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THKCAMFAHIN DEMOCRAT.
Wo will send this pA^ot from
now till I lie clow of tbe oAitipslJB
tor <H> oontR.
—The CUrksTill* Herald puts up
the name of Samuel J. Tildsn as its
choice for next president.
—The LouisTitle Courier Journal
foots up the presidential rotes so
far: Tildcn 160; ltahfcrck 61;Thur
man 44, and Kagliah 4.
—J. W. Maupln, several ysafs ago
marshall of this town, is a candidate
for the office of county and probate
judge in Faulkner county.
--<m
—Mr. Alex Welch, one of Little
Rock's most esteemed citizens, and s
member of the drug firm of Lincoln
Jc Welch* died at that place ou May
19th.
—Scott county bae instructed fot
Fishbsck. Sebastian will perhaps gc
for him two, but outside of thoes
two counties he will not get a single
vote.
—The democracy cf Madieon
county, in oonVetitloh assembled,
adopted a resolution declaring in fa
vor of Samuel J. Tildeu for Presi
dent.
—The Fayetteville Sentinel seye:
We have no doubt that nine tenth*
of tbe democrats of this section ol
Arkansas prefer Tiiden to any othei
man in the country.
—The republican convention held
at Springfiild, Illinois, on the 20tb
inet, adopted resolutions giving Ihi
solid vote of that State, amounting
to forty-two votes, to Grant.
—A vote wae taken in the Cali
fornla democratic state convention
on presidential preferences: Thur
man 133; Tiiden 96; Seymour 95;
Field and Hancock each 2.
—Senator John B. Gorden, of Ga.,
cent in his resignation on the
18th iiat The Governor of Geer
gia has appointed ex-Gov. Brown tc
succeed Senator Gordon. Mr. Brown
accepts.
—The Temperance Banner ie th«
name of a new publication just put
forth at Little Rock. It will be pub
lished monthly at 50 cents per year
W. D. Mayfield ie editor. All com
truncations should be addressed tc
H. R. Withers. We wish the Ban
ner great success.
—Don't thoss Dsrdantlle quill
drivers aspire though? There ii
nans wuu to go to tne lower nouse
from Yell, and Dr. McGuire wants
to go to the senate from Logan and
Yell. All the comment we have tc
make la that the people of these
counties had batter elect them.
—Let the democratic leaders re
member that the rank and file of the
party throughout the whole cnuutry
demand the re nomination of Mr. S.
J. Tilden thie year. The bulk of the
4,284,885 democrats who voted for
Mr. Tilden in 1876 demand s chancs
to vindicate their right to elect
whom they please, and they expect
the leaders to again give them Til
den as a leadsr.
— Illinois fo«Tilpei».—Thcdem
« ocratic state convention of Illinois
met at Chicago on ths 21st Inst.
Twelve delegatee were elected to
the Cincinnati convsntion. They
will go uninatructed, but directed to
cast their vote as a unit. This will
give the delegation to Mr. Tilden as
it stands 7 for Mr. Tilden, 2 for Sey
mour, 2 for Thurman and 1 for
Field.
—The people elected S. J. Tilden
in 1876. They know that the demo
cratic leaders suffered, yea. aided
and abetted the enemy to defrand
them out ot their choice by unheard
of and unconstitutional means. For
the xake of pears they submitted,
but let not our leader* row show
their truckling proclivities by at
tempting to trade Mr. Tilden off for
some one else. If the democratic
leaders do such a thing the rank and
file will reasonably coins to the con
clusion that all principle has been
lost eight of and an indifference will
spring up which will result iu the
complete disintegration of the part}’.
Let our loaders beware. ,
MOKE TRUSTED LEADERS
AGAINST IT.
Some weeks ago we gave Senator
Garland's letter against the adaption
of ths Fishback amendment.
Since then Ex-Governor Rector,
Attorney-General Henderson and
Hen. Hawes Coleman hare writ
ten letters opposing the amendment.
Gor. Miller, Gen. Churchill, Cel.
Grace, and many more of our promi
nent leaders are openly pronounced
against it.
Will any man dare say that all
these trusted leaders hare turned
traitor to their State and their peo
ple—to their own flesh and blood—
in the interest of the bondholders?
