Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-05-19
Camden Delegation Does Not Desire to Break Ro-
 tation Precedent.
FULLY 400 ELKS
 NOW IN THE CITY
Additional Delegates Coming Today, Which Is tO Be Big Day. of 1916 Meeting One Disappointment Is
 Failure of Trough to Appear.

Gus Remmel of Little Rock, now vice president of the Arkansas Elks' association, will have no opposition today when the eection is held for the presidency.
 Formal announcement was made last night to The Graphic by dele gatlon of members of the Camden
 lodge, that because it does not desire to seek to break precedent which is established, it will not submit the name of B. C. Powell for the pres idency.
 Mr. Powell took the matter up last night at conference of members of the Camden delegation, and his sug- gestion was received cordially by the members and at once put into effect, although none of the other members of the order were informed.
 The Camden lodge will offer Mr. Powell as candidate for the vice pres ldency, and will seek also to have the convention at Camden in 1918. It is believed the hustling members of the Camden delegation will be able to carry through both projects, so that MT. Powell will be vice president un- der Mr. Rammel, and in 1917 will suc-l ceed MT. Remmel as president, then retirinp from the office at the 1918 convention at his home city.
 We believe we had mustered as much, if not more, strength as the forces in support of MT. Powell" said one of the Camden dele gates last night, "but we did not let this influence our decision The one thing we considered was the question of precedent, and for the good of the order we decided not to continue the of MT. Powell"
 Change in Progfam. l of Dr. c. H. Brough of Fayetteville and iE. E. Alexander of Blytheville, grand deputies exalted ruler, and who were scheduled to make the responses to the addresses of welcome, there was a slight change in the program for the formal opening exercises yester- l day of the annual meeting of the Ar kansas Association of Elks at the clubrooms of the local lodge.
 The spacious hall was packed and | jammed with members of the order, l their ladies and friends, when the were begun, and until the 1 exercises were completed the crowd 1 Music by the Little Rock and Camden bands, the invocation by Rev. J. l. Norris. chaplain of the lodge, and the addresses of welcome by Mayor Simon Bloom and Prof. Junius Jordan, were carried out ac- ,ording to the program. Mayor Blooms remarks were brief and pithy, and Dr. Jordan's address was a beau ,iful expression of the hope that the Elks, as individuals and as opponents ,f ouen-hearted, open-handed, Christ anity, would make themselves as well come as the Pine Bluff neople want hem to be.
 The responses to the welcoming ,alks were made by A. c. Gus" Rem- nel, vice president of the association, md R. w. Newell, both of Little Rock, md these followed the vein tapped by he previous speakers. The senti- nents expressed by the speakers met with hearty accord. and there were requent bursts of cheers and ap- )lause. @
 Big Dance Last Night.
 Last night there was big recep. ion and dance at the ballroom of the Hotel Pines in honor of the Elks and] heir ladies. There was great crowd n attendance, and the affair was one f the most enjoyable that has been eld here for some time. t.
 Throughout yesterday the big com nittee of local ladies. headed by Mrs. !. :. Can't Jr.. as chairman, devoted heir energies to receiving and enter-I aining the visiting ladies, and scores f little social affairs were enjoyed, s courtesies to the guests of the 
 Today these ladies will spend most , the time in the same manner, and , onight there will be the big formal rand ball, following the annual pa- ade of the Elks.
 Business Session Today.
 Today the Elks will take up the usiness of the convention, and it is xpected number of matters of rime importance will be considered nd acted upon. The selection of the lace of next vear's meeting and the lection of officers will be the last disposed of, and it is ex- { ected that by 3 or 3:30 o'clock all