The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-08-02

Progressives Elect Delegates
TO National Convention
In Chicago.
DELEGATION WALKS @ UT
Faction Wanted to Bar Negroes FroG,
Participation in Party as
Delegates.

Little Rock The He~ Progressive
party at its first state convention -
Little RoeE. nominated electors u -
voted upon al the November election.
eighteen delegates and eighteen -
ternates &c he National Buii NCCSs
convention i. Chicago With aa.. g 90
each and affected . stase er-41.s...
lion fer Arkansas.
The convention was marked
fight on the part OF some q -@s -
laski county members e - ga--s =
prevent negroes from beng slss.s-
as delegates TO the national cc-ss-
ton or as members OF any cC---,-.-s-,
Of the new parry Tie .stg ~-..s
faction vas led by coatest.1s 49,
cation from Pulaski COUNT Es&1ss-
by J. B. Cox and E. B. Dow=se. -
regular delegation from E'-.2ssz
county included J. \. Gomez. ~
Holt. II. X. Cochran, and asE=- .s4-
ers in the Roosevelt moga-s-- x -
state. The eoatestinE dessE4sas- VS.
defeated BY vote OF y = = -
convention and the Es4ss-s ~
left the hal persona z-s;,,--.sz>
between Co 4 :. Fo4sz- - :.
Downie W2s threatened - ! -,s.ss---
the bitter feeling r.. - zeeE~ 90
of this fight tc- FcEsz- -sL--s,. =
{ lie q stase=ez. wAssz z,s@-= VS.
reported 10 haze -zz5
meeting DoRa.e advanced 49,
aisle toward Col E-a@z== 80 =
cane raised but rl-a-=- = 11=@ 5z-==s
sprang between the We zzz 81 &c.
them apart. After tEs - .z1z--, -
the lilly white question. sAs &C.
yention was very harmonious.
The platform adopted y IN cen.
vention demands the enactment q =
direct primary law in Arkansas wAle4
will provide for the selection OF del
gates to conventions a well as can
didates for office by direct vote a
the people The grandfather CLAUSE
is condemned and womans suffrage
is endorsed The platform further en-.
dorses the initiative, referendum and
recall, downward revision of the
tariff and regulation of the trusts
The delegates to the national con
vention were instructed to vote for
the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt
for president as long as his name IS
before the convention.
The delegates at large to the ma
tional convention are A S. Fowler OF
Little Rock, j. A. Conner of Little
Rock, J. y. Ttller of Little Rock and
DR., II. NJ. Suggs, negro, of Little
Rock. The aternates at large are.
{. Phil Waters ara H. F. Auten CT
Little Rock, Il. X. Ramey of Noun
tain Home, and r. l., Terrence, a ne
gro, of Hot Springs.
Harry NJ. Trieber and W. E. Pearsell
OF Little Rock were nominated for
electors at large
The delegates from the eongression-
al districts and the presidential elect
ors are:
First Observation-Disclosures. f. E. Rit-
ter, Marked Tree; +. J. Alexander
ta-gIol. Helena. Alternases, D. A.
Joanson (negro). Helena, John Krier,
Marked Tree. Electors, 7. A Waters,
Tally.
Second Observation-Disclosures, F. e.
Adolph. Batesyille; W. l. Wilton.
Newport. Alternates. Carl Spillman,
Heber; G. W. l. Brown, Sedgewiek.
Electors. Ira J. Mack, Newport
Third District Delegates, f. e.
Pritchard. Fayetteville; ". H. Cecil,
Harrison Electors, b. +. Ruble, jas
per.
Fourth District Delegates. b. NJ
Foreman, Texarkana; C.. w Harper,
Fort Smith. Alternates, ". f. Wat
son tnegrol, TeXarkana ). c. Cohn,
Fort Smith. Slectors, George F. YOU
mans.
Fifth District-H Il. Wright and
Bishop J, NJ. Conner (negrol, Little
Rock. Alternates. Or A. +. Sweat
land, Little Rock and G. c. Harris,
Morrilton. Electors. W Holt.
Sixth District-Delegates. NJ. \.
Elsie and {. { Sparks Hot Springs.
and S. n. Irvine (negrol, Pine Bluff.
Alternates l.. q. Saunders. Pine Bluff;
{. r. Langford. Benton and Rev Wa
son, Hot Springs. Electors, G. Strauss.
Hot Springs
Seventh District-M.- A Elliott
Camden, and NJ. Dulaugh OF Eudora
Alternates. J. {. Curran, Eudora, and
Ii, W. Ferguson of Hope Elector, u
A Elliott OF Camden
y *. Cochran was elected national
committeeman from Arkansas