The log cabin Democrat., 1916-03-18
10 HOLD ELECTION
 IN CONWAY WARDS NAME ELECTION OFFICERS
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CEN TRAIL COMMITTEE HOLDS
 MEETING.

Twelve committeeman from rural townships overrode the solid opposi- ton our the four Democratic commit teemen from Cadron township and adopted d resolution requiring the primary election on March 29 to be held Tn the three wards of Conway, instead of at the courthouse alone, at the meeting of the Faulkner County Democratic Central Committee, held at the courthouse today, The vote, winch followed an hours acrimonious debate, was r to 9 in favor of the resolution. Five other committeeman toned with the Cadron delegation in opposing the resolution and three members asked to be excused rom voting
 While all general elections have been held in the three voting pre- cincts ever since Conway was made a city of the second class in 1905, it has teen the custom to hold the coun- " and state primary elections for Cadron township in only one precinct, at the courthouse. On account of the unusual length of the ballot, the probability that all voters could not be &ccommodatId and the delay in counting the votes, the Log Cabin Democrat has for several weeks been urging that the coming election be held Tn the legal precincts. The mat ter met with the opposition of all four ot the committeeman from Cad ron township, however, and was subject of the only controversy of inn portance coming before the commit tee today
 What is declared to be the best class of election officials, as a whole, ever selected in this county was chos- en by the committee at todays meet ing. An unusually high type of citi- zenship IS represented in the three wards of Conway, every judge, clerk and sheriff being a man of unques- tioned integrity.
 The committee was called to order at l0:30 o'clock by Chairman A. l.. Nichols of Union township. There were few absentees on the first roll call, but before the committee ad- Journed every member was present The first order of business was the llllihg of vacancies occasioned by the removal of T. C. lobe from Enola township and the death of J. F. Mar tin of Pierce Creek township. r. T. Shock of Enola, who was present. was nominated, and petition asking the appointment of w. M. Harper was read. MT. Harper was elected by vote of 12 to ', but he was ab- sent and Mir. Shock was then seated as his proxy
 In Pierce Creek township J. L. liar will was nominated and a petition for the appointment of J. II. Sowell was read Both were voted upon, Mr. HarviIl receiving 16 votes and Mr Sowell four.
 Similar resolutions providing for the primary were introduced by Sec retary J. R. Donnell and Committed man Frank Raney of Benedict town ship, the secretary's resolution being more lengthy and going more into detail. Both resolutions provided for the holding of the election in the ward precincts of Cadron and this at once precipitated an animated discus sion. Committeeman Clyde Hancock contended that the county convention had not established the precints in this way and that it would be illegal for the committee to change the old system Objections were also raised by Committeeman D. o. Harton The wrangle continued for some time, be- ing interrupted by one or two other matters before finally coming to vote.
 E. A. Dunn requested the estab- lshment of voting precinct at Pickles Gap, but was informed the law would not permit new precinct to be established within less than 30 days before the election, and the mat ter did not come to a vote. After the resolution had been adopted, howev- CT, similar petition from Cypress township, asking the establishment of a precinct at Vilonia was received A motion was made that it be estab- lished, but the motion was defeated, IT to f.
 During the roll-call proxy to R. G. Bruce from J. T. Hogan of Mt Vernon township was offered. The proxy also contained the committee