The Sentinel=record., 1914-03-31
JUDGE KIRBY WINNER
 BY MAJORITY 0F 84

tee would not be party to any action but giving the office to the man who | had the honest majority of votes cast in the state of Arkansas
 l w. s. Sorrells said that as the rep. l resentative of a county that went for Clarke he would vote for Clarke first, last, and all the time
 Leo P Mclaughlin said that the delegates named would see that Sena- tor Clarke got a square deal, and also that the vote as cast in Garland county would be announced for him. He said there was nothing wrong or irregular in naming the men who had | been named to the state convention He referred to a meeting of Sunday morning by Clarke followers, and said that the other side had tried to win, 1 and had lost by one vote the control Of the convention, and that therefore | they should be good losers.
 The convention opened with a test l wv OAi AAC ANlnpOidlY NldiI indUSnlD. Dr. l.. II. Barry and Al Reynolds were the nominees. Reynolds represented the Clarke vote in the convention. and Barry won by vote of 13 to IA Then came another test vote on the permanent chairmansnip, and with the same candidates, Barry won by d vote of 15 to 12
 Chairman Dr. Barry then an nounced that there would be no prox- les recognized in the convention He said it was a bad rule, and that the state organization was opposed to proxy votes. Therefore he ruled that no proxies would be recognized, and on an appeal from his decision. the ruling was sustained by vote of r to 10.
 Leo Mclaughlin then presented a resolution authorizing the chairman to name a committee of five to select the delegates to the state convention, and MT Petit moved as a substitute that the delegates be selected by a committee of the whole. On a test of the resolutions. the Mclaughlin reso- lution met favor by vote of 15 to 13.
 Then followed the stormy scene be. tween W. H. Martin and Mclaughlin when the report of the committee was made Mir Martin was very mad He called Mclaughlin a crook. and then he became more angry. and openly applied other names to him. The Clarke members Of the conyen. ton had departed breaking the quo rum, but as the subject matter was still under consideration, and the delegation had to be named Chair man Barry ruled that the motion whereby the delegates were con. tirmed on vote of 13 to 1 was regu- lar, and that the delegates were au- thorized to represent the county in 1 the state convention. The city mem. bers of the county convention for the most part were all gone, there being only two or three left when the final vote was taken.
 One of the most important resolu. tions of the history of the county or. ganization was then passed, in keep. ing with a suggestion of the state convention. and that was that the representation in the county conyen- tton in the future be based on the vote in the various precincts. one delegate for each fifty votes, one for each 9 more than an odd fifty. and one delegate from any precinct, even though if did not have 50 votes.
 The resolution will give the city control of the county organization in the future. Under the present rule the country has the best of the repre-. sentation.
 A motion prevailed which author. tzed the roster of delegates named to the state convention to he the dele gates to the railroad commissioaers' convention, to the congressional con vention and to the judicial convention.
 The meeting adjourned sine die.
 There is talk of contesting dele gation going to the state convention on account of the delegates named being elected by less than a quorum. The county convention Is composed of forty-two members and there were but seventeen voting when the cleo. ton took place. It took twenty-two to make a quorum.