Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-01-27
Sixth District COMPRESSION
al Committee Met in This
City Yesterday.
ADOPT RESOLUTION.
Chairman J. VI. Elliott Presided and
Judge Allen Among Those
in Attendance.

At a meeting of the members of the
Sixth District Congressional Demo-
cratic Committee, held yesterday
morning in the office of Judge J. M.
Elliott, the chairman, at the court
house, March 25 was fixed as the date
for the primary election in the dis
trict for the nomination of a con
gresham. Colonel S. NJ. Taylor, the
present incumbent, is the only canli-
date for that office.
Several of the committeeman
were present and others were repre-
scented by proxy. Those in attendance
were Judge Elliott, Daniel Taylor,
who held the proxies of G. S. Mccain,
of Dallas county, and Captain r. r.
Rice, of Lincoln county; w. F. Cole
man, who held the proxy of w. H.
Martin, of Garland county, and Meyer
Solmson, of Jefferson county, secre-
tary of the committee. The latter all
SO held the proxy of 7. G. Trimble, OF
Lonoke county, and Judge Elliott held
the proxies of Woodson Mosely, OF
Cleveland county, and Jo. r. Hughes,
of Drew county. Judge ]. w. Allen,
who represents Arkansas county on
the committee, was present in person.
The committee adopted resolution
fixing the date for the primary, which
is the same as that on which the
state primary election Is to be held
The judges to hold the election are to-
be chosen in the district precincts
for the state election. The resoluyi
ton adopted follows:
The Resolution. IL.
Be it resolved by the Executive
Committee of the Democratic party
for the Sixth Congressional DISTRICT
Of Arkansas, that primary election
be held on "wednesday. the 25th day
of March, 1914, for the purpose o.
nominating a candidate for Congress
from the Sixth Congressional Dis
trict of Arkansas, in which primary
election all known white Democratic
electors are urged and shall be per-
mitted to participate.
Be 1t further resolved that all per-
sons intending to become candidate
for said nomination shall ile. with
the secretary Of this Committee, on on
before the LIST day Of March, 1914. -
statement in writing setting forth
said intention, otherwise. all persons:
shall be precluded from entering said
primary as candidates from and after
said date. $40
| Be It further resolved that satds
primary election be held in con1unc
ton with the primary election pre-
scribed by the State Central Commit
tee for the election Of candidates tex;
state offices, and that the judges a1tds
clerks holding said State primsfy
election shall hold also the election
herein called. 81.
Be it further resolved that the
Democratic Central Committees 81
| the several counties composing The
sixth Congressional District certify "a
the Secretary Of this COMMITTEES the
result Of said primary election upoM
the nomination for Congressman t0es
said sixth Congressional District,
Be it further resolved that tnis5
Committee to reassemble at the Court
House Of Jefferson County. Ia Fine
Bluff, Arkansas. a. the 18th cay a
April. 1914, for the purpose q cahsE
wasting the returns and declaran& ~
result Of said election. and q issuaA1
certificate Of nomination 70 the Ne
cessful candidate.