The Forrest City times., 1890-02-01

use his knitC further than 10 whittie a stick during the quarrel tho fact that it was drawn and displayed was sufficiently significant. He | said that where knife wae drawn during u | quarrel in Arkansas, II was meant for some | thing more serious than nero whiting. | What Is the size of the Arkansas tooth | pickg interrupted Mr. Cooper. of Ohio. | ." It varies in length from 4Is to r. inches | was Judge McCiures reply
 | Judge Mcclure then proceeded to analyzc | the evidence and to discuss tho character of | that offered both in circumstan.ial and direct. | He stated thar the crcuiustantiul evidence
 was all against the democratic officials of Crit tendon county, as well us of the other fifteen | counties mentioned in the charge of the cou- tcstents. In the main the democrats of Crit l tcnden county. who had been involved in thcse
 frauds and intimdstiens, were of tho same
 sort that torlpri1cd the south many years REQ | in masks and gowns. They held the same | principles and tcGcts now that they did. and prncticed the same sort of frauds They had | merely removed their masks and gowns. MR. CAFES DKrESsE
 Judge Mcclure closed his argument and
 was followed hy Hon. ". II. Cate the con testrc. He appeared in his own behalf hav- l ing no other counsel He said that as a citizen ot the south ho was used to thcso charges of | fraud. but, having been on the ground all his l iiie, he knew their faisity He referred to tho | kuklux of former days, and agreed with the fcounscl for the contestant that tho masks and | gowns had disappeared. Hc said that they had | hecn stripped from the dcsperadoes by the hand l of the law, and those who wore them no longer
 stalk about, but arc serving their terms in the | penitentiary or sleeping in the graves of fcons.
 lie himself had been prosecuting attorney when the law in Arkansas took cOgnizance of | these desperidocs, and he had been judge 1 upon the bench during the latter years of their l prosecution. He detailed the prosecution of | kukluy in Arkansas in ISIS and argued that 1 tho democratic authorities of tho state had ! conducted the prosecutions and secured the ] convictions. Regarding the recent election I hr said that he had recieved moro republican votes than Feathcrston had received demo- cratic votes. notwithstanding the fact that 1 Fea;herston had been a democrat and had at one tmo been more or less popular Feather
 ston. he said had been n grcenhacScr. a wheeler, nnion-lahorito, and almost every thing else. IL was not eurprising. he said, that
 q man SO uncertain in his politics had been de- l feated. He referred to his own brief, in which he described the character Of the wheel II was supposed to bH non-polttieal organiEa ton. formed in the interest of aEr1clturc and to down monopoly, to smash tSe trusts and to throttle tho giant corporations These doctrines of the wheel were popular and the organization grow and became a power in the mnh, and thither turned their steps the su- archist the communist the venerable grcon- huckcr, the political rnndescrip,. sofchead aDd hummer of every creed and faith and essaycd 1 to lead in the great reform. The rank and Ale was com posed largely ut farmers. mostly democrats. there being no doubt lp.00 of 2s. .0UA democrats in tho district who were wheocrs
 and somewhat out of temper because of the evils real or supposed. then prevalent and in franc of miud to drift away from the demo
 cratic camp and sot up for themselves in "A
 great work 2i reform ss they supposed
 .'Ho sad the republican leaders had hc. n quick to take advantnge Of the situation and ally themselves with the uhoeless. When the election ot tS,s occurred there were many re- puhoauS ia the wheel. and they had lnfuencc
 in drcctiug its poicy. Mir. tate accounted for the tailtng oI ot the latr in November. lNSs
 as compared with the September election oa the groune that fhere was q lack of interest. The september election WAS local the canvass being for s;ato and county otiOerS rhe November election was Tor congress and tho national ticket Tho influence of the local candidate was not cxeftod to SO great an ex- tent as it had been in September, aud thcru was in consequence A smaller vote.
