Judsonia weekly advance., 1916-10-11
JUDGE KIRBY NOMINATED BY DEMOCRATIC STATE GEN.
 TRAIL COMMITTEE.
HAYS ISSUES PROCLAMATION
Governor Designates November as Date for Special Election-H. L. RemmeI of Little Rock Is the
 Choice of the Republicans.
Little Rock.

Little Rock
 Disregarding Governor Hays refu- sal to appear before it, or to make known his intention regarding calling special election, the Democratic State Central Committee nominated Associate Justice W. F. Kirby for the United States Senate, and voted to put his name on the ticket at the gen. eral election, November '. The gov ernor, immediately after the nomina- tion, issued proclamation naming November as the date for special election to elect senator.
 The proclamation issued by the gov ernor makes it evident that there will be no special primary and that Judge Kirby will serve the four years of the unexpired term of the late Senator James P. Clarke. It also makes cer tain that the governor will make no appointment.
 While the Democratic Committee was in session, and before it had nominated Judge Kirby, the Executive Committee of the Republican State Central Committee nominated H. L. Remmel of Little Rock as a candidate for senator
 Kirby on First Ballot.
 Judge Kirby was nominated on the first ballot taken by the committee, the vote standing: Kirby 15, Stephen Brundidge [, and c. c. Reid 5. It was apparent before the committee was called to order that a majority of the committee adhered to the views of legal authorities published, that the governor could not make an appoint ment to fill the vacancy caused by Senator Clarke's death, and that it was the duty of the committee to place the name of Democratic nom inee on the ticket in the November election. The possibility of the gov ernor making an appointment was not even considered by the commit tee, and a motion that the committee should not nominate candidate for the November election lost. 21 to G.
 Nomination Brings Ovation.
 It was apparent that Judge Kirby would be the strongest candidate, at least on the first ballot, when he was nominated by Patrick Henry of Mon ticello, secretary of the last Demo- cratic State Convention. Prolonged applause from committee members and many spectators greeted the men, tion of the judges name. Both MT. Brundidge and MT. Reid were applaud ed when nominated. D. Ward Dun- lap of Clarksville nominated MT. Reid, former congressman from the Fifth district, and w. B. Smith of Little Rock, holding the proxy of Dave Block of Wynne, nominated former Congressman Stephen Brundidge of Searcy
 The committee did not consider the possibility of Governor Hays calling a special election. The action of the committee in nominating candidate to be voted upon in the November election was regarded as purely precautionary measure to insure that a Republican candidate should not be elected in November.
 Governor Hays, early in the meet ing, sent word that he would not come before the committee, although J. H. Carmichael of Little Rock told the committee that the governor had told him and Chairman J. w. House, Jr., that he would come before the committee, and that- if the commit tee would nominate candidate who was agreeable to him he would fix the date of the special election for November T. otherwise he would call special election. MT House said he was not sure that was what the gov ernor meant. He said in an hours conference he had not been able to learn exactly what the governor in- tended to do.
 Some Would Delay.
 Several members of the committee favored deferring action until the governor sent word what he would do, or to take no action toward placing the name of a nominee on the ticket in the November election. A motion to take no action except to call a special primary was made by W. M. Garden of Malvern. Frank Pace, holding a proxy for Capt R. R. Rice of Warner, and others, including J D. Head, chairman of the last Demo cratic State Convention. vigorously opposed this.