The Prescott daily news., 1916-06-01
STATE DEMOCRATIC
 CONVENTION ADJOURNS
Dr. C. H. BrOugh Declared Unan- imOus Nominee of Party-COf. Brundidge Delivers Address and Introduced Resolution.

Democratlc Convention adjourned to- day. Rapid progress was made in the convention Wednesday, and had it not been for the Perry and Poinsett county contests, there would have been much more time for keynote speeches and poetry ?reading and eagle-screaming.
 Dr. c. H. Brough was declared the unanimous nominee of the party for governor after the usual formalities, and an eloquent nominating speech by Alex H. Powell of Jefferson county, and seconding speech by Chancellor Jordan Sellers of Morrilton. Dr. Brough's speech of acceptance, how ever, was not delivered until today, after the adoption of the platform, which clearly sets forth the issues for which he stands.
 In the preliminaries Wednesday af- ternoon Col. Brundidge of Searcy, called upon by the convention for a speech, created little diversion by reading the following resolution, which he said would be submitted at the proper time:
 Resolved, that this convention de- plores 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 next Legislature pass such laws as will prevent further abuse of these powers; that we favor the creation of a pardoning commission, to whom all petitions for pardons shall be sub mitted to be referred to the Governor for his consideration; that we heart fly approve of the merit system in making appointments to office and condemn the practice of appointing to office relatives or persons to pay political debts, and demand that only such persons shall be appointed who are capable and efficient and in no way related by blood or marriage to person making the appointment"
 No action was taken on the resolu- ton.
 w. V. Tompkns of Prescott was appointed chairman of the committee on resolutions, and J. M. Futrall of Greene of the platform committee.
 James D. Head of Texarkana was elected permanent chairman, and Pat rick Henry of Drew county permanent secretary, the assistant secretaries being Morton Garden of Hot Springs Guy Williams of Sebastian, Ebert Goodwin of Izard, Harvey G. Combs of Madison, C. II. Moses of Drew, G. A Vincenheller of Washington, June P, Wooten of Pulaski, and k. J. Ker- win of Jefferson.
 There were only two contests for the seating of delegations. The cen tral committee reported against seat ing either of the two delegations from Perry county, declaring that they were equally culpable for ignoring the tenets of Democracy and foment- ing strife within the ranks of the party. The credentials committee en- dorsed the action of the central com mittee. It was then carried to the floor of the convention by White of Logan, who moved that the Perry. vile delegation be seated. His mo ton was overwhelmingly voted down and the report of the credentials com. mittee was adopted. In Poinsett county, the contesting delegation headed by Thad Bradsher, was recog- nized
 Early in the afternoon Temporary Chairman Walker received a commun- ] ication from Gov. Hays, saying that he was ready to offer his services foi any duty that might be required oi him, and that he hoped harmony would prevail in all things. By unani nous vote of the convention, an invi tation was sent to the governor by w. G. Hutton, to appear and address the convention, which he did He saic that he wished to go on record as endorsing the Wilson administration that he was ready to go on the firing line in the interest of the party nomi nees. and to do everything possible ii his power to make the next admins tration success. He declared tha he had had a rough and rugged roaC to travel as chief executive-an ex perience which his predecessors woult