Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-01-09
SECOND DISPATCH.

SECOND DISPATCH.
Special to the Appeal
LITTLEROCK, January o.-Significant
of the desire of the leaders of the Min
strel party to make their peace with the
people whom they have dealt so hardly
by in times agone, was the introduction
to-day, by Senator Clayton, of joint
resolution agreeing to the amendment
passed at the last session, doing away
with the present disfranchising article
of the constitution. The same Senator
will, tomorrow, introduce bill sub
mitting the amendment to vote of the
people at an early day. Under the con-
stitution every amendment has to be
passed by two successive Legislatures,
and then be ratified by the people before
becoming law.
That this resolution will pass, there is
hardly a doubt, as all the Republican
members have signified their intention
of voting in favor of it.
Bowen is still the leading candidate
for Senator.
declared for Dorsey is discredited, and it
is now stated, and probably with truth,
that the Governor will not mix himself
up with the matter at ALL He now has
the confidence and support of both par
ties in the Legislature, and by becoming
a party to the strife would materially
weaken his influence.
THIRD DISPATCH.
Special to the Appeal
LITTLE Rock, January S.-The golden
age of peace seems about to bless the
State of Arkansas. The people, parti-
sans and politicians all talk of peace,
restored fraternity and of Greeley's
apothegm-impartial suffrage and uni
versal amnesty. Dorsey and Bowen,
the two contestants for the United States
Senate, are not so harshly criticised here
at the capital as abroad. Both are
greeted kindly by the people, in and out
of office; and that intensity of partisan
hate, which recently distinguished
the harsh utterances of the press,
has been materially Modified. Dorsey
deservedly stands first, and while Bowen
wields a dangerous power, it exists in
that class of extreme partisans who
would perpetuate the operative force of
that Draconian code born of Brooks, and
which we would fain hope died with
him.
Associated Press Dispatch.l
LITTLE Rock, January S.-The per-
manent committees We're announced in
the Senate to-day. The Republicans
fill the craftsmanship of every commit
tee. Senator Clayton introduced joint
resolutiR agreeing to the amendment
to the Constitution passed at the last
Legislature, doing away with the dis
franchising article of the constitution.
The same Senator will tomorrow intro
duce bill submitting the amendment
to a vote of the people, which, after be-
ing ratified by them, will become law.
There is no opposition to the measure,
and it will p tss by unanimous vote.
Senator Askew Democrat intro
duced bill authorizing the election of
the first of May for Prosecuting Attor-
ney, Justices of the Peace, Constable
and County Assessors. Nothing of i'm.
portance was done in the House. Among
the Republicans the Senatorial question
is narrowed to Dorsey and Bowen.
Neither have sufficient strength to be
elected without the Democrats, and the
Democrats will probably nominate a
man of their own, with view of forcing
one faction of the Republicans to the
support of a compromise candidate.