings. eve have asked for nothing
but fair, square DEAL" he said. "
want to ask you to vote like mer
and follow the law. The law requir
ed us to file our specifications,
gave us five days in which to max
our proof. We have complied wit
it. Without waiting for our fiv
days to expire you called a meetini
of this committee. We haven't com
planned notwithstanding we haven
had a chance to present our proof
Then you permit the attorneys TO
Williams to file an amended petition
not giving us any notice or chanc
to make proof to refute the new
charge. The law says this entir
committee shall hear the contest
You flood the COMMITTEE with proxie
Then we thought the committe
would at least hear the case Civ
us "a fair deal. Why not name
committee of committeeman C. F
Huntington, who is named as
proxy by a paid attorney of Mr.. vii
liams, is named on this sub commit
tee. When the race was run vii
liams was permitted to name hal
the judges and Brewster half. rhs
was fair then, why not now? Ar
you afraid to have an equal division
at the recount of the ballots; pu
them on this table and open tn
boxes In the daylight. have a re
resentative of Mr.. Brewster and Mr.
Williams present. Count 'em an
recount 'em; throw out the illega
votes. Let's see where the fraud Is
and declare the rightful nominee
whoever he may be. Do the squar
thing by both Of them. ms STE
means much for right and justice
II you favor the square thing vot
down this resolution. Let US selec
three to act with your five. Will
you do that or will you deprive you
fellowmea of q fair deal?" .
Collier Uneasy
The applause that created Nixon
speech evidently made Mr.. Collier
who introduced the resolution, un
easy, for he quickly added an amend
ment to his own resolution, permit
ting Brewster and Williams or thei
representatives or attorneys to b.
present at the sub committee ses
sions. 't3s' 49,
Judge Woodbridge declared tina
when he came to the meeting he q
least thought 1t would be fair sses
sion ], II want the man who got tn
mostsvotes-legal votes-to have tn
nomination," he said. ut is not fai
to have five partisan Williams mel
on that. committee. 1t lis not thu
semblance Of fairness. IL ask thos
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