, 1874-04-20

ulCAtlulh WeTH To-Day tAhG tu8 OpbtEuCtloN6 20
telographio. communication to and from Little
Rock hRvo boon removcd, and that Affairs IN that
vicinity wore In 1eBa critical condition thnn on
tho preceding days.
THE COUP D'ETAT.
Correspondence qf The Chicago Tribune.
LITTLE Roox, Ark, April 10, 1874
I am horo just In timo to mtneBs
a oour D'ErAr,-
one Of tho genuine Southern kind. In tho full
Of 1879, Brooks md Baxter ran for tho four
yoara' term Of tho Goyornorshfp. In January,
1873, Baxtor waB inaugurated, and has served as
Governor until yesterday ut noon. In somo Way,
ut tho ond Of tho session Of tho Legislature, tho
matter was brought before that body, which
gavo it's appreciation to Da1ter's tenure
of Office. BY quo warranto tho case waB
also brought before tho Supromo Court Of tho
State, which ruled want Of Jurisdiction to ro-
examine tho count Of tho Legislature. For
noarly yoar, suit has boon pending In tho
Circuit Court Judge -Vnytuck,-pruugnt by
Brooks, under q peculiar etatuto-provislou, for
tho emolumonts Of tho Office and the oalco it.
Helf. Yesterday tho Judge decided the caao,
giving the oflco and s2,21s Of back-pay, undcr
Judgment of ouBter. Droohs ut once won't
before Judge Mcclure, md
rooK THE OATH or OFFICE
az Governor. He then went into tho Governors
room, aud surprised him by notification as to
thoBo proceedings, and domandod tho office.
After some parley and some show Of force,-
Con. Catterson claiming, by virtue Of having
boen appointed the new Adiutant- General OF the
State. the authority to enforoo the decision Of
the Court,-th old Governor evacuntod tho
prem iseB, and the new one took possession, with
m immediate show Of military protection.
II 1o@ nrxf ,ri& uto ef, foe
protection, resorted to st. Johns College, q
military school, sustained by tho Masons. Thoro
ho reposes IN safesy to-day, under tho strong
arms of the boy-cadots.
Tho whole thing r',,,a,rnc,, wag
upou tho community. It looked threatening for
a time. Cannon were put in place ut tho front
and rear entrances Of the Capitol, and mon in
arms were stationed In support, and the street
In front patrolled. Hundreds Of armed
mon swarmod about. This morning, having
6tate-Houso I passed . sorlos OF Hontrlea up
the stairs and through tho halls. The Govern
or's room-door being ajar, I saw 1t also well
supplied with the ebony defenders. :.
people appoar to DO taking It quite ucquiosctvely
though, III the atmosphere, thero soems to be a
sort Of spell TINT
MAY DE pnoHEN YET pY TIE STORM.
Ra1t95 at feiographea President
tho troops here In the Arsenal (now called Bar
raoks) to put him back into oltico. No answer
has been 1nate public. I guess Con. Grant rot
enough Of that business in Louisiana. He did
day aa a telegram from Senator Clayton aud tho
three Arkansas members Of tho House at WASH
1ngton {tho seats Of the threo-by the way
being oil contosted) congratulating Brooks and
tho the peo2plss, ps, upon their triumph Wonder II 1t
UNDERSTOOD AND PLANNED BEFOREHAND
by Clayton i COL
Calling upon Col. Rose, in command at the
Arsenal spaSioaa buildings sreotea m d. in ,+s 19sa
found him fully oonadont that he could, II autho-
rized, prevent any shedding Of blood, and only
anxious to that odoot,-not caring continental!
for the party Issues. He had not yet received
any orders from his superior officers. Ho haa
few companies at command, enough to keep tho
peace and save bloodshed II called upon. Tho
Brooks purity is armed. Tho Daxtor party is
not. .,
apportioning arms, assigned 2, 600 stand to Ar
KANSAS and these were stored In tho Arsenal. In
case the Outs should gain m order for the sur
rondor Of these arms, there
MAY DE soME suArr WORK.
This is point Of slo1icaoy in the case. st. Johns
College Btands upon the elde Of the ArBonai
Camp, and 80 tho captive Governor looks out
wistfully upon those. grounds. waiting an1iouBly
for Bluoher or Gen: Grant And tho Goyornor
t4H}IEU Id EAEHu Ill As00AA " JLAtot AAOh-
Ing what is going to turn up.
This political riddle I am not able to solve.
It acems little funny to an outsider that a
subordinate court can lind Jurisdiction In case
thoy soy this Is cauo under tho statute for re-.
gaining the "baok-pay" Of Office, md so is not
| analogous to that which came before tho su-
prone Court upon quo warranto, upon mo-
ton Of the Acknowledgment. Another funny
thing, is, How eau Circuit Judge annul
tho Endorsement OF tho Legislature upon
the count2 Anyhow, it is said that BROOKS did
have tho most loyal votes, and that ho ought to
! be recognized. Moreover, 1t is beloved that the
| INTERESTS OF REpuDL1dANIsM
will be better served by Brooks, md tho in
stucts Of the colorel people cling to him az an
old Anti-6favory man. Both candidates had
! mixed Republican aud Democratic votes. Fur
thor Developments are waited for. The whole
Adrich lawyer, is here in jail for tue muir.
der :of Judge Fox, G. noble, truo, and
honest incumbent Of tho Bench In u country
district. He came from tho North, and had
killing was 3 premeditated, cold-bloodod affer.
Political hato WAS mixed with 1t. Another Judge
waB murdered In another part OF the State not
long ago. Hin murdorer, although escaping the
verdict for that crime, has just been hung for
| killing other pera0nB. In Ioxas picked up q
| country paper that reported
EIGHT MURDERS
| as tho nows Of tho week within that State In the
liue Of this practice. 10 kill mans dog or tc
steal bis mule Ia IN lnexpiable offenae. Bu'
the 8anotty OF mans life III not so vol deaued
| ]. Z. Hoy.
| JUDGE WN1ToCH.
| From the LaCfosse {EPts.9 Republican.
| Tho Cifcnit Court Judge who gave tho 5udg.
mont OF ouHtor. and issued the writ by which
Gov. Baxter. Of arkansas, who Ind boon acting
Governor for months, was forcibly elected from
office and Brooks put in Ills place, WAS Judge
| Whitook At the tino tho war broke out in 1861
lie was reading law with Cameron d Bishop
| Bishop enlisted iu tho Second Wisconsin Cayai
~ and Whitook followed auit, When tho Wa
was over both these gentlemen took up thei
| residence in Little Rock. Whitook was aubeo
| quently elected Circuit Judge Of Pulaski County
m important part III putting in and turning ou
| Governors Of that State.