The Forrest City times., 1889-10-19
------- PRIESTHOOD WONT WIN.


 The Republican party of Arkansas must adopt some other method tC carry the state than the ONE now mapped out to the mouth-pieces by the bosses: \ solemn agreement tc willfully, mallciously and knowingly misrepresent, islander aud lie upon th, intelligent and progressive and respect able people of the state, seems to have been entered into. We have severa times called attention to the most un reasonable lies which have appeared | in the rotten, contemptible subsidized sheets which represent the thieying | murdering element of the Republican party in Arkansas. We tire of Sucl
 duty. and often stop, disgusted, anC ask ourselves the question, 'ls It pos
 sible any sane person believes thes, gross misrepresentations?n And
 while we do not believe there is an, respectable following to the Arkansa: State Registers lies, yet we desire l. point out one or two which appeared l in Thursdays issue. The first para graph is as follows
 No marvel the St. Francis county militia refused to glve up the Statt
 as Sanders.
 In our innocence we did not grasI the point in the above four lines unti we had read and re-read them severa times. The writer evidently meant {
 hidden compliment to the judge, ant an insinuation that there would bt cause for arms when he should deliver his charge tp the grand jury. Toillus
 trate how false was the insinuation, |
 is but necessary to give the telegram sent the Gazette a few hours after tht
 charge was given. The telegram is d:
 follows, and is fully endorsed by tn,
 Democratic party of the county:
 Circuit Court convened today. Judlg,
 NJ. r. Sanders presiding with dignit,
 and courtesy, commanding the respec and admiration of his enemies ant
 friends alike. The court was organi zed ill the usual form, and no incideh of extraordinary interest transpred This afternoon at l;3o o'clock was ike, | the time for delivering
 THE CHARGE TO THE GRAND JURY. The courtroom was filled, and stand 1 ing room was at a premium.
 The general charge of the Gehrt wa given first, and covered fully Ve variou criminal statutes, including those en. acted by the last General Assembly Then it was that in plain and impress sive. and certainly beautiful and i'm partial language he referred to the sat misfortune of onr county which oc- curred May IS last A clear expla nation of the law governing such csse. was given. \ strong appeal was mad, to the jury urging them to search dili gently tor every detail. and thoroug hl,
 INVESTIGATES THE MAY RIOT.
 and govern themselves accordingly He also charged the jury in most em phatie language that they must not lei Democracy, Republicanism or Fus ionism enter into their deliberations but must be governed wholly by al honest desire to fulfill the requirement.,
 
 of those old time friends who had for, sakeu him and tonight one has but {, walk the streets to hear opposing fac tions speak of the candor and tirmness with which he confronted the situation X mueh better feeling prevails and everything isquiet.
 The above telegram also stamps tn, following paragraph as as most far fetched and perceptible falsehood When Judge Sanders instructed the grand jury of St. Francis county to in quile into the political murders at For rest City. his chances fnr political pre- ferment in the Democratic party wer, perceptibly diminished.
 Men who had become bitterly op- posed to Sanders, and who had thought him prustitutlng his office for self aggrandizement, were applauding him for his manly charge. The Register goes further, and prints such base, degrading falschood that we blush tc reproduce it. Read what follows; Unless the grand jury is " properly made up N as was the case when an other eminent julist delivered similar instructions last fