Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-12-24
STATEMENT
Editor Graphic:


 Hams feel that, ill justice to their ing the wishes of six central commit teemen n asking that he call the Democratic Central Committee to meet on December 29, 1913, for the purpose ti hearing the contest be- tween F. H. Williams and himself, and the l1fense thereto entered by his six lawyers, said statement of convcrsatIcn had, and to be had, being narrated by them somewhat in detail, the attorneys for R. H. Will Hams feel that, in justice to their ellen, a statement should be made in order that what actually happened may be C 1sidercd along with MT. Brewster's unprecedented action.
 On last Friday MT. Williams, after ed on sir. Brewster, chairman of the Committee, and requested him to call the Central Committee togeth- CT for .hc purpose of hearing the contest 1n December 29. MI. Brewster said, "I will think about it." and on Saturday following Mr.. Williams gain called on MT. Brews- ter, and made a formal request that he call tho committee together for December 29, 1919, but instead of issuing tnc call MT. Brewster called upon his attorneys and, soon there after, Mr. M. Dannaher and MT. H. K. Toney called at the office of MT. Hunt. Mr. Toney in a rather excit- ed manner said they wanted to see Mir. Williams Attorneys at once, all of them together, and went in for Mr. Caldwell. Mir. Toney and MT. Danaher wanted the contest put off to January z 1914, or a later date, the reason assigned being that Mir. Danaher wanted to be away for the holidays, and the date for meeting was discussed, none of which would suit the convenience of all of the lawyers, and finally MT. Caldwell said, "The committee will never be called together. if it is left for all this array of lawyers to agree upon some date" Mir. Hunt then said he would not agree to fixing any date until Mir. Sorells was present, and Mr. Caldwell telephoned MT. 'Sor- rel!s, and Mr. Sorrells said that January did not suit him; then. MT. Williams attorneys decided not to agree upon any date until their client was consulted. MT. Danaher lett the office saying that the earliest date that they could consent to would be January '. After that MT. Williams was consulted and in form ed his attorneys that he had made a demand upon MT. Brewster to call the committee for December 29, put that MT. Brewster was reluctant to do so; that is just as near as the attorneys for Mir. Brewster and MT. Williams came to an agreement about the daJe IOI CdillH6 oA .ii0 and hearing the contest. MT. Will Hams said, he wanted the contest called up. and have it over with, and that whom the committee met on the 29th of December if MT. Brewster and his lawyers were not ready they had the right to ask the committee to adjourn to another day, if they saw fit. No date was agreed upon bv the attorneys for Mr. Brewster and Mir. Williams. The call of the six committeeman was handed MT. Brewster Monday at 12 o'clock noon. Ycn that same afternoon at 2:15 o'clock he presented a call TOT January 2, 1914 signed by himself to Jo Nichol for his signature, to make thIe call official, and at tho same time he never said word to Mir. Nichoi about the call he then had in his nocket from the six committeeman Mir. Nichols action was certalnly highly proper and right, as he had no right to sign any call after 1lVe committeeman had issued previous call for all earlier date.
 CREED CALDWELL.
 $. J. HUNT,
 Attys. for Mir. Williams