Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-01-15
The Senatorial COntest---First
YOte---DOrsey Ahead---Caucus
to Follow.
Garland Gets a Handsome In.
dOTsement from the Demo-
cratic Members.
The Two Great COntestants--DOr.
sey and BOwen--The Cover
nOr's and Garland's Pre-
ference.

LITTLE Rock, January 1.-THE in
terest that was manifested during the
last week in the election of Senator, be-
comes more absorbing every hour. The
forces of the various cliques, coteries
and parties are being marshaled for the
contest. There was sort of general
review to-day, and a sort of skirmish.
The first vote was had in the Legisla-
ture for Senator at noon. 1t re-
suited in this way: Dorsey got %, Bowen
%, Snyder Z, Mcdonald l Garland Dem
ocrat) "a.
The common impression among the
politicians is that Bowen will either be,
or will contribute much toward making,
the Senator. Bowen has fast friends,
/ Dorsey has fast friends, and both are
rapidly developing politicians who have
shown much strength and exhibited a
skill that the oldest wire-pullers might
envy. There is much comfort to be
taken from the fact that Tennessee, and
particularly Memphis, is outside of this
hot fight.
In the heat of debate to-day, MeGhee
Bradley gave the lie to Sarber
tJOhnson). An affair of honor, or an
apology on the floor of the House is the
natural expectation of all. 1t will be
seen that feeling runs high. The parti-
sans and followers of the rival candidates
for the coveted position of Senator in
the United States Senate are working
with great energy. 1t is rumored by the
lobbyists that Dorsey has gained five
votes, which will be cast for him to-
morrow. This will give him forty-four;
by continuing to crawl upn in this
manner, he may reach the goal before
any of his opponents. The race seems to |
be between him and Bowen, though if a
Republican caucus be held, they may
be both slaughtered, and a new man
showed to the front. So far, how
ever, they are the coming champions, |
not unworthy of each others steel, if re-
ports be true. 1t will be interesting to |
observe from an outside standpoint how |
this fight progresses. Bowen is of a |
Maryland family, and was born on the
banks of the Mississippi river-on the
spot where the town of Burlington, |
Iowa, now stands. He first saw the |
light in covered wagon, for his father
was on a migratory tour at the time. |
His father was Judge Bowen, one of
those great, daring pioneers, who peO-
pied the great Northwest. He got
gOld-headed cane from Black Hawk, the
Indian Chief who had received it
for his nice, peaceful ways and gen.
teel manners, from President Jackson.
This cane is now one of the most cher
ished souvenirs in the Bowen collection.
Perhaps there may be some electrical,
spiritist or mesmeric force about this
stick, which has made the fortunes of
Bowen as wonderful as those of Black
Hawk or Jackson. Jackson, at the age
Of fifty, was hardly more famous than
Bowen at thirty-three. He was men,
Der of the Iowa Legislature at twenty,
and became popular as the author of the
Lunatic Asylum of that State. The =
asylum was located at Mount Pleasant,
,he home of Henry Clay Dean, with the
view, perhaps, of gobbling and render
ng harmless "the great un-
of that section. How
sver that may be, certain it
5 that Dean thought Bowen " big
hing" " then. After leaving the Iowa {
Legislature, Bowen went to Kansas and
became a Colonel of the Thirteenth
Militia of that State in 1854 He was
lfterward made a brigadier. He was |
President of the Arkansas State Con-
Tention in 1868, and for three years
vas Chief Justice of the State. :
irant appointed him Governor of
daho where Bard was not long q
.fter. He did not hold this .
Ong. He returned to Arkansas to /
evOte himself to the more profitable /
nd benefcent pursuit of politics in his a
wn State. He is quick, impetuous, !
ctive and ambitious; just the sort of .
lan to make friends and enemies. His \
hief opponent, Dorsey, is a person of Z
ulture, railroad man, steady worker !,
nd a sort of cool, scientific thinker,
Tho also has his ''points" and his parti- Il
ans. The fight is very pretty as it Q
.ands. =
SECOND DISPATCH. n
LITTLE Rock, January IA. = The q
'emocrats gain one, giving Garland a
lirty-five. Dorsey gets half Snyder's =
Ote, giving Dorsey fortY-eight-,ack- U