Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-06-29

the time of holding the c0na si0hAi
 election.
 One of the blanks in the platform oi the Hindmam party is the denunciation of ooN' Conway for vetoing Ipdman's bill to change the time of V Ing the election tor members of the natl klHouse of RepreSeh- tative8, and thereby to deprive Arkansas of representation in the lower House oi Congress- eight months in every two years
 The issue is plain-Mr Hindman when preparing his bill was thinking, with hiS usual 3elfshness of himself alone; Gov. ooh- way. when he vetoed it, was thinking only of the State
 To present the question plainly, we will take the case of the present members and the next election. Under the old law' the next election for members of Congress comes off in August, 1860, and the terms of our present members expire the follow ing 3d of March. 1861. Thus the old law supplies members that ale eligible the day after the terms of the old members expire. Under the old law, so soon as the members of one Congress go out of office, the newly elected members come in. There is no in terregnum-no moment of time when the
 State is not properly represented.
 Under Mir. Hindman's bill, which Gov. Conway vetoed, the case is different. The
 terms of the present members of Congress expire on the Sd of March, 1861, and the election of their successors would not take place until the following October. The consequence is that from the 3d of March, 1861, until the first of November fellow ing, the State would be without repre- sentative in the lower branch of Congress, and this absence of representation, under the Hindman bill, would occur every two years.
 It is true that during this interregnum Congress is seldom in session, but the Pre- sident has the power to convene it on ex- traordinary occasions, and should such oc- casion occur during that time, and he should call Congress together, he Stote of Arkon- sos scoald Je girtua2ly digronchised. merely 70 grat.ty He am5ition or Me caprice of c man who hos recently moped into Me .State and has no claim upon Ler people.
 On this statement of the case, and 1t is a statement that no one can deny, we do not believe there is a single citizen who has the good of the State at heart who would disapprove of Gov. Conway's veto. Lay ing aside the constitutional objections to Mir. Hindman's bill, which Gov Conway urges SO justly, its practical operation would be to deprive the State of Arkansas of its representation in the national House of Representatives about eight months in every two years. Are the people prepared to go with a faction who demand such sacrifice at their hands merely to gratify the ambition of its would-be leader?
 The only argument we have seen used why the election of Congressmen should be put off to later period is, that the Rep resentatives should be .tresh from the peo- pie. In this case, this argument is mere humbuggery. If it is important to the State to avail itself of its right to repre- sentation in Congress, why is it not i'm portant to avail itself of that right in full? Why allow itself to be without a repre- sentative for the space of eight or nine months in every two years? If the people will elect honest, capatle men. who are identified in feeling with them. and who have lived long enough in the State to have become familiar with thoir wishes and their interests, the lapse of few months be- tween the time of their election and their installlnent into office would make but a trihing difference. If Mir. Hindman's friends think his patriotism would be n- tensifed, or that he would make better by having his election placed nearer to the time of his taking his scat, let him resign and run it over. Perhaps, in his case, as he has come anlong us so recently, the argument of being tresh from the people has some force
 In regard to Gov Conway's veto of Mir. Hindman's bill there is one important fact to be noted At the time when howl over it might have been of some avail, no action was had. The veto was written and laid before the legislature, why did not MT. Hindman's friends then act? That was the proper time to have acted X majority of the two houses that first passed it. could have passed it over the Governors head. If it was so important q measure as td be made plank in the platform of the Hind- man party, why was 1t not passed notwith. standing the Governors veto.
 The truth is after the Governors veto was read, the bill was dead. It was made to appear so palpably wrong, that an effort was not made, even by Mir. Hindman's Il [. l