Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-15
ONE SIDED AFFAIR.
The First Ward Convention Attended
by McGoy-Core Supporters,


precinct on Third avenue Thursday
night, was one.sided Mccoy Core
affair from start to finish. The
Gould-Alexander faction took no ln-
terest whatever in the meeting and
The business was transacted with
big ayes, Without interruption
or argument.
John Fl. Dellmou, Jr, presided as
chairman aud E. NJ. Robinson as
Secretary. The delegates to repre-
sent the First ward in the county
convention were as follows: John H.
Dellmon, Fl. R. c. Foster, E. NJ.
Robinson, Lynn Lambert, Dewitt
Hope, 7. H. Mooney, Joe Ormsick,
John Mahar and VIM. Craig.
Alternates-Mike Donovan, Chas.
LaBaume. John Lacey and NJ. M.
Fields.
A speech was made by H. r. G.
Foster. Gen. H. K White was
called upon for an address, but be-
ing delegate from the Third ward,
declined.
The following resolution was in
troduced by Attorney Fl. R. C.
Foster and adopted without a dis
sen ting voice:
Whereas, At so-ealled mass
meeting of Democrats OF the FIRST
ward, called by Mr.. Fred Fox on
the evening of June=8, 1900, that
gentleman declared himself elected
permanent chairman of said meet
ing, despite the fact that a majority
of the Democrats there assembled
voted for J. Fl. Dellmon, Jr., to be
said chairman; and
Whereas, This arbitrary aud un-
precedented act was based upon an
alleged count of the voters present
made by one James Gould, defeated
candidate for the Democratic nooai
nation for sheriff who was by SAID
alleged Chairman Fox appointed a
teller of said mass meeting, in
shameless violation of all decency
and precedent, thus giving said de-
feated candidate and contest tan t,
James Gould, the unheard Of privi-
lege OF becoming sole arbiter and
judge of his own contest, SO far as
the Democratic voters of the FIRST
ward are concerned; and
Whereas, said Gould enormously
or designedly declared the vote of
said mass meeting to be 80 for Fox
aud 80 for Dellmon, when as a mat
ter of verify, attested by the other
teller and many others present, it
was 43 for Dellmon and 80 for Fox;
aud
Whereas, said Fox, baving de-
clared himself elected chairman Of
SAID mass meeting, despite the in.
dignant protests OF a majority of
the Democratic voters of the First
ward there ass mbled, thereupon,
at the instance and motion OF said
Contestant Gould, "raiIroaded" and
declared elected as delegates from
the First ward 70 the county con.
vention a list OF names prepared
and presented by said Gould, and
who therefore represent the person
al choice and fancied grievances of
defeated and contesting candidate,
and not the free and untrammeed
voice and sentiment OF majority
of the Democratic voters there as
sem bled; therefore, be it
Resolved, 1st. That the Demo
cratic voters of the First ward Of
the city of Pine Bluff, assembled in
convention pursuant to a call sign
ed by over one hundred OF the resi-
dent Democratic voters OF said ward,
hereby repudiate the action of the
aforesaid Fox Gould mass meeting
as irregular and up-Democratic, and
expressive only of the sentiment OF
bitter, lmplacable and INSCRIPTIONS
partisans who proved themselves TO
be opposed to freedom Of speech,
fair play and maiority rule, ard
whose only hope of success in their