The Russellville Democrat., 1876-10-05
THE THIRD DISTRICT.
Facts and Figures.
L. R. Hcrald.l

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 EDITOR HERALD:-In the State election on the 4th of September in the counties of the Sd Con gressional District the vote fol our Democratic candidate for Gov ernor w. R. Miller was as giver below: Crawford county, 1276
 Franklin, 1885, Johnson, 112S; Logan, 1192; Sebastian, 1895; Scott, S56; Yell, 1906; Faulkner 1077; Perry, 347; Clark, 1901
 Garland, 545; Hot Springs, 344; Polk, 467; Pike, 400; Pulaski
 2624; Saline, 926; Montgomery
 594, making total of l7,770. Now as between Judge Stuart and Gol Cravens the counties of Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Sebas tian, Scott, Yell, Faulkner and Saline, with these 10,906 Demo cratic votes were instructed to vote in the late convention for Cravens, this county and Saline having instructed their delegates to vote for the gallant Gen. New
 ton as first choice, and when he was out of the race, for Col. Ora vens. So that we have left only 6,863 votes to go for Stuart if he could fairly control them all, but Pulaski county with her 2,624 votes, and Perry with her 347 if left to represent themselves free from the influence of rings trick sters and political jokers and "blisters" were and are as be- tween Stuart and Cravens decid- edly and empharically for Ora
 vcns. Thus we have it that the will and votes of 13,99S Dem ocrats if heard and fairly counted in the late convention, would have spoken out for Cravens as against 3,772 which were doubtless for Stuart as their first choice. And yet the friends and supporters of Judge Stuart claim that the sup porters of Col. Cravens in the Convention, backed as they were by these 13, 99S Democratic voters, were dictatorial in demanding that Stuart's friends, backed by their 3,772 votes, should give them some recognition in the Convention. This charge by the friends of Stuart, for bronzed check, is about upon a par with the dictatorial demand of Judge Stuart's friends in the Conven- tion,-with six votes-that we with ten votes for Newton, should agree and contract to nominate Stuart before they would agree to go back with us in our orphan Convention. They dare not deny that they made that demand, and stated that they would go back into the Convention unless we contracted to surrender our ten to six; and so the talented and true and ehivalric Newton was thrown overheard to satisfy this little band of patriots from Clark coun- ty. l think Judge Stuart had better get his friends to stop talk ing about demands and dictatori- al alrs. And there are some sup posed politicians that say that Cravcns ought to yield to Stuart, that is to say that he with his 13,99S votes shall surrender to Stuart's 3,772 as the ten did to the six, or that he ought to make some adjustment and let some third thew man" have the track, but ic he yields, we then shall in sist on Newton being brought out, and not any "new man." for the people would like to have either their first or second choice, no matter how many new men there may be ready to be sacrificed. l wonder how many of these new men" politicians hope that Con
 gressional lightning may blindly strike them. 1 wonder how many of them, if the lightning should strike, could strike, could enter 4 the contest with the same sup port that Col. Cravens now has, or that Gen. Newton would have. Could any of them lead off as Cra- vens has, with more than I3,000 out of 17,000 votes? Can they find a man new or old in the district tbat can 'harmonize" more than l3,000 votes? They