The Van Buren press., 1872-09-03
Third Congressional District Minstrel
Convention.
lLittla Rosk Journal

The Minstrel delegates to theState eonven-
tion from the Third Congressional district
| being OF the programme strife-were yester-
day assembled at the state thuse. ia what
they were pleased to call u congressional dis
triet convention. TO put In. .nomlation min
strel candidate for Congressman from the
Third district
They organized by selectlrS James NJ.
johnson. Secretary Of State. as resident.
| Mr.. Lockhart. Clerk of Crawford county.
and the of indicted Carter McC clan, as Sec.
retaries.
The names of W. w. Wiltshire tex Chief
Justice) )-connected with Lewis railroad
White River Valley railroad and certain levee
transactions; Gen. A. W. Bishop ~. ). Reg
torney GeneraD, OF Pulaski; I. ". L. Steele
| (Gircut judge. of Sewer; T. NJ. Gibson,
| prosecuting Attorney, Yell; and II. a.
Pierce (Circuit School Superintendent and
Public Printer), of Sebastian. were placed In
nomination for candidacy
| Gen. Bishops friends withdrew his name.
SAYING that he had an understanding with
siT. Pierre that lie siuiiiti iiot ti ii candidate,
| for the nomination While Pierce's name was
| before the convention.
AT this point there was considerable quiet
| whispering and button holm. and the names
! of Montgomery, steele and Gibson were with
drawn by their friends On which Pierce i
name was withdrawn and General Bishops
substituted in its stead. When the race was
| thus narrowed down to Wiltshire and Bishop
| the Convention proceeded to vote by call of
Notwithstanding in i6 for wiltshire and %
| for shop
Pulaski county cast II for Bist. lrnl G for
Wiltshire.
About this time Mr.. Pierce cair{. in," t.r
| ball. and having learned what had been done.
declared that the convention had ASA mbIcd
one hour before the specified time. and had
actually concluded its business before the
time for converting. H. announced that he
was informed b., Judge Wiltshire ot more
| than two hours before, that he V hd not he
a'canddate for the nomination " would he
accept 1t il rendered him.
Upon receiving this infurmatio.,thc friends
| of Judge Wiltshire moved that the committee
appointed to inform the nominee of the result
| proceed at once and ascertain whether he
| would accept. which motion prevailing. the
committee took their departure.
While they were absent Gen Bishop was
| called upon for a speech. In response he said
he would not make a speech but would yield
to Gen. Pierce to make Il personal eXplana-
ton for him.
Pierce struck an attitude and proceeded to
say, in substance. that lie and Bishop had en-
tered into an arrangement the day before the
| State convention that If Pierce would support
i-DOD III HIS race lDf boNtTHOT Tue lltltT
would not be candidate before the Congress
sional convention and would rcsiprocate bv
supporting Pierce for the Congressional
nomination and tha' they had b0t,i kept their
! pledges. He had similar understanding
with Judge Wiltshire and hrl niidingly
hoped that the district conventfoi would not
he turned into "A hopital to salve,shc wounds
! of those who had come out of the State con
vention ith injuries. He thought 1t hardly
fair to convert il into an asylum Hi. shafts
at those who, he said had their pinons dam-
aged in their high flights in tie state con-
vention were pointed with keen sarcasm and
we'll aimed. and he made them feel the inla-
my of their breach OF faith.
The committee soon returned f. ,n Judge
Wiltshire and reported that he thankfully AC-
CEPrED the nomination, and would accept
formally when he recovered fromhis ichucss.
Pierce turned in his s ut in pcriec fu.gnst.
The committee appointed to propose Con-
gressional district committee then reported
the annexed names: MesSrs. NevtonIJ Tenn
pie. OF Sebastian: &. A Kingston of Clark
G. 5. Scott of Little River: j. u llucklebcr-
ry. of MadiSon; j. II. Montgomery. Of Pulas-
XII; L. NJ Gibson. OF Yell Sam, Bard, ofWash-
ington; j. n. Sarber, Of johnson. and II. II.
White, OF Pulaski county.
The report was adopted. Afta which the
convention adjourned sine die.
We congratulate the gentlemen who were
defeated for the same upon beint saved /. Ia
borious and fruitless canvass. FRA hstrel
can't touch bottom in the TIL Jss'ieoti,st by
ten thousand votes. y