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VOLUME II. ’ ’ NEWPORT. ARKANSAS. WEDNESDAY AUGUST 13. 1902. NUMBER 97
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AUTEN SCORES REGULARS.
Hon. H. F. Auten Discusses Political
Issues and Records of Leaders of
Clayton Wing of Republican
Party in Arkansas at
Court House Tues
day Evening.
Hon. H. F. Auten, who is perhaps
properly entitled the head of the in
surgent movement within the Repub
lican party of this state, addressed a
crowd of between 75 and 100 voters at
the court house Tuesday evening, be
ing the only meeting of a political na
ture thus far announced for Newport
by the campaigners of either side, who
are apparently giving this city a wide
berth from unknown reasons.
The speaker opened his talk by re
lating the manner of his conversion
to a belief in Republican principles
while in college, where he was assigned
the other side in a society debate and
the research which he made in secur
ing argument, he claimed had made
him a Republi can. He related the ac
complishments of this party in graphic
language and coming down in history
to the Sp nish-American war, he
lauded the patriotism of the people
which made partisanship an after
thought.
The Republican party of this state,
be claimed, had been retrograding and
cited the votes of 1896, 1898 and 1900
in support of his contention. He be
lieved there were 60,000 men in the
state entitled to vote who did not ex
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disgusted with the machine.
The speaker passed to the records
of the leading machine Republicans,
against whose public and official re
cords he made severe charges. His
address was in part as follows:
He had only known Powell Clayton
twelve years, and not until one year
ago did he have an insight into the
character of the man which he had
always defended until that time. Two
years ago Clayton w&s alarmed over
his waning prestige and returned from
Mexico to preside over the state con
vention, which had so fixed the party
machinery in the election of a state
central committee as to form an end
less chain, perpetuating the suprem
acy of the machine. The executive
committee of thirteen men, named
then, which was supposed to have
acted as a jury, had picked the eleven
largest salaried offices for themselves.
In the fight for marshal between Alt
heimer, Remmel and Cooper, the two
last named had met Clayton in St.
Louis, spent the night in one room
and announced next morning Cooper
would be marshal.
The insurgents were contending for
local self government and against the
dictation of party bosses, whose only
friend in the cabinet of Roosevelt was
H. C. Payne, postmaster general and
a friend of Clayton. An old soldier,
Hunt, of Fayetteville, efficient and
faithful as postmaster, had been up
held by the president, but through the
scheming of Payne had been sup
planted.
A republican house offered impeach
ment proceedings against Clayton,
which he had dodged until the senate
adjourned, wm. u. wmppie, now a
Clayton lieutenant, had him indicted
for fraud in elections and was ousted
by Clayton for this insubordination.
This same Whipple in 1872 said Clay
ton would be in the penitentiary if he
had his deserts, and Clayton at New
Lewisville had ast ^rted Whipple be
longed to as scur y a set of knaves
and thieves as were in the peniten
tiary.
For the endorsement of Remmel,
Cooper had given him $500 out of his
salary, and Altheimer, to secure the
Pine Bluff post office, had to take care
of Ferd Havis, in the payment of
$1,000 to the latter, who had also held
Clayton up at the national convention
in 1884 for $400 when he violated his
instructions and cast the vote of the
state for Blaine.
The Rosebud post office in White
county had been given to a Democrat
named Robbins for $25.
The President had told him to carry
the fight to the polls, if the machine
was able to perpetuate itself and could
not be broken into. The insurgent
convention had been more represent
ative than that of the regul irs, having
297 members to 250 of the latter.
Myers had always fought Clayton
up to the time he needed a federa 1
office and had called Clayton a
“Cyclops.” The “regular” nominee
for governor had also taken retainers
amounting to over 82,000 from men
seeking to defraud the government
by homesteading land, while Bratton,
his partner in law, was prosecuting
them, a thing unknown in the ethics
of the profession.
The speaker closed, stating that he
had received a message from Little
Rock announcing the failure of the
regulars to keep Greaves off the
ticket and promised that when the
votes were counted in November the
days of Claytonism would be over.
DAVIS VERSUS DINSMORE.
Fayetteville, Aug. 12.—The nine
teenth speech of the gubernatorial
debate was listened to by 2,000 people
here Monday. Mr. Greaves ad
dressed a large crowd at 11 o’clock
and did not interfere with the regular
debate.
Governor Davis referring to the al
leged opposition of Hon. Hugh A.
Dinsmore, candidate for congress,
said: “I told the people of Eureka
Springs the other night that Dinsmore
was opposed to me and I see him in
the audience and I will say in his
presence what I said to his back.”
Gov. Davis then said: “Mr. Dins
more, I was told by W. C. Byrum
of Harrison that you saidj recently
while there at court with Senator
Berry that you would vote for me,
but would not do so if you were not
so situated and I was not the nom
inee, and that I was the worst dem
onrAcrtin in fViD afota
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“Did you say this, Mr. Dinsmore?”
Gov. Davis then paused for reply,
and Mr. Dinsmore rose and said he
did not admire Mr. Davis as a man
and did tell Mr. Byrum, who, he said,
was a good man, that Gov. Davis was
the biggest demagogue in the state,
and said that he would vote for him,
but did not like to do so. Dinsmore
went into a statement of personal ex
planation when Gov. Lavis stopped
him and said: “Mr. Dinsmore you
do admit that you said I was a
demagogue and you would vote for
me reluctantly, since I was the nom
inee. Did you say this?”
