The Little River news., 1916-06-03
STATE C0NYEN-
 ZION AnJ0URNS
BrougE. Declared Unanimous Nominee of Party for Governor; Primary
 Bill Discussed i'll Session.

Little Rock. June 1:-(Special.)- The State Democratic Convention ad- iourned today. Rapid progress was made in the convention Wednesday, and had it not been tor the Perry and foinsett county contests. there would have been much more time for keynote sI9>cches and poetry-reading and eagle screaming.
 Nr. C. Ii. Broueh was declared the unanimous nominee of the par for geecrnor after the usual formalitie5, and an eloquent nominating speech by Alex Ii. RoWell of Jeffersol county, and scconding speech by Chancellor Jordan Sellers of Morrilton. Dr. Brough's speech of acceptance, how ever. was not delivered until today, 9ster the adoption of the platform, which clearly sets forth the issues for which he stands.
 Tn the preliminaries Wednesday ar ternoon Col Brundidge of Searcy call ed upon by the convention for {, speech, created a little diversion by reading the following resolution, which he said would be submitted at the proper time:
 Resolved. that this convention Ge. plorCs both the abuse of the appoint i've power and the pardOning power exercised in this state for the past several years. and recommends that the neX5 Legislature pass sucA laws as will prevent further abuse of the powers: that we favor the creation of pardOning commission, 10 whom .' petitions for pardons shall be submit ed to be referred to the Governor fos his consideration; that We heartily approve of the merit system in mak ing appointments to office and cOn~ demn the practice of appointing to of flee relatives or persons to pay pOli- tical debts and demand that only such persons shall be appointed who are eapabie and efficient and in no way related Ivy blood or marriage to per son r.aking the appointment
 No action was taken on the resolu tion.
 N " Tompkins of Presco Was ap- pointed chairman of the Committee on Resolutions. and J. M Futrel of Green of the Platform Committee.
 Head Permanent Chairman.
 James D. Head of TeXarkana was elected Permanent Chairman, and Pat rick Henry of Drew county permal ent secretary, the assistant secretaries be- ing Morton Garden of Hot Springs, Guy Williams of Sebastian, Elbert Goodwin of Izard, Harvey G. Combs of Madison. c. H. Moses of Drew. G. A. Vincenheller of Washington, June P. Wooten of Pulaski and E. J. Kerwin of Jefferson.
 There were only two contests for the seating of delegations. The Gen. tral Committee reported against seat ing either of the two delegations from Perry county, declaring that they were equally culpabe for ignoring the tenets of Democracy an. fomenting strife within the ranks of the party. The creden ials committee endorse: the action of the central committed It was then carried to the floor of the convention by White Of Logan, who movtd the Perryville delegation be o1, inSiH voted down and the report of the credentials committee was adopted. Tn Pciasett county, the contesting dele Aation, headed by Thad Dradsher wa recognized.
 Hays Addresses Cor ;ention.
 Early in the afternocA Temporary Chairman Walker receiy-d 9 commun, ication from Gov. Hays, saying that he was ready to offer his sqvices for any duty that miaa. be r.; tired of him, and hat he hoped Aermeay would pre- vail in all things. By unanimous vote of the convention. an invitation was sent the governor by N'. G. Hutton. t9 appear and address ne convention, which he did. lie said that he wishea 10 go on reccrd as endorsing the Will son administration; hat he was ready to go on the firing line in the interese or the party nominee and. to do every thing possible in his power to make the next administration a success. He declared that he had had rough and rugged road to travel as chief execu- tive,-an experience which his pre- decessors would confess, and his sue cessorS would learn But he said tlI&t whatever he had done was in the n- t"resi of humanity.
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