Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-07-15
LAYS DOWN THE BAT
Myers Says He Won't Play
Ball If Greaves Does Any
Pitching.
GOV. DAVIS AND THE lNsURGENT
NOMINEE WILL ID HOT
AIR ACT
While Attorney General Murphy VIII
Take Myers Across His Lap for
Chastising,
While Attorney General Murphy VIII
TRIANGULAR CANVASS is OFF

Little Rock. July l5.-Thefe will be
no triangular political campaign this
year.
Gov Jeff Davis, Democrat, will cam
paign with Hon. Chas. d. Grcayes, IN
surgent Republican.
.,ttorney General Geo. w. Murphy,
Y3eaocrat. will campaign With Hon
Harry H. Myers regular Republican.
This is the arrangement that was
finally determined upon at noon yes
terGay after an extended conference
among the campaign managers OF the
regular Republicans and the Demo
Gratis
Below is the letter addressed to
Chairman Carroll Armstrong Satur-
day night by Chairman Remmel ana
Secretary ttOlt:
"Encosed find newspaper clipping
this date, covering an interview WITH
Coy. DAVIS and referring to the gu
belnatorial Joint debates in tins cam.
naign. AS the governors remarks
NAV admit of more GIG3 one c0nslluc'
4iop and do not clearly state his final
decision in the Dsemises, Will you
Dlease a0yise me definitely and finally
Il the agreement entered into With
your committee on the 10Th instant
will be adhered to, Oh are we to under
stand that your candidate fepu0iates
the salnp2 You viii undoubtedly re
call the fact that iii making the ap-
monuments for Joint debates between
fGov. Davis al MI Myers we express
ly stipulated thaat ,ilis discussion was
to be restricted to those candidates
who We're regularly nominated by and
represented some political party In
accepting your challenge it was under
stood that your candidate WAS to meet
ours without any assistants or rein
forcements, and especially would II
seem urs<air to pan your champion
with alleged Republicans who are
really, ill fact, nothing but assistant
Democrats. You accepted these con-
ditions. It would appear that the
statement of Gov Daivs that he will
1uNlCt vi Nl'dNNo " p''i 1iNiP''SN -
the discuss ions and that he will Till
only such of the appointments as MS
business will permn is virtually
reputation Of Your agreement and ac-
ton in the premises Kindly iniolm
rs explicitly if such is 1ile cast
After a conference lasring from Sa,-
urday night. il was decided finally TO
recall the 1is1 Of appointments hereto
fore announced. leaving Gov Davis
free to make q campaign With Mr.
Greaves. and to make g new list Of ap
pointmen1s for a joint canvass be
tween Attorney General Murphy ana
Mr. Myers.
Below is the official annonncemen
made of the arrangement as decided
upon:
Little Rock Ark. July Il, 1902
Hon. H. l.. Remmel. Chairman RepHl
lican State Committee. and Hon. y.
S. Holt, Secretary, Little Rock, A!k.
Gentlemen: Replying TO your favor
18th inst. we beg TO say that 4. a
meeting of our state central commit
tee. on the 9Th inst. it was una1,-
mously resolved that ii was the desire
of said committee that all nominees
-znd speakers representing the Rep"5-
lican party should be mel in joint A.
bate by representatives of the Demo |
cartlc party as heretofore. At said
meeting there were laid before our
committee two written communica-
tons from GOV. Davis. in which he
authorized the committee to bill him !
for any nurnber of speeches in the
pending campaign as We might desire, |
When we informed YOU, on the 10th
inst. of the above resolution adopted
by our committee. you stated that it |
would be acceptable to you to have
your nominees and speakers engage i'll