Democratic Convention
Harmonious Gathering
No Opposition to Brough Prog
ram and He Formulates
Platform and Dominates
Actions of the Convention
The Democratic State Con
vention at Little Rock lastweek
was painfully serene and tran
quil.
I)r. Brough and his friends
were in complete control and
got everything they went after.
The organization was Brough,
and the platform was Brough.
Only in a few unimportant in
stances were there any mutter
ings of opposition, and when
Strife raised his head, there
was an unseen diplomatic hand
somewhere to put it out of busi
ness. Harmony was the key
note, and progress the end of
the convention.
Frank Kitchens of Phillips
county was displaced on the
State Central Committee, and
that caused a slight ripple.
There was a little feeling over
the Perry and Poinsett county
contests, but it did not amount
to much, and the result of it
was that county party organi
zations must not for selfish
reasons jeopardize the inter
ests of the party in the state.
Both factions in the Perry
county fight,divided by a coun
ty seat contest,were held equal
ly cuppable, and the conven
tion decreed that the penalty
to be paid was non-participa
tion in the proceedings of the
convention.
Only two roll-calls were tak
en during the two daysthe con
vention was in session. On one
of them the equal suffrage ad
vocates won an easy victory,
and in the other Little Rock
easily defeated Hot Springsfor
the 1918 meeting of the con
vention. The only other excite
ment worthy of note was the
debate that arose over the in
troduction of the Brundidge
resolution condemning the free
use and abuse of the pardon
ing and appointive powers of
the chief executive. Col. Brun
didge insisted that there was
nothing personal in the resolu
tion—that it was a principle
and not an individual, he wsa
aiming his guns at. But after
Judge Jeptha Evans of Boone
ville addressed the convention
in a telling speech in opposi
tion to the Brundidge resolu
tion, the resolution was with
drawn. Judge Evans declared
that Brundidge was taking the
ridiculous attitude of asking a
Democratic State Convention
to go on record as condemning
every Democratic administra
tion in the history of Arkansas.
He said that no good Democrat
had any right to introduce a
resolution sweepingly indicting
all former administrations of
the Democratic party. Judge
Evans said he was defending
no particular administration
but was defending the adminis
tration of his party. Judge
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Evans was roundly cheered.
New Central Committee
The new State Central Com
mittee is made up of the fol-;
lowing committeemen elected
; by the various congressional
and judicial district conven-1
lions.
Congressional Districts
First District—J. H. Haw
thorne of Jonesboro.
Second District—S. P. Turn
er, Sharp county.
Third District-—.J. V.Walter.
Fayetteville.
Fourth District—J. D. Head,!
Texarkana.
Fifth District—D. Ward
Dunlap, Clarksville.
Sixth District—T. E. Toler,
Sheridan.
Seventh District—J. R. Wli
son, Bradley County.
Judicial Districts
First Circuit—J. S. Yarnell,
White county.
Second Circuit—Dave Block,
Cross county.
Third Circuit—Z. M.MeCar
rol, Lawrence county.
Fourth Circuit—J. W.Nance,
Rogers.
Fifth Circuit—R. T. Comp
ton, Wing.
Sixth Circuit—June P.Woot
en, Little Rock.
Seventh Circuit—W. Mor
ton Carden, Malvern.
Eighth Circuit—John II.Mc
Millan. Clark county,
j Ninth Circuit—J. G. Sain.
Howard county.
Tenth Circuit—Patrick Hen-j
ry, Monticello.
Eleventh Circuit—R. B.Viee,
Varner.
Twelfth Circuit—Ira D. Og
lesby, Fort Smith.
Thirteenth Circuit—J. K.
Mahoney, El Dorado.
Fourteenth Circuit —Roy
Milum, Harrison.
Fifteenth Circuit—J. S.
Turner, I’ran km county.
Sixteenth Circuit—E. Dal
ton, Pocahontas.
Seventeenth Circuit-—C. <).
Payne. Conway.
Eighteenth Circuit—A. H.
Fribble, Garland county.
The Platform
The platform adopted fol
lows :
We, the Democrats of Ark-j
ansas, in convention assembled
endorse the administration of
President Wilson.
