The Pulaskian., 1916-06-09
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WoMAN's SUFFRAGE ENDORSED PRIMARY ELECTION BILL
 MEETING APPROVAL.
Little Rock

completed it's work and adjourned to meet in Little Rock in 1918 The feat. ures of the days proceedings were the nominating of Dr. c. H. Brougn for governor, his speech of accept ance, selection of the state central committee. presidential election and alternate delegates to the national convention. Former Congressman Stephen Brundidge addressed the convention, explaining why he men toned the resolution condemning the abuse of the pardoning power and re. questing the Legislature to pass a law creating pardon board to make recommendations to the governor be fore pardons be granted, as objections had been made to the adoption of the resolution. He said he would offer no objections to it's withdrawal. The committee on resolutions had embed fed the proposition in it's report. w. V .romkins of Prescott then withdrew the resolution. To even up matte-s, no reference to Gov. Hays admins tration was mentioned in the resolu- l tions or platform adopted.
 After a debate of some duration the convention, by the vote of 173 to 2S3. tions request to the next Legislature to submit woman's suffrage consti- tutional amendment A motion to eliminate was offered to J. T. Coston of Osceola. Shortly after the conven- tion met Dr. c. H. Brough was nomi- hated for governor by exclamation. The nominee was accorded rousing ovation when he took the platform to deliver his address of acceptance.
 Joseph w House, Jr., of Little Rock. was elected chairman of the State Central committee and c. C. Calvert of Fort Smith secretary. J. s. Yarnell of White county was elected to the State Central Committee from the First Judicial Circuit over Frank F. Kitchens of Helena, who had been selected by a caucus of delegates from that district. The new State Central Committee selected by the conven- tion follows:
 Congressional district members: First District, J. H. Hawtorne Of Jonesboro Second District. s. P. Turner, Sharp County. Third Dis trict, J. V. Walker, Fayetteville. Fourth District J. D. Head, Texarka- na Fifth District, D. Ward Dunlap, Clarksville. Sixth District, T. E. To- lar. Sheridan Seventh District, J R. Wilson, Bradley County.
 i Judicial circuit members:
 l First Circuit, J. s. Yarnell, White County Second Circuit, Dave Block. Cross County. Third Circuit, z. NJ McCarroll Lawrence County. Fourth Circuit, J. W. Nance, Rogers. Fifth Circuit, R. T. Compton. Wing. Sixth Circuit. June P Wooten, Little Rock. Seventh Circuit, w Morton Garden, Malvern. Eighth Circuit, John J Me Milan, Clark County. Ninth Circuit. J. G. Sain, Howard County Tenth Circuit, Patrick Henry, Monticello Eleventh Circuit, R. R. Rice, Warner Twelfth Circuit-Ira D. Oglesby, Fort Smith Thirteenth Circuit, J. K. Ma. honey, Eldorado Fourteenth Circuit, Roy Milum, Harrison. Fifteenth Cir cult, J. s. Turner, Franklin County Sixteenth Circuit. E. Dalton, Pocahon- tas. Seventeenth Circuit, c. o. Payne, ] Conway Eighteenth Circuit, A. H. Tribble, Garland County.
 Presidential Electors.
 The presidential electors chosen fol. low:
 From the state-at-Iarge: F. G. Lindsey, Bentonville; J. s. Maloney, Little Rock First District, F G. Fay Tor, Clay County. Second District, H. A. Northcutt. Fulton County Third District, Claude A. Fuller, Eureka Springs. Fourth District, S. N. Fam, Pike County Fifth District, J. M Barker. Atkins. Sixth District, c. A. Walls, Lonoke. Seventh District, Har " E. Cook, Lake Village
 The delegates to the national con- yention were chcosen iii the recent primary, and where possible, the con- vention named as alternate candidates for delegates who were defeated.
 The alternates elected follow:
 From the state-at-large: Phil Scott, Crawford County; Smead Powen, Camden; Edgar Brewster, Pine Bluff, and Gordon Prierson, Craighead Coun- ty. First District, Ad Bertig, Para gould; F. B. Sprague, Clay County Second District, J. R. Chase, Izard County; w R. Chestnut, Sharp Coun ty. Third District, Homer Freeling, Boone County; Bob Berry, Marion County. Fourth District. D. B. Sain, Nashville; John I. Alley, Mena. Fifth District, A. s. Martin. Little RocK; Grover c. Owens. Little Rock. Sixth