The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1886-10-20
Breckinr1dgo and CarlLee I'm
White County.

Wheel Enterprise, the Wheel Or
gan of the state.
| According to an appointment made
few days previous, R. B. CarlLee
addressed few OF our citizens at the
Court House in Searcy last Tuesday
morning. Elk Grand President r.
r. Mcpherson, was elected chairman
Of the meeting. j. +. Rivers, Jr.,
introduced Mr.. CarlLee. He stated
that he was the wheel labor candi
date for congress in opposition to
Maj. Breckenridge. He claimed
that the democratic party had ignor-
ed the monopoly issues and that the
big fish were eating up the little
ones. That few years ago the
South was governed by bayonets,
now by monopoIists, and referred y
the Mobelier act and tbs sssyy steal
under republican rule. The wealth
Of % Tie Tie country has been given to the
! government and by the government
to individuals and not to states.
The cause of the trouble in this
country is the gradual absorption of
money by the money kings in the
east He took up his government
owning the railroads hobby and
spoke at length on that. He doubt
ed if Congress could regulate the
watered stock of railroads and
thought the government ought to
buy every line OF railroads and tele
graph systems in the United States.
he opposed the Reagan bill which
has passed the lower house time and
again, but cannot pass the republi-
can senate. He said Congress had
been sitting on stool and doing
nothing but allowing corporations to
crush the people. 1t is impossible
for poor men TO get justice in your
courts now, and that would be the
result of the Reagan act. The gov
eminent has no right to issue
bonds. 1t should issue legal tender
currency. You have greater debt
to pay now than at the end of the
war. You pay it with your cotton
and the government takes it and
pays it over to the bondholders. We
demand graduated income tax to
support the poor man.
Mr.. Breckenridge only spoke about
ten minutes-said that he wonld
likely have occasion to address this
people ON later occasion. He stat
ed that nearly all the statements
that CarlLee made were erroneous.
He said that CariLee was utterly
incapaeitated to recognize what
were the points to be recognized by
the labonng people. He was not in
favor of its regulating the railroads
that was the duty of the state
legislatures and of Congress. In
the afternoon he spoke at Judsonia
at the fair grounds to a fair audience,
many Of whom were wbeelers, who
claimed that he was as good wheel
err as they wanted. He advocated
many wheel principles and his views
on all questions of interest accorded
with theirs. Everybody recognizes
him as man Of ability and integrity,
and who will represent the interest
Of his people to the best of his judg-
ment. The campaign is being con-
Quoted very pleasantly.
Commenting upon these two men,
Mr.. CarlLee and Maj. Breckenridge,
the editor utters very significant
appeal indeed. This appeal coming
from the Wheel Organ Is certainly
entitled to the serious consideration
of all wheelers, and especially such
as ever were,or ever claimed to be of
democratic faith. The editor ex-
presses himself as follows:
We see no need of exchanging a
man in Office for one who is incompe-
tent to fill the seat acceptably to the
people. Men who are in places of
public trust are as prone TO err as
private individuals. No one is per-
fect-all men make errors. A pub
lie servant who has endeayored to
do for his people that which he hon
estly and conscientlously believed to
be right and to the best interests of
all, should noG be condemned, de-
nounced, for not being perfect In all
his actions. Men who are dema-
gogues and present to the people
statements that they cannot demon
strate or substantiate, do so for the
purpose of beguiling you, and the
laboring class of Arkansas should
watch with praycrful carefulness
their situation to day. II is not
wise to follow the beating OF every
drum or sanction the impracticab!e
advice of new, uniformed, unedu
Gated leaders. We consider this a
most trying time for the people of
Arkansas, and appeal to their good
Judgment and sensibiities rather
than their prejudices and short
comings. We simply want men of
ability and integrity to represent us,
and would advise no man to cast his
vote for q human being who is not
first endowed with these two great
fundamental principles OF equal
rights to ALL