The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-04-04
MACON MAY BE The WINNER
Has Thirty-Four Votes Certain in
Congressional Convention.
NEEDS ONLY ; MORE.
If the Phillips County Man Carries
Cross He Wil Be Nominated on
First Balict-Stlll Hopes TO Get
lt-Parish is Leading Taylor
by Four Votes.

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evening Helena World, the home
paper of the leading candidate, is
taken as the most reliable informa-
ton that We can get as to the con.
gressionsl race IN this district:
r. B. Macon's chances for the
congressional nomination are
brighter today than at any time
since the primary on Saturday.
The result is still uncertain in
Cross county, which with its FIVE
votes will nominate the Phillips
county man on the first ballot, or,
If it goes against him, will leave
him three votes shy.
As it stands, however, Macon has
thlrty-four votes certain, without
the five of Cross. Taylor has
seventeen and Parrish sixteen.
Win the i've OF Cross county 60
ing either to Macon or Parrish, the
Phillips county candidate will
either be nominated or he will 90
into the convention with the best
chance Of the three for the nomi.
nation, that is so far as the num-
Der of delegates is concerned.
Macon has carried Phillips, Lee,
st. Francis, Mississippi and Wood.
ruff counties, having a total vote
of thlrty.four in the convention.
Parrish has carried Craighead and
Greene, with sixteen votes. Tay-
lor has carried Clay, Crit;enden
and Poinsett with seventeen votes.
AT the last report received here
this morning at 10 o'clock there
were still two precincts to be
heard from in Cross county, and
Parrish was twenty votes in the
lead. Mr.. Macon's friends here
hope that this small lead may be
overcome when the full returns
from these precincts are received.
However, if the five votes of
Cross county go to Parrish that
gentleman will have twenty-one
votes only in the convention, as
against thirty.four for Macon and
seventeen for Taylor.
The principal surprise IN politi.
cal circles here is that Parrish car.
ried Craighead and Greene, two of
the largest counties in the district,
as the race was thought to be be.
tween Taylor and Macon from the
very start. The fact that Parrish
beat Taylor In their home county
of Craighead recalls the PROPOSE.
ton made by Parrish in the begin
ming Of the contest, when he offer.
ed to submit his candidacy TO a
primary in Craighead county, the
one receiving the lowest number
of votes to retire from the race
Taylor refused, and Parrish then
offered to run it off IN the city of
Joncsboro, whore both live, but
Taylor again refused Parrish
then made a third proposition that
he would Leave it to a vote of the
ward in which both of them lived
but Taylor again refused to accept.
1t is believed that this very refusal
of Taylor's went q long way toward
giving Craighead county to Par.
yish,
The eongressioal convention ls
to be held in Wynne on the six.
teenth day of June, one week after
the state convention, and it looks
now like the race would not be
over until that time. Macon, in
any event, will go into the conven-
ton with more votes than either
one Of his opponents, but whether
or not he can gain enough from
the other counties to nominate
should Parrish or Taylor with,
draw, remains to be seen. His
friends here, however, are feeling
more confident tam at any time
since the campaign was begun.