We favor a revision of our
revenue laws, so as to fix and
enforce a fair basis of assess
ments uniform.
\\ e favor an enforcement of
the act of the legislature of
1913, providing for a budget
system for the purpose of keep- j
ing the expenditures of the j
state government within the;
bounds of the revenue raised !
tor state purposes.
We favor such legislation as
will place the the state on a
cash basis.
We endorse the primary elec
tion bill prepared by the com
mittee appointed by the Demo
cratic state convention of 1914
and now being initiated.
Capital and labor are inter
dependent, and each should
have regard for the rights of
the other. We favor such legis
lation as will protect both.
We favor the passage of a
law with proper safeguards
tor the protection of the state j
that will permit corporations j
required to give bond to de- j
posit our own bondsas security, i
We favor a pardon board, j
and until it can be created with :
some power, we demand that j
the governor in the exercise of 1
the pardoning power, shall en
force Sections No. 2567 to No.
2->7o of Kirby’s Digest, requir
ing a publication of noitee of
the intention to apply for the
pardon.
We favor the passage of
Amendment No. 12. submitting
to a majority vote of each
school district the right to in
crease their school taxes from
seven to twelve mills.
W e ask liberal appropria
tions for the state university,
the state normal, the agricul
tural schools and the charitable
institutions, and a separate
millage tax forsaid institutions,
and demand their divorcement
from politics.
We favor the convening of
a constitutional convention to
frame a new constitution,more
responsive to the needs of a
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it may salivate you, while if you take
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feeling great, full of ambition and ready
for work or play. It’s harmless, pleas
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like it.
growing commonwealth.
We favor, as soon as the
finances of the state will per
mit, the establishmentof a state
reformatory for girls.
We favor the enactment of a
law whereby the bonds repre
senting the permanent school
fund of the state shall be in
creased by such an amount as
will allow an interest rate of
six per cent per annum from
the date of their issuance tothe
present time, and that provi
sion be made that said bonds
shall bear six per cent interest j
hereafter.
We demand the abolition of
useless offices and commissions,
the retrenchment in public ex
penditures, the strict account
ability of officers who handle
public funds, and insist thatthe
aggregate of all appropria
tions by the General Assembly
shall not exceed the income of
the state.
We denounce mob law and
all forms of lawlessness, and
call upon the courts and juries
to enforce the laws to the end
that life and property may be
made secure.
We favor a system of mar
keting bureaus for the distri
bution of farm products, so as
to enable the producer to reach
the consumer at the least cost
and convenience.
We favor prison reform, the
merit system, honest business
methods in the management of
state prisons, free from politics,
but demand that the peniten
tiary should be made self-sup
porting.
We tavor immigration, and
ask tin* General Assembly to
make liberal provision for ad
vertising the resources of the
state.
We favor the improvement
of the public roads of the state,
and urge the legislature to
make such changes in existing
road laws as will bring about
this result, and conserve the
funds selected for that purpose.
We believe the legislatures
in the last decade have indulg
ed too much local and special
legislation in disregard of the
spirit of the constitution and
we urge the next General As
sembly to reduce to aminumum
this evil. We favor such an
amendment to the constitution
as would effectually curb thi.,
evil.
We recommend the reorgan
zation of the Arkansas Nation
al Guard along the lines assug
gested by the national admin
istration, and call upon the
young men of the state to lend
their assistance to this plan.
We favor the prompt per
fecting of plans for the ade- (
quate handling of the prob
lems of the feebleminded, to
be carried out as fast as the
financial condition of the state
will permit.
Resolutions Adopted
A summary of the resolu
tions adopted follow:
Resolution favoring a joint
canvass in every race for the
nomination for governor, the
chairman of the State Central
Committee to select dates and
places for debates if candi
dates cannot agree and no can
didate’s name to be placed on
the ticket who refuses to enter
a joint canvass.
Endorsement of the profit
able farming campaign and the
work of agricultural and home
economics extension being car
ried on by the University of
Arkansas, the United States
Department of Agriculture,the
Little Rock Board of Commerce
and other agencies.
