The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-06-11
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
Cpnvirt Leasing Condemned, Initia-
tive and Referendum Favored
Capitol Question Cup to"
Donsghey.

The election of the four men
| as elegates-at-large to the Demo-
cratic national convention, who
were on the so-called slate of the Don
aghey-Pindall organization, and the ad-
ministering of crushing defeat to
Senator Jeff Davis, who was one of
the candidates for a position on the
Big Four" were the chief features of
| the first days session of the Democrat
ic convention, which convened at noon
Tuesday in the Auditorium in Little
Rock.
The convention adopted strong reso-
lutions endorsing William Jennings
Bryan and instructing the delegates
from this state to vote for him as long
as his name is before the convention
The election of the Big Four was
the big event of the opening days SEES
sion, overshadowing the formal nomi-
nation of the candidates for state of
fees named in the Democratic pr-
mary of March 26. The attempt to
break the slate of the new Donaghey
| organization, which was thought early
in the day to prove formidable, proved
fruitless, the convention naming as the
members of the Big Four Senator
James P. Clarke, George w. Donaghey,
Secretary of State Ludwig and James
H. Harrod, the four men credited with
being on the organization slate.
The final vote received by the nine
candidates for delegate-at-large, after
a number of counties had made
changes in their vote, was as follows:
| Clarke, 40S; Davis, 1866 Berry, 279;
Hinemon, 279 Harrod, 1923; Donaghey,
3S1; Tompkins, 179; Ludwig, 301;
| Breckenridge, 9.
The vote was not completed until
$50 o'clock and a motion to adjourn
| was made and carried Immediately, al
| though the order of business adopted
| provided that four at-large
| should be selected Tuesday afternoon.
| Mr.. Robinson also discovered that he
| had failed to announce the members
| of the Platform Committee and order
was restored while he announced that
committee, consisting of one member
| from each congressional and one from
each judicial district The committee,
as named, is as follows:
| Judicial Districts.
| F.rst-B. A. Fletcher, Woodruff.
Second. T.Coston, Mississippi
| Third-H. L. Ponder, Lawrence.
| FOURTH. H. McElroy, Washington.
| Fifth-Jess Martin, Pope.
SIXTH. E. Martineau, Pulaski.
| Seventh-D. S. McCray, Hot Springs.
Eighth-T. C. McRae, Nevada.
Ninth-Otis Wing, Sewer
Tenth-T d. Wynne, Fordyce.
Eleventh. M. Elliott, Jefferson.
Twelfth-W A Falconer, Sebastian.
Thirteenth-C w. Herrin, Union.
Fourteenth-W. T. Hammach, Gle
burne.
Fifteenth. R. A Wallace, Frank
lin.
Sixteenth-D l.. King, Sharp.
Seventeenth - Sam Frauenthal,
Faulkner.
Congressional Districts.
First-Frank Smith, Crittenden.
| Second-M. j. Manning, Monroe.
Third. S. Combs, Madison.
Fourth-W. H. Arnold, Miller.
| Fifth-W. L. Moore, Conway.
Sixth-Pit Holmes, Cleveland.
| Seventh-C. A. Bridewell, Hemp
stead.
After adopting a platform, which
embodies in large measure the ideas
advanced by George w. Donaghey, the
Democratic nominee for governor, on
state issues, together with compro-
mise plank on the subject of state
wide prohibition, asking the next state
legislature to pass such laws as are
necessary to cause the question to be
submitted to vote of the people in
1909, the Democratic state conven-
| ton adjourned Wednesday afternoon.
1t was the most harmonious session
the Democrats of Arkansas have held
in years.
In addition to adopting the platform
the convention Wednesday elected
GUY B. Tucker national committee
man from Arkansas and selected
Judge r. F. Milwee of Monroe coun-
ty and Bruce Bullion of Faulkner
county as chairman and secretary, re-
| spectively, of the Democratic State
Central Committee, thereby carrying
| out the program of the Donaghey
| forces without a break,
The convention named w. P. Fletch-
| err of Lonoke, J. Nj. Spradling OF Sc
| bastian and John T. Hicks and Lewis