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Newspaper
Fort Smith Elevator
Location
Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1888
Page
2
Anna Dickinson tours Indiana delivering speeches for Ab Ben while railing at the late wah and lobia speech. Arkansas Republicans accuse union labor of being swindled in the late election. The Democratic majority in Arkansas is hinted to favor re electing Senator Berry.
The letter attacks Rube Carl Lee as a shameless demagogue and falsifier for alleging the Arkansas September election was carried by fraud. It challenges the claim in a pointed, public rebuke.
The text critiques a Mills bill claim of no tax cut on rice and sugar while predicting a large Republican victory in Maine. It labels the average Republican editor as nearly hopelessly imbecile.
A debated assertion about a “veritable hell in Arkansas” is tied to figures such as Powell Clayton Poker Jack and Rube Carl Lee who seek to persuade the world of the claim. The passage notes hastiness in sin words and skeptical discourse surrounding the idea.
The speaker notes that under Arthur pensions cost 201 million dollars while under Cleveland they reached 304 million, arguing against Republican attacks that the Democratic Party is hostile to soldiers. The remark challenges party rhetoric by citing spending figures.
A historical note argues the Republican party is not obliged to offer apologies for the past or explanations for the future. It suggests a stance of firmness and discourages desertion, claiming ignorance or callousness would explain such views.
Judge Rogers, incumbent in the Fourth district, announces acceptance of the nomination for re election. The letter appears in today’s paper. Democrats should vote solidly on November 6, as his expected majority is about 7 000.
In 1888 Powell Clayton condemns Arkansas Democrats for ballot box manipulation and voter intimidation, calling it an unblushing display of gall and offensive to the Republican cause as recorded in contemporary remarks.
The essay denounces ex Governor Powell Clayton's Little Rock address as a lengthy tirade of misrepresentations aimed at Democratic opponents. It claims the speech seeks northern circulation to sway voters while reviving Reconstruction era bitterness and criticizes Clayton’s past abuses of power in Arkansas.
State news reviews a string of incidents and notable events across Arkansas. Bishop Pierce returns from Europe while Judge Redmond dies in New York. Fires, shootings, accidents and legal cases populate the week from Yellville to Pine Hills with a Camden broom factory expanding and a dozen arrests or warrants pending.
In Pine Bluff the incident saw McCord and Nee assaulted by dogs while workers tried to pacify them and enable Doc to delagnd. The dogs attacked the men with severe bites before being sabotaged and the injured men returning to town.
A long general news roundup reports the Senate passing the agriculture department, plus a series of incidents: a Point Mountain boiler explosion in West Virginia killed two. Samuel Burns fatally gored in Durham New Jersey. Kansas City man John Burkhardt died from opium overdose. Alden Miller, a Washington department clerk, died in Camden aged 79. Other items include a Republican delegation backing Ah Ben, a Minnesota assault case, Marquesas Island fighting, and a Scottville murder suspect. two railroad deaths near St. Louis, and a San Francisco court case against Judge Terry and wife. Additional notes describe a Charleston trial promising relief for Southern planters, cotton bagging experiments near Wilmington showing pine straw bagging as substitute, and New York exhibition.
The Delaware payment starts October 4. Sam Green was killed last Sunday at Vian in Cherokee Nation by Paulip Jones. Tailor shot in right leg near Pauls Valley. wound severe but not dangerous. Reuben B. Legato of Abilene Texas killed at Muskogee on the 23d. body crushed between cars. George Waters store at Vian Creek robbed. $56 in goods taken. Charles and John Henson arrested. James Norman of Cooweescoowee district Cherokee Nation sent to national penitentiary for assault with intent to kill. pardon sought.
A Philadelphia Globe-Democrat summary reports R. Carl Lee of St. Louis recounts alleged Union Labor suppression in Arkansas during an election campaign. He claims ballot box tampering in township races, poll-book seizures at El Dorado, and a subsequent election denying Union Labor voters. The letter accuses Republicans of fortifying Democratic clubs into militia.
Hon. A S McKeonon acknowledges receipt of renomination by the Democratic party for representative from Arkansas fourth district. He expresses gratitude for the party and convention support, notes duties prevent full participation in state canvass, and politely declines furthering patronage while reaffirming commitment to Democracy.
The Arkansas Democrats condemn poll-book theft in Little Rock as well as saloon interests. A Mammoth Springs cyclone report describes a funnel cloud crossing Eminence Hill with timber damage. The 7th district caucus in Harrison seeks a congressional nominee amid two Democrats in the race.
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