ARKANSAS. 



ASSOCIATIONS, SCIENCE. 



early action to devise some plan to obtain all lands now 

 owned liv aliens ai>d foreign syndicates ; and that all 

 land* now held by railroads and other corporations, 

 i excess of such a> i> actually used and needed by 

 them, be reclaimed by the Government and held for 

 actual >ettlers only. 



at these re-forms can only be reached 



through free and fair elections, and that the purity ot 



tla , ,^n..t- d trust, always committed to 



the kcepin ' "f the party in power, and that that trust 



eeo .haiucfullv and openly violated bv partisans 



O f t!i. 1 - partv in this State, and that no rea- 



v attempt h:i> been made to convict said parti- 



sans for their crimes, but. on the other hand, the cnm- 



n.it only cnjoved immunity troni their 



crimes but an- the 'recipients of their own violations 



of the law ; w, therefore, declare that the paramount 



the one on which the proper adjustment ot all 



eviU depends is a "free ballot and a lair 



count." 



'I'll.- Democratic State Convention met at Lit- 



tle K-.i-k mi .June 17, and renominated Governor 



. Se.-n-tary of State Chism, Auditor Dun- 



1( ] ., A 1 1 . .rney-( ioneral Atkinson; Commissioner of 



ult ure Locke, Associate- Justice Sandels, 



and Slat.- Land Commissioner Myers. For State 



Min-r the convention nominated Robert B. 



Morrow; and for Superintendent of Public In- 



struction, .losiali 11. Shinn. A platform was 



adapted, containing, among others, the following 



declarations: 



We point with pride to the series of splendid 

 achievements of the Democratic party in Arkansas 

 since 1874, the restoration of the credit of the State 

 from bankruptcy to the highest financial standing, 

 the enormous decrease of the State debt, the decrease 

 in the expenditures of the State Government and the 

 lar_'e consequent decrease of taxation, the abolition 

 .f a parti>an militia and fraudulent registration 



Believing that home rule and local self-government 



.rdinal principles in a republican government, we 



therefore indorse and approve the action of the Leg- 



i>luture of Arkansas in enacting laws relegating to the 



people the. right of settling the liquor question for 



\V. announce our firm and unalterable adherence to 



trine of free and fair elections; and to this end 



.vor the enactment by the next General Assem- 



bly of an election law securing to the voter a secret 



Resolutions were adopted denouncing the un- 

 Dgof Ucpiv^ciitativc \V. II. Cate by the na- 

 ti'uial House of Representatives, and recom- 

 mending tin- next (ienenil Assembly of the State 

 to pass suitable laws requiring railroads to fur- 

 ii Mi separate coaches for white and colored pas- 



The State convention of the Republican party 

 was held at Little Rock on July 9. Following 

 the pivedent e^t al .1 MIC. 1 in the can vass of 1888, 

 it adopted the ticket nominated by the Union 

 Labor party. The only declaration of the plat- 

 form relating to State issues is as follows: 



With the K. 'publicans of Arkansas the questions of 



tariff MM silver, and all other questions, are, held sub- 



ordinate to that of a free ballot and a fair count. With 



the solution ..f this miestion the solution of all other 



ill b<j readily found in conformity with the 



W1 'l ' ; !'. I" State affairs the' object to 



be attai'i-d i^a<lue enforcement of the laws and a 



free exercise of the elective franchise, culminating in 



ballot and a (air and honest, count. To this end 



with all good citizens regardless of 



past political affiliations, who agree with us on these 



fundamental principles of freedom of opinion, free- 

 dom of speech, and purity of elections. With these 

 influences put in operation, we may confidently hope 

 for the overthrow of the present misrule of the Bour- 

 bon Democracy. 



The canvass resulted in the election on Sept. 1 

 of the entire Democratic ticket. For Governor, 

 Eagle received 106,267 votes, and Fizer 85,181, a 

 plurality of 21,086 for the Democratic candidate. 

 In 1888 the Democratic plurality was 14,981. 

 The Legislature of 1891, for which members 

 were chosen at the same time, will be strongly 

 Democratic in both branches. 



At the November election the following mem- 

 bers of Congress were chosen : First District, W. 

 H. Cate; Second District, Clifton R. Breckin- 

 ridge; Third District, T. C. McRae; Fourth 

 District. William L. Terry ; Fifth District, S. W. 

 Peel all Democrats. 



ASSOCIATIONS FOR THE ADVANCE- 

 MENT OF SCIENCE. American. The thir- 

 ty-ninth meeting of the American Association 

 was held in Indianapolis, Aug. 19-26, 1890. 

 The officers of the meeting were: President, 

 George L. Goodale, of Cambridge, Mass. ; Vice- 

 Presidents of sections : A, Seth C. Chandler, of 

 Cambridge, Mass. ; B, Cleveland Abbe, of Wash- 

 ington, D. C. ; C, Robert B. Warder, of Wash- 

 ington. D. C. ; D, James E. Denton, of Hoboken, 

 N. J. ; E, John C. Branner, of Little Rock, Ark. ; 



GEORGE L. GOODALE. 



F, Charles S. Minot, of Boston, Mass. ; IT, Frank 

 Baker, of Washington. D. C. ; I, J. Richards 

 Dodge, of Washington, D. C. Permanent Secre- 

 tary, Frederick W. Putnam, of Cambridge (office, 

 Salem), Mass.; General Secretary, H. Carring- 

 ton Bolton, of New York ; Secretary of the 

 Council, Harvey W. Wiley, of Washington, D. C. 

 Secretaries of the sections : A, Wooster W. Be- 

 man, of Ann Arbor, Mich. ; B, Elroy M. Avery 

 of Cleveland, Ohio; C, William A. Noyes, of 

 Terre Haute, Ind. ; D, Thomas Gray, of Terre 

 Haute, Ind. ; E, Samuel Calvin, of Iowa City, 

 Iowa; F, John M. Coulter, of Crawfordsville, 

 Ind. ; H, Joseph Jastrow, of Madison, Wis. ; I, 

 Bernhard E. Fernow, of Washington, D. C. 

 Treasurer, William Lilly, of Mauch Chunk, Pa. 

 Opening- Proceedings. A meeting of the 

 council was held on Aug. 19, when the names of 



