The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-05-24
ADDITIONAL TELEGRAPH.
The Arkansas (Brook'E Republican
state Convention.

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LITTLE Rock, May 23.-Thc Brooks
Republican State Convention, assembled
nj i0A. NJ. Col. A. j. Williams, Of Pine
Bluff, was elected permanent President.
Joseph Brooks, Of Pulaski county, was
nominated by exclamation for Governor.
lie accented the nomination In o short
speech, when the Convention took q re.
cess until 2 NJ.
AFTERNOON SESSION,
On reasscmbling, the committee sub.
luItted series OF resolutions as follows
Tho ring which controls tho State govern
ment, hos inflicted on the people tho
worst government ever tolerated by q
people They have robbed the people Of
benefits Of the ballot by fraudulent registra.
lion, and ballot box Stufflng, and increas.
cd taxation and our State Indebtedness to
millions without any corresponding bGne.
fit to the State, have prostituted the courts
Of the State until they have become the
engine Of oppression, and therefore
ResOIred, That we arc in favor Of uni.
versal suffrage, universal amnesty and
honest men for officers; in favor Of honest
elections; reduction Of taxation; reform in
the courts; opposed to the unqualified up.
pointing power Of tho Governor; opposed
10 the corrupt management Of the finances;
in favor of civil against military govern.
ment, and unqualifedly condemn the use
Of the military in times Of peace to carry
elections against the choice Of majority
OF tho legal electors; opposed TO therepudI.
alton ofRny honest debt, but equally deter.
mined to shield the State against all pro.
tended debts that may be, imposed upon
our people by u fraudulent issue Of leveG
and railroad bonds; reitCrate relentless i'd
hcrence TO Republicanism, that all men
are entitled TO equal civil and political
equality, and favor the removal Of al
civil and political disabilities and otOrc
as, large number Of persons were in
dicted in the federal courts, in this State
Tor most fragrant violation Of the cleo
ton laws, and President Grant, upon the
application and in the interest OF such 10
dlcted criminals and their accessories
suspended honest and efficient officers for
no other reason than that they would
vigorously enforce the law, and allowed
and permitted such indicted persons Il
designate and name the marshal to select
hejury by which they were to be tried
and the attorney 10 prosecute them fol
such oifenses, whereby the criminals were
turned loose without punishment and the
law trampled under foot, and frauds and
crime encouraged, and has seen fit to take
sides with and support and sustain the
corrupt State House ring, in their iniqui'
ties against the people; and tchereGS, it is
now evident that President Grant will re-
ceive the nomination for President by the
convention Of ottlce.holders, 10 be held II
Philadelphia, therefore be it
ReSOIrsd, That VIC emphatically con
demn the course Of the President in bis
intermeddling with Arkansas affairs ii
the interest Of crime and disorder, anG
decline TO send delegates to the PhilRdel
phia Convention. And 1chereaS Horace
Greeley and 3. Gratz Brown arc now be
fore the American people as the Republi
can candidates for President and Vice
President, upon platform which We
heartily approve, and that they IRE mer
of unquGstiOned ability, integrity auC
patriotism, and have for many years beer
the earnest and consistent advocates and
champions OF RepubliCanism and uni
versal freedom, therefore be 1t
ReSO!red, That we cordially endorse the
nomination OF the said Horace Greeley
and B. Gratz Brown, and the platform
upon which they stand, and pledge our.
selves TO cooperate with the friends Of
civil government and reform throughout
the land, and assisting in their election.
A minority report was presented by one
member Of the committee, in favor Of
sending delegates to Philadelphia, but il
was voted down by d'large vote, and the
majority report adopted finally by rising
vote, and made unanimous, after which
the Convention took recess till 8 =. NJ.