Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-20
V. V. Smith sin Hiding Out Beyond the
Reach or Scent OF the Police and
DstectiVes-All Quiet
at Present.
adge Poland Interviewed at st. LoUis
He Regards the Legality Of the
Present Constitution
Grave Question.
The kpprehensiOus or Poland Set at Rest
by Citations Of Preesaen's Sustain
ing the People Of Arkansas
In tais Case.
The Yonlsy Circular in Washington-
Expose, by Leading Republican
O1gan-DOrsey the HOTing
spirit Of the Rebellion.

gGu-NOrsef tHt AoAAeb
spirit Of the Rebellion.
Tie latest news OF and from Arkansas
which We present below, is not re-assur'
iag, notwithstanding Smith still keeps
out Of the way, and Garland is vlgilani
in his pursuit. Poland, Of the congress
sioual investigating committee, who Is
on his way 10 Washington at the in
stance Of Attorney-General Williams,
has been interviewed st St Louis, the
result of which is that he "regards the
issue affecting the validity Of the new
constitution as one OF very grave inI-
portalcen This expression, coupled
with the fact Of his recall by Williams,
does not boie any good for the peace Of
Arkansas. Ifthere Is any way to graft
fv L9orsey's desire for the substsntiation
of SMITHS pretensions for Gariand's
place. Williams will find it out, audwill
] ,se no time through it of seating the
wandering gubernatOrial pretender. But
tine way Goes not lie along the road sug-
..ested 10y Poland, and so We take some
comfort. The New York Tribune, in
llie article appended headed "a Plain
.S.a aiement Of Facts and PrecedeDts, ,"
comes to our aid in the nick Of time aud
di psIs the apprehensious excited by Po
lal5's remarks, pointing out as il does
a5Indsut precedent to justify the people
Of Arkansas in the course they pursued,
Of which Smith and Dorsey complain,
aud bv which these woTthies attempt t.
fls ify their unparalleled and revolution
sry proceedings. Pennsylvania in 1870,
Delaware ia 1892, New York in 1916,
Ayaylznd in 1S5l, Louisiana in 1852,
aEsssschusetts in 1858 and Missouri il
1854 ans 1851 furaish ali that is necessa-
rs 10 lt.aN- the fears natural on reading
vbas P0lanii says, as il he took delight
IN assisting th,a att0rney-geueral in his
daily endesvors to bedevn the people
OF Arkansas ana keep them on the
gJti UlCs for more Change, more misery,
more loss Of means, SO that at last,
broken down in spiCit aud hope, they
may surrender to Dorsey, Mcclure, and
the ring OF thieves who have fatteued
on wronCfull ly-Erung taxes and the over
strained credit o. the State. But whether
Poland and the attorney general think
alike OF not; whether they are partners
or not with Dorsey, We do not believe
President Grant will lend himself to the
5. heme Of which wandering Smith is
the figure-head. He is good enough
Democrat 10 believe that the people Of
Arkansas, having spoken, by over sew
enty thousand majority, in favsr Of the
Garland administration, it is not for him
TO attempt TO reverse it, YOniey's law
opinion to tue contrary notwithstsnd-
ling.
AFTER DORSEY,
LITTLE Rock, November IA joint
resolution y as introduced In the senate
to-G~y snd passe 10 a second reading,
raising & committee Of three Ia the sen
ate aid SYe ia the house, 10 inquire into
tie manned OF the election OF Senator
Dorsey, with power 10 send for persons
and papers. The resolution viii un-
doubtediv pass, and the whole matter
viii tceive a thorough investigation.
SMITH STILL IN THE BUSH.
Everything very quiet here aud else
where / rOughout the State. y thing
yet heard oi the whereabouts Of Smith
and Wheeler.
The NGREssIOEAL INVESTIGATING
COMMITTEE INTERVIEWED.
ST. LOUIS, November 10 Judge Po-
land chairman Of the congressional
committee to investigate ArkRns8s sf-
ftirs: judge Wiltshire, member of
congress el,ct rom the Little Rock dis
trici aud Colonel Hynes, present men, I
Der from that district, arrived here yes /
terdav, and several interviews with them I
were published, but they differ in some |
material respects. In one account Judge |
PoIand l. asserted 60 have said that the /
G. irland government, recently elected, /
g. irving % act fairly, and that Garland, /
although nor possessed OF very great 4
moral force himself. and being surround |
ed bv a stTouc element Of perh ps a vi |
eious sort, is trying TO do we'll TIE I
3 txter faction sustaius the Garland gov /
erurnent. while the Brooks men Sustain I
Lieutenant Governor Smith. The pro- /
yrsrnme OF the Brooks party evidently /
5g fiat in the event OF the Fedora gov I
.eruuaaut favoring Smith and sitting him I
in the guhernatOrial chair 70 press the /
Br oks Baxter suit, which is still pend /
Bng iu court, in hopes Of reseatiDg /
Brooks ss she legally elected governor |
n, however, smith is seated a. governor 4
hy Federal force, he will have TO be
n.siutained there by the same power
R.tl Judge Poland does not think that
e5e.ll rrii1n will be taken. Smith, be
eays, T. go more governor Than Baxter
y.5.z. and b.. thin ks the authority of the
is'tsr was rateed 10y fraud. Smith Is
6r-fr4ud. aud OF his sake aud the sake
N tn 5 ATE 10 is q good thing be has
ed Hi. claims to the gOYernOrship
are wortf lees, ard there Is little iikeli-
hood o. their being made 70 appear Of
any value al present.
AgOther SAYS that Judge Poland ss-
srrtS that although both Baxter aud
Brooks have disappesre from the po-
Ifrical arena, yet tue question bow al is
-rs "a whicn of them was elected gov
eias,r in 1872 The new constitution,
Poland saws, was conceived and adopt
ID In very Irregular manner. The old
constitution provided for amendments
only. aid pr scrib.d method for their
adoption. No power was delegated to
sh- general assembly OF the State 10
csbmit the questiOn % the people wheth-
81 oT uOr they would hold cOnstitu-
tional convention. Thus IL appears that
fhe ectiou of the Arkansas legislature 10
the premises WAS without authority
au6 wholly irregular. A parallel case
10 this SIR Poland finds IN tine oeleDrsted
DoE rebellion, 10 Rhode Islands 3 quart
er OF q cen .ury ago. The hopes and am-
bitina Of Mr. Smith rest upon the He
gality OF fhis constitution. Governor
R4xier. with Lieutenant Governor
e.1l stia. sud the whole Radical ticket OF
1872 ace elected for four years, less
tsan One-half of Bhich time they
aeryed. When the new election was
acid. under the new constitution, this
fsil, it provided for their present success
son. In case the new Constitution
should be declared Invalid, OF
course the present State government
would no longer exercise the duties 81
present incumbent upon 10, and the
question would Tecur 10 the election OF
1872 ss bstween the Brooks and Baxter
candidates. Touching this matter, Judge
Palzud freely expresses the conviction
that Brooks received "a large majority OF
votes cast. The testimony taken before
tbe congr sEional com mittee plainly in
oicsfes Ihis, and Il g rendered still more
probsble ~ sMF. Polaus's view, by the