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drawn.
Second ballot Henderson, sc; Moore,
46; Jones, "A No choice.
Third ballot: The same.
Fourth ballot: Benton changed to
Henderson, and was followed by Frank
lin, Johnson, Lee, Garland, Monroe,
Faulkner. Scott. and Van Buren, Colum-
bir changed her vote from Jones to
Moore. Pulaski change hers from Moore
to Jones. Crawford and Miller Counties
changed from Jones to Moore. Howard
County changed from Jones to Hender-
son.
On motion, tho nomination OF Mr..
Henderson was made unanimous.
Gen. N. b. Pierce was nominated for
Land Commissioner by Gen. Thomson.
A. r. Witt was put in nomination.
John p. Baxter was nominated,
ID. W. Lear was put in nomination.
First ballot resulted as follows: Lear,
Sc; Pearce, Al; Witt, "a; Baxter, 90.
No choice.
Second ballot: Lear, 91 Pearce, So;
The following nominations were made
for the Office of Superintendent of Public
Instruction:
w. A. Garner, of Dorsey.
B. 7. Baker, of White.
James l. Denton, of Phillips.
G. N. Hill, of Calhoun.
r. w. Trimble, of Jefferson.
Patrick B. d. Hinson, of Fulton.
w. E, Thompson, of Drew.
Ransom Gullie of -
First Ballot-Hill, 73; Denton, 43 ];
Son. saundsrs, "a ass' fhdd%ap%son, da%a1a g. g. Ga E
lie, 5.
Second Balot--Hinson withdrawn and
two votes changed to Hill. The vote
was as follows: Hill, s5; Baker, II Gar
ner, II; Denton, As; Thompson, 5 !,
Trimble, 3.
Third Ballot - Trimble withdrawn.
Hill, soy; Baker, IS; Garner, 8; Denton,
524.
Fourth Ballot-Baker and Garner with
drawn; Hill, S5t; Denton, 7St Thomp-
son, IL.
Fifth Ballot-Hill, S5; Denton, SO.
The sounding of the ballot was called
for, and the result proved the count cor
rect.
The motion to make it unanimous pre-
vailed.
Judge Carroll was then nominated for
Chan cellor, and on motion it was made
by acclamation.
The nomination Of J. w. Galloway was
also made by acclamation.
j. r. Eakin was nominated for the Office
of Associate Justice.
f. w. Compton, of Pulaski, was nom
mated for the same office; also, L. A.
Pindall. of Desha, W. w. Mansfield, of
Franklin, Sam w. Williams, of Pulaski
and Ben T. DuVal of Sebastian.
The first ballot as follows: Eakin, 63A |;
Compton, s; Pindall, 8; Williams, 734 ,
DuVal. IL; Mansfield, 10.
The Convention proceed to ballot again,
with the following result: Williams, 74i
Eakin, 651, Mansfield, II; DuVal, l6,
Pindall. 3; Compton. 8.
The name of L. A. Pindall was with
drawn.
The name of W +. Compton was with
drawn.
Mansfield and DuVal were with
drawn.
The Secretary then called the roll
Williams, 85 Eakin, 81,
Moved to make unanimous. So or
dered.
Communication from Gov. Miller
Presented by the committee appointed to
wait on him. Ordered read, and was as
follows:
LITTLE Rock, Jnly 5, 1878,
Messers. Thomas b Martin, G, Tappan
ii. f. Thomson. Committee
GENTLEMEN Yours Of the 9th inst
conveying to me the information that
had been nominated as the democratic
candidate for Governor OF tho State Of
Arkansas is at hand.
1T is with feelings of the most pro
found gratitude acknowledge the com
plment thus paid me to-day, and to an
nounce to you, and though you to the
convention, that ! accept the nomina
ton.
A native Of the State. my highest am,
bition has been to live to see her take
that position amongst the sisterhood oi
States to which nature has destined her
With the help of n kind Providence
| shall devote my every energy to pro
mote her interests.
may, and doubtless have, made mis-
takes in the past, but l can say, with {
conscience devoid of offence, that they
were mistakes of the head, and not o
the heart.
will spare no effort to insure harmo
ny and good will amongst the members
of our party Whatever of feeling may
have been engendered, if any, betweei
the aspirants for the honor of the position
given to me, or their friends, | sincerel,
hope will be buried in oblivion, ant
that we may move together as band 0
brothers, and work for the overthrow