New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-26
RITTER CONTESTIN ARKANSAS.
ELECTION HOPES AND PERILS.
GREAT STRENGTH OF THE REPUBLICAN UNION
LABOR r1CKEr-DEsPERATE BoURBoNs
MEAN TO WIN BY FORCE 1F
EARLY BEATEN .

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inst been completed. and in fortnight IT'S iesuOS
riu have been determined. From one end oil inc
State 10 the other the rival candidates nave 1ougn'
their way with stubborn determination Inc os"
noicn has been vindictlve often-hot and lmpetuons
always Meetings have been interrupted cahuius'es
have been violently used rlots have occurred Anu
there have been developed all the attributes OF despea
ton between the two parties, ono OF when STANDS ioI
the nolitIcaI abuses that have hackcncd the name OF
his state for sixteen years and the other for Tree
,a,;at and an honest government OF the common
wealth.
Tho issues upon which the campaign has oeeh
fought belong dis'inctvey TO this state Beyond It's
borders they have significance. In no state OF tic
Union not exceptng Missssipp have 30 many ana
such awcss means resorted to for the permanent
establishment Of the Bourbon party, ana 10 Is i
that no well.informed Democrat Will deny tlao oS
reason OF these outrages the Experimentation LABOR
ticket has attained it. present triumphant proporuos
In his canvass Eagle OF the Bonrboh uchc'
has confined himself almost wholly 10 the rec0hsuuo
,or ora in whose martial law stern suppression OF
ourages he has sought to strengthen his chances TOT
| election The strong weldirectcd and mastery aG
ministratlon Of Governor Powell CLAYTON during Tie
early seventies calls out the bitcrest Remuneration oi
the Bourbon chieain nearly twenty years la'c'' -"
aggressive organization Of the militia the prompt sup
rrcssion Of the KuKux the relentless prosecution OF
the thieves and assaSsins that peopled certain por
| tous OF Arkansas Just after the war. nave Dcch
rouudIy Denounced bv the Democratic candidate Tor
Governor. Upon these occurrences Eagle has dwell
without stint I'm every portion Of the state
The reasons why no other and more modern issues
have been prominent in the Bourbon canvass are seen
in the issues upon which the Rcpubcan-Vn!on Labor
candidates Rave made their fight Their canvass mas
been more convincing. and AZ the same time more III
eresting than that OF their opponents. because tle
condition OF lc state and its government iary teens
with facts favorable {, the cause OF REFORM Fzier
| the candidate for Governor the Union LABOR ilcRet
has had green fields and pastures new from when 10
draw his orrpments Long tenure in Office, political
/ abuses that have backencd tho name Of the state
studied maintenance OF obnoxious laws on the statute
books the cruel and inhuman practices OF the pch'-
Tertiary lease system, the suppression OF inc nesF"
vote the intimidation of the poorer classes anu uo
assassination Of political opponents are reasons why
! ,be camnaipn for reform has been lively and a
! fruitful one These are reasons, too, why many
! former adhercnts to the socaled Democfauc party
have becs impecd to purify the name OF the S'aic Dy
! voting with the reform party.
| Into the rich mineral counties Of Northwest Ar
Kansas notably Benton. Washington, Boone ahu
/ Monroe and in the fertile cotton sections
further south. a steady stream Of immigration mas
been pourinc for the two years. These immigrants
arc not wealthy men. for capital shuns TINS S'a''' pu'
they are hard working. law abiding and honest meh'
who love 10 for honest candidates ana WHO lo'e
IN have their votes counted. The published report oi
cmntle. there has increase in population over
the census in IssO Of liz ,476. and the major portion
Of thi. increase has been within thc last Two years.
| In Boone Carroll. Madison. Gcnon, rope kahdoP"'
Yell lizard and Lawrence. where the Increase mas Dcch
| most phenomenal the bulk OF this increase perhaps
! 90 per cent came from the Northern states. Eighty
per cent or these are Republicans. or else Democrats
who are I'm nill sympathy with the farmers and labor
I'M. mon and who shaken IN the box OF TINS STATE >
notifies som asslmate with the reform class AhoheF
source OF Lacrosse In the antiourbon vote Is seen III
the black l.lt or southeastern tier of counties Whero
negro importation has been systematically carried on
In the Last two years 10y cotton growers, ana WheIc
tho prevloIs Republican majority has been swellcd
| until no orc can approximate its true strength.
| Far more important and far more threatening 10
the Bourbon olgarchy thai dominates this state Is
the great growth and volun, - ;he farmers move
mont within the lat FIVE years II began IN smaIl
circle 81 counties near tho centre OF the state To
/ day Il has an organization on a working basis III
every county each one striving to redress the unjust
| discrimination against the laboring classes since
tho campaign began more thorough organization mas
been effected In each Of the five Congressional DIS
,ricts town i,nd township organizers have been put
in the field, and each section OF the state mas been
rcprcsontcd IN the selection OF managing officers oi
the state Central Committee. The party IS hnr-
monIous everywhere Where there were no union
labor newspaper in Arkansas FIVE years ago. there arc
now seven. wit, strong and ably edited official
| organ published at Locisburg.
The last session OF the LEGISLATURE saw sprnklng
| OF Union Labor Representatives, 1hc next session
will see twice rs many elected distinct labor plat
| forms that brlsc with antagonlsm toward the dom
,nant party The effect Of the movement Is felt In
each Of the 1--WE Congressional Districts quite strong
IL AZ I'm the Legislator In the St ard I'D Districts
the Democratic nominees have already felt is power
in no small uncertain way, and the outlook In the lid
/, altogether dlscouagng for the Bourbon adhercntS
The nineteen cOuntirs that compose this district arr
compascd largely OF farmer, who recently captured a
| Democratic convention az Forycc. The Ist District
IS now represented in Congress by a Union Labor
man. the Hon. L. +. Feathcr,ton, and the lid Dis
trict is represented By G. II. Breckenridge, whose
seat Is stained with thc blood OF the murdered Clay
! ton and whose unseating the honest men OF the
State are momcntarlly looking for lie has already
been re- nominated by the Democrats OF his district
but there Is strong talk Of Union Labor-Repnb
Ican alliance, which, II accomplished In the asrt
cultural counties az the I'D. would send Mr.. Bgcck
nridge back to private life.
The strength of i;he Union Labor element in Arkan
sas IS Of Itself than sufficient to defeat Eagle al
the election next week with the Republican vote
added the result is simpliHcd Two years ago the
votes that counted and permitted to 60 on rec
ord showed that Dr. Norwood. the Union Labor
candidate for Governor, had received s4,223. Iii,
| Democratic opponent, II claimed. had received
.g299. Everybody knows, and the Democrats them
selves admit. that Norwood deraudcd The
count and tia, In many counties the most palpallc
violations OF the polls were openly carried out. II
this be true then Eagle has reasonable ground for
expecting 10 be elected this year "a free ballo
and fair count for 1t is not denied that Filler pos
, sesses many elements Of strength not possessed by
.Dr Norwood TO this there IS also to be added The
increased number and unanimity of the party within
the last two sears.
The turning point in the matter. the pivot upOf
1 | IaIa bA Of
ballot and ftlir count With M freedom Eagle T.
beaten. Every body outside the state will doubt th'
possibility Of honest election I'm Arkansas, but in
side the State there many who. though often dis
appointed In rc,ent years, still hopeful. Looked
at IN the light pf history, honest election is no
to be relied on.
| Two years ago to-day august 10 there was
meeting at Little Rock Of Democrats from every
county in the State. The results OF that meeting re
,enl Lhe whole aKaLem by which EnnrLOn hOmnnilnl