The Van Buren press., 1872-04-16
Four State Conventions.


Four State Conventions.
The campaign In Arkansas this summer bid
fair to be a lively one. The meeting o6th,
two Wings Of fRadicalisml composing the mem
hers of the State Central Committee, in ODE
d1AcA M 4 gall OF the chairman, at Littl,
ROCK on the 9Th INST. resulted In a big row
aud = general disgust with each other. Til,
BrAsdiss had the Inside track from the start
having Senator RrcE, the chairman Of I'll,
Central Committee, for leader. every thing
wtsut ~lsvsly with them. The Minstrels
EenGtsd by Genl Bowen, took in the situation
ofiassalrs at glance and withdrew or reillses
tn have any thing to do with the action Of tn,
committee, as theucomposed, and held meet
ing OF their own claiming the votes Of si1
members Of tile committee present being
majority, and then proceed to fill up the Cen
tral Committee to its full number, aud issuet
q eall for State Convention to be held on the
10Th Of May next to elect Delegates to tho
philadelphia National Convention only, de-
ciihhng to embrace In their call the nomina.
tion ofstats officers, etc.
The Brooks or Brindlc wing Of the commit
tee. proceeded to elect two new members t.
the Central Committee to take the place ol
MCCLURE and ScoTT. and issued a cali for d
state Convention to be held at Little Rock
on the 2ad Of May next, to nominate candi-
date for Governor and other State officers and
aCohgrcssman at large, as well as to elect
l'eiegates to the Philadelphia National Con-
vrntion.
Thus 1t will be seen, that on the 10th and
27l of May, we arr to have two Radical Con-
ventions. and on the 18th and 10Th OF June, we
are to have Liberal Republican and Demo-
cratic Convention. All four OF which are un.
dar the control Of different district COM
n.;ttecs and leaders. How Important. 1t is
then that Democrats should be alive to the
Importance Of this campaign. They have a
work to do, for Il Is to them that the down
troddcn, TAI. ridden people of the State must
Iaok to for relief. Let the action Of the Demo-
cratic party be wisN and concilistory. having
IN view. the great good Of the State. and we
will see such victory In November Of right
over wrong-honssty over corruption, a. has
never before besn Witnessed In Arkansas,
Let prudence and wisdom be councilAd and
oil viii be we'll. Diss oaf 3a'
The Little Rock Gdsstts being on the bat
tie ground oftl,e contending parties, sums up
tile cause Of the disruption as follows:
As we understand the case, the cause of
tie split IN tho Republican State Central COM
mittee may be stated thus: In the fall Of
ls70. Mr.. Rice, the chairman called the COM
mitts together for the purpose OF determine
ing wlo were the riglltful candidates
for Cengrfs IN the Third distrlct-Judge
Scarl~ or Judge lsoles, both having been
nominated, and both conventions claiming
Ia be regular. Messrs. Scott, lladley. Me-
CltIre and Wiltshire refused to meet with the
committee, knowing that ths Brindles had a
majority, and would decide In favor Of Boles.
The committee did meet and declare Mr..
BHles the nominee. The Minstrel members
tho committes, and gave as their reasons for
not meeting With II that they considered =
qnestlon OF that Kind outside the province of
the State Central Committee. When the
comnitt ttes met on Saturday, all the members
were either present In person or by proxy.
The; frat motion made WAS to declare the
places OF Scott, Hadley, Mcclure and Will
withthe committee whom called together at
ti,e last meeting. This motion was put, and
resulted In the following vote Aycs-Ricc,
Mcpirmid. Divilblss, Hodges. Noes--Rog-
en, Wiltshire. Hadlcy, Mcclure, Scott. The
chairman refused to.rsccgnize the right OF the
four latter to vote, and declared the motion
carried with one vote In the negative that
of Rogers. Whsroupon the four 0usted mem
bcrs, followed by Rogers, withdrew. and what
followed In both committees has already
been stated.