The Mena weekly star., 1920-05-06
REPUBLICANS MET
 AND ORGANIZED
Republicans of Fourth Congressional District Met in Mena Wednesday, w. H. DunbIaizer Nominated for
 Congress Plan Reforms.

Republicans of the Fourth Congress sional district met in convention in Mena Wednesday morning, named delegates to the national convention. selected candidate for congress and laid plans for a vigorous campaign in the eleven counties of the district this fall.
 incidentally the delegates found op- portunity to severely criticise PresF- dent Wilson and as one of the speak CTS had it, give the Democrats he'll" In between times the representatives of the G. o. P. handed their own party verbal boquets and Indulged in roseate dreams of success at the polls
 No lily White problems disturbed the gathering. which was harmonious throughout. It is a well known fact that colored folks even though they might be Republicans are not given the glad hand of welcome in Mena.
 Delegates were present from eight of the eleven counties in the district. Sevier, Howard and Montgomery fail- ed to have representation.
 J, S. Roberts of Bonneville was chos- en chairman and H. J. Payne of Fort Smith was named as secretary. when the delegates gathered at the court house.
 The convention started off by nam ing w. B. Pape of Fort Smith as deIe- gate to the national convention in Chicago. There was no opposition and MT. Pape was chosen by exclamation.
 J. o. Livesay of Ashdown was ham, ed as alternate. Roth men thanked the convention for the honor bestowed upon them.
 Judge Liyesay, who is also a candi- date on the state ticket, nominated w. H. Dunblazier of Fort Smith as can didate for Congress. Before he did this however. the Foreman attorney pro- ceeded to speak right out in meeting about President Wilson and the awfnl mess of things the executive and the Democrats have created the last few years. The c. o. P. spokeman of course promised an improvement after 1 the coming election in case the Repu0- I licans were successful.
 s. s. Langley of Murfreesboro an- other c. O. P. state candidate, having been named for attorney general. sec- onded the nomination of Commission CT Dunblazier for Congress. He added more to the indictment brought by Judge Livesay against President VII son and the Democrats.
 The convention agreed evidently with the speakers for by unanimous vote they confirmed the nomination of the Fort Smith man as standard bear CT in the district
 Congressman-to-be Dunblazier also thanked the convention for choosing him and not only promised to make a vigorous campaign but went further and predicted that woman suffrage will help purify the political cauldron this fall.
 J. S. Roberts, the presiding officer. was named as presidential elector for the district. This choice was also made by exclamation. Mir. Roberts accepted the honors thrust upon him by further accusing the Democrats of misconduct. He said among other things there had been too much Big and little u in the White House of recent years and charged that the whole U. s. A. has been dominated by just one man who also tried to dominate most of the entire world, prior to the discovery of cerebral lesion. The Bonneville man proved most interesting talker and declared in thunderous tones that the people will come back next November and rule as they did in the good old days. z
 Resolutions were adopted to the ef- feet the delegate to the national con- yention go without instructions. The 1, resolution was offered by ]. H. Butler of Van Buren and was adopted unan- 1 mously.
 pr. c. c. Gunnels as representative of Polk county invited all the oandi- dates for state and congressional of- flee to, come to Mena when the county convention Is held in June. He prom tseu tuclH q kuo3 Sfu"u d&AA JtNatNlCA that Polk county will elect some Re- publicans to office this fall.
 The delegates decided to make vigorous campaign throughout the district for the coming election and named congressional committee to look after the fight. The committee as chosen consists of the representatives of tue following counties: | Crawford-J- H. Butler. Van Buren.
 Pike-Iw. P Hampton. Glenwood
 Polk-W. K. Watkins, Mena
 Logan--Charles N. Roberts, Boone vile.
 Little River-D. s. Collins, Foreman l Miller-G c. Pope, Texarkana. f Scott C. c. Graves, Mansfield Sebastian H. J. Payne. Fort Smith. l Following the adjournment of the convention. Mr. Graves wes reelected 1 chairman of the congressional com mitee and Mir. Payne named seere- tary.
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