The Sentinel=record., 1914-04-16

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 mittee Still at Work.
 Little Rock, Ark, April 15-Tht democratic state central committed today decided to investigate the charges of Judge William F. Kirby that the vote of Poilsett county. ir the recent United States senatorshir primary was changed after it had been reported to the county conyen. ton. Should Judge, Kirby's charges be sustained, Senator James F. Clarke's officially reported majority of PIP votes would be overthrown and Judge Kirby would win by 1S3 votes.
 The committee ordered that all the Poinsett county ballot boxes be brought before it. These will arrive either at ' tomorrow morning or 4 tomorrow afternoon when the com mittee will begil it's investigation.
 The committee declined to take up Judge Kirbys charge that more votes were cast in Poinsett county than there are holders of poll tax re- ceipts. Holding a poll tax receipt is a requisite for voting in a primary election the committee decided that if this matter were taken up it would be necessary to investigate in all of the E counties.
 Clyde Going, chairman of the Poin- sett county democratic central com mittee, at a meeting of the state democratic central committee in the chamber of commerce building this morning, in words that plainly dis played deep emotion, hurled em- phatic denials of all charges by the friends of Justice w. F. Kirby that he had perpetrated a fraud in certi- flying the election returns in the democratic primary March 9. to the state committed This was the main feature of a fight before the commit tee this morning over the inyestiga- tion of charges Of fraud in the Poin- sett county returns.
 The fight began when A. D. Du- laney of Little River county pre- sen,ed a resolution 10 the convention calling for an investigation of the charges of fraud in altering the re- turns shown in the canvass by the ponsett county convention and the certificate actually made by the county central committee and to disregard the allegations concerning the failure of any voter to pay his poll tax during the time for collect ins taxes neXt preceding the election.
 This resolution followed report of a committee of five appointed yesterday to canvass the returns of the primary March 25 The commiJ- tee decided that the charges of T. j. Raney that his name as candidate for railroad commissioner in the Northeastern district had been left off the ballot and asking that spe' cial election be declared was re- tered 10 the local committee as it was not of the jurisdiction of the state democratic central committee.
 Dulaney in explaining his resolu- ton stated that he did not think that the legislature had q right to say that pol tax receipts are neces- sary in order to vote at a democratic primary election. lie said that many votes we're cast in his county by parties who did not haze the re4 ceipts required by law and that the same condition existed in other coun ties of the state.
 J. D. Head of Miller county took the floor and stated that if the party is not subject to the legislature, then Dulaney is right in his statement. He declared the party is not above the law and that each voter in the primary must have a poll tax receipt as required by law.
 This committee has the power to disregard the law because it sits as a court and there is no appeal from It's decision" said Head. "The su preme court of this state has de clded that poll tax receipt paid during taxpaying time next preced Ing the election is necessary ant this committee will commit a trav esty on the law of it disregards this decision.'
 He said the resolution was writer Tn such terms that it may be con sFued as giving the committed power to head off the very people 'ney claim committed the fraud ant not to go behind the action of th'