The Van Buren press., 1874-10-13
THURSDAY, September 2i.


Balloting was resumed, and the tenth
ballot resulted as follows: Brown 8,
Wilcox 9, Wiltshire 8, Stuart 5-no elec.
ton.
Hon. Granville Wilcox, at this point,
in an elegant aud patriotic speech. asked
his friends to withdraw his name. and,
after thanking his frinds for their sup
port aud counseling harmony and per.
sonal sacrifices for the best interests Of
the people and party, Withdrew rs an as.
pirant to congressional honors, amid
universal applause.
From this to the sixteenth ballot, the
vote stood, with but slight exception, as
follows, Mr.. Wilcox's vote being divided
between Brown and Hon j. f. Cravens,
the latter OF whom was placed In nomi.
nation on the thirteenth ballot, and the
following being the exact figures for the
fifteenth ballot; Wilshiio 8, Stuart Z,
Brown 8 | 4, Cravens 1874
Upon the sixteenth ballot, Hon. d. j.
Brown, OF Crawford, seeing the conven-
Yn bs NJ Tas sJs hsse%sS tsS ssa there there
riiices were made by some OF the parties
contesling, oisclalmed any wish or desire
to intrude his name further upon the con
v,ntion, but would gladly withdraw in
the hope that u nomination might he ar
rived ut, leaving his friends to use their
own discretion US to who among the
three remaining candidates they would
support, and assuring the convention
that be would willingly and heartily sup
port the nominee whoever he might be.
Brown being Withdrawn. the sixteenth
ballot stood Ms follows: Wiltshire IL 7 s
stuart S34 4, Cravens 33S.
The convention not desiring to insist
on fractional nomination the result was
declared as no election, and the ballot
proceeded, the seventeenth being: VIII
shire 1918, Cravens I "a, Stuart 6 "a /;
Sebastian changing from Wiltshire TO
Cravens, and Crawford going entire the
same. The voting remained thus with
slight exceptions 10 the twenty ninth bal
lot, when Col w. II Mcmillan withdrew
The name of Judge Stuart, at his request,
aud nominated instead Hon. Harris Elan
ayin, OF Clark.
The vote on the twenty ninth ballot be.
ing thus Wiltshire ~ 7 8, F.anagin 03.4,
Cravens 53S
Being no choice. the bailoting contin-
ued unchanged to the thirty second bal
lot, when, alter Substituting the name ot
Hon. j. NJ Smith, Of Saline county, for
Gov. Flanagan, of Clark, by Hon. II. w.
Mcmillan. of Clark, tue thirty.sccond
and last ballot resulted as follows: vii.
shire 1878, Cravens 45 8, J. NJ Smith
634
Whole vote cast, 25 Necessary to q
choice, Is.
Hon. W. W. Wiltshire having received
a majority of all the votes cast was duly
declared nominated by this convention,
On motion, q committee OF three, con
(.is..mD "fJ ~ Aian--R G. Na.t.ns apd
j. ID Adams, sr,, was appointed by tue
char 10 inform Mr. Wiltshire of his nom.
ination. In few moments the commit
tee reported, when Capt j. W. May, oI
Johnson, introduced the nominee to the
convention, who, IN u speech Of some
length and great earnestness, signiied
his gratitude Tor the honor conferred and
his acceptance Of the trust reposed in
him
On motion, the chair appointed the
following committee to select congres
slonal central committee for this district
and also to report rules for the govern.
meat of same, 10 wit:
Sam W. Williams, chairman, Pulaski
county A. j. Ward, or Crawford; j. W.
May, of Johnson; G.. s Cunningham. OF
Yell; II. B. Armstead, Of Franklin (; Il.
l. Harley. of Sarber; II. W. Mcmillan,
OF Clark.
After short recess the convention was
called 20 order by the chair, when the
committee above mentioned, reported the
following named gentlemen to compose
the congressional central committee for
the Third district, aud asked the same be
adopted:
Hon j. NJ. Smith, chairman, Saline
county j W. Miller, O! Clark b j.
Brown, Of Crawford; W. r Harley, sr.,
OF Dallas; v. b King, Of Faulkner; w
A. Carter, OF Franklin; J. j Sumpter, of
Garland Capt Morton, of Grant; Hugh
Cu!!am, Of H't Spring; A. S MeKennon,
of johnson; W e. Adams, of Mont
gomcry; j. C. McKitthan, Of Pike; w.
IC Blackwell, Of Perry; Thos c. Scott,
OF Pulaski; John Carnall, Of Sebastian;
Joseph p. Hart, Of Sevieri D. B. Chisms