The Pulaskian., 1916-03-03
CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT OF 1913 PREVENTS FILING OF
 FURTHER PLEDGES.
WOODBRIDGE FOR DELEGATE
There Were No Eleventh Hour En- tries and One Candidate for State Office Narrowly Missed Filing
 His Pledge.
Little Rock

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 Candidates who are unopposed for nominations for state and district of fees breathed easier when the state ticket virtually closed, because no candidate could file pledges as reuuir- ed by the corrupt practices act of 1913. There were no eleventh hour entries and one candidate for state office narrowly missed filing his pledge. He was E. L. McHaney of Little Rock, candidate for railroad commissioner from the Northwest dis trict. His pledge was received a few minutes before the office of the sec. retary of state closed.
 The candidates for state and dis trict offices who had filed pledges are;
 For Governor-Earle w. Hodges, Charles H. Brough and Lewis c. Smith
 For Attorney General-John D. Ar. buckle and Lewis Rhoton.
 For Secretary of State-T. J. Terral and V. A. Beeson.
 For State Treasurer-R G. Mo Daniel
 For State Auditor-M. F. Dickinson and Hogan Oliver.
 For Superintendent of Public In- struction-J. L. Bond and J. w. Kuy- kendall
 For Associate Justice-Carroll D. Wood.
 For Commissioner of Mines, Manu- factures and Agriculture-John H. Page and J. R. Gardner.
 For Commissioner of State Lands, Highways and mprovements-W. B. Owen.
 For Railroad Commissioner-Nor east District, T. E. Wood; Northwest District. Oscar H. Vim, E. L. McHa- ney and Walter Brasher; Southern District, Herbert R. Wilson, E. D. Chipman, c. L. Harvey, R. F. Bough- an, M B. Muse and G. H. Grayson.
 For Congress- First District. T, H. Caraway; Second District, A. G. Gray, T. w. Campbell and w A. Oldfield; Third District, John N Tillman; Fourth District, Otls Wingo and J. R. Davis; Fifth District, H. M. Jscoway; Sixth District, s. ". Taylor, T. Hav1s Nixon and L. E. Sawyer; Seventh District, w F Mcknight, w s. Goodwin, J. o. A Bush and R. s. War mock
 The last date for filing campaign pledges and paying fees to the Demo cratic State Central Committee has avpirod Copdidotac who havo ,ot filed pledges with the secretary of state will be ineligible. however.
 Woodbridge for Delegate.
 The only fee received by June P. Wooten, assistant secretary of the committee, was from w T. Woold- ridge of Pine Bluff, candidate for delegate to the Democratic national convention from the Sixth District. Unofflcially MT. Wooten learned that Abe Collins of DeQueen, prosecuting attorney of the Ninth judicial district, will withdraw as a candidate for dele gate from the Fourth District There are five candidate for delegate from that district
 The Executive Committee of tho State Central Committee will give Houston Emory of Hot Springs chance to show why he should be con- sidered eligible as a candidate for the nomination for senator from the Th1r- ty-first District. It Is alleged that MT. Emory was a Republican candidate for nomination for county judge uf Garland county in 1914. The State Central Committee, at it's meeting De cember g, adopted resolution .decIar- ing him ineligible. MT. Emory has filed his pledge with the secretary Of state as candidate, but the State Central Committee refused to accept his pledge.