 MT. Cate said the opposition had not treated hm tairly in the matter of dcpostfious. They bad not notified him in many iuS,ancos. and he cited numerous dispositions in regard to when he sitin that as contcs'ec he did not snow of thelr existence nutil h. had found f them printed in the Record On this tcchni. easiiy ee ursssi their exclusion from the I evidence, tie referred tn fhc csarlTrs Of in l inhalation, aud at nrSl broadly aouieA them l iie huatiY admitted that Milton Powell had been arrcsisd on the oAarge ot pesIaYy and It l nessos who might hasr tnstncd Hc cNcused i it on the greand that fowcils character fer ysr,e,ty ~as nuu.ally bad and that there was l no other tesaurces tn prryout such ilf'e aud 1 perjury taHn to place Powell under arrest I In 0iF state, sHggo~t.d Chairman Ruwcll. i m attefaeY Whn went an the street and thfcAtruc1 prosecution ot $ witness for DOT i tary. ur tas any ether caHse would be commit ! tcal for contempt nf cnurt
 Well replied Ar. Gate. we arc not quite i sn NnWratr about such matters ig Arkansas
 "With rclcreucv io the etarge of fraudulent i ballot boxes Nr. Gate ssH hr had no upportst- u.tf tu tase tNstilannf a9 icposfi0uE in rultit4 l tal, lie was uut notified og the depasitiaas { tuNi hNd been taken hs tbo contestant on this ! subject Gnt d'dnt know where aF when ihey ] had NFvW taken, Hc ssmpiy urged uu this
 teehn,cslify tis, derOs, iiuns sho,tll not h e1n. 1 s;dcgci iu eYs,!cacc He referred to the tc8ti mony ef E ' Fields that fu,1luleu, haljOl- ! boN had feHn oeticfed sur Ehuans.a precinct aud then e5lcd tho faut that thcre had hcen re.
 turned iFiiu fNts prcci uct sA y1tNs Tor fcgsthCr ! stan Hat Ii votes for Gate 'Nn4. snlA he E.
 M fiata ] c.nci it must have been used A the iutcrcst ut
 Fcathcrsiau
 Were unt ihc iu,i.scs at this precinct elect 1 el s'y tine pssiplcf gt1errted jadxc ne' lVnr
 sthc regular Jadre Wari, wa. not prcscnt
 In no' informed was ali Mir. Case would ! say ia rv,IsS
 "er naiaen of Pennsylvania then orcfc-i
 suggrsiioH 'Yon will see he sad. thu wi'-
 ness does uo testify that tho fraH1uion, ballot ] box was used at Edluaaeon. He only says thag | | was tutcnae', fur thnt pelat. He docs testify l that ii used a, Sessnian preeines. Ynu i will observe that lu seangsn precinct yaur l so'e as returned was 6l aud tod,hcrsoas 1 oulys.
 Ma. car. CONTINUED HIs ARGUMENT. He charged that Fessherston's friends
 had concerted plan In Cri,tendcn county
 to make bogus returns of the election. but 1 failed He added. however. that sppar- en,ly bogus dispositions had been intro | duced in the records as to terrofixIng the ! colorea men. Mir. Cate said that only those who had voted for him were terrosed { The colored man might vote the democratic | ticket. but Il would hc very bold one who 1 would come into court and admit It. This 1 Is the reason that the testimony of some of 1 tie colnred witnesses was at such variance with the facts; they dared not tell the truth ] fur fear of ther own race He denied , that there had been any intimidation by
 the democratic leaders, and endeayored to explain the Cyitlendeneounry race troubles. rmE RACE QUESTION
 "Whiie engaged in this argument on the race problem Chairman Rowell called af- | tcntion to passage from Mir, Gates l brief on the subject ot the race war in I Critieuden county. He read t as follows: "'fhis presented an issue, the question being which should leave, the whites or 1 blacks, Now. the proofs every where shuw l that the whites ewu as per cent. of the 1 property ot the county. pay Is taxes. elothe and feed the blacks, and educate tAolf children, Naturally they felt taey had :, right there. IL ntAttcfS not Where d ques- ton of this kind arises. whether ia Chicago. where the community may be gapplns with anarchy, or in Arkansas, where 1t h struggling for its existence and the sAnet,ty at its homes, the result always is, ana alwsys should he, that the peopte who own the country, furnish it's revenues. build It's houses. open its fields aud direct its indus. tries, will control it.
 "'Is that your idea?' asked Chairman Rowell. when he had finished reading. "'Yes. replied Mir Gate.
 "'What kind of influence would you ex- ert over the blacks to secure the results in- dieated q asked Mir, Cooper, of Ohio. "A moral influence, was the response. MT Cate then referred to the testimony of witness named Hardy and was Inter
 ruptel with < suggestion hS Judge Mcclure regarding q politician named Harden. :" is he republican qusrried Mr,
 Cate. "'l don't know" was Judge McCnra's reply, He was democrat as long as he ..e.nIJ I.., .t.ag..H sh.r!H n,,t tf.a,, E, k. 4