Political Crimes

The State of Arkansas is building up a bloody repntation by the political assassinatlons of Republicana. The colj blooded munter of John M. Clayton, who had heen electod to the present Congress ha been followed by many otlicrs, until :i reijtn of terror exists in that región. No one da res to put up a Kepublican ticket, 90 the laboring men nominated one for tlie reent ek-ctlon. They could not get tlicir tickets printed in that part without fearoffrand and theirconterfeitlngthem, and had tlietn prepared at St. Louis. A weck aj;o lust Saturday these tickets were sint by train wlth the result as tokl in tlio lelegraphlc dispatches .- Littj.k Hock, Ark., August 30. Aa the Little liock tiain pulled into Morrlllton, at 12 40 to day, it was surrniindcd by 1,500 Demócrata, and Gei r'i1 W. Small, a citizen of Conway Couuty, was struck on the head slx times wlth l'iadcd cunes and knocked sensle.-s. The tickets were then taken by the Demoerats aud destroyed. Morrillton is 60 miles west of Little Rock and the county eeat of Conway, in whlch John M. Claytott was assassinated while looklng up evtdenoo to contest the seatof Coiifjrcsíinaii Bruckinridge, of the Second district. The Immedlate cause of tlie troubleat Morrlllton lo-day was U jjet possession of the Union Labor ballots nul to wreak yengeanw on George Bmall, who is charjfeil ly the Demócrata with having organlzed Grand Army posts. Mr. Hmall lf"t Linie Rock with 7,000 Union Labor and Republlcan Tickets, wliich had been printed in St. Louis to prevent the Democrats tromconterfcitlng them and thus decelvins thecolored voters. The Democrats liad used every method to get posession of a sample copy. but without successjso tliey collected several hundred horsemen at the station and formed them in regular martial array. Theyawaittd the train, which aspy in Little Rock had informed them would carry Mr. Small and the tickets. The moiinted men were under the command of Carroll Armstrong, whom Judfre McOlure slapped in the face during the Congrefs coinmittee's Bession in tliis city. Two long lines of cavalry wcre formed, the men being arrayed In red sashes and carryin-j miniature flugs. Within the lioes of cavalry and near the ratlroad track two lines of infantry were formed, and wlioii the train re:iclied the station the lines closed, so th.it the train was completely surrounded. At a signal f rom Circuit Clerk "Jeff" Wriglit, several hundred of the men boardeil the train, and the car contamina Mr. Small was entered by doors and Windows, until all available sp:ice was Ulied with the mob. Bent ley, a deputy sheriff, the man who asiulted J natte Benjamin, and the man wl o:n Judge Claxton charired with guilty knowlcdjse of the assassination of Clayton,. lames Lucas, who was convicted of frauds, and W alter P. Wells, another bal lot-box thief, entered the car, and while they wero endeavoring to {iet the satchcl containinjr the ballots, oMier persons struck Jlr Small on the liead with loaded canes. J. B. MeLaughlin, of thls city, who was occupying a seat with Mr. Small, was struck once and dragged backward over the seat, but was not seriously hurt. After the tickets were obtained the mob rode off. Tlie sheriff aud his deputies were present, and werecalled on for protection, but they pald no attention to the request. - New York Tribune, August 31, 1S90. That this should be tlie state of aflairs in any part of our country is horrible. It shows the need of in election blll which shall curb thee Ku-Kïux bands. What wonder Is it when even the southern press not ouly exentes, sueh conduct but evon excites it. Listen to this editorial trom the Daily American of Nashville August G. : Evcry man who supports the Republicans Is ipso fiiclo an eiiemy to the South. He who s not for us ia Rgainal us, and the man wlio comes out before the people as a Kcpublican, commeiidrd to tlieir support by a Republican Convention, must stand or full as such. Wffen ho (lonsaa Iiepublican uniform and takes the Kepubllcan colora in lli hand, he must cxpect to be shot at as a Republicxn. No matter what office he inay eeek, he seeks it as a Kepublican, he seeks it ns an enetny. No matter vhnt profesglons inny be on liis Ups, if the Republican flag be in liis hand, snoot hitn without pariey. In many parts of the South no crime is too horrible to commlt to Intimídate, defraud and to rule by forcé of anus. More men have been murdered in the South on account of politics Wlthin the past five years thau were at Buil Kun. Those things must stop, and we c.ill upon the Senate to basten the passage of a suitable election bill which will huil the Southorn hlghwiiymen to the penitentiary.