Hon 0. B. Gordon of Prescott Suc
ceeds Hon. Carroll Armstrong.
JOHN H. PAGE CHOSEN AS SECRETARY
enators Clarkeand Berry, Gov. Davis
and Secretary of State Crockett
the “Big Four.”— Hot Springs Gets
Next Convention.
The voice of the democracy of Ar
kansas in convention assembled at
Hot Springs, ratified the results of the
spring primaries by naming the fol
lowing ticket, to he voted on at the
September election:
Governor—Jeff Davis, of Pope.
Secretary of State—O. C. Ludwig, of
Pulaski.
Attorney General—Robert L. Rogers,
of Crawford.
Auditor—Avery E. Moore, of Faulk
ner.
Treasurer—H. C. Tipton, of Boone.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
—J. H. Hinemon, of Jefferson.
land Commissioner—F. E. Conway,
of Pulaski.
Commissioner of Mines, Manufac
tures and Agriculture—li. T. Brad
ford. of Lonoke.
Chief Justice—Joseph M. Hill, of Se
bastian.
Associate Justice—E. A. Mcuuiiocn,
of Lee.
Railroad Coniniissionors—First and
sixth districts, J. W. Phillips, of Jack
son; fourth and fifth districts,' B. B.
Hudgins, of Boone: second and third
districts, J. E. Hampton, of Dallas.
Hot Springs was chosen as the place
for the next convention.
Hon. O. B. Gordon, of Prescott, de
feated Hon. Carrol Armstrong for the
chairmanship of the state central com
mittee, and John Page defeated Gray
Carroll for secretary of the committee.
The Proceedings.
The state democratic convention was
called to order at the new auditorium
in Hot Springs at 12 o’clock, Tuesday,
June 14, by Hon. Carroll Armstrong,
chairman of the state central commit
tee.
The temporary organization was per
fected by the selection of Hon. George
R. Belding as chairman. Judge Hugh
Cory of Texarkana as secretary, and
Hon. Frank Pace of Boone as reading
clerk.
.Major Belding. in a brilliant anil
witty speech, welcomed the delegates
to the city, and bid them eat. drink
(of the hot water) and be merry dur
ing their stay.
The address of welcome was re
sponded to by Hon. Jerry South of
Baxter.
A motion by Mr. South, to appoint a
committee of fifteen on credentials
brought out the first vote of strength,
and showed that. Gov. Davis’ friends
had a safe majority of the delegates.
Mr South’s motion was adopted and
a substitute motion by Hon. J. W.
House of Pulaski, that the report of
the state central committee on con
tested delegations be adopted, was de
feated.
When the convention reconvened
the first question considered was the
report of the cedentials committee,
recommending the seating of the
Davis delegation from Independence
county. All other contests had been
satisfactorily settled by the state cen
tral committee.
Upon roll call the credentials com
mittee's report was adopted by a vote
of 241 2-3 to 192 1-3.
The convention then proceeded to a
permanent organization.
Hon. C. C. Hamby, of Prescott, was
the only nominee for chairman, his
name being presented by Hon. Oscar
Miles, of Sebastian.
Mr. Hamby was elected by acclama
tion.
On motion of J. E. Williams, Tem
porary Secretary Corry and Temporary
Reading Clerk Pace were made perma
nent.
J. E. Williams, of Pulaski, Jerry
South, of Baxter, and J. H. Evans, of
Ixjgan, were appointed a committee on
the order of business.
A committee of fifteen was appoint
ed to draft the platform.
At the afternoon session of the con
vention a vote was taken on the
choice for president, and the lines
were strictly drawn between Parker
and Hearst, the former receiving the
instructions by a vote of 257 1-2 to
182 1-2.
Senator Clarke, Gov. Dnvis, Senator
Berry and Hon. John W. Crockett, sec
retary of state, were elected delegates
at large by acclamation, with the fol
lowing alternates: Carroll D. Wood,
C. C. Hamby, Frank Pace and George
B. Pugh.
The names of the defeated candi
dates in the primaries, with the ex
ception of attorney general, were not
presented to the convention, and nom
inations were made by acclamation.
Col. Marcellas Davis, or Dardanelle,
placed Gov. Davis in nomination.
At the close of the nominating
speech of Col. Davis, Mr. George Pugh,
of Pulaski, one of the campaign man
ages of Judge Wood, moved that Gov.
Davis be declared the nominee by ac
clamation, which motion prevailed.
Gov. Davis was then escorted to the
platform and addressed the convention
The names of L. A. Byrne of Miller,
J. V. Bourland and Robert L. Rogers!
were presented for attorney general,
the vote being as follows: Rogers
303, Bourland 78, Byrne 61; necessary
to nominate 222. On motion the nom
ination was made unanimous.
Mr. Rogers addressed the conven
tion in a brilliant speech, declaring
that he would go into office wearing
no man’s yoke, but as a democrat, with
only the idea of performing his duty
as he might see it. Mr. Rogers was
loudly applauded.
Hon. Harnp. Smead arose and stated
that his name would not be presented
for delegate at large. Mr. Smead said
that he retired in favor of Senator
James H. Berry in the interest of bar
many and at the suggestion of Gov.
Davis.
Hon. W. H. Martin, of Hot Springs,
was elected as a member of the dem
ocratic national committee, to succeed
Senator James P. Clarke.
Hon. Harry L. Ponder of Walnut
Ridge and Hon. Tillman B. Parks of
Lewisville were nominated by acclam
ation for presidential electors at large.
The convention ratified the selection
of district national delegates made by
the district caucuses as follows:
First District—Harry Wood of
Woodruff, and L. P. Berry of Critten
den; alternates, B. B. Biffle and E. B
Sheek of Clay county.
Second District—J. B. Baker and T.
M. Wood; alternates, F. S. Brown and
W. M. Stuckey.
Third District—H. A. Dinsmore of
Washington, and Jerry C. South of
Baxter; alternates, Henry T. Buie of
Marion and J. Polk Fancher of Car
roll.
Fourth District—W. H. Arnold of
Miller, and O. L. Miles of Sebastian;
alternates, D. B. Sain of Howard, and
J. M. Pitcock of Crawford,
Fifth District— K. A. Darr of Pope
and Sam Frauenthal of Faulkner; al
ternates, A. M. Shields of Johnson and
It. T. Compton of Y'ell.
Sixth District—W. H. Langford of
Jefferson and W. H. Martin of Gar
land: alternates, T. C Trimble, Jr.,
of Lonoke and J. L. Wadley of Gar
land.
Seventh District—It. S. Warnoek of
Columbia and John N. Wheeler of
Bradley.
The following presidential electors
selected by district caucuses were ap
proved.
First District—Ed Mathes of Craig
head.
Second District—J. L. Sharp of
Salem.
Third District—Ben Taylor of New
ton.
Fourth District—T. B. Pryor of Se
bastian.
Fifth District—W. R. Duley of Pu
laski.
Sixth District—Creed Caldwell of
Jefferson.
Seventh District—George R. Haynte
of Nevada.
The following nominations were
made for chairman of the democratic ,
state central committee:
Hon. Carroll Armstrong, by Hon J
T. Hicks.
Hon. O. B. Gordon, by Hon. T. B '
Parks.
Mr. Gordon received 247 votes and
Mr. Armstrong received 192 votes.
The announcement that Mr. Gordon
was elected was greeted with yells of
approval from the followers of Gov.
Davis.
Hon. Gray Carroll and John H. Page
were placed in nomination for secre- j
tary of the state committee. Mr. Car- ;
roll received 188 votes and Mr. Page i
received 253 votes. Mr. Page was
declared elected.
New State Central Committee.
Following is a complete list of the
new state central committee:
Chairman. O. B. Gordon. Prescott;
secretary. John H. Pago. Little Rock.
Congressional: First. B. H. Crowley.
Greene county; Second. D L. King,
Sharp county; Third, C. A. Fuller, Car
roll county; Fourth, Otis T. Wingo,
Sevier county; Fifth. W. P. Street,
Coway county; Sixth, John W. Elliott,
Jefferson county; Seventh, George W.
Hays, Ouachita county.
Judicial Districts—First. T. c. Rem
bort, Helena; Second, O. N. Killough,
Wynne; Third, W. L. Wright, Inde
pendence county; Fourth, J. H. Harris,
Madison county; Fifth, J. M. Barker,
Atkins; Sixth, H. M. Arinistead. Little
Rock; Seventh, U. P. Richmond, Mal
vern; Eighth, A. Mullain, Arkadelphia;
Ninth, H. L. Norwood, Mena; Tenth,
E. E. Bolton, Chicot; Eleventh, J.
Bernhart. Desha county: Twelfth. W.
.1. Johnston, Sebastian; Thirteenth, C.
C. Dubois, Lafayette; Fourteenth.
Frank Pace, Boone county; Fifteenth,
J. V. Bourland, Ozark; Sixteenth, Geo.
D. Black, Pocahontas; Seventeenth.
John F. Dark, DeWitt.
State Democratic Platform.
Following is the platform adopted
at the recent democratic convention
held at Hot Springs:
The democracy of Arkansas renews
its allegiance to the fundamental prin
ciples of government as expressed in
democratic platforms throughout the
existence of the party and accepts the
platform of principles adopted by the
iast democratic convention as binding
upon us as democrats unttl changed by
succeeding national conventions.
We denounce the republican party of
the t'nitej States for its repeated acts
of infamy and outrage upon the rights
of the toiling millions of America and
for its union with corporate greed to
wrest from the toiler an undue portion
of the product of ills labor. We con
demn President Roosevelt, among other
tiling* especially for his public and pri
vate conduct tending- to stir up bitter
ness between tlie different sections of
the country and to make the negro be
lieve that he is the social and other
equal of the white man.
We condemn and denounce ta« repub
liean party of Arkansas for its infamous
record during the dark days of recon
struction and because the heart which
prompted the perpetuation of that long
list of outrages has not been changed
in character, and the- men who were the
ehi.-t actors in th>* bloody drama of re
construction are still the shepherds and
apostles of that party's organization in
tliis State.
We denounce the republican party for
its arrant cowardice in refusing to hear
that record presented to an intelligent
people in Joint discussion in the present
State campaign.
The democratic party, regarding with
Pr><ic and satisfaction the successful de
velopment of our public school system,
pledges itself to Its perpetual support,
maintenance and enlargement, and
recommends that the State continue to
provude for the payment of the interest
on tlie State bonds now belonging to the
school fund, and that at as early a day
as possible the State should make pi o
\ ision f q district high schools in vari
ous portions of the State, to the end
that the rural pupils may have the ad
vantage of high school education. We
further recommend the adoption of a
constitutional amendment which will en
able the State to give more effective
tiuancial aid to the free schools of the
State.
Wi> r> ommenrl ri revision of the law
as ! 1 "ur penitentiary system so .is to
make it as far as possible self-sustain
■iig :<!'.'l prev-nt its mismanagement in
:;ny w i v a mi that my surplus arising
from eonviot labor shall pass into the
school fund foi tlie education of the
children of the State in the free schools.
\\ o indorse the proposed amendment
to our State constitution whereby cities
of the litst and second class may Issue
interest-bearing evidence of indebted
eilm-ss under restrictions therein- named.
W. i. ommend Increased liberality in
pensions to ex-Confederates.
In order that labor may be more fully
proto -ted v demand the enactment ba
th. text legislature of n raw abolishing
the liefense of fellow-servant in all
■ uses where injury occurs to an em
ploy,. of any person or corporation en
gage! in operating railroads, mines or
manufactories, by reason of the negli
e ot any servant ol the common
employer.
e indorse- the State railroad com
mi.-s; ai and disapprove any action look
ing to its abolishment.
Th ■ democracy of the State of Arkan
- »« hi i'ii\ - tion assembled, indorse*
G Jeffet s..n
economical and consistent with the time
homut-d principles of the democratic
party.
V. > •-. iflirm t!i declaration of former
national and state democratic conven
tions against trusts. pools, combina
tions ami conspiracies against trade
whereby the prices or rates are fixed in
i straint in anywise of the freest open
c 'repetition in any species of business.
We d-unaml that the next legislature
speedily enact a law on the subject in
order that all trusts, pools, combina
tions ami conspiracies in restraint of
trade ..»• preventing comp, tition in prices
or rates shall be effectively destroyed in
Arkansas, and that the will of the people
on that subject, as expressed by their
indorsement of Gov. Davis, shall ho
fully and without evasion carried out.
To that end we demand that the next
legislature enact without amendment the
King anti-trust bill introduced In the
last legislature.
We demand the passage of laws by tlie
next legislature making railroad com
panies absolutely liable for all stock
killed or injured by reason of the oper
ation of their trains ami taking away
the defense of contributory negligence
in all personal injury cases for dam
ages sustained by persons upon the
track by the operation of railroad trains
'n which a constant watchout as now
required by law is not maintained.
Wo again renew our statement In fa
vor of a reforrii school for the educa
tion and reformation of juvenile of
fenders and demand of tlie legislature
to make suitable legislation whereby this
much-needed reform may be carried into
effect at an early day.
We indorse the action of the legisla
ture in making suitable provision for
the accommodation of the insane of the
State.
Y> e heartily approve the course of our
senators in congress in connection with
the ratification of the treaty with Pan
ama that makes possible at this time tha
construction of the isthmian waterway.
We cordially commend to the voters of
the State the amendment to the consti
tution providing for an additional judge
of tlie supreme court and creating two
divisions thereof.
The primary elections for the selec
tion of candidates for the various of
fices . state and county, having as it
seems now become a fixed policy of our
people, and Inasmuch as these primary
elections practically determine tile choice
of the people for the various cfflces. it
is highly important that the same shall
be conducted with uniformity, vlth the
utmost fairness and under the fullest
legal protection. We therefore call
upon the legislature for the passage of
some primary election law which will
insure fairness and legality and protect
the democratic primaries against thosa
who would use them for fraudulent pur
poses. and against illegal voters, and
against adherents and members of other
political parties who persist In forcing
themselves into democratic primaries.
The following resolution relative to
the election of United States senator,
submitted by a majority cr the plat
form committee, was adopted:
Resolved. That the democratic nom
ines for tiie next United States senator
shall be selected by the popular vote in
the same manner that state officers aro
chosen and at the same democratic pri
mary election, and that the result of
tiie vote so oast shall be certified to the
next state convention by the various
county conventions and the candidate re
ceiving the greatest number of votes
shall by the State convention be de
clared the democratic nominee for the
United States senate and the same shall
be binding on all democratic members
of the legislature; provided, the state
democratic central committee sliall pre
scribe all rules for government of tiie
primaries throughout the State, and that
said rules sliall be uniform.
A minority report on the manner of
choosing a United States senator was
submitted, also a minority report on
the plank in reference to trust legis
lation, but both were voted down.
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