The Green Forest tribune., 1913-07-04
NINE COUNTIES INVOLVED
sEARCYAN EMPLOYS COUNSEL TO PROBE IRREGULARITIES AND
 BATTLE FOR HIS RIGHTS.
HAYS POINTS TO WHITE
Asks searcyan Why Apparent Change in Sentiment in Phillips County Is More InconceiVabIe Than in His Home County and in Poinsett and Faulkner.

Formal notice of contest of the lclaims of Judge George W. Hays to the nomination as the Democratic can didate for governor, was served on the Camden jurist Friday night by the Hon. Stephen Brundidge of Searcy.
 Charging that gross frauds were per petrated in nine counties in Arkansas in the primary election, which robbed him of his rightful majority, Mir. Brun- didge began his fight. He says he will fight to a finish.
 In opening his contest Mir Brun- didge placed his case in the hands of farmer Attorney General Hal. L. Nor wodd of Little Rock and Joseph Stay ton of Newport. These attorneys were instructed to go to the very bottom of the primary election and to fight to the tribunal of last resort. Addi- tional counsel has been employed
 MT. Brundidge charges election frauds were committed in Clark, Phil lips, Calhoun, Union, Ouachita, Colum- bia, Bradley, St. Francis and Hemp stead counties. Alleged frauds were reported to the former congressman in other counties, and these were to be added to the other niae counties.
 The Notice of Contest.
 Judge Hays was served with the formal contest notice at his head quarters in the New Capital Hotel The notice was as follows:
 ''To the Honorable George w. Hays: You are hereby notified that 1t is my intention to file contest of your claims to the nomination as the Democratic candidate for governor and of the returns of the primary election for the nomination for the Democratic candidate for governor, held ill the state of Arkansas on the 21st day of June, 1913.
 You are further notified that on Monday, June 30, 1913, shall make demand upon the officers of the cen tral committees having the custody of the poll books and upon failure to obtain said copies from the officers of the central committees I shall make demand in writing upon the election judges for copies of the same, and if such copies are not delivered to me or my repres sentatives on the date de- manded I shall continue to make de- mands for same from day to day un- til they are delivered. The demands for copies of said poll books will be made in the following counties: Clark, Phillips, Calhoun, Union, Ouachita, Columbia, Bradley, St Francis and Hampstead.
 (Signed) "S. Brundidge."
 Judge Hays Statement.
 Judge Hays, after receiving MT. Brundidge's letter, issued this state ment:
 ITO the Democratic Voters of Arkan-
 sas:
 .In a statement published in the Ar kansas Gazette of the 26th instant, over the signature of Hon. Stephen Drundidge, it is stated as the opinion of MT. Brundidge that he has received a majority of the legal votes cast at the primary election held on Saturday, June 21. Complaint is further made, specifically, with reference to the re- turns from Phillips county, which show that MT Brundidge carried the county bv majority of 30S votes. The basis of this complaint, as stated, is that in his race against Senator Davis, MT. Brundidge carried Phillips county by a majority of something over LIDO, coupled with the statement that the people generally, in all parts of the county, are his friends, and the ma 1ority-ef them have been his friends for many years Gross frands are charged by Mir Brundidge as having leen committed in this county. He ahys it is inconceivable that with ?, 400 votes boiled his majority should have heen only 3oS. In this connection