The Springdale news., 1914-04-24

1 1908 for Clarke and 623 for Judge Kirby. I was sufficiently advised with the progress of the campaign to know the official returns could not lave gotten in for the reason that the day hadn't arrived when they could be published and my attention was particularly on that county and M.ssiSsippi county, where was in- formed particular negotiations were in progress. So was notified, differ eat people were getting telephone and telegrams that night l don't know where l got it, but | understood the Official reports from the Gazette of flee had been received, showing 671, not the contract majority Of 6S5, and it necessarily excited my curiosity, if not my suspicion, and l called up number of persons, said, give me anyone of these people that you may be able to locate Mir. Going was located and I asked him what he knew about it and he said that he knew it was not true, that the ma jority was over ,000 that he presided at the county convention and examin- ed the returns sufficiently to know that wasn't true, but he could tell me definitely after having made an examintion of something, and with that assurance l said, then, if that is bo 3J1 b3F you had better get your official fig ures and have them sent into the Ga zette, because it has more or less demoralizing effect to show an ex cassiye vote in favor of the candidate not entitled to, and I believe that the Gazette was at that time publish ling or carrying statement that Judge Kirby had 1S5 in advance. or majority, and he said he would, and said, you send that report down here, and said am informed that their correspondent must=send in these returns before they admit them to their columns, but I think tha' matter ought to be adjusted, and Alr Going said, I don't think Alr Freeman is very friendly to you. said he must be friendly enough to tell the facts of a record and am sure he wouldn't falsify that, and ae said will endeavor 10 catch him, end he said at all events will communicate with the people to communicate t to the Gazette never remained up any night as late aS o'clock. Later had an- other conversation with him and he said he would call the attention of the Gazette people to it. and he said he didn't know whether they would receive it or not, and he said the ma jority was larger than l, ,000 and l think the Gazette the next morning contained some reference to con versation that was had with Mr. Go ing. l never saw this paper or any other at the time except the official certificate that Mr Going had in his possession. I read only the figures that were exhibited as to the senator ship. It gratified me some to see that it was i'll that concrete legal form. The next heard he came back to the office with Judge Rolf of St Francis county and several others saying Mir. Hutton had de- clined to receive it because it was n cig h,
 Tells of Counting Votes.
 H. l.. Finn, one of the members of the Poinsett Canvassing Commit tee, was placed on the stand at the opening of the afternoon session to testify as to the counting and tabu- lation of the returns of that county.
 The witness was subjected to a gruelling cross examination by Judge kirby's attorneys, who went thru the tabulated statement of the re- turns and questioned Mr Finn mi nutely regarding the compilation of the table and the procedure of the Canvassing Committee.
 Attorney Powell called upon the witness for an explanation of differ ent kinds of ink being shown on the statement. The witness said he supposed II. B. Thorne, who had written the figures in the table, had used ink from different bottles dur ing the course of the compilation.
 Senator Clarke brought out what he termed was a fact that Poinsett county people look with disfavor up ol Judge Kirby because of Su- preme Court decision, written by Judge Kirby, known as the sunk land case
 Marion W. Hazel. former chairman