Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-06-02
CONVENTION TO l HOLD TWO DAYS 
State Democratic Gathering Will Be Large. Noisy and Few Other Things New Rules Will Help some' 'us
 Can't Finish in One Bay.

Preliminary plans for the state s Dnmocratic convention which meets June 7-S. are about complete, with the executions of railroad rates. Secre- tarv Bruce Bullion st,ated last nlsht that representatives of the railroads here have agreed to take the matter un and see if a concession can not ho obtained in the matter of rates for the delegates
 The convention will be the largest ever held by the Democratic party ill this state, there being CPS accredited do1eoates The sessions will be held at the Capital theater, which is being placsA in condition for the conventlon' 0n1 gIonday, June 6, the State Dem- x ocratic committee will meet and can vass the returns, hear what contests have been inherited by it from the nreceding primary, in case the sub \ committee which meets the Saturday # nreyicus can not settle them, and Will also decide on the officers for the Atemporary organization.
 When the convention assemblies at noon sharp the following Tuesday it will be called to order by the chair man of the State Central Committee, ' R r Milwee, who will announce the temporary organization of cfalrman and secretary. The temporary chair man will then turn loose the custo- mary flow of convention oratory which N is always his privilege and which is & known as the keynote of the conyen- q tion.' & After this part of the program $ 8 disposed of the credentials commit T fee will be named and recess of pro- # hablv an hour taken, in order to al low the committee time in which to ' determine who are the properly ac- credited delegates Following this the convention will again be called to order and after the credentials com- mittee reports the convention Will De
 ready to take up the matter of per-
 manent organization with the election
 of permanent chairman and secre-
 tary. This is one of the main features
 of the proceedings.
 n Nominating Speeches.
 8 If there are any contests to come 3 before the convention they will be 3 heard as the next part of the pro & ceedings: if not the convention will
 nroceed with the formal part of de- E<,1aring nominees, the aftermath of tte |SSSArch primary.
 As1GSAis section of the parade always z2XYXes up a good deal of time, as all xNxfA principal officers are honored With .NHhinating speeches, some of them Along and elaborate. It frequently 2# takes two or three hours to get S through with this performance, be- ' ginning with the nominating speech 2 for the governor.
 M The chosen star-dust distributors of
 the party are always picked for the
 nominating speech department, al-
 though by the time the convention has
 listed to about a half dozen of these
 adjectivial showers it is ready for
 a recess and refreshments.
 Making Platform.
 The convention next gets down to
 the job of making platform. com-
 mittee is named early in the conven-
 tion to look after this matter, but
 they have to report and have the con-
 vention pass upon their handiwork
 Sometimes it knocks plank or two
 out or spikes stray scantling but
 usually the most strenuous part of
 the platform process is to read and
 approve the lengthy document after
 it has been manuscfbed by the clerk
 of the committee. It usually goes just
 as it is drawn by the committee, for
 the committee is generally given the
 proper coaching in advance as to what
 the sDhtform is expected to contain
 Last convention there was something
 of fight made on the prohibition
 plank as it was drawn, but it struck
 Just as the committee wrote it.
 There are various and sundry req
 sons to believe there will be some in-
 teresting incidents connected with the
 drafting and passage of the platform
 th.s time, and report has it that there
 nay be a warm clash over certain