Recommendation of a revi
sion of the system of taxation
on real estate to a basis that
will tax the land according to
its face value for surface uses
and will place a royalty tax on
raw materials such as timber
growing on the land and min
eral products that may be tak
en from it; provided that this
tax be reduced to one-half
where the raw materials are to
be used in the state.
Endorsement of the National
Land Bank bill passed by con
gress and a recommendation
that a State Land Bank be es
tablished.
Endorsement of a constitu
tional amendment increasing
the length of term of office of
all public officers that are now
two years to four years and a
recall amendment.
Recommendation for a bill
taxing the cash surrendervalue
of all old line life insurance
policies in the state.
Endorsing the state’s dele
gation in Congress for its stand
ion the rivers and harbors bill
land thanking them for secur
ing an appropriation for the
improvement of Arkansas riv
ers.
Endorsing the Battleship
Arkansas Silver Service and
urging support of the campaign
to obtain money for its pur
; chase.
Recommendation that the
! next legislature re-enact the
resolution to submit a woman
suffrage amendment.
Resolution to instruct all
delegates to the national con
vention to vote as a unit for
Woodrow Wilson for president
and endorsing the Wilson ad
ministration.
Thanking the state’s congres
men for aiding in the passage
of the Flood Control Bill in the
house and urging the two sena
tors to work for its passage in
the Senate.
Requesting the Arkansas
delegation in Congress to work
for the location in Arkansas of
the $20,000,000 nitrate plant
Congress recently voted to es
tablish for the manufacture of
commercial nitrate products in
time of peace and war muni
tions in case of war.
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FALLS FROM TRAIN;
DIES IN FEW HOURS
Mansfield, June 5.—John
Perpicte, a coal miner residing
at Arkoal, sustained fatal in
juries here today in falling
from a freight train. His
clothes caught on a car door
and he was dragged 35 feet.
He was taken to a hospital at
Fort Smith, where he died to
night. Perpicte was en route to
Joplin, Mo., in search of work
in the mines there.
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PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO TUB
CONS TITl'TlOX OF' THE STATE
OK ARKANSAS.
Notice is hereby given that the fol
lowing joint resolution, proposing an
amendment to the State Constitution
was passed by the General Assembly
at its regular session of 1915. and that
the same will be submitted to the elec
tors uf the state ut the next general
(lection, to be held Tuesday, November
7. 1916, for adoption or rejection.
Proposed Amendment No. 14.
That the following is hereby pro
posed as an amendment to the Consti
tution of the State of Arkansas, which,
when agreed to by a majority of all
members elected to each house and
adopted by a majority of the elector*
of tiie State voting at the next gen
eral election for senators and repre
sentatives. shall become a part of the
Constitution of the State of Arkansas:
"Section 1. The county courts In
tnelr respective counties, in addition to
tne county tax now allowed to he lev
ied, shall have power when authorized,
as hereinafter provided, to levy an an
nual lax not exceeding three mills on
the dollar on all taxable property,
which shall be collected and expended
In making and repairing public roads
and bridges in their respective coun
ties: and said court shall have power,
after authority given as hereinafter
provided, to levy a tax not exceeding
three mills on the dollar on all taxable
property for a period of time not to
• xceed thirty years, to borrow money,
issue bonds, and pledge the revenues
arising from the tax levied for a pe
riod of time, to pay the interest and
principal of any sum or sums so bor
rowed. All bonds issued by authority
herein given shall bear a rate of Inter
est not to exceed 6 per cent per annum.
All sums so borrowed shall he used ex
lusivoly in making and repairing the
public roads and bridges in the county.
The annual tax and the tax for period
of vears shall not both he levied and
he In force at the same time in any
county—the levy of one shall excluds
the levy of the other.
Ttefore any levy of taxes herein au
thorized shall he made, the question
of levying such tax shall he submitted
to the qualified electors of the county
at a general or special election called
for that purpose, at which a majority
of the qualified electors voting at such
an election phall have voted in favor of
such levy of taxSts.
Approved February 2. 1916.
The above resolution was filed in the
office of the Secretary of State on Feb
ruary 2, 1916.
Each elector may vote for or against
the above amendment.
Witness my official signature this
19th day of April, 1916.
EARLE W, HODGES.
Secretary of Stata.
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