The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-10-14
THE ARKANSAS ELECTION.

THE ARKANSAS ELECTION.
In spite of Fraud the Count shows SO, ooc
Populist v0tes-Weaver Will Carry the
State In November.
The Little Rock Farmer publishes
reports from sixty-eight counties in
Arkansas. The counties will give in
the state some $4,000 votes to the peo-
pies ticket, $4,000 to republicans and
about 10000 to democrats The Farmer
also publishes two communications up
on the late election. The first is from
w. j. Holder, of Conway county, and is
as follows:
ION the 5th day of September the
fair goddess of liberty was brutally
outraged in the county of Conway and
the all-absorbing question now is how
shall society deal with the brutal as
sailants? A ticket supported by about
2, 400 American citizens has been count
ed out by the hired henchmen of about
twelve or thirteen hundred men who
call themselves democrats This is not
a surprise to us, for it is only log
ical outcome of the infamous Ar
kansas force bill, coupled with the
looseness and corruption of democratic
morals. We aim to contest the cleo
ton. But the so-called democrats boast
that we will have to contest before
their own party and they will certainly
beat us there. Shades of jefferson! is
this democracy? Our principal trouble
now is to keep the human wave still
until we can test the honesty of their
so-called democratic courts. There is
an agony of suspense here unknown
before in the history of this county. A
great many of the people are about in
the frame of mind that Patrick Henry
was when he uttered those oft repeated
words give me liberty or give me
death Our trust is in God and the
people. We have little faith in gov
eminent that is bolstered up by bribery,
perjury and oppression. But we feel
sure of one thing, that is all honest
democrats will now quit that party in
this county, You will likely hear from
Conway county again"
The other communication is from a
Clark county correspondent, and reads:
''Our election has come and gone and
willful disregard of law has been the
order in places. The democrats by
skillful manipulation of the election
machinery have politically killed a
large number of our putting off
the time of reform far into the future.
We must reform the ballot before any
other reform is possible. The Overhaul
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annihilated and we must demand a
peoples party man on every county
and township election board in the
state where we have an organization.
The central power has done it's dirt in
the appointment of county commission
ers Where these commissioners
go to adding to the pile of
dirt we must petition; petition
failing we must do the best
we can. And I can see no good in put
ting up with appointments that jeop-
ardize the counting of our ballots. The
election law is upon us. The demo-
Gratis interpret it to suit partisan ends.
There is no redress in the courts so far
as know. We have no chance for the
legislature under the operation of the
law, so there is but one sthing to- do,
and we must understand each other at
this point. The intent to defraud is on
the face of most of the appointments.
Evidence of like nature would crimi-
nate man in any court It's man
with drawn shotgun after you. Now
the question with us is this: Will we
wait until the gun is fired and we are
hurt before we boiler? Will we, like
towards, like sneak dogs, skulk and
crouch and make no resistance. There's
an unwritten law, the peer of any that
is written, which demands and &C
cords fair play to every man. Let
the craven, cowardly county COM
missioner who will not recognize
this law in the appointment of
judges suffer the penalty. When was
boy we punished such treatment on
every playground without recourse to
court or jury. Let the people of every
county where fair play has not been &C
corded make formal demand on the
county board for fair representation.
Let us do so forthwith, that we NAV
have smooth running machinery in the
next election. One Judge and one clerk
nominated by the local organization is
an absolute necessity. The democrats
in the south for years have been invit-
ing republican force bill. The party
in Arkansas is inviting anything from
Guiteauism up to mobism. They are
welcome to the government of the state.
OF every county and township honestly
secured, but our votes must be correctly
counted.