Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-01-29
ARKANSAS.
More Contested Election Cases Decided
The Boot on the Other Leg-The
Promised Reforms Demanded.
The Seats Of Hynes, Hodges, and VII
shire to be COntested-A New Even
ing Paper-The Weather.

Special to the Appeal
LITTLE Rock, January 2S.-In the
Senate to-day the Committee ON Elee-
tions reported in favor of Dooley, a Re-
publican, whose seat as Senator from the
Twelfth District was contested by Pat.
II. Wheat, Democrat. The ground
taken by the committee was that legal
notice had not been served upon Dooley.
This legal notice business in the matter
of contested elections brought at least
one Republican claimant to q seat in
the House togrief yesterday. This time
it was the Democratic OK that did the
goring. One Rankin, eolored politi-
clan from Chicot, took it into bis head
that he, and not Mr.. Pindell, a Democrat
and the sitting member, was the
choice of the people, and forthwith be-
gan his fight for the place, but he has
failed to give legal notice, and the
House committee yesterday reported in
favor of Mr.. Pindall, and the Republi-
can members sustained the report, as
they did in the case Of Tankersly and
others when the boot was on the other
leg. The Democrats, to their credit be
it said, voted against the adoption of
the report.
The Gazette will contain an editorial
tomorrow morning calling upon the
State administration to begin the re-
forms so loudly promised during the
campaign, and in Governor Baxter's
inaugural. The Gazette says that un-
less speedy move is made in that di-
rection, reputation is the only hope
of the people. ]. M. Bradley, of Brad
ley county, who ran against Hynes for
Congress, and who was defeated, has
given notice of his determination to con-
test the election. Hynes is nothing 10th,
as it will bring before Congress some of
the ways that are dark so prevalent with
Arkansas Radicals. Bradley is furious,
and declares that he will make Clayton
and his gang sorry they ever went back
on him. Bradley is an old citizen, but
of the genus scalawag, and is the man
at whom the chamber utensil was
aimed that accidentally struck and Sc
verely wounded Mr. Ginnocchio, of this
city.
Colonel Gauze and Colonel Gunter,
who were candidates for Congress from
the First and Third Districts on the Re
form ticket, have given notice that they
will contest the seats of Hodges and
Wiltshire.
The thermometer here stood, at eight
O'Clock, sixteen degrees below the freez-
ing point.
A new evening paper is spoken of to
be Democratic in politics.
Associated Press Dlspatch.l
LITTLE Rock, January 2S.-In the
Senate to-day the Election Committee
reported in the case of Wheat Us Dooley,
from the Twelfth District. There were
two reports. The Republican members
favor the sitting member, DoOley, and
the Democrats oppose. No action was
taken.
In the House Pindall, Democrat,
whose seat was contested by Rankin,
Republican, was confirmed in his seat.
A Joint resolution was introduced in the
House memorializing Congress not to
pass Senator Summers bill to strike
from the battle flags of the Union the
names of victories won in the late war.
Col. John NJ. Bradley, representative
candidate for Congressman-at- in
the late election, has commenced a con-
test against Hynes, Reformer, who re-
eeived a certificate of election.