The log cabin Democrat., 1914-04-04
KIRBY LEAVES FOR
 P0|NSETT COUNTY
TO INVESTIGATE FRAUDS
GONE TO HARRISBURG TO FIX.
 ANIME RETURNS FROM RECENT PRIMARY.

| bieie RoCh, Aprll 4.-Cl0Slng hls headquarters in the New Capital hotel yesterday, Judge Wm. F. Kirby who will contest the nomination of Senator James P. Clarke for the
 United States senate, went to Poin sett county to confer with members of the Poinsett County Central Com. mittee and others interested in the election there. Judge Kirby contends that the returns tn Poinsett county were "juggled" to increase Senator Clarke's majority in that county. The Polnsett vote will form the center. piece for what is expected to be one of the bitterest post-primary contests in Arkansas political history.
 With whom Judge Kirby will con- Ter Tn Poinsett county or how long he expects to remain in the county was not divulged at his headquarters yes terday. That he had gone to Harris burg to examine the returns of that county was the only announcement made.
 The State Central Committee as- suredly is to be called upon to exam inc the returns certified in for Poin- sett countq. It is just as certain that the state convention in June either will ratify or investigate anew the claims of the contestant. The action by the convention will be final.
 No notice of contest has vet been filed by Judge Kirby. The rules of the Democratic organization make it possible to file the notice, however, at any time within 30 days after the date of the primary election. The strength of Senator Clarke and of Judge Kirby in the State Cen tral Committee is a matter of conjec- ture, but of chief interest in the ex- pected contest is the relative strength of the two men in the state conven. tion.
 Judge Kirby carried,o according to the official returns, a total of 39 coun- ties, Senator Clarke being returned with 9 majority in 36 counties. An interpretation of Rule No. Al of the party's regulations and the seating by the convention of dele gates from counties carried by. one candidate, but instructed for the other, promises some interesting skirmishing when the state convention convenes in Pine Bluff one June 3. In several counties of the state the delegates have been instructed con- trary to the vote of that county. On the face of the returns, Senator Clarke apparently will have 314 dele gates and Judge Kirby 315 of the 619 delegates to be seated. Clarke SUD- porters, however, have been named as delegates from some counties carried by Judge Kirby, while the opposite is true in counties carried by Senator Clarke. Garland county, which gave Senator Clarke a majority of more than 300 votes, is sending Kirby dele gates to the state convention. In Crawford county, which was carried by Judge Kirby, Clarke delegates were named, and now the Kirby SUD- porters are attempting to hold a sec ond county convention.
 The apportionment of delegates to the state convention, determined by the State Central Committee at it's meeting last fall, shows the following strength for each of the 75 counties; 1; the counties, carried by Senator Clarke and Judge Kirby being listed separately:
 Clarke Counties-Arkansas dele gates, Baxter 5, Boone 2, Bradley 6, Carroll 8, Chicet 6, Conway 13, Craig head 10, Critteuden 4, Cross 4, Dallas 6, Desha 4, Garland 13, Independence l2, Jackson B., Jefferson IF, Johnson 8, Lawrence 8, Lee 2, Lonoke IA, Mis- sissippi $, Monroe 4, Montgomery 6, Newton 3, Perry, 5, Phillips 8, Poin- sett 6, Polk 8, Prairie 6, Pulaski 30, Randolph g, Searcy 5, Sebastian 2l, St. Francis 8, Washington IA, Wood ruff 2.
 Kirby Counties-Ashley 6, Benton 16, Calhoun 5. Clark 9. Clay 10. Gle burne 2, Cleveland 6, Columbia g, Crawford 10, Drey 2, Faulkner II, Franklin g, Fulton 6, Grant 5, Greene 10, Hampstead 12, Hot Spring 8, Howard 8, Izard 2, Lafayette 4, Lin- coin 2, Little River 5, Logan l3, Mad ison 9, Marion 5. Milisr 2, Nevada 8,