Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-15
Will Withdraw from Race <, If He Loses Any One of
 Three Conditions.
CONTEST FOR SEAT D
 IN CONGRESS WARM
Monticello People Interested in Nix On's Offer to Beat Taylor 100 in Jef- fcrsOn-Three to One in Country
 Townships.

Monticello, Oct. 13.-Dcmocrats in this section who heard the addresses at the Southeast Arkansas fair of can didates for congress from this dis trict are evincing interest in the out come of challenge by T. Havis Nixon of Pine Bluff, one of the three candi- dates for congress from the Sixth district, to Congressman Sam Taylor of Pine Bluff, candidate to succeed himself. MT. Nixon challenged MT. Taylor to an elimination race" in Jefferson county, the home of both, offering to pay all expenses and with draw from the race if he does not beat MT. Taylor more than 100 votes, or does not poll more than three votes to every two for Taylor in the precincts outside the township in which Pine Bluff is located, or if MT. Taylor re- ceives three votes for every two for Nixon in MT. .Taylor's own precinct
 NjxOn's Challenge. f2
 A copy of MT. Nixon's def, present. ed by him to the chairman of the meeting here, reads:
 "ln the early beginning of this campaign, submitted to you prop osition that we leave it to the white Democrats of our county to say which of us should Joe the choice of the people where we both live in our race for the Democratic nomination for congress-each of us to pay one half the expense and each to name one-half of the judges and clerks.
 "rhe same thing you did four years ago when you were running against a man from Jefferson county that you knew anyone could beat. This propo- sition you declined to accept.
 Later, after the primary to select nominees for county and township of fees in our home county had been set for November s, and we could have our names placed on the tickets, and get an expression from the voters of our county without any trouble to tho voter and little expense to our selves-9ll of which agreed to pay l again proposed to you that we take advantage of that opportunity to ob- tain an expression from the people of the county where we both live, so neither of us might deceive our trends over the district about our standing at home where we live which proposition you did not accept
 Now, have this one other propo- sition to make to you: That we each have our names placed upon the bal lot to he used by the Democrats ot Jefferson county at their. primary elec- ton on the Sth day of November 1915, as candidates for congress, and give them an opportunity to express themselves as to their preference in tho county where we both live as between us, and I will pay all the expense of same. If do not beat you more than 100 votes in Jefferson county, and if do not get more than three votes to your two in the 20 voting precincts outside of the town ship in which the city of Pine Bluff is located, I will quit the race. Even if can do that, and you can carry the ward where you live and where they vote in less than a block o1 your door, and you can get three to my two in that ward. will not run
 ''If do beat you on each and every proposition submitted, you need not quit the race unless you want to: just want to get in position to fur. nish the public with the truth about conditions and our standing where we both live"