The Van Buren press., 1874-07-14
THE ELECTION.

ThE ELEC lUN
The overthrow of the Clayton Brooks
nartv in Arkansas was more thorough
and complete throughout the State, than
the most sanguinc could anticipate. The
election shows that the people are almost
unit for new order OF things, and il
will only remain for the Delegates TO the
Convention to act their part as promptly,
that a change may be Immediately
wrought in the whole machinery of the
State. The Offices once more in the
hands of the people, with free, unre'
strctcd ballot. we shall look for change
for the better in the affairs Of the State,
that will be apparent to the dullest mind
Let men be selected for the various
offices, State and county, without regard
to their aspiratons--let the office seek
the man, not the man the office. Discard
all rings and cliques, whose sole ohjec,
is to control the nomination Of candi-
dates to be put out.
The Little Rock Gazette of last Tues
day in suming up the election has this to
say:
1t is just one week to day since the
election on the question OF calling con
sti,utional convention was held. We
give the result in another column Of to
days Gazette. Most of the returns are
official. They foot up majority of
nearly serenity thousand for convention
We doubt ii ten thousand votes were
were cast by the adherents Of Brooks,
Only two counties give majority
against--Jeiferson 20l7, and Lafay cite,
a.
The adherents of ministrclism and
brindletailism are overwhelmingly de-
feated. They will not have corporal $
guard in the conventional dozen mem
bers, at the outside The friends of
good government, Of law and order, Of n
better state of affairs, have majority Of
at least seventy delegates. Against such
large majority no charge of fraud or
intimidation Of voters can hold good.
The election, so far as we have heard,
was one of the fairest ever conducted in
the state, and every good citizen rejoices
at the result
The convention will meet one week
from to-day The great majority OF
delegates are Of the very best material in
.he state, and we look forward to the
adoption Of such constitution as will
place our state on the high-road to fu.
ture greatness.
We invite the subcommittee Of the
house investigating committee to visit us.
Let them come and hear the rejoicing of
eighty thousand freemen over their de
livery from Claytonism and Brookism
and they will not long be in doubt as to
what our people mean We rejoice with
eve-y good man in Arkansas at the peo.
pies triumph over wrong and oppres
sion. tits the proudest time in the his
tory Of the commonwealth A free peo.
pie once more.
The Memphis Appeal congratulates
the people OF the State as follows
We congratulate the people of Arkan.
sas upon the result of the recent election
for u state constitutional convention,
upon which hinges the future prosperity
OF the state. The radicals have been de-
feated horse, foot and dragons, and
never again can hope for power in Ar
kansas. Sac is free.
The Gazette of Saturday sums up the
result Of the victory as follows:
We have five counties TO hear from
officially. Should they come up to the
estimate made Of their vote few days
ago--as others have--the majority for
convention will be about 72,C00!
Twenty members, giving them the ben.
etit.of every doubtful delegate, will in.
clude all who will be members of the con.
venton, who are in any manner, the most
remote, favorable to the Brooks Me
Clurc, Clayton, Dorsey and Pagan at
tempt to overthrow the state government
and place Brooks in the gubcrnatorial
chair. They, we presume, will he the
nucleus around which Clayton, Dorsey
and Mcclure hope to form 81 new par
ty. f" The latter will do to watch.