The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-05-15
'Ihe Whole Thing a Farce.

LITTLE Rock, May 14-Both Houses met
this morning and adopted the following Joint
resolution:
Whereas, The Legislature of Arkansas has
convened, quorum of each House being pres
emit; ard
Whereas, The capitol of our State is occuped
by armed and conteuding forces; and,
Whereas, The State House is now in poses
sion ct armed troops; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the President of the United
States be and hereby is requested to put this
Legislature in possession of the Legislative
halls, and that the public property on State
House Square be placed under the supervision
of this body, the legal custodians thereof.
whilst in session, and that he make such order
Tor the disposition of said armed contendng
forces as will more perfectly protect the State
against domestic violence and insure this body
protection, and that duly certified copy of
TINS resolution be at once transmitted to the
President of the United States.
In the House large number of notices of in
PRODUCTION OF bills were given. Among Others
a0r the calling OF constitutional convention.
The Senate appointed a committee to act in
conjunction with the House committee apCoint-
ed yesterday to notify Governor Baxter that
the General Assembly was ready to recei re any
message he might desire to deliver,
Bakers Message.
The General Assembly met in convention
o-day and received message from Gov. Bax.
ter. 1t simply repeats the story of recent
events and informs the Legislature that to
them is submitted the question who is Cover.
norof Arkansas. He suggests the proprety of
ealing a constitutional convention owing to
the great amount of harmony in the laws, both
statutory and constitution. Twenty-seven ex-
Union soldiers and Northern men have united
IN despatch to Senator Morton and Gen. John
Coburn ~contradicting the telegram sent those
gentlemen to the effect that if Baxter succeeds,
Northern meu will be driven out of the State.
nv A. foJI. 4
patch, addressed to Senators Clayton and Dor
sey OF Arkansas, was received here tonight:
Barring Cross, Ark May 14.-Have telegraph
ed to the President at length. Everything is
quiet and safe. The members of the Legisla-
ture say that they are dissatisfied, that the
thing will only make matters worse, and are
going home. Twenty three men in the House
and six in the Senate were sworn in W lere no
vacancies had been declared in order to make a
quorum, mostly serving in Baxter's camp. No
DO y is allowed to go into the room where the
Legislature has met without a pass from Bax-
ter. The Bakeries have been taken in for
three days and most of them will leave and go
home, and everything will resume its usual
channel. The country generally is quiet and
matters are quieting In the city. Nothing has
even taken place but few light skrmishes.
Brooks has lost but one man in all the Skin
mishes about town. Baxter could not take the
State House if he had all his adherents in the
the State under arms. Brooks has all along
tinue to do SO. The spirit and morals of bis
troops were never excelled No troops were
ever more temperate, orderly and well be-
haved. Baxter's men spend most of their
time in scouting and depredating about town in
small way alarming citizens and attem pt ing
to produce anarchy. They do not want to
fight. The skrmish at -Argenta was petty
affair, nobody was killed nor wounded on eth
er side Clayton went over there to protect the
bringing in of the Fayetteville arms. Bakers
legislature have no intentions of investigating
the elec ton. The only object of the Bakeries
is to overthrow the government.
(Sianed) VIM. G. WHIPPLE.
The sgner of the above despatch is promi
nent lawyer of Little Rock, formerly U. S. At
torney for that district.
Later-A dispatch was received tonight by
the Presinent, conveying the resolutions of the
Arkansas legislature asking for the possession
of the legislative halls and for protection of
the State against domestic violence
The reply to tins appeal will in all probable
ity settle the question aud the request of the
legislature will be favorably responded to. The
President and Attorney General were in con-
sultation late to night on the question.