The log cabin Democrat., 1916-02-16

ClDRON TOWNSHIP AND THE PRIMARY
 ELECTION.

The Log Cabin Democrat hopes that when the Faulkner County Democratic Central Committee meets to select judges and clerks and arrange the details of the state and county primary election to be held on March 9 1t will provide for at least four polling places in Cadron township.
 To do this will simply be complying with the statutes regulating primary elections, which provide that the laws applying general elections shall also govern primary elections. But for several years past when split primaries have been held in this county m order To reduce expenses only polling place has been provided for all the Cadron township and the city of Conway No particular objection has been raised to this plan in the past the ballots were short and could be counted with reasonable dispatch
 Al tine coming primary election eXpedency as well Hs the Law demands that the vote in Calron township Snood be divided into the regular polling places The ticket will be yard long. 1t will contain the names (" candidates for president and vice president of the hittl States national committeeman delegates to the national e"nNrnon governor and all minor off cSi of candidates for congressional railroad commis NI)et and judicial district OfcpS candidates for all county ahd township offices and township committee mon.
 At the county primary two years ago 77S votes were east Ill tidron township At the special road law ee,- t'"n laNl March 9il were cast There will he any WltIe from zoo to 900 votes March 29 next It Wli bp physically impossible for of judges and clerks to hold the election all day and then connt and ascertain the result without adjournment because this WoHid mean that they would have sit up and count all nsl and probably all the following day to finish their work. No of men would undertake to worl 2i to 36 hours without rest
 II the vote in this city and township is consolidated ' 'iif "liih% piice II would mean that the result in "tiA otef township m the county and the general re- NHi unieSS m the of close race) would Ina known throughout the state long before the count in 'Hdr"n township could be completed. Such q situation M"o4 lorl an opportunity for untarness in this town HhII but Ii every vote should be honestly counted if h&h east an unjust suspicion upon the election ohic aS of this township
 faIrnesS eNpeliency and the laws of the state all de- mand that the election in this city and township shoud D" hed at the polling places in the three wards of the tN ahd there should also be established at the conr mouse separate polling place for all voters who reside outside or the city of Conway but within Calron town supp 'hdei ths plan not more than 300 votes at the most would De cast at any precinct and this is all 'ha any one set of judges and clerks shoud be called upon to handle ~
 ne committee should also provide that instead of '''3 l"nr c"nmlttecln from the township at large one should be elected from each the three wards in a"hNaN ana one from the township outside of the ctv rms lS custom which is followed we believe in o11 ",S ana second class cities of the state, and it should be adopted here ~ "