Let the people pause and consider
the adnee of these leaders, and let
them beware how they follow ths
teachings of men who are expecting
to ride into office on thie ill-advieed
hobby.
THE CAMPAIGN DEMOCRAT.
We will mail this paper from
now till the close of the campaign
for 60 coots.
ANOTHER RAILROAD FOR
RUSSELLVILLE.
Pardnnellc and Russellville Soon
to be Connected With the
Iron Rail.
On last Saturday articles of asso
ciation were filed in the office of the
Secretary of State and an incorpera
tion formed under the railroad law ol
the State of Arkansas, for ths pur
pose of constructing, maintaining,
owning and operating a railroad
from thia place to Dardanelle.
The company is composed of men
who mean business, and it is the in
tention of the company te push ths
construction of the road So as te
have it rsady for operation early thia
fall.
Messrs. J. L. Shinn. J. H. Batten
field, James H. Shinn, J. E. Batten
field and J. H. Haney are Directori
and Commissioners to open stock
hooka.
The Capital stock of ths Company
ia Thirty-Five Thousand Dollars.
BON. JORDAN E. CRAVENS.
The Fort Smith Elevator remarks:
Hoa. Jordan E. Cravsns is absent,
and at hit desk in Washington, but
many of his friends are here, immov
able in their opinion in regard to his
integrity and fitness for re election
and when the time comet his claims
will be difficult to ovarcome.
And another—one of our demo
cratic [exchangee (we have forgotten
what paper it was) adds;
Mr. Cravens Is a life long demo
crat and has from the humbleet
walks of honor&bla life by hia indus
try and perseverance wended hia
way up the hill of eminence, but
never, never forgetting his compan
ions in adversity. Ilis condition in
life all along ths way from childhood
to boyhood, and from thence to
manhood and renown, adds
much to his knowledge of the
wanta of his people. His
close attention to the many demands
of his constituents since he has been
in Congress has won for him the ad
miration of a grateful couetituency.
And still another says:
Among the faithful, industrious
and efficient members of the present
congress none stand higher than
Jordan E. Cravens. Always at the
post of his duty and keenly alive to
the interests of bis constituency,
and those of the nation at large, he
has earned a solid reputation which
cannot be impaired. He is a man
of good sound senes, ie well inform
ed on the great queetions of the day,
honest as the day is long, temperate
in his habits and faithful to his
trusts. What other requirements
are needed to make a first class con
gressman? Ws, too, are of tha opin
ion that it will be diffloult to over
come his claims.
All of which is very true. The
people understand this to be true,
and they will not depose Mr. Crav
ens at this time for any one.
THE GUBERNATORIAL CON
TEST.
The Daily Union of Monday the
24th gives the following count of
instructions up to that date.
We do net bsiieve the vote as
given for General Churchill is en
tirely correct. Saline county, we
know, gave no instructions for Gov
ernor. If Calhoun, Lafayette, Lit
tle Riysr, and Polk counties have
held conventions wa havs not heard
of it. This would take 9 votes from
the number the Union reports for
General C., which would leave him
46—still ahead of any of his compe
titors.
Here is the count as mad* by the
Union:
For Churchill—Arkansas, 2; Cal
houn, 2, Conway, 2; Desha; 1; Drew,
4; Faulkner, 4; Franklin, 4; Lafay
ette, 1; Little River, 1; Miller, 2;
Nevada, 4; Ouachita, 3; Perry, 1;
Polk, 2; Pulaski, 7; Randolph, 4;
Selins 3; Union, 4. Total 55 votes.
For Miller—Clay, 2; Crawford, 3;
Inde|>«udence, 6; Jackson, 4, Law j
rencc, 3 Mississippi, 3, Monroe, 3,[
Philip*, 6; St. Francia, 8; Stone, 2;
Yell, 4. Total, 31) vote*.
For W<!aoa—Benton. 4; Boone, 4;
Pope, 4; Madison, 3; Sevier, 2; Wash
ington, 6. Total, 23 votes.
For Grace—Jefferson, 4; Ilot
Spring, 2. Total, 6 rotes.
For Smithse—Sharp, 3 votes.
For Fish back—Scott, 2 votes.
The above count includes all
counties from which reliable infor
mation has been recieved as to bow
their votes will be csst for the nom
ination for governor.
There are 224 votes te be cast. As
it now stands 128 votes have been
instructed.
MAKING FRIKND8FO* TIL
GEN.
Ths St. Louis Post-Dispatch in
its over zeal to do or say something
to injure Mr. Tilden, has become
reckless, mad, rabid and blind. It
strikes wildly and madly and reck
lessly. Aa it sees Mr. Tilden grow
ing daily stronger and atrongsr its
rage waxes hotter and hotter until
now it ie absolutely abandoned te
rcckleae and btind rage. It calls
Mr. Tilden awful names.
Such mad folly recoila upon itself;
and every issue of the Post Dispatch
ia now making new”frienda for Mr.
Tilden. It ia a plain case of mali
cious persecution and aa will always
ba the case such a course will be con
demned by the people. Mr. Tilden
will surely be the nominee, and then
what a pitiable plight will be thal
of the Poet Dispatch and siinilai
journals.
—The vote of inatructiona given
for attorney-general up to laat Satur
day ie figured up by the Little Rock
Democrat aa follows:
For Cockrell, 37; Moore, 13: Mar
tin 7; Farr, 7; and Thrower, 4.
—While we deprecate the nomina
tion of Mr. Tilden, and should regard
it as a fatal mistake on the part ol
the democratic national convention,
yet we are convinced that nine-tenths
of the democrats of this section are
enthusiastically in favor of it—Mad
ison County Record.
The rank and file of the party ev
erywhere, the honest, humble voters
whose aggregated ballots will tell
the tale next November, are for Til
den. The day Mr. Tilden is nomi
nated an entnuaiasm will spring up
in all the land, which will sweep
thlrd-termism and Grantism forever
from the shores of our country.
—A very largs bulk of the 4,284,
885 democrats who voted for Mr.
Tildeu in 1876 have eeen no reason
to change their opinion, and as the
democratic leaders then promised
that if they would submit to be rob
bed of their choice in an uncenstitu
tional way for the sake of peace,they
should have aa opportunity to prova
in 1880 that they did elect Mr. Til
den in 1876, they now demand that
the chance be afforded them. Let
Mr. Tildeu be re nominated at Cin
cinnati, and an enthusiasm never be
fore equalled will burst up in the
hearts of the rank and file of the
P»rty. _
—On the 15th iast., the house of
representatives passed a resolution
to adjourn on the last of the month.
An adjournment at that early date
would cut off much needed legisla
tion. It would mean that the Miss
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*v * vw» ■umi gw uj iuv ininiU)
•everal contested elections would go
undecided; the tariff, which needs
remodeling would not be debated ; no
action would be taken with the In
dies question; there would be no
new mints; no new pension law; and
perhaps worst of all, the important
matter of arranging for a fair count
of the electoral vote would fail—a
matter which might prove a moat
dire calamity to the country. There
is a decided hostility in the Senate
to concurring in the houae resolution
until these important measures are
disposed of. It is gratifying to note
the vote on the house resolution and
to see that the democratic members
were aa a rule opposed to the ad
journment on May 31et. The vote
stood 123 le 86, and of the 123 in fa
vor of the resolution 101 were repub
licans and 22 democrats. Of tbs 86
who oppossd the resolution, 78 were
democrats and 8 republicans.
The growing wheat crop was nev
er more so promising at this season
of the year over a large scope of the
country. The yield will be many
raillion bushels more this year than
thi# country ever produced before.
The prospects abroad for good crops
are quite promising up to this time.
Wheat will not command ths price
the coming season that it comman
ded the past season.—Rural World.
—-a
Ihe census law has been amended
so as to have enumerators commence
work on the first day of June instead
of the first Monday; and extending
the time for making the final report
to the State Superintendent fifteen
days.
Most of the Wisconsin paper mills
have stopped work.
Women in Iowa are eligible to hold
the office of count}' recorder and au
ditor.
Tilden and Grant.
Th# then who polled 4,300,000 vote*
—2,670,000 In the twenty-two nnrhern
Slates, and 1,630,000 ia the sixteen
SUtee of the south, is the man to beat
Grant. Grant and Titdeu have tested
their strength at the ballot box. Grant
got ia the sixteen southern states 1,077.
000 votes, and with 1,510,000 in 22
northern states. Thus it will be seen
that Tilden polled 150,000 more votes
in the north than were ever cast for
Grant in that loyal land. We call
special attention to the fact too that
Tilden received over a million mera
votes there than in the solid south.
I,et this fact he remembered well. It
is said we must carry New York. We
freely concede this. Grant got In this
state in 1868, 418,000 votes; in
1873,440,00; Seymour, in 1868,428.000.
We see Grant increased his yote there
in four years only 20,000. Once lie
carried New Yerk and once he lost it.
Tilden baa alto been twice a caadidate
In the Kmpire Sun. He received
416,000 voces there in 1874, and 522,000
ill 1876! A clear gain of 106,000 votes
in his own atau in two years. New
York is Tildeu’s sute; Illinois is
Grant’s. Giant received in hit own
state in 1868, 860,000 votes; in 1872only
241,000—a loss of 8,000 at home. His
stats did not honor him, aa Truthful
James would say "to any great exUnt.”
Tilden received in that eute 258,000
votea! John Kelly received in New
Yerk in 1878, 77,000 votes; Robinson,
375,000, and Cornell, 418,000. Kelly’s
and Robinson’s rotas added together
exceed Cornell’s by 84,000 votes. But
Tilden had 70,000 more votea than both
Kelly and Robinson put together; or
103,005 more than Cornell! Clarkson
Potter bad no opposition; Tammany
worked hard for him, ret we find him,
too. just 87,800 votes behind Tilden.
Patter had 435,000 votes. Robinson
was defeated by Tammany. Potter
area 'P-...
many. This it also a good fact to re
member, Robinson was defeated by
42.000 majority, but if we subtraet Kel
ly’s vote from Potters his vote will
fall 88,000 below the republican who
defeated him. So we see Potter, Sey
mour's friend, was defeated as well as
Tilden!* friend Lucius Robinson. Put
this fact in yeur hat, also, gentle dein
oeretto reader. Tammany would not
support Robinson in 1879, and say they
will net suppert Tildeu In 1880. What
guarantee do we hare, pray, that they
will support any holiest democrat?
We must have a man that can beat
both Tammanr and the radicals when
they see proper to link their fortunes
together. If we take John Kelly’s full
vote from Tilden’* he will still have
remaining 445,000 vote*. This ia even
5.000 more than Grant ever received
there, and 27,000 more than Cornell iu
1879. Let not till* be forgotten!
Again in 1872, John A. Dix beat Fran
ci* Kernan 63,000 votes for governor of
New York. Dix was renominated in
1874, and Tildeu beat till* same John
A. Dix 50,317 votes. Thus we see he
was 103,00 stronger than Frauds Ker
nan.
And we also see he had exactly that
number of vote* over Cornell In 1879.
This pregnant fact Is also worth a
second thought. In 1875 Tilden car
ried with him sixteen democratic con
f resamen, and exactly that number in
876. There was no Kelly bolt In 1878,
and yet we elected but eight congress
men and there lost the state by $4,000
majority! Stick [a peg down here.
Thus stands Tilden at home and in the
South.
But they tell ua he la weak In the
south. Tills is the nakedest tie of all.
In 1876 North Caroliua had a repulican
governor elected bya decisive majority.
It was considered a close and doubtful
state. Vance was nominated to run on
the ticket with Tildeu, to strenghten
him and make his election srra. Vance
carried North Carolina by 12,000 ma
jority aud Tilden carried it at the tame
time by 17,000 majority. A strange
weakness this. They say he is weak in
Tennessee, Gov. Porter, an eminent
democrat, ran for governor of that
state in 1876 on the Tildeu ticket to
strengthen Tilden there,
and yet Tilden received over
9,000 more votes than governor Porter.
We suggest, in all kindness, that the
Appeal axamiae the official vote of the
State, aud publish it to it’s readers.
These facts loom up mountain high,
aud are sufficieat and conclusive
answers to the vain rhetoric of shallow
politicians and placemen, who are con
tinually exposing their ignerance by
ravins: axaiust Mr. Tildan’s avallahll.
ity in the warm-hearted aouth. Mr.
Tilden may be weak in Washington,
but he H strong ia the heart* of the
loyal aud tranquil msase* at home.
Congressmen aud politicians at Wash
ington had better attend to their own
affairs and stop sending Tammany lit
erature over the south to prove Mr.
Tilden’s weakness. They add no
strength to our party by their acts.
Tilden, if nominated, will have all of
their grave errora and follies to carry.
Democracy nad no card record in 1878.
But Tilden did have, and the whole
canvass was made to turn on his un
equaled administration as a reform gov
ernor of New York. We won on it.
But congressmen who are at Washing
ton now crying “coward” at Tilden,
did not havathe backbone of a wet
meal tack. They deserted him and
deserted us all. Tilden himself is the
issue—the only tseue on which we
stand a ghost of a chance to win. To
enter the canvas against fraud with Mr.
Tilden shamelessly dung away, would
be like putting the play of Hamlet on
the stage without the melancholy Dane.
He is the only great reformer that has
come to the front sioee eur dreadful
civil war. Shall wo relegate him to
the rear and go masquerading before
the people as reformers? The very
jackasses and mules would laugh at us
and make us ashamed. Even the word
“reform", like Macbeth’s “amen”,
sticks in our throats. We must cut
loose from, and leave severally alone
the readjusters in Virginia, Butlerism
in Massachusetts, the Kearnyitea in
California, bourbouism in the south,
the fuslonista iu Maine, and Tammany
Hall In New York. We must not
freight our struggling old party down
with these Infamous men, and these
hurtful things, The brave, gallant
old democrat of Oramercy Park has
got the clear grit and ireu nerve and
will to alougb off all these things.
Things like these are rotting the very
fabrie of government. Fraud, like
gangrene, is poisoning the life blood
of Columbia. Tilden Is by all odds
the ablest mni in our party. He is
worthy and able to govern a republic
of fifty million of freemen. His great
mind adorns the statesmanship of the
evening of the nineteenth century.
Let us renominate this peerless states
men, aud trust to, and loyally lollow
him. Let u* let small men, narrow
pol idea and doubtful things forever
alone. If we must be conquered, let
usgo down like the brave Frenchmen
at Waterloo under Napoleon. If we
fall battling for the principles of
Washington and Jefferson under Bam'l. I
J. Tilden, we can rise again; but if
He fall under the black- banner of,
Tammany Hall, w« will “fall lika Luci
fer,” never to Slops again.—Farrost
City Courier.
THE CAMPAlONDEMOCBAT.
We will seflH tills paper from
now till the Close of the campaign
for 60 e«dta>
--— — a i
Hard Questions.
Some time ago, in reply to the
Bentooville Advance,
the Democrat said in regard to the
Fishback Amendment;
“But the supreme question ia re
gard to the amendment is this!
Can the people of the State of Ark.
violate the sense of justice which has
characterized all English speaking
nations for centuries, by denying
their creditors the right of appeal to
a tribunal in Which both parties—
people and creditors—can l>e heart! r
This is the question which the friends
of the amendment will not discuss.”
The Abvaue did not answer this
question but proceeded to ask an
other:
“It seems to ns, considering the
matter as it now stands, ws can ask
tha Democrat a harder question
than that. Why did all tha watch
ful guardians of the State’s honor, at
that time embraced, in the demo
cratic party, suffer that party to com
mit itself to the policy of hairing this
amendment submitted, by a legists
ture of it's own choosing, to a vote
of the people, if, as (s now conten
tended by some, it is a question sole
It for the courts?”
It occurs to us that it is of greater
moment to know whether the action
of thp fipmnrmtic nart.v in commit
ting itself to the policy referred to was
right and just thaa to know why
such a policy was adopted. It may
also be stated that the action of the
laat State contention in regard to a
proposed amendment, was by no
means so sweeping and far reaching
in it’s character as the amendment
proposed by the legislature. It may
also be stated that the platform of
the State convention was adopted
on the laat day of the convention,
when at least one half of the dele
gates had lelt for their homes. It
was done by a very thin house, and
it is very questionable whether it
represented the will of the partv.
Bat whether the action of the con
vention asking tke legislature to
submit the amendment was right or
wrong, politic or impolitic, the great
question for the people to decide is
whether they will in effect plead the
baby act and throw their creditors
out of court; whether they will sub
mit the matter at issue to tribunals
which they themselves hare erected
for the determination of such cause*,
or say to the holders of their secu
rities that creditors have no rights
which debtors are bound to respect.
This is ths practical effect of the
amendment. Grant that even two
thirde, three fourths, or even nine
tenths of the pretended debt is ille
gal or fraudulent, so long as there
is the smallest portion of it about
which there Is eVsn the semblance
of justice, we caflnot afford to fix the
foul stigma of repudiation upon the
name of the Slate.—L. R. Democrat.
“UJfCLE SAM”
Leading in the Presidential Race
Has More Votes than All his Op
ponents.
From the Little Kock Democrat.]
Mr. Iversou A. Jones, the well
known commercial gentleman, and
one of ths best posted Tilden men in
the United States, arrived in the city
this morning, and was interviewed
bv the Scout as to the chances of
“Uncle Sam" for the nomination:
How many votes has Tilden re
ceived now?
inure taau unuuie uie uuuioer re
cel red by his opponents.
Can you give the figurea?
Certainly. 180.
The States?
With pleasure; New York, 70; Or
egon 6; Pennsylvania 40; Connecti
cut 10; New Harapabiie 10; Rhode
Island 8; Nebraska 6; Iowa 22; anil
Wisconsin 8, total 180 votea.
The other candidate*?
Thurman, Ohio 42; Hancock, Pa.
18, total 60 vote*.
Which are the States where no
instructions were given?
Vermont, Texas and Louisiana.
How do you think they will go?
In Vermont, the delegate* at large,
I think will go for Tilden; one of
them I knew will. A majority of
the delegate* from Texas will go for
Hancock, though not ell, and in La.
a majority will alto vote for him.
How will Virginia and New Jersey
go?
I can’t *ayt their convention* were
held yesterday.
How do you find the people on the
presidential question?
The mates are for Tilden.
And the politiclaue?
Opposed to him. Especially those
whs were interested in bringing
al>out the plan which robbed him of
hia teat before.
Do you think he will be nominated
on the first ballot?
No, oa the seeond. On the first
ballot he will receive from 360 to 400
votes, end on the second receive the
neminattoa. There are 756 votes in
the convention.
The St. Louis A I. M. R. R. Co.
will, on and after June 1, run ita
own express over Its lines. This ar
rangement we Judge, will prove far
more satisfactory to the company as
as well aa the people along the var- j
ions lines than the eld arrangement
of leasing auch priviligcs to other'
companies. There will be no barri
er between the shippers and ths own
ere of the road In arranging special
nr regular rates, so the new arrange
inent will no doubt prove mutually
beneficial.—Coleman's Rural World.
THEPKKSS GANG.
The Members Will Go. to Wasli
iugton
Immediately After tlid June
Meeting.
Programme of Exercises oi Next
Meeting.
At a meeting of the executive
committee of the Arkansas Press As
sociatiou, held si Little Hock, Mon
day, May 17th, the following busi
ness was transected:
OrricK Mencius A Little Rock ?
Hr., Little Hock, Ark. f
Adam Clark, Esq., President Arkan
sas Press Association; Arkadel
phis, Ark.
Desk Sir—The Memphis and
Little Rock railroad, the Memphis
A Charleston railroad, the East Ten
nesee, Virginia and Georgia railroad,
the Atiautic, Mississippi and Ohio
railroad, the Washington City, Vir
ginia Midland, and Great Southern
railroad authorize me to extend
through you an invitation to the
Arkausas Press Association an ex
cursion over these roads euroute to
Washingtsu I). C., and return, on the
adjournment of your annual meet
ing, June 10th, 1880. Said invita
tion is intended to include one edi
tor and lady accompanying him, in
the actual employ of any (each)
daily and weekly newspaper publish
ed in the state of Arkausas, mem
bers of your association.
An early intimation of tbe action
of your association with reference to
this invitation, conveyed to the uu
is rpflnpptfnlli' rpmiBBled.
Yours, etc,, M. S. Jay,
General Ticket Ageut.
M. S. Jay, G. T. A. Etc., Little Rock
Arkansas:
Dear Sin:—I am instructed by
President Adam Clark to inform you
that on behalf of the Akansas Press
Association, the executive commit
tee in session in this city, accepts
the invitation you so kindly extend
to the editors of Arkansas, to make
an excursion to Washington and re
turn. W. A. Webber,
Secretary A. P. A.
The following programme was
adopted;
Eighth annual meeting of the Ar
kansas Press Association to be held
at Batesville, Arkansas, June 7,
1880.
PROGRAMME.
Roll call.
Prayer by Rev. J. R. Sanders,
Standard.
Address of Welcome,--.
Response by T. C. Peeb, Gazette.
RECESS.
Adrese of the President, Adam
Clark, Standard.
Oration by P. Doaan, Pioneer,
(Dak.)
Poem, by Jas. Torrans, New York
Herald.
recess.
Address of historian, J. N.
Sraithee.
Report of secretary, W. A. Web
ber, Benton Digest.
Report of treasurer, J. E. Batteu
field, Russellville Democrat.
Unfinished business.
New business.
Miscellaneous business, under
which head comes all matters per
taining to the good ot the associa
tion.
Election of officers for next fiscal
year.
Choosing orator for next annual
meeting.
Selecting poet.
Selecting place for our next an
nual meeting.
Adopted by the Arkansas Press
Association Executive Committee,
at Little Rock, May 17, 1SS0.
Adam Ci.ahk,
W. A. Webber.
J. E. Batten field,
Executive Com.
W. A. Webber «r«a elected mana
ger ef tbe excursion on tbe part of
tbe Press Association.
THE CAMPAIGN*DEMOCK AT.
Wo will scud this paper from
now till theclowo of the campaign
for GO cents.
Methodist Fraternity.
Cincinnati, O., May IS.
During tbe two weeks that the
general conference of the M. E.
church has been in session the uni
fication of the various branches of
Methodism seems to have been the
thought that engages the minds of
her various branches. W* have j
seen enough formal fraternity here
in Cincinnati to convert the whole
heathen world, if fraternity would
convert anybody; but do the sages
of Methodism meau wbat they say,
or is this a kiud of quadrennial ju
bilee, or love feast that is to be for
gottou when the gathering adjourns?
Well we are inclined to believe bet
ter things, for we have seen repres
entative men from all parts of the
world stand up and declare in the
name of all that is j^ood and pure,
that methodlsm was destined to con
vert the world. William Arthur, the
celebrated Wesllan Methodist, from
London, opened the fraternal greet
ings, He told us in glowing terms
of the days of John Wssley, and
wbat Metbodism was doing in Great
Britian. Next in order was Wallace
McMullin, of the Irish connection,
and he told us of Asburg being an
Irishman, but tbs most that interes
ted us was the Methodist of our own
beloved America, for before us iu the
gorgeously decorated St. Paul’s
M. E. church, en the same platform
stood Bishops Scott, Simpson, Han is,
Bowman, Andrews. Wiley, Merrill,
aud last, but bv no means least,
Bishop Peck, of the Methodist Epla
copal church, and beside them stood ,
Bishops Doggett, McTyiereaud Kav
anaugh.ofthe church south, and
declared to ua that they loved each |
other a* Methodists should love, and
we are inclined to believe that they
are in earnest. So mote it be.
We have also bad fine addresses
from tile gifted fraternal delegates
from tfic Win rip h south, Drs. Hay
good and Carlisle. Well it remains
to be seen what course the church
will pnrsue td niake fraternity a fact.
What we of the south in particular,
naed, is rest from strife, religions
and political. We want to turn our
attention t,e the'development of our
wonderful resources, for I am more
than ever impressed with
the idea that the
south must be the grandest see
tion of our hemisphere. Why If the
; farmer* of the north did not have to
[ feed more than three months in the
I year they would get rich right away.
Men have asked me why it was we
did not settle up our country faster,
and why it was that emigration did
not go to Arkansas like it did to
Kansas and the far west? Well,
this is rather a hard question to an
awer, and I could only say that ow
ing to the unsettled state of affair*
soon after the war, the tide of emi
gratiou turned against us, and we
had not been able to restore conft
donee sufficiently to bring emigre
tion to us.
Well we must wake up to this Vital
question. One thing that make*
against u* is the want of good pub
lic schools, and what are we to do
about it When some of our most in
fluential men vote against it and use
their influence against free schools?
But I have left the subject of frater
nity, though I suppose I have said
pnnncrli nn the mi hi eft. anil nnlv
want to say a word to our good peo
ble ot Pope, let us work with a will
for the development of our “sunny
south/* And the day is not far dis
tant when we will have the best
country in the now known world.
More auou. W. W. Bkashkak.
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THE CENSUS.
How Pope County is Siib-<livi(lcd,
ami Wlio will Enumerate.
Yell ami Boone County Enumer
ators.
While in Little Rock last week we
called on Dr. F. M. Chrisman, Super
visor of Census for the 2nd District anil
through his kindness and courtesy we
Were enabled to get information which
we embrace in this article and which
will be of general interest to our read
ers. .
We find Pone county has been sub
divided Into nine enumeration districts.
We give below the number ol each sub
division, the name of each enumerator
assigned to each sob-division, and the
territory embracd in each enumerators
work:
Lafayet*te Brf.aiher has sub-divis
ion 132 euibraciing Alien, Xorth Fork
and Independence Townships.
C. L. Brewton has sub-division 133
composed of the single township of
Liberty.
W. L. D. Ewino has 134 composed
of Dover and Valley townships.
E. C. Bradley has 135 composed of
Martin, Bayliss and Clark townships.
W. W. Brkarhek lias 136 composed of
Moreland and Urifliu townships.
W. J. Simmons has 237 comprising
that part of Illinois township South ot
the railroad, ami also all West of Rus
sellville and Dover road.
R. C. Muter has 138 composed of
Ouui Log township and that part of
Illinois township lying north of rail
road, and east of Russellville and Dover
road.
C. E. Tobey has 139 compose! of
Wilson and Lee townships.
.1 i * .lilVVVD lias 1.1/1 OAm rtAsa.1 a f
Galla Rock and Holly Band township*.
YELL COUKfY.
District, No. 217, Galley Rock and
Wilson—Ariosto McCrimuion.
District, No. 21S, Dardanelle—Cha*.
H. McGuire.
District, N'« 211), Delaware and Maga
zine—M. S. Cox.
District, No. 220, Chickalah and
Mountain—Jo*. Sugg.
District, No.221, Spring Creek—Thos.
D. Bumgarner.
District, 222, Ward and Bower Ba
fave—George Turner.
District, No. 223, Rover, Crawford,
Irons Creek and Upper Balave—
Sam’l 11. Owen.
District, No. 234, Gravelly Hill and
Dutch Creek—Kol>t. C. Vance.
District, No. 225, Riley township—
W. II. Adams.
Boone—John R. Denton, merchant,
Carrolton; John B. Kowlstou, farmer,
Harrison, D. B. Jernigan, furniture
dealer, Harrison ; James 11. Williams,
farmer, Beliefonte; T. T. Dougherty,
studeut, Harrison, A. J. Bopp, mer
chant, Harrison; Jasper M. Penn,
clerk, Harrison; William 11. Cecil, sta
tioner, Harrison.
The New Hope Budget.
New llorE, May 22d, 1880.
Mr. Editor: Ae there has been
nothing in your paper from our part
of the country for some time, 1 will
give you a sketch that your many
readers may see that we are jogging
along. W o have had some Yery dry
weather in this month but in the
last few days we have had soma good
showers and they come in good tune.
Crops look fine, those that have
been worked. Wheat is ripening
some. Rust is damaging late wheat.
Health is good; everybody peace
able. Some talk about the many
candidates. It is pretty well divid
ed for sheriff; for clerk, Alva Russell
Is solid in this locality from what I
can learn; for assessor, Wm. Oates is
the choice. Sub.
It is the opiuion of the Troy Press
that the opposition to Mr. Tilden ae
a presidential candidate cannot nuts
ter fifteen thousaud votes iu New
\ork, and that he ennuot only carry
the State by thirty thousand majori
ty against* republican candidate,but
against Grant and a third term by
hltv thousand.