Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-07-20
JEFF BLUFF Called
State Central Committee Takes Him
Off Ills High Horse.

lmotiae in which NJ. Greave4 or an.
pt his following should be permitted
60 participate, and that. if ioint de-
pa1es WGFe not arranged ZbeIUe4sl
Governor Davis and Mr. N yefs. the
latter would proceed te make 4
thorough canvass of the state IL ms
oWn pleasure. HaH ing full authority
from Governor Davis in the tao COM
nunications set oRt above and signed
by him TO bill him for any number Of
| speeches You might desire. havins
received from him or from any of his
friends no intimation that he would
decline 10 meet Nh Myers in joint d.
| bate unless Mr.. Greaves We're present
and participating, and, believing that
! Governor Davis was the logical anA
| proper representative OF the Demo.
eIatlc party to met him. our chair
man and secretary proceeded to ar.
range for a series of tWenty-fo1u.
debates between Govelnor. Davis and
| Mr.. Myers, the same covering less
than half the time between July 70
and September |. Ia addition 10
having written authority of Coy.
e1nal Davis to pursue The course W.
GId.lWa= ttle readily adopted =
because of the feel that he was tAel
Qal Of the city and had been for son
days, and the date ef his return was
unknown.
They also arranged to have Cove.
nor James p Clarke fill each of said
appointments as could not convenient
ly be filed BY Governor Davis. These
Joint discus sioons were to begin on
judy = at DanviIle in Toli county.
Phefeaftef.= Governor Davis extended
4 written invitation TO Mr.. Gfeayes
To b. present aal=to take paH Il
these discussions The written =favi=
l#ti9a and It's acceptance by VT
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gt5.aaaf : if NJ =ttfeaEes 7=es=s= 1ef4=
1sF.5= = take part IL same. but would
make al independent campaign over
.ta state. Our chairman 6aen s4lH1-
tzaness al five memHers OF onf- eall4-
paiSn eommlttee 10 meet on the l5ih
inst. in order, if possible, to effect an
arrangement by means Of which the
desire of Coy. Davis TO have Joint &c
bates between all three of the no.nl-
nees for governor might be effected.
ae undersigned three OF the members
of our campaign committee, and Hon,
O. \. Killough, the fourth member ot
same. attended said meeting and
spent nearly the whole day in attempt
inc to effect this arrangement, but ut
1erly Without result, the Republican
committee resolutely standing by Its
originally announced intention OF re
fusine to have their nominee take pet
in any discussions with any OF tie Ill
slrgents. and declaring that, II NJ.
Myers were not met by representa-.
tiyes of the Democratic party, he
would campaign The state alone. Our
| GAecutIN6 lllltO. liItiio tAis'' 49,
Davis would not meet Nj. Myers III
| less Mr.. Greaves were permitted to
! ien in TIE discussions and tAat Nj.
! Myers would engage in no discus ions
in which Nj. Greaves would be pei.
mitted to Join, had no recourse befaE
1t but to cancel the appointments pc
iVously made for joint discussions b.
tween Gov. Davis and Mi. Myers
! alone We may add that Mr.. Chas.
jacobson. private secretary to Coy
| Davis, was present at this last confer
| enee and restated Gov. Davis position
! that he would not engage i'll Joint d.
| bate with Mr.Myers unless Mr.Greaves
We're also permitted to participate
Gov. Davis knew that the chairman
| would be in Little Rock for the sole
and express cause of holding this con.
ference, and so did Mr.. Greaves; but
10th of them left the city the night
before on the same train. There was
gAcn presented to the committee the
alternative of having Mr.. Myers
sonre other loyal Democrat to meet
him. We thought it unWise to have
Mr. Myers spend his will and exercise
his fluent fancy upon our party, its
principles and its nominees, with none
to answer him. We, thereupon, in
the emergency in which We We're
thrown, applied to Hon. George Y.
Murphy, Democratic nominee for at,
torney general, to come to the aid Of
our committee and of our party and
meet Mr.. Myers. He most cheer
fully and Loyalty placed himself ia
the hands of the committee. and we
proceeded to arrange for and to ad.
yertise forty four appointments for
joint debate between Gen. Murphy ana
Mr.. Myers, beginning at Stuttgart on
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