New-York tribune., 1872-10-09
THE ARKANSAS TRICK.

In the course of this campaign, 80 lTuI'iui
in cunning schemes to deceive hone6l people,
we have heard of no such disgTaceful device
rs flat of putting up bogus Liberal re
"pnblicanr ticket in Arkansas. Fortunately
for the cause Of Reform in that misgoyerned
State, the trick is as shallow as it Is shameiul.
A genuine Liberal ticket has been in the held
since June. IL was nominated by Conyen-
ton of the Reform Republicans. commonly
known as "DIindes.r This party was organ
lied in 1870 to resist the tyranny, fraud, and
corruption of Clayton and his adheTents. Its
June Convention placed itself squarely on the
Liberal platform ard indorsed the Cincinnati
nominees. The party has strong following
among the Blacks as well as the Whites
About a dozen politicians claiming to be LiD
eral Republicans stood aIoOf and refused to
indorsc The ticket. They had been at Clncin-
natl, and they thought they should have been
recognized rs the original Liberals and. given
places on the ticket.
On the "a h of August, however, this Com
mittee met with the Committees OF the Demo-
Gratis and Refomers. A few changes were
made in tie nominations, and all three Com
mittees pledged their united efforts to elect
the Joint ticket thus formed. Col. Brooks,
the candidate for Governor, went upon the
stump, and with other Liberal orators began
vigorous canvass. Clayton attempted to meet
Brooks, but after two or three discussions with
him he abandoned the canvass. The Liberal
meetings were everywhere of such proportions
and the enthusiasm manifested was so great
that the overwhelming defeat of the Grant and
Clayton combination became evident Clayton
oil hna
and carry the election by fraud, because the
Enforcement law socd in the way. His cleo
ton officers hes tlted about fasifying the reg
istry lists and stuling the ballot-boxcs. from a
fear that if Greeley should be elected they
would be brought to justice. In this emer-
gency Clayton put out Lis bogus Lib
eral Republican ticket. He found, it
appears, about dozen coTuDtible Demo
Gratis to join two or three Republicans IN the
maneuver, and he bought, 40 we are informed,
the support of The Title Ron Gazette the
Democratic State organ, for the new ticket
On Wednesday last The Ga:ette took down
the Brooks ticket and put mp The names
agreed upon 10y Clayton as most likely to di-
vide the Liberal strength At the same tine
it published two long addresses pretending 70
emonote from tho Democratic and Liberal
Republican Central Committees. They bear
papable evidences OF fraud. The names
signed to the Democratic document do not
appear upon the list Of the regular Democratic
Executive Committee. The only name signed
to the pretended address of the Liberal Re-
publican State Central Committee" is that OF
L. Thuemmler "Acting Secretary" WHO also
signs the Democratic address.
We presume the trick has been thoroughly
exposed in Arkansas by this time. The de-
vice was too shallow to deceive anybody, and
our dispatches have heretofore Indicated that
the people saw through it at once, and recog-
nizcd it as a desperate dodge of the Clayton
party to escape inevitable defclt So utter
has been the collapse of this poor shell that
even Andrew Hunter, the head of the fraudu-
lent ticket, has withdrawn, and the rest of
the nominees will probably lapse into their
original obscurity.