The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1884-08-28

er man to be the nominee Of the
brothers Of freedom. and Of course
selects himself. Ifthis is not The
ease who was it that bossod in this
arrangement whereby Mr. Henkle
was dethroned Of the rights that
was delegated to him by that Mt.
Enon .conyention--by the authorized
voice Of the people participating In
that convention? Did the executive
committee have the right to corrupt
the voice of the people and declare
that Mr.. Henkie was not the nomi-
nee of the brothers of freedom and
that Mr.. Tobey was; and without
due notice TO Mr.. Henkle put Mr..
Tobey in the field. | answer that
they did aot, neither did Mr.. Tobey
have the right to put himself in the
field after participating in the Mt.
Enon convention. Here are some
very peculiar circumstances" in
deed. Who is the nominee of the
brothers of freedom? ! answer EN-
phatically Mr.. Henkle, because the
brothers of freedom made him such.
And now comes Mr.. Tobey, as clear
boiler as ever bottled convention,
and as full of bossism as John Kelly
himself and says that Mr.. Henkle's
nomination was sscoNNIvANcE OF
DEMOCRATS to have the brothers of
freedom defeated" and hence he sis
a candidate under very peculiar cir
cumstances," "that his (Hcnkle's
nomination was a GREAT SURPRISE TO
him." II nomination happens to
be great surprise to him its not
right Of course, for nothing could be
lawful or right that has surprised
his calm and quiet nature. no his
emotions must not be agitated with
out mourning his severe condemna-
tion--its all wrong, ''its a conniv-
ance Of democrats to beat the broth
ers of freedom, and therefore, / the
once HONORABLE CHARLES Z. ToBEY
am candidate under peculiar cir
cumstances on the brothers of free
dom ticket Il did not think it best
for the order to go into politics this
year but a majority said SO and &C
quiesced." Yes he acqulesced in
the will of the majority. He calmly
and quietly submits to the voice Of
the people. Oh! what great and
good disposition! What noble quail
ties. What good democracy. "The
majority spoke and / acquiescedw
Oh what an admirable democratic
sentiment! What great regard and
noble concern for the rights of men!
Yes 81 simply acquiesced like lit.
tie lamb" But how long oh how
long did he acquiesce? What was
the duration of this noble acquies
cence? zone day is as thousand
years and thousand years as one
day with the Lord, but sixty days
was as long as this gentleman could
remain acquiesced. Yes sixty days
is the extent of all this acqules-
cence, and the Hon. Charles E. To-
hey alter being fairly beaten by an
overwhelming majority by Mr.. Hen
kle; in derogation to the honor and
rights of men, in dcrogation to the
rights of Mr.. Henkle, his own nomi-
nee, declares himself candidate
under peculiar circumstances" He
has the right and power to declare
himself the nominee of the brothers
of freedom, notwithstanding the
voice of his party to the contrary.
| am the man to represent you gem
tlemen, Notwithstanding you have
chosen another. am the only man
among you who knows what demo
cratic principles are, have acqui-
esced in your voice for go days, as
long as was ever known to acqul-
esce IN anything, and now you must
be good citizens and acquiesce in
me your honorable nominee. Bro.
Wharton is willing, he thinks it
best, and you should therefore &C
quiese. | have trampled your liber-
ties under my feet, l have usurped
the authority of a thousand men, but
then, follow thou me, acquicsce for |
am he who is to the manor born;
and Johrathan the boss will tell you
SO in secret. Can it not be proved
that Johnathan, the man who mem
orized greenback speech from Mr..
Weaver z years ago, and who is so
fond of speaking that he even rides
z miles In one night to expound his
notorious doctrine to colored congre-
CATIONS and say his greenback speech
to them, that he this same Johna.
than wrote Mr.. Tobey from Potts
Station on Tuesday before Mr.. To
bey's announcement on Friday that
he must announce himself candi
date in lieu of Mr.. Henkle? Can it
not be proved that Mr.. Tobey met
the candidates in Holly Bend next
day, and inquired of leading broth
err of freedom what he thought Of
his candidacy and that the leading
brother told HIM that he could not
now be candidate without ceasing
to be a gentleman? Can 1T not be
proved that the day the committee
met to investigate the charges
against Mr.. Henkle that Mr.. Tobey
was expecting to receive the nomi-
nation over Mr.. Hinkle? But in this