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Show IlrrrkliirMce ! ll.r l-frnlt r. Wasiiinotox, July It,. lUiprt-'CllLitne lUiprt-'CllLitne ltreckiurijge of Arkau-4i had an argumtnt In hit own ivhalf laid btfore the Houe committee on election, reading a long brief i.re-nred i.re-nred by ex-Attorney-lJeueral Uar-laud. Uar-laud. lil!iiier attacked theHili-committee theHili-committee which vi-itcl A rkr.n-ax for failure to take totimony pnf-fere.1 pnf-fere.1 by Itntkinxidge. a--, for in-i-tauce, iu tlie caM.- of the ballot boxes where the count wai 1111-laigued. 1111-laigued. It fet forth, further, that the record failed utterly to show that Jlreckinridge was nit elected, but, on the other hand, it showed that he was elected. iUsjiecting Clayton's munlc, it was pirfeclly vicar that nothing more could have been done to find the nairdi rer than had In-en none by the clllorrs and jn-opie of tin-State. tin-State. Whtu he concluded hia brief, IlreckinriJge pniceeded to supplement it by a hm statement. He had known liayi.n tweutt icri they had been ueii;nljors anil frituiLs they canaed the district tcgtthtr; their rvlatinn ikmou--tratit! that there was nothing in the charges made by Judge. JIc-C JIc-C lure of the terriLIc n-r-icutiou of republicans in his district. Clayton's Clay-ton's death had been a tearful rtir-pri'e rtir-pri'e to him (Krecklurldgt-), as it wasasurp.lM: to all decent (ie)4e of Arkansas. Hu lielle'-ed the riunimervillelallut box mu stok-u by republicans The appaieut object ob-ject was to hinge upon the stealing a content in cas the lioure of Rep-rrenUUvta Rep-rrenUUvta wasrepuMican. lircck-niriJge, lircck-niriJge, in the ooun- of hu talk, turned his attention to Judge k-Clure, k-Clure, and scou-d that geutlemau severely. Judge .MtCiure closed the arguments argu-ments In a bntf sieth, devoid of cwmalitk-N and treating almost altogtllitr of the legal aiectof the case, lie Jrgued, la brief, that as the evidence showed that ballots really ca-,1 were not preserved, it was coaip-teul to go bellied and take proot tf the vote. |
