, 1869-04-21
NsAS.

[PkCx QUE SPECIAL CohREsPONDESI.1
LIrTlg ROCK, April Il
II vnur corrr4popdent "aWny down south In
i1ie'' appear liatory in furnishing his usual
mount of matter for tho columns OF TuR TILL
CFE II were certainly more from press OF other
utfes than want OF material. Though located In
!. hitherto almost unheazd-of region Of Arkansas,
G 1ntls that here, too, the onward n1arrh Of I'M
is evidently at WORK. laying the foundl-
lon OF what Is get destined to be enc Of the n1ost
ou5tsh1ng commemorative In the land. Po1ltlcal-
T. since last he held communion With the many
who like himself look anxtons1y for al
enr Of THE TRIBUNE there has been much tn
eed Of interest tanspirtng In AkAusas-
The legislative pot especially has been boiling
nth warmth and fever rarely e1ua!fed. In the
.arly mart OF the session, In consequence Of soma
cal or imaginary feFeictlon OF party duty, most
determined 1ght WAS opened on the 6tate Printer,
Nr. John G. Price, publisher OF the Little Rock
Republican. As Price, however, proved decidedly
-ame the light instead Of proving, as at frss sup
posc.i 1t would. q short adair, became a most Sc
douB uatter In fact the whole entire
lime Of the Lower House was
thus occupied for fully two months.
Az the State printing Is supposed to average
about S3o,oo9 5earty, and the expenses Of the |
Legislature foot up about u 0 per da5, It Is seen
consumed to pay the amount Of State printing for
TWO years. This, however, was far from lispos- |
ing Of the matter In hand The original contract
with Price was male In accordance With special
legislative oct STIMULATING n particular contract
With him alone. In addition to all this cousttu-
tlona provision expressly prohibits the Legislature
from altering or resembling any contract previously
made. As the contract with Price did not expire
until 1s,s he very naturally refused to acqulescc
IN any action Of the Legislature proposing to annnl
It. As, however, there WIS generally supposed 10
be considerable tat In the re there was not little
pressure brought to bear upon the neWly-ap-
pointed Printing Commissioners 10 favor Of cer-
tain we1lkuoWn manipulators Of the BILL To
whnt extent this pressure might have succeeded
in forcing the Commissioners Is hard to tell, had
not new and wholly unexpected stocking Of tho
political carls suddenly changed the whole
face Of matters. Your correspondent has often
spoken Of constitutional provision guarau-
tceing state aid for construction Of rallroada
4 supplementary legislative act male, as Is
claimed, In accordance with tho constitutional
provision, appointed the Commissioners provided
for, unler whom and In accordance with whose
direction the State aid to be dispensed to slch
roads as thc5 might seect. Two Of these original
Railroad Commissioners, the Governor and Score
tary OF satc, were also members OF the Committee
on Public Printing. Suddenly, without any pre-
rtous warning, there was sprung In the Senate
gigantic omnibus scheme, looking to the setting
aside Of the Railroad Commissioners, and the desg
nation BY legislative act Of the particular contcm-
plated roads which should receive the amount OF
State aid allowed by lar. Probably more Infa-
mous sw!nslle upon State was never attempted
In any Legislature in the land. AL Of the rcstrc-
lions usually thrown around the issue Of bonds In
such cases for the safety Of the State was absoute
II set aside, aud the whole matter left to the ten
der nercles Of d few mRuIpn]ators. Prominent
| among such mnnIpulator8 were those most eager
in their greed for the public printing. The cards
| having been thoroughly stocked, the bill was
crowded through the Senate with rush. In the
House, however, It met with On unexpected
! del0y.
The Republican, entering the 1ela. made o bold
| and merc!less attack upon the schcule, exposing
the sa1ne in nil Its various notifications and moi
hesitatlug to attack personally any ana al! con
nected with what 1t did not hesitate to portray a.
IN Infamous sminde upon the people OF courst
this created an intense excitement among tns
leading wre-pnllers and a1nong members OF tht
House generally. The President OF tile Senate, b
special permission, obtained the 1oor Of the House
md proceeded to make bitter personal attaci
| uron the State Printer, Ar John G. Price, wh'
was also Speaker oI the House. To th!s Price r.
t:llstcd through the columns Of the Republican,
charging the President u the Senate and tW
| prominent members Of the House with having oil
! fcred linn {Prtcc) the sum Of ten thousand dollar
as lYtbe to convert the Republican Into C0nsel
yaliye organ, anl use its influence to divide an
break up the Republican party, and build mp ue1
ore In It's stea under the leadership OF the Pres
dent Of the Senate This exposure, as may be sur
posed cscated very bitter feeling among the pa
ties implicated, especially Is II seemed they "cr
| not prepared to deny the soft Impeachment
| which the Republican used with telling enec
among tho people.
In the meantime, rs nank movement upon LII
manipn,ators OF the omnibus bill, while matter
were thus pendlnE Inc NauroSa totn!n1ssonel
spoken OF he'll q meet1ng ana p1oeeeae" ~ uEpol
ton the whole OF tue sut1e ela noNea .! ta'
among roads Of taels own seleeuon. 4ae MESSY
of the Governor 10 tAe t"o nouses s1t1ut.aaao'e' ~
announcing the 1acs oi the hiastes Having W.
thus nlaccd entirely DcyDnu their control, m
corctnallv disposcd OF, came like very boml
shell in thc camp OF the omnibus ring To el
ic.yor to portray the evident chag1ln, disapposn
mept and conseq lent anger Of the various cllqu'
nnt, rings engaged In manipulating the bill, or
! .hn rorious schemcs dcpcudeut upon the CONT
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.h, p.ya,bI;coy, the vh ole Of tho yials Of conce
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