Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-03

! delegation Of fe.teen members.
eseh to have one=AaIf vote. said dele
s:tien to vote as a rtit, the majority
ot taa delegates to oratr0l the daie-
gatien
Endorsements for election ccnmis-
sionecs
T4e following rese utisa also was
put ard carried:
Resolved That we endorse Joe p.
AleXaalte4 and e \. Howell as Demo-
gatle eleetisn commissioners for jet
ierson county. AID recommend their
otpsintmant tc the state board Of
| i c;ion ,ommiss lners "
Joseph NJ. Hi! Second Choice.
\ re olution making Hon. Joseph
NJ. Hill second choice OF jefferson
| county for chief justice of the SUI
| |reme court was carried.
Ee!egat:s to State Convention.
| The committee on nomination. for
) eatcs to the state convention then
reported the following who were elect.
ed Without opposition: S. M. Taylcr,
VT. Woodbridge, j. M. Elliott, w. +.
Coleman, NJ. A. Hudson. Alex Strauss,
). M. Weldon. H. M. Dial. w. II.
Langfcrd, M. Holland, J. P. Alexan-
der, w. B. Sor. ellis. Jchn Dellmon, A..
S. Trigg
County Central Committee.
The reroits from the wards and
townships submitted the following as
coun y central committeeman for the
ensu.Ag i've years: Jas. Gould. j. w.
Crawford, J. +. Alexander. Joe w
Clemons, F. H. Walker, c. M. Acklin.
~. J. Shelby, J. S. Barraque, l.. V. Bo-
gy. A. kaufman, Ben Davis, Tom Carr.
B. B. Sanders, J. H. Pilkington, Ben
Watson. J. H. Shelby, H. M. Dial, b.
r. Hooker. F. A. Jarvis, A. b. Jones
J-4ln D. Crockett. J. w. jones, M. A.
hudson. Len Franklin.
| Where the Fun Came In.
When nominations for delegate at
.arge 10 tne national convention we're
called for a lively contest was preoip.
..a,eu. Alr. Woodbridge placed the
name of Hon. ]. H. Hinemt,1 before
he convention and Mr.Sorrells placed
mat CT Mr.. w. l.. -~nstcrd. This
plouuced qui,e contest on the part OF
he II .el ds cf the two gentlemen. MIR.
Langfora attempted to withdraw, but
was not allowed to do so by his friends
The roll was called fer and then con-
4tolon reigned. AS the wards were
caIIeu anoIl.er contest was made, as
,.-e delegates from the wards could not
agree. Proxies flew tasa, and each
proxy was questioned. Mr.. w. T..
Young, on the part If Mr.. Hinemon
attempted to withdraw his name, but
ag-ln the friends would not allow 1t.
The voting proceeded under a stern
When the final csunt was made, the
| vote OF the delegates stood: Hine-
mon. "a; Langford, 40. Mr. E B.
bloom moved tc, make the election of
| Nj Ilnemon unanimous, but again
rose the shouts of MOI" The viva
vcee vote was taken and there we:e
votes en- each sidc but the chairman
de elared MI Hinemon the choice OF
,he tclIenticn. Mr. Hinemon, in a
brief speech, explained that he deeply
regretted the contest He and Mr..
Langford had previously agreed that
Mr. Hinemon was to have the choice
4or delegate at large and Mr.. Langford
that of delegate from the district. Mr..
Langford was then elected as the
choice of the convention as a delegate
from the Sixth congressional district
| to the national convention. The con-
vention then adjourned.
The newly elected county Democrat
&c cenral committee met Immediately
after the adjournment CT the ccnven.
tion and organized by eIecting James
';o II, chairman. and F. H. Walker,
Secrf Sry