Mr. Dinsmore replied: “Yes, sir.”
Gov. Davis said: “This is not my
kind of democracy; you are the nom
inee for congress; if you had a re
publican opponent I would not call
you a demagogue; I would not crit
icise you, I would canvass every
county in your district, if I could
help you. Would you do this for me?”
Mr. Dinsmore did not reply.
BOY KILLED NEAR BEEBE.
Beebe, August 12.—An unknown
white boy was struck on the head
yesterday by the fast mail traih No.
4, on the Iron Mountain road, be
tween Fort Smith Crossing and Mc
Almont. The train crew carried him
to this place. His skull was broken
and he died from his injuries about
11 a. m. The trainmen were unable
to get a doctor until tney reacneci
here. He was insensible of his suf
fering. He was about 13 years old,
dark skinned, black hair and eyes.
He wore two pairs of pants and three
shirts, and had a paper in a pocket
purporting to be an installment fur
niture contract in favor of the Mar
shall Furniture Company of Marshall,
Texas, and signed* by R. T. Riles.
There was no other clue to his iden
tity. He will be buried here.
FIRE AT AUSTIN.
Austin, Ark., Aug. 12.—Fire here
early this morning destroyed the
stores occupied by Blankenship & Son
general merchandise dealers and J.
C. Hart, grocer, together with the
stock of each, entailing a loss of over
$3,000. The fire started in the front
part of Hart’s store, but its origin is
unknown. Blankenship claims a loss
of $3,000, half covered by insurance,
while Hart’s loss is about $250.
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INSURGENTS WIN
INJUNCTION SUIT.'
Chancellor Martin Dismisses Injunc
tion Proceedings For Lack Of
Jurisdiction—Greaves’ Name
Will Appear As Republi
can Nominee.
The petition filed by H. H. Myers
regular republican candidate for gov
ernor, for an injunction against Secre
tary of State Crockett to prevent him
from certifying to the county boards
of election commissioners the name
of Charles D. Greaves as a republican
candidate for governor was dismissed
Tuesday afternoon by Chancellor
Martin of the Pulaski chancery court,
on the ground that he had no juris
diction.
In dismissing the case Chancellor
Martin’s opinion was delivered in a
few well chosen words that presented
the case, and his reasons for dismiss
ing it, in a clear and lucid form. His
words in part were : “The petition
for temporary injunction is denied on
the ground that the chancery court,
under the constitution and statutes,
has no jurisdiction to adjudge and en
force purely political rights, or to
determine questions of purely po
litical character.”
According to the decision, the
names of Mr. Greaves and Mr. Myers
will appear on the ticket as simply
“republicans.”
BIRTHDAY"PARTY.
The home of little Miss Mary Kelly
was the scene of a gathering of her
friends Tuesday afternoon from three
to six o’clock, the day being her
eighth birthday. She was well re
membered by the little people who
graced her home upon that afternoon
in numerous ways and gifts.
Mrs. Kelly was assisted in making
the young people have a good time by
Miss Neill Bandy. Delicate refresh
ments of pineapple ice and cake were
nicely served and completed what
seemed to the little people a perfect
afternoon.
Those present were Misses Mary
Kelly, Leah and Ellen Jones, Laura,
Corinne and Aleen Mosby, Hortense
Hite, Hazel Jones, Ethel Johnson;
Pauline Davis, Doris Carpenter, Irma
Wolf,Beatrice McHugh; Masters Duke,
Edward and Willie Kelly, Joe and
Wilsey Hunter, Charles Bandy, Glenn
Maynard, Dottis Joyce, Charles Smith,
Willie Campbell, Lucien Daugherty
and Leland Stewart.
REGULARS TRY ANOTHER TRICK.
A petition was filed by fifty-four
republicans in Little Rock Tuesday
with Secretary of State John W.
Crockett nominating for governor
Jefferson Davis O’Rear, the editor of
the Arkansas Tom Cat at Hot Springs
as a democrat. The'fee of $37.50 was
paid to the state treasurer, but Mr.
Mr Crockett refused to accept the
petition on the ground that “it was
a fake on its face.”
Whether intended as a huge joke or
not, the point may yet be turned on
the petitioners. It is possible that
the money which was advanced may
not be returned. It is not customary
to return fees, and it may prove im
possible for the joking petitioners to
recover anything.
The petition was an exact copy of
the one filed by the insurgent re
publicans in nominating Mr. Greaves
for governor, except that Pulaski
county was substituted for Garland
and the name of Jefferson Davis
O’Rear for that of Charles D. Greaves.
LODGE MEETINGS.
I. O. O. F.—Every Monday.
Red Men.—Every Tuesday.
Royal Arch—1st and 3rd Friday.
Jackson Lodge—2nd Wednesday.
Jackson Chapter—4th Thursday.
K. of P.—1st and 3rd Wednesday.
SUMMER RATES.
Searcy, Ark., rate $2.00 round trip.
Ravenden, Ark., rate $2.65 for
round trip. These rates in effect to
September 30 and return limit Octo
ber 31. W. M. Gbegg, Agent.
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