The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-04-25
Arkansas.
The - 'Brindle-TaiIs'' and - s'lIinstreIs'' ON
the ~ ar-PRth-The Situation at
Last Accounts.

the " ar-Phth-The situation at
Last Accounts.
A dispatch from Little Rock gives tn
following summary of the existing con
test between Baxter and Brooks, for tn
control of the state government of Ar
kansas
Col. Rose, corlmandant of the United
States forces, has taken possession O
the telegraph office, and opened it K
the public, relieving Gov. Baxter
| guard. He has one company stationed
at the Ashley House, where the tele
| graph Office is located, and has inter
ferred to such an extent with Gov
! Baxter's military operations that hC
can make no forward movement on the
/ yin %5crs consideration n tfffs fact, Gov
Baxter has sent the following dispatcl
to the president:
A few days since, in the abs nee OF
my counsel, and at time wholly unex
pected, the circuit Judge of this coun-
ty, cOurt of inferior Jurisdiction, rem
dered Judgment in favor of Brooks
against me for the Office of governor of
this state, and that without notice to
me or my counsel. was at once forci-
bly, put out of my Office, and that with
ont any pretense of a writ being served
on me. All this was done, too, after
the supreme court of this state had
twice decided that no court in the state
had jurisdiction of the case at all, an I
the Legislature alone had jurisdiction.
AT once, on being elected from the Of
hce, took steps to restore myself, to get
possession Of the office, and to carry on
the government. The people are com
ing to my aid, and are ready to restore
me at once. In making this organiza-
tion | am obstructed by the interfer-
ence of the United States troops in
displacing my guards from the tele-
graph Office, and now it is apprehended
that there will be further in ertereuce.
such interference breaks me down and
prevents any effort on my part to re-
store tn state government, and to pro-
tect the people in their rights.
L beg Of You to modify any order to
the extent of such interference, and
leave me free to act in this way TO re-
store Law and peace as the legitimate
governor of the state. Such interfer-
cnce does not leave me any chance to
assert my claim 10 the office of COVER
nor IL the interests of peace and of
thsSS people who are hocking here to
M y@upport by the hundreds. / beg
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troops back to the arsenal, and pe~-
nit me to restore the legitimate gov
ernA Aent by my own forces, which ] |
willSo promptly if the United States |
will not interfere. There is an armed |
insurrection against the legal state |
government here, and / call upon YOU
to aid In suppressing it; but if you |
Will not, then leave me free to act, and |
order the United States troops without |
al hours delay TO their own grounds |
md keep them out of my way. L have
been thwarted and delayed thus long. |
md elected from my Office, because Of |
lie fact that / had heretofore disbauded |
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states, IS well as The state Of Arkansas;
nd 1 rely confidently, as L have all the
ime, upon the assurance contained
n your letter of September 16, 1873,
o prevent the overthrow of my official
by illegal and disorderly pro-
eedings. Immediate answer is re-
Iuested otherwise bloodshed may be
he result. ELISHA BAXTER,
Governor of Arkansas.
The governors forces have been in /
reased several hundred. The streets
re Sll of armed men. Brooks has
7ith6rawn all his sentinels TO
,oint inside his barricade at the state
iouse. The troops of Gov. Baxter are
cry eager to attack the place, and are
My prevented from doing so by the
,resen~e of the Un ted States troops.
Late dispatches from Washington
re more than favorable to Gov Brooks,
nd say that Baxter, in putting him
elf above the law, has undertaken a
ask that must prove disastrous.