, 1874-04-27

m",ntoa Su ~ .' and In otlor parts Of tho Ststo,
Tho popo County war noyor was
mt lnwn and now, whilo Daxtor
ami nrnnHa Invo t]llnl Ittllo Donk Will, aonkrtee
wo road Of tho audacious mulimoers Of Vopo
Comfy marching IN with drum aud ito and ny-
i,,r cololp, =.
"b ~o' nnooxs REJECTED,
wlcu Jolnpons aoquioaconco SLOWED CLAYTON
tn come to tho gonnto, Oinvtnn found that
liioo, Lis colleague, hard hoadoi. iulomitablo
maui had prepared oaae Of bribery
Olsyton tGon went to work to have nico's
HoEfot1orato ofTIoia,s romovcd hv' prcsiiant
Grant. 4 bitter and unsorupalous contest fol-
lowol, and Grant accedod 10 Qlayton's request
snd removed oatterson, W'nthssp' and the ethet
Fsds es o"o2 wso s9d By e m0G rs tns
% Sor noyernor- m A'o''' "'1 0o'n''"Eo' @'
Droohn wac wild, fervid. spoBtate preacher,
nit for tho snoIia Of off5oo. Amongst
H. H,a,v .t1o sod ,,,saasss.,,,ona "muU. nm
u whom 'D liz Nort', h.a aont a ,nta the South
dnr1no tho ti,nn nf rcconstr,,ot;nn. Tow have
tho vhito ncona .I1 and "" arona,a ontLusaam
smonoat "' thn ao1n nnurooa @ viii = fareo ahncgy
t,ond aod a no;wnrf,,1 1framo.Mcvcrytl,1nr Of Mir-
ni,na,, S' e1cnnt tbn 1oarsinn. oyarythinT Of tho
lowest carpot-barger except 'hypooriay,- y,-he out
,rSiio he torrif}od t)inm Tn preHent him
fnr Gm'' coyornor ,rtAa m 'D thn mi,d platform
Of uoruco Greeley wts ono Of the wild impro-.
priotics in. the general anarchy Of oa1pot-baR.
70 s ShSh Ss nseses sa
the CLAYTON mon, playing anothor desperate
game, walked right ovor into the ranks Of the
divide the natiyev vote Baxter appears ohave had
no particular character, oxcept an easy, ambi-
tIous nature. He accepted tho nomination, and
tho campaign went On al ovor, the State With
-
It s was s'.litr fo.struggo WITH tic osrpetbsegors,
At M onoo @ ho ss bomooratio organs @ ~ wore tamporod
With. aud tho Gazette, tho old State
: Torritory, undertook: TO-, set up >
Bourbon candidate in thu interest
aud there found Jack Mcclure aoting In the
triple capacity Of ohtot;Justiso, State Printer,
clayton had taken toatn, and, with : lot
ho made made tic tous of the northern aod
81 %e''9ta Itte RooR petiooipE and oness
ipr bis organization and, ii those men
had baon ongagod in any great moral work, It
would have been oheorful study in human na-
devotion, dow lie they popetrated every portion of the
btate, sud fought out tho contest almost from
man 10 nun.
Nobody doubts that Brooks received tho ma
tprlty OF YOteB aud should have been Governor
ct the State. Rico always alleged It.
Cavtnn md y. hie Judpoe now ad-
nit it. But the Unitod gtatos
senator and many Of tle Stats
offices woro contingent Upon tho SUCCESS Of tho
tnrns tust IA thew pleasod. for tLore was not
even a aomblauco of Justice ii tho state Govern.
ment md Baxter was inanquratod Governor,
whiio IN olsonro railroad operator. OF tbo name
Of !'1 Dorsey % ~ was sout to Washneton with creden
tiaia' to tnko 1,ca'a seat. ~''~>~e-
Nnhndv At Washington carod mich shout
ArsHnsas. ~ Il wss far ont Of the
road '1 .mnerfect]y understood and hut thrao
or fonr mon In tha ssnats had oyer
yie,,ad the nlaro Thu ronoroj i,nnrosafon was
thnt ~. III 1o1Inuo raon1a ha5 haon invai7
ad bv A., aanailv eodioas sot Of tayhawkara. and
that r. ~ ,saa q p;,1i ncls mil ncyy;i y
'A"' ~ "*' ,,,o, 1,ns . ronrnnra r n4yrpn
Affair na1ter % took tha oifioe. t,ors wan m wav
tor to d1avton Sant,on to hnid lin in slack hut
tn re,nini lin that he Ind been illeraly elected
McCuro tbnt illuatrious typo Of d Ohiof-
Juatico. was tho party delegated to
nut Tits dolioato suggestion into Da1tor's
Conscience, at the first sign OF independent &C.
tion Mcclure served notice On tho wrstched
Governor. He had scarcely got warm in tho Of
tlco wlnn Mcclure dotooted him giving commits
II sions std to membore Of tlo Leeislature whose
places were apt to bo supplied by Conservatives.
McClura imn,ediatoly announced that If the
case Of Brooks We. Baxter could, be
brought before him, ho would turn
Baxter out OF tQ9 SlHL1 110uH9 Auat nHAE-
ipR this. brooks oame forward and made his
| pence with Mcclure, and announced that. II the
| court would put him in legal possession, he
would hold tie Capitol By force Of, Ct t arms. Mr'
| Wiltshire states points at law On this head.
The Supreme Court had already aljudged
Baxter'a title to tl!o Office IN deciding that the
| judgment OF tho Legislature WAS final.
For al Associate Judge to aasumt
turiedfctton Of this ruling was, as Nilahire Says
hsn ,h sos9u ses hs
tic dispensing power"
Clayton found TINT fragrant act like this, oi
| turning out q Governor once counted in, in or
dor to put in a moro convenient one golemnl1
counted out, would mako moro scandal through
tho country than be cared to suffer- seated In lii
prominent seat at Washington.
Baxter then proceeded to administer as seemet
proper to him. He trespaBsea Little by lits1'
upon the patronage Of tue oarget.baggers, untl
finally It was oloar that Arkansas would ineyit
ably drift into the handa Of tho original settlers
A general truco was patched up between Ric'
aud Clayton, Mcclure, and Brooks. Cattoreo1
| mama In nu1 TIM cnrRr1rAnv MA an nrrnuunt1 n