The Springdale news., 1914-02-13
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE. Proceedings Of Me ting of County
 Committee Held Saturday.

1Ouuty DtHiOtfdtiC 101llIlItltt GOu- yeened in tn court house at 1 D. m, on Saturday, February :, 1914 Chair man George T Lake stated the ob- ject of the meeting, Secretary z l.. Reagan called the roll, and a quor- um being present, the following busi- ness was transacted
 T. s. Tenant, ]. s. Dill and H. NJ. Hoffman having been appointed committee on resolutions, submitted the following which were adopted: RESOLUTIONS
 Be it resolved by the Democratic Central Committee of Washington County, Arkansas:
 I. That there shall be held un- der the election laws of the state of Arkansas, on "Wednesday, the 25th day of March, 1914, Democratic primary election in Washington County. Arkansas, for the purpose of nominating candidates for state. dis trict, county and township offices, and to express a choice for United States senator. also for the cleo ton Of members Of the county cen tral committee and delegates to the county convention from the various townships and city wards, according ly as they may be entitled, and a plurality of the votes cast shall nom mate candidates and elect commit teemen and delegates.
 II. That all white Democratic electors who have paid poll tax during the year 1913 in Washington county and all young Democrats, bonn fide resident citizens of the township or ward in which they at tempt to vote, who have arrived at the age of fWenty-one years and have become subject 10 q poll tax since the assessment for that year. and no others, shall be entitled to vote in this election Should ally vote whose names do not appear Oh the last of fieial. list of voters of Washington coaDty., the judges and clerks shall list the names of such persons so voting on a separate sheet of paper and should it be saspicioned that any one of them has voted in viola ton of the election laws, his case shall ba referred to the next April grand jury for investigation.
 H. That the former custom of handling Whiskey and of using hacks and other conYeyances on the day of election to carry voters to the polls, free of charge, in the interest of any candidate. and all other sim liar methods whereby money or it's equivalent is used to influence the vote of any person, is by this com mittae- -condemned and all decent candidates and good citizens, who re sDe ct themselves and the community in which they live. are expected to use their influence to prevent such conduct
 The committee adopts this resolu- tion as warning to those who are
 liable to violate the statutes of this state regulating primary elections, which make the use Of money or it's equivalent to influence the vote of any person felony, and the punish ment for such violation imprison- ment in the state penitentiary
 IV. That the county central com mittee shall, on recommendation of the committeeman from each town ship. appoint the judges and clerks Of this election and said judges and clerks shall possess all the qualifica- tions of Democratic electors.
 Y. That the names of all Demo cratic candidates shall be printed on the same ticket under the appropriate q asignation of the office for which eac is a candidate, the votes shall be cast, the returns eanvassed and the result ascertained, certified and forwarded in accordance with the genral election laws of the State of Arkansas, in so far as applicable except as herein otherwise provided.
 VI That the chairman and the secretary Of this committee shall prepare and furnish to the judges. the tickets and poll books for the election, and they may require all candidates to cast lots or draw to determine the order or position in which the names of the respective candidates shall be printed on said tickets and shall perform such other duties not herein specified so as to give fair and just election to all concerned.
 VII. That immediately on closing the polls, the ballots shall be count ed by the precinct judges, and to- gether with one of the poll books, the tally sheets and certificate of the result in each precinct, shall be transmitted by the judges to the