Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-01-28
COOPER NAY LOSE
Some Sensational Develop
ments in the Repub-
lican Fight.
NOW GIVEN OUT THAT REMMEu
WILL WIN FOR REVENUE
COLLECTOR,
But That Col. A. S. Fowler, of Little
Rock, Will Succeed Cooper as
u. S. Marshall
BOTH SIDES ARE VERY ACTIVE

The Memphis Commercial Appeal
of Monday, which has never put in its
appearance at the Graphic office, CON
tanned some very interesting matter
| under Washington date line with
reference to the Republican fight
| which is now on in Arkansas over the
pie distribution. 1t was as follows:
The nomination of Collector Rem
mel has not been sent to the senate
and the case of United States Marshal
Cooper of the eastern Arkansas dis
trict is now under consideration by
the president.
Judge Trieber, Of the Eastern Ar
kansas district, came to Washington
Friday at the presidents suggestion
to discuss Arkansas matters, and at
morrow, when, at 10 o'clock, he will
meet the president with the attorney
general to discuss the eastern district
marshalship. 1t seems from this that
the case of Collector Remmel is not
receiving the present attention of the
president.
THE argument made against Mar
shal Cooper is that he is not physic.
ally able to attend to his duties. and
it is also charged by Mr.. Foreman and
others who are opposing Cooper and
Remmel that when the collectorship
and marshalship were filled two years
ago. as they were rival candidates for
the marshalship, they agreed to divide
the salaries and one take the marshal
ship and the other the collectorship.
The fight seems to involve Ambas-
sador Powell Clayton's hold on the
Republican organization, and is a
fight of the outs against the ms"
Even more important than the fore
going is the following. which Mr..
John T. Ginocchio, the we'll known
newspaper correspondent of Little
/ Rock, received from a reliable source:
'The president has withdrawn the
nomination of Col. Henry NJ. Cooper.
States marshal at Little Rock, and
has also decided to name anothe!
man for collector of internal revenue
for Arkansas to succeed II. L. Rem
mel. of Little Rock. When the pres
ident made known his intentions Fri
day, strong and influential Republic
cans called at the White House in the
interest OF General Powell Clayton
and his Arkansas friends. but the
president was immovable. He finally
told the gentlemen that he would hold
the matter up until the attorney gen
erals reurn on Monday, when he will
make public his decision. Judge ia
cob Trieber, of the federal court at
Little Rock, who was summoned to
Washington by President Roosevelt
has been invited to attend the con
ference between the attorney general
and the president Monday. No one
can tell who will be appointed to sue
ceed Cooper and Remmel. 1t is be
lieved that he will send for Col. S. w
Fordyce and decide upon gold Demo
Gratis for the vacant places. Auten
and Foreman, who are leading the
fight against the Clayton faction, will
not be permitted to name the officers
NO uttlSIOIl llftS Wv pC'li iRNSAfNN IL
the case of Marshal Stahl, of Fort
Smith, and Land Office Receiver Bush
of Little Rock. Messrs. Remnel and
Cooper have the backing Of the en-
tire national Republican committee
and the men who controlled the last
national convention. but that did not
influence the president in the least,
The Little Rock Gazette of today
contains nothing with reference to the
matter, but in today's Commercial Ap
peal there is Little Rock telegram
Whcih says:
"A telegram to the Commercial Ap
peal correspondent tonight. from
source calculated to prove correct
states that Collector Remmel will bt