The Van Buren press., 1904-04-09
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION
Met at the Court House In Van Buren,
Saturday April I'd,

The first order of business was the
amounting of committee 20 canvass
the vote Of the primary held March
Goth. The chair selected Geo Wood,
|. Blevins and J. f Lark.
Next was the appointing Of com
mittee to select delegates TO the State
Judicial and Senatorial conventions,
The following were chosen: Jno. s.
Renfroe, W. G, Bostick and Thomas
RAINY.
This committee reported rs follows
I'VE, your committee, appoint the
following persons rs delegates to the
Democratic state convention TO be held
at Hot Springs on the 18th day of June,
1904:
IS R Chew j A Pitcock, r p Allen,
Il Wallace, Ii l. Fitzhugh,J ) Rem
froe, julius Lark DR. Jas Wigley Isaac
Blevins.
For the delegates to the Congressional
Convention-J Il London E l. MatlOck,
John L Love,
Delegates to the Judicial Convention
WIN Hardwick, of Alma; T w Mar
lar, of Maxey w l. Shull, of Lafayette
Delegates to the Senatorial Conven
tiou-John Pitcock, Of Alma Lee Neal
OF Cedarville John Wood, Of Dyer,
Respectfully,
JNo s RENFRoE,
THos RAINY,
w & BosrICK,
The committee which canvassed the
vote reported to have found 1t rs fol
lows:
Wood, IN; Davis, 900. Wood 3
majority, 1877.
Eoff, 6ls, Moore, 1907, Moore's
majority, $50,
Rogers, 1882 Bourland, 522 Byrne,
2l0, Rogers majority, $50.
Hill, 1925 Robertson 80 Carmichael,
248; Bum, ll8. Hill 3 majority, 1870 2
Mccullough, 99i Moose, 1912
Moose 8 majority, As,
Cochran, 1889 Cotton 655 Bsrhsm,
l42. Cochran s majority, 6S5
Gross, 1915 Ethridge 1877 Comstock,
9l0. Gross plurality, 1886.
VIM, 1897; Bolton, iii; Crutcher,
ss7; London, 653 WINS plurality,
2l0. Bolton plurality 22t
Fry, 1893; Neal S13, Fry's majority,
220,
Garrett, 1918 Cochraue, 575 Boiling,
$50. CARROTS plurality, Gal
Miller, 1889 Ford 3s9 Deifenbough,
IA; Adams, 1876; Steward, 1919 Mil.
lers plurality, 1908, sos majority over
all.
Hudgins, liOsi Duley COS, Hudgins
majority, 800.
While the committees were out the
following resolutions were read and
adopted
Resolved, that the delegates from
Crawford county be- and are hereby in
strncted 10 vote M \ unit on all subjects
before the convention, and that only
duly elected delegates Of this convention
are authorized to cast the vote Of Craw-
ford county,
Whereas, the holding OF county pri'
msries for county offices At the early date
now fixed by the State convention IL
fraught with great danger TO the health
and life Of the candi dates and with great
Inconvenience to the people, therefore,
BE II Resolved, that the county pri
maries for the county Offices for the year
1905 be held the second Saturday In
June, 1909, and we recommend that the
canvass does not begin before May lat
the same year.
Whereas the delegates from Crawford
county to the State convention ut Hot
Springs IN Juue will probably be called
upon TO cast their vote for u candidate
for President Of the United States,
therefore,
BE 1t Resolved that the delegates FROM
Crawford county be, and are hereby IN.
structed to cast the vote Of Crawford
county for the man who knows not the
word fail who IL the wonder Of the bust,
ness world who snrmounts the greatest
obstacles with M ease that has astound.
ed all the people and who today Is doing
more 10 bring material benefit TO this
loved Southland than any nnn IN It,
David Il, Francis President Of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition,