BENToNvILLE. Nov. 22d. 1917.
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Dedr Sir The Democratic County Conven-
uol, tor this county, came off agreeab by TO pre-
vIous notice. on Saturday tho 2O.h inst. and as
you WI! see by the proceedings which have been
forwarded TO you, that the meeting of the l5lh
was repudiaed. Benton is for w S. OLDHAM
ana VIII instruct her delegates, TO the State
Convention, to support him for the Congressional
nomination 1t will be left discretionary with
me delegates to cas-. the vote for Governor. Drew
OF coarse is out OF the questions Roane ,cas bu,
Is hardly n0w, the first choice of the democracy
OF benton. Ihornton will be apt TO get the votes
OF this county for Governor.


hi'nough township meetings had been held, in
seVeraI townships, and delegates appointed 10
nee Hleel IN county convention, at this place. on the
~oth, 10 The utter establishment Of all who wit
messed IT, wilson addressed the people in the
streets. where there were over 200 hundred per-
sons ana whiie he was haranguing the crowd
certain A-Judge of this circuit cried out. as fol-
lows = a II Wilson's friends will fall in on his
flgh'. W NhereuPon about 20 persons fell in line.
After the speech over. these friends of Will
sons adjourned TO a house and adopted resolutions,
lnstructlng their delegates to vote for Wilson,
VI course there were Overcome hundred democrats
IN the streets who did not attend this meeting. be-
cause the Invlt:tion extended to Wilson's
friends" only, and therefore it was presumed to
be Wilson meeting, and net Democratic Con-
vention.


wilson may not be TO blame for these proceed
lhgS winch are of a disorgansing tendency, and
cafc"IGfed to help Johnson, if they were not in
fenae@ to effect that purpose. And they are dis
reputable to all concerned. and unequaled by anv
thIRg that has occurred in this end of the State
ever before. Such a bold and daring attempt 10
tread down the people. is attributed to the intrigue
OF broken down politician who claims to belong
to your county, and who has been figuring up
mere, earning the contempt of the honest men OF
All parties. learn that at Little Rock he was
Johnson mar IT Van Buren,, an Oldham man,
and up here he has p'2yea the courter TO Wilson
and his friends-he is "al tni"gs to all men,"
ana his desplcabe course has ID him Iii the
eyes of ali honorable and fair dealing politicians