The Russellville Democrat., 1884-05-01
JACOB FROLICH.
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR
 GOVERNOR.

I " Hcu uiHc NcarS oi aSc ulU 1dIcu ts left the old country and came 10 New Orleans. After remaining there a few months they moved to Indiana, first settling near Vincennes, alter wards at Evansville. Mir. Frolich is the builder of his own fortune. At the age of fourteen he set out to earn his own support, and to make his own way in the world by means oi the printers trade. After working at that trade for snort time Tn Ey- ansyille and St. Louis, In. 1851 he went to New Orleans, there engaging for short time as clerk in a store, hut he soon returned to his trade, and for several years was employed in type setting and editing, spend ing about four years at Vernon, in Jackson Parish. The war found him at Baton Rouge. He at once espoused tEe cause of the Confed- eracy, to which he faithfully adhered to tbe end, after which he returned to his trade, working in the office of the Memphis Appeal until 1866, when he established tue White Coun. ty Record. The Record was from the first fearless, outspoken advo cate of Democratic principles Tn those trying times of reconstruction.
 It's bold and pointed denuncia- tiops of the leaders of the radical party then dominating the State, rendered Mir. Frolich so obnoxious that he and his foreman, in 1870, a short time prlor to the election, were indicted upon trumped up ku klux charge that man Lad been killed in White county-that he had been informed of it, after it was said to have occurred and had failed to notify the proper officers--a charge bailable under the Constitution and laws of the State, but upon war rant issued upon the indictment for his arrest was endorsed No bail to be taken" Nothing was left but to place himself Tn the hands of his enemies, who in this case had already deprived him of his constitutional rights, or exhile himself He went to Canada, where he remained until Informed that he would be admitted to ball by the Courts, when he i'm mediately returned, surrendered him. self and demanded trial, winch was had. All the witnesses upon whose testimony the indictment was found were examined, but failed to duplicate him in any way and the jury were directed by the Prosecu- ting Attorney to retarn verdict of mot guilty" The real object of this persecution was to suppress the White County Record, which, by It's fearless exposure of the destructive measures of the Radical party, had largely aided in sol,difying the Dem ocratlc party In White county as to render it the most reliable in the State.
 Mir. Frolich was elected Assistant Secretary of the State Senate at the sess,on of lS74-5, and elected Secre- tary of that body at the session Of 1877. In 1878 he was elected Sec retary of State, and reelected in 1880 and 1882. reeelviag substan- tially a upanimous vote for the nom- ination in the Democratic State Con yentions of 1880 and 1882.
 In the management of the office of Secretary of State Mr. Froich has shown intelligence, tireless industry and watehfu care for the interests of the State. He has never heen content with the discharge of the mere routine duties of hs office, but has sought in every way to advance ana develop in such way as to sub serve the public convenience and di- minish it's expense to the State. In this he has succeeded admirably. His oflicial report as Secretary of State for 1880 suggested plan which, having been embodied into . law, has made that oillce not only self supporting, but a source ot rev enue td tue State.
 The present contract of lease of the Arkansas State Penitentiary gives evidence ug the zeal and intel- ligence with which Mir. Frolich, as an officer, looks after the interests of the State entrusted to him. The con tract was made under a. statute all most identical with that under which the preceding contract was let, by which the State received nothing from the hire of the convicts, and paid all expenses of conveying con yicts from the county where convict- ed, salary af physician, etc., amount ing in the aggregate to thousands of dollars each year. Now the State is relieved of all these expenses, and receives an income amounting to at least $25,000 from this institution l for the first year, with probable in