Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-09
BOIL WEEYIL CONVENTION
Judge kerwin and President 4Alexande1
Of Board Of Trade Name Delegates

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says he followiue
The federal 2oYefn0eat ha prom
iaed lis earnest cooperation and Will
the states aud the farmers and al
The others interested in cotton. assist
ing, We may hope 10 tIo what MAS done
in France when IFS ehlef ministry. vino
growing. was similarly threatened hY
petty insect the phyll2Nera ami
when il Won a complete victory
In conjunction with Mr. S G. Alex
ander. II, president Of the board Of
trade. County Judge NerWin appointed
and accepted the following gent Iemen
as the appointees of the county to the
cotton convention at Shreveport, De
cenber y to 10, 1901
T. p Byrd w. H Langford s. Gels
re'ter. Dave Biuhenthal S Y T
Knox. ". n. TruIock J. NJ. Hudson.
A MI EaoIanH al
Wilkins w J. Galbraith Chas We'll
Dave Franklin, Gabe Never. b. O'Cai
lahan. V O. Alexander
In addition to these Judge kerWin
has appointed the following from leis
ferson county to attend the cotton
convention as delegates
Z. G Howell D. l.. Trimh'e !. NJ
Oracle. J. F. QuattlebaHm, J. +. ISbeil.
l.eo NJ Andrews John NJ. Taylor W.
Y Sorrells. w F. Coleman, Sam Kat
zenstein. Hon. S 1. HINT Hon. a. II.
Rowell. Hon S. a. Miller. Senator II.
X. Tonev, Jno W. Tucker NJ. W
Boyett, A. B. Jones Louis Altheimer,
!. S. Boswell. NJ J.. Clements. lames
Could. \. + Mcneil. ]. g. Hrockins
ridge Mar. hall TruIock. f. p I.add,
F A. jarvis. James Truloch. Iesse r.
Core. Joe 2 Alexander I. Il. Collier
Iarl W. b. Greenfield
Lotorious historical fact for congress
10 judge what cannot be dcnicl, that
The class of negro ill.terates to the
extent stated is practically excluded
from the suffrage in the states men
tened in the bill, no matter what may
be nominal Prov ions OF their rcspec=
tive constitutions CT election laws.
The bill therefore preeerts the
smallest reduction practi cab and is
Very conservative. Iio" nGcn further
meritoriously cOnsidere the reduction
should extend can readily be arrived
g more specifically regarding the ae
itual facts of total exclusion in respect
to each state. In treating fractions
lrl representations according to the
size of the fractions. the apportion
: ment remains as fixed in 1901 and
the reduction is to cease when the
facts shall warrant it.
The bill has been prepared under
the direction Of the committee on
national affairs Of the Republican club
Of the city of New York, the club hay.
ing at its first meeting after the pres
iccntial election unanimously decided
tC request congress to take immediate
action pursuant to the representation
plank in the national Republican plat
form.
The bill provides for the reduction
OF representation in the house of rep.
resentatives as follows;
Alabama from to I, Arkansas to
G. Florida 3 to >, Georgia II to s, Lou
isiana to ), Mississippi s t. 6, North
Carolina 10 to S. South Carolina TO >,
Tennessee 10 to 9, Texas lG to y, Viz
sinla 10 to s.
Provisions of the Bill.
The bill amends the act. making
an apportionment of representatives
in congress among the several states
under the twelfth ceasus' by adding
new sections.
The first is a preamble as follows
Section 6. Whereas The constitu-
zion of the United States prescribes
in article 4, section >, that when the
right to Vote at any election specified
III said article is denied to any of the
male inhabitants of such states or II
any way abridged. except for partici-