Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-07-20

tives of our party and Mr.. Myers, the
Republican nominee for governor. Ne
deem it proper to set forth the facts
in the premises.
On June 27 the chairman of our
committee issued the usual official
call for meeting Of the committee III
Little Rock. on July Q. Two or three
days after he wrote Governor DAVIS,
The Democratic nominee for governor
that the committee would meet on the
ath inst, and that he hoped to have
the pleasure Of conference with him
before sail meeting. III reply to saits
letter. Governor Davis wrote the fa!.
lowing letter. to=Wit:
Executive Chamber, State of Arkan-
sas, Little Rock Jefferson Davis.
Governor. Chas. jacobson, PriVafe
Secretary.
sjuly ,, laa2.-Hon Carroll Am
strong. MGrri1ton, Ark.-I1ear Sir: |
received your very kind letter III re-
gard 20 the campaign and | agree
With you thoroughly. Tie campaign
ought to be short and hot. have
selected a list of speakers thirteen IA
number. and left them With Capt E,
l.. Ncefaeken. think # You Wit
have these speakers make feH SPaeefl=
=es9ea# af 9l4e=last= ten daxs= s=aE tie
tamaajaa ard BILL Me FOR y Mn
PER Fl5sT Yet SEE PROPER =
would sQe..se.sJ that len would 2a
enough for ma1. "a int13eh lat t@a
lays e tie eannai9n Ne would fla4e
10 q 15o spec des. / have ~ =
Mcc4acken full instructions. So5rE /
cannot be here the day The committee
meets, Int I will speaA ii tie H0Ftls-
western portion of Benton county aH
the 7th and It will Sc impossible fer
lie fo roach here hy night
"Hoping that the COMMITTEES may
calfy on5these suggestions Of mine
as naarly practicable. and with
kind regards. | beg to remain, your
friend.
tsisned) JEFF DAVIS.
On July our state central commit.
tee met and. after Transferring other
business, adopted the following reso-
luton. to-wit:
"Resolved. That it is the sense #
this committee that arrangements fer
Joint debates between the Democratic
nominees and speakers and the noni-
nees and speakers of the Republicans
party be entered into as heretofore ="
Captain E. L. McCracken handed IL
10 the committee list of thiItecu
speakers prepared by Governor DAVIS.
underneath Which list Governor Davis
wrote as follows:
Have these parties each billed for
ten speeches each the last ten days
before the general election in what
eTer portion Of the state the commit
tee think proper, Bill NE for any
number of speeches you wish, bat |
think ten is sufficient
tSiane5D JEFF DAVIS"
Mr. Chas. Jacobson, private seer@
taly to Governor Davis. advocated the
asleation of the above resolution. say
ing that he knew It Was the wish Of
Governor Davis that "Wherever 2 Re-
publican speaker bobbed up he should
be met by Democratic speaker,
During the meeting Captain f, l.. Nc
Cracken. who appeared at said meet
ing as the special representative OF
Governor Davis, as is shown by the
letter of Governor Davis published
above. seemed indisposel to have
Governor Davis meet both Messrs
Myers and Gfeaves in joint debate at
the same time and place. saying. III
that connection. that "a game of two
pluck one would hardly be fair
On July 10, the day after the meet
ing of our state central committee,
the chairman and secretary of our
committee, as authorized by the above
resolution, challenged the chairman
and secretary of the Republican state
central committee to arrange for 2
Joint debate between Governor Davis
and Mr.. Myers, the Republican nomi-
nee for governor. They replied
that they would accept the challenge,
provided Mr.. Greayes was not permit
ted to participate in the meetings.
Nothing that our chairman and seere-
tary could say or do seemed to have
any effect towards inducing them to
recede from this position. They
stated. most positively and emphatic
ally, that none of their nominees or
speakers would participate in any