Nevada County picayune., 1888-05-02
COL. FISHBACk'S RECORD.
S35,OOO,O0O Saved to The Peo' pIe--Millions More Indirectly.
- From Fort Smith Times.

From Fort Smith Times. #
 From what we learn of the charac- ter of the canvass now going on ser- eral candidates are boosting of what they have done, and several others are profuse in promises of what they would do, while Col. Fishback, who is 9 refined and cultured gentleman, and believes it to be in bad taste to tell what he has done says nothing of his deeds.
 We propose to tell the people of Arkansas something of his record, and why it is that those who know him best always give him their cnthu- siastic support. He has never been beaten in this part of the state for anything.
 l. He was appointed ill 1863, treas urv agent, by Andrew Johnson. He refused to accept the position until he was told that by doing so he could save the people of South Arkansas at least twenty millions of proper ty.
 It was the duly of that officer to seize the property of every man who had not taken the oath of allegiance. Nobody had taken it because nobody was authorized to administer 1t. The treasury agent received . large com mission for seizing and conliscating, amount upon the twenty millions.
 He accepted, and privately sent word all over the South to friends oi the south to have the people take the oath while he was in office and saved their property. They did take il and saved at least twenty millions while he could have made nearly million by simply executing the law But he was the people friend, ane the records of this county show tha' he left that office poor man.
 ,. During reconstruction no mar in Arkansas was more active or more efficient in his war upon the radlca regime.
 ,. When the people got the gov ernment back in their hands ill 1874 convention and was the author 0 the most valuable provision of tha instrument, by which the peopl have been saved millions more, indi rectly.
 1. During that convention, ne m troduccd resolution with q master ly historic preamble, giving the req sons why the constitution should prohibit the payment of the fraudu lent bonds of the state. But as WI were not "out of the woods, thu convention thought we had bette let that alone. Afterwards, whel we were ,out of the woods, as ; member of the general assembly, h' introduced the Fishback Amend ment, and after ten years tigh against large odds, and after three campaigns of the state, at an eXpens' of more than thousand dollars tt himself. he finally succeeded in get ting the amendment adopted, by which he saved fifteen millions more.
 ,. He was the author of the bill 1T 1885 by.which the taxes were reduced from : to mills.
 C. He was the author of the reso, ution and open letter by which thu Iron Mountain railroad was forced tC pay S25O, ,OO0 back taxes to the state and counties and cities, to whict they were due.
 Let those other candidates show one-tenth of this good to the state.
 lSi any wonder that Senator Der " should say in 2 public speech tha mo nan has done more for Arkan SIS and recaived less" than Col Fiahback;
 If the people of Arkansas wish tC encourage their public servants, il good work, they now have the oppor unity,