The Harrison times., 1916-06-10
ADOPT DEMOCRATIC
PLATFORM FOR 1876
WoMANS SUFFRAGE ENDORSED
PRIMARY ELECTION BILL
MEETING APPROVAL.
Little Rock.

ures OF the days proceedings were
the nominating of DR.. C. II. Brough
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 a 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 its withdrawal The
committee on resolutions had embod-
led the proposition in its report. w.
V. romkins Of Prescott then withdrew
the resolution. To even up mattr>s,
no reference to Gov. Hays admins
tration was mentioned in the resoM-
tions or platform adopted.
After a debate of some duration the
convention, by the vote of 173 to 2S3,
refused to eliminate from the resOlu-
tions a request to the next Legislature
to submit a woman's suffrage consti-
tutiOnal amendment. A motion TO
eliminate was offered to ]. T. Coston
Of Osceola Shortly after the conven.
ton met DR.. c. II. Brough was nomi-
mated for governor by acclamation.
The nominee was accorded a rouslng
ovation when he took the platform
to deliver his address of acceptance.
Joseph w. House, Jr, OF Little
Rock, was elected chairman of thee
State Central committee and c. c.
Calvert of Fort Smith secretary. j. S.
Yarnell of White county was elected
TO tho 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, ]. H. hawthorne Of
Jonesboro. Second District, S. P.
Turner, Sharp County. Third Dis
trict, ]. V. Walker, Fayetteville
Fourth District, J. D. Head, Texarka-
ma Fifth District, d. Ward Dunlap,
Clarksville. Sixth District, T. E. To-
lar, Sheridan Seventh District, ]. R.
Wilson, Bradley County.
Judicial circuit members:
First Circuit, J. S. Yarnell, White
County. Second Circuit. Dave Block.
Cross County. Third Circuit, 2. M
McCarroll, Lawrence County. Fourth
Circuit, ]. 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. Nc
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, ]. S. Turner, Franklin County.
Sixteenth Circuit, E. Dalton, Pocahon-
tas. Seventeenth Circuit G. o. Payne
Conway. Eighteenth Circuit, A. H.
Tribble, Garland County.
Presidential Electors.
The presidential electors chosen fol-
low:
From the stateat-large: f. G.
Lindsey, Bentonviile; ]. S. Maloney
Little Rock First District, F. G. Tay-
lor 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.
ry e. Cook, Lake Village.
The delegates to the national con-
vention were chosen in 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 Power,
Camden; Edgar Brewster, Pine Bluff,
and Gordon Prierson, Craighead Coun-
ty. First District, Ad Bertig, Para
gould F. b. Sprague, Clay County,
Second District, ]. r, Chase, lizard
County; w. r. Chestnut, Sharp Coun.
ty. Third District, Homer Freezing,
Boone County; Bob Berry, Marion
County, Fourth District, ID. B. Sain,
Nashville; John l. Alley, Mena. Fifth
District, A, s. Martin, Little Rock:
Grover G. Owens, Little Rock Sixth