The Forrest City times., 1888-10-06
Redress.

That tIIe election in Arkansas on the 3d inst. was attended with more or less disturbance was briefly noted Ill the telegraphic returns on the following day The union labor party failed to carry the state, and but little was sad about the means used by the democrats t0 defeat it. \ letter from Mir. R. B. CarlI.ee prominent leader of the un- ion labor party, and it's principal candl- date for conglSSs two years ago, con- taius d story of murder, outrage and fraud so startling that it IS almost in- credible. The letter was received m this city yesterday. and it Is as follows:
 St. Louis, Mo-, Sept. li.-G. W. Pike, New York city-Dear Sir and Brother l am just from Arkansas. II the peo- pie of the United States ohly hhew lia'f how We have been treated, congress would wipe ont the fraudulent state government in Arkansas. and grant Us a republican form of govern meht aS guaranteed by the federal constitution
 In Arkansas county they roobed us of the baIlot-bOXes at two townships with over 500 majority for Us. tn on- ion county Gsy. Hughes armed the democratic clubs with tine state Win- chesters on the night before the eiec- ilOU lNuIuAli lf's
 county and whipped over twenty col ored men. some of them so badly that they had tu keep their beds. On Mon day they shot and killed seven white union labor men and wounded over twenty more, and at ElDWade, 'he county seat, tkey took the poil-eeoks away from the judges aud burned them before the eyes of the people and then Aeld a new election, at which no unloh labor man WAS permitted to vote
 In Miller county the democratic cluDs were armed by Gov. Hughes with the states arms, and they went to the strong union labor precincts and notl- fled them that if they voted the unlon labor ticket they would kill them, In Woodruff county they added over lO0O votes to the democratic vote ana de- frauded us out of the election. In Crlt- tendon county we had over 2o0O maJor- ity; this they cut down to less than Z2o' A delegation of white wheelers lmme- diateiv went to Little Rock and waited on Gov. Hughes, giving him the Facts but lie.refused to take any acton Ill tue matter.
 In Lee county we had over 23O0 ma j0riiy. This they counted Tor our opp ponents. In Mississippi county they changed 800 votes in the same way. III St. Francis county at Blacknsh they stacked their guns around the voting place and refused to let the uhioh laDoi people vote. At another t0whSnl there they stuffed the ballot-DoN anu refused to let our men vote, when oht of our men fired on them with squlrfel shot, slightly wounding four oi tlielil This is the only act of violence we art accused of in the state, l am sorry io' this one.
 In Jackson county they secretly sym died us out of over 1909 votes. III l.il coln county they changed over ooo o' our y0tes.to them. In iioWaru ooui''. the same In Lafayette county Ihey stole over 100 votes from lls py thion ing them out. In Little River conie' they stole from 800 to S00 votes iIoli u. u. by counting us out. In Garlalo oou,ae! '''..,,. about the same number m the saii'' way. In Saline county they sUoie " o' :, 400 votes from us by changing. III 10 ed to count Williams township, th;' gave us 352 majority. In Pope county they changed foo or 900 votes, perhaP more. In Conway county they stoi' 100 or 800 in the same way. n.,.o
 
 they forced the negroes to- vote the ueili il -ocratie ticket, saying: This IS t"e t'eh S', ct you have got to vote today. III u laski county, the county in when LI...' Rock is situated, they stole nlne pa,io. boxes and refused to count two oonsI "a loss to us of over 5000 votes besiae, e this they changed the votes Ill hid.iy W ~ the other wards, so that they gave tlei Instead of us a majority.
 We undoubtedly carried the stat @ and have been counted out. our can didates are contesting, but | rear " can do nothing but show to me SUli, ;., the fraud that has been commitleu III legal way, because the same frauu t.ia ,. gave them the state also gave theu, tii' m legislature; and it has to be ttieu oe fore that body. You can use thls istte. as you see fit. Mind that 1t IS ho1 lt' republicans that have been counted oue but tue union labor ticket. The iepuo lieans counted the democrats ou M while they were in power. and ho" 'i' 5 Democrats count every body out tha' II