For the .frlcansas Bonner. DEMOCRATIC MEETING IN CHICOT

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At Democratic meeting of the citizens of Chicot county, held in the town of Columbia, on Saturday, the 17th day of February, 1944, to appoint delegates to Democratic State Convention. to be holden at Little Rock, to nominate candidates for Governor, for Rep resentative in Congress, and for other pur- poses Capt Silas Craig was, on motion, ap- pointed Chairman, and Isaac N. Barnett, Sec retary.

 Whereupon, James s. Peake, and Sabert Offutt, Esq'rs, Col Ben. Taylor, and l. N. Barnett, were, on motion, appointed com mittee to prepare resolutions in relation to the expediency of holding another Democratic State Convention, to nominate candidates for Governor, Representative in Congress, and State Electors, and to appoint delegates to the Democratic National Convention, to be hold en in Baltimore, in May next.

 Said committee retired to prepare such res- olutions as they should deem proper, and after delbefating for short time, reported the following resolutions for the adoption of the meeting:

 lst Rcsolred, That this meeting cordially approves the recommendation made by the editor of the < Arkansas Banner,o and other democrats, to hold another Democratic State Convention, and recommends tha, said Con- vention be holden at Little Rock, on Monday, the 9th day of April next, and proposes to the democrats of the State to hold county meetings as early as possible, to concur Tn this recommendation, or to suggest some other day in time to be generally concurred in, and to appoint delegates to such State Convention.

 2nd Resolred. That Capt. Silas Craig, and Col. Ben. Taylor, and S. c. Faulkner, be ap- pointed delegates from this county, to said Convention, and that they will faithfully rep resent the wishes of this meeting, by urging the paramount claims of Col R. M. Johnson, for the nominaton for the Presidency of the United States

 3rd Resolped, That the readiness with which Gen'l E. N. Conway and Dr. D. J. Chapman have consented to submit their no- minalions for the offices of Governor and Representative in Congress, to the decision of a second Convention, entities them to the applause and best feelinge of the democratic party, and is esteemed an earnest of their preference of the harmony and union of their party to their own individual elevation.

 4th. Resolred, That the proceedings of this meeting be signed by the Chairman and Secretary, and that the Secretary be requested to forward copy thereof to the editor of the !" Arkansas Banner,a with the request of the meeting that the proceedings be published in said paper. Which resolutions were unani- mously adopted-by the meeting.

 And then, on motion. the meeting adjourned

 SILAS CRAIG, Chairman. N. R