Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-09-24
Hon. Powell Clayton, Chairman OF the Re
publican State Central Committee;


LITTLE Rock, september2l, lS7i.
Hon. Powell Clayton, Chairman OF the Re
publican State Central Committee;
DEAR SIR-Bo'h IN the address and
! in the resolutions adopted by the Republican
State convention on the sixteenth instant, Sc
! we're reflections are made upon the Associated
Press agent AZ this place. The address charges,
/ in effect, that the agent was appointed 10 a
state office on account Of services rendered
/ Governor Baxter as agent OF the Associated
Press during cur late troubles, ana the resoiu-
| tions denouncs the agent for his ISLANDERS
/ upon the Republican party. As TO the first
] charge, l have only TO state that formal
charges and specifications were preferred
against me in May last by some one-yourself,
perhRps-and that after thorough e1amina-
tion the general agent of the Western Asso-
ciated Press dismissed the charges as Un-
/ true, and acquitted me- As 10 the second
charge: II, as agent OF the Associated Press,
have ever slandered your party, am not
aware Of It. Had been disposed TO debsse
my position TO such uses. imagine IL would
have been a rather difieult task TO slander
your party in this state. As agent Of the As
sociated Press, IL is my duty TO transmit facts,
deayoTed 10 do faithfully and imparIially
ever since i became the agent IN this city,
some three years ago. At different times
have been besOught, both by friends and Op-
ponents, TO send partisan teiegrams, but have
Invariably refused. And now assert with
out fear Of successful contradiction, that the
Associated Press agent IN this city has never,
knowingly, sent one line which was not strict
Is true. II he has he vttes you, as the repre-
sentative OF kuE tAlAH l1AaAEf
to prefer formal charges against him. In
such event be promises to promptly resign, If
you sustain the charges-and II ycu DO not
he asks that you withdraw the general public
charge contained in the address and resOlu- |
tiOns OF your party. In such contest the
agent feels very confident that il will be
proved that IL Is he, and not the Republican |
party, that has been slandered. The early at |
fention Of your committee is invited to this |
matter Mr.. William Henry Smith is the gen. |
eral sgencof the Western Associated Press. |
His pOstofiice Is Chicago, and to him You are /
invited to forward your formal charge. Re- |
sDectfuily, J. y. SMITHEE,
Agent Associated Press.
The Congressional Conventions.
From the Little Rock Gazette Of the 22d.l
The Democratic-C Conservative con-
gressional conventions Of the first and second /
districts meet to-day-the former at Jackson i
port, the latter az ElDorado. The third dis
trict convention meets at Clarksville to-mor- 1
row, ard the fourth at Lacrosse, in lizard 1
on the first day Of October.
In the first district the names Of J. G., Frier-
son, J. W. Butler, L. c. Cause and L. d. Mang-
un will be before the convention. All are /
good men, and either one OF them would car
~ our banner successfully through the can
yass.
In the second district the names OF W. F.
Slemons, OF Drew; Dr.. J. NJ. HolcOmbe and i
General H. King White, Of Pine Bluff, and |
perhaps others, Will be presented. AL are
worthy and well qualified. We shall cheer
fully support the nominee OF the convention.
At ClaTksville, in the third district, the
lhultH VI Lnls D. J. l1AOW ~ anu nun 0AtAl-
Vile Wilcox, OF NanBuren; Hon. II. b. stuart,
Of Arkadelphia, ano General W. W. Wiltshire,
OF Pulaski, will don btless be the most prOmi-
nent IL would be hard to forecast as 70 the
result. Whoever is nominated can easily be
e lected over his opponent, Mr.. Hynes.
In the fourth district the names of Hon. T.
NJ. Gunter, Hon. T. J. Rateliffe and bon. B. D.
Turner are prominently spoken of. The two
former have publicly announced their candi-
lacy and commenced a canvass OF the dis
Irict.
From the material presented the Democrats
1f Arkansas viii have no reason to be
ashamed OF their congressional ticket.