The Green Forest tribune., 1902-06-14
INSURGENTo CONVENTION
Call For Republican State Con-
 vention No. 2 on June 26.

I
 At conference held in Little Rock few days ago, attended by H. F. Auten of Little Rock, B. M. Foreman of Texarkana, C. D. Greaves of Hot Springs and other leading republican insur- gents of the state, it was decid- ed to call an insurgent oonyen- tion for the nomination of aa in- surgent state ticket. The lead- CTS of this element of the party claim it would be the height of foolishness to submit their claims to the present central committee, which, they assert, will make up the roll-call for the organization of the machine convention. The insurgents call says: "fhere will be a convention of the re- publicans of Arkansas in the Hall of the House of Representa- tives, state capitol, city of Little Rock, on Thursday, June 26, F m., for the purpose of organi- zation of the republicans of Ar kansas in opposition to the so- called organization, known as the republican state central and ex- ecutive committees, and for such other business as may prop erly come before a state po- litical convention, composed of delegates loyal to the policies and principles of Mckinley and Roosevelt. Each county is di- rected and urged to send a dele- gation of representative repubh- cans.o
 Mr. Greaves recently visited Washington and had d confer ence with President Roosevelt concerning the situation and the president has lent his approval of the idea of securing an express ion from the rank and file of the party at the poles. Mr. Greaves is willing to become the insar- gent candidate for governor ii so chosen and will make thorough canvass of the state.
 The so-called insurgent leaders are keeping open house in Little Rock and declare themselves to be highly gratified with the out looks for success at the poles, as between Greaves and Meyers for governor, it being generally un- derstood that these will be the two men named by the two fac tiOns.
 MT. Foreman has also opened headquarters in Texarkana and a correspondent of the Little Rock Gazette reports the situation there on the 7th inst. as follows:
 "Your representative called at the Republican insurgent head quarters today and was shown some lists from counties in which the citizens had pledged them selves to vote for Greaves on the anti Clayton ticket. The lists were from Carroll county, Clay tons home, with ninety seven names; Benton county, 3s0 names; Washington county, 254 names; Polk county, 135 names. Ben NJ. Foreman tonight received message from today's conven tion in Crawford county notifying him that a solid insurgent delega- tion had been elected. The con vention stood 50 to for the anti Clayton crowd. The insurgents here are highly elared over these results.
 Commenting on the question of a second convention Mir. Foreman says:
 "We don't propose to go into their convention and be denied admission as is the program out lined by those fellows. Messrs. Clayton, Remmel and Whipple. have repeatedly stated to Pres ident Roosevelt that our following did not amount to 300 voters, ant we now propose to see which sid has the largest following by mak , ing the vote for governor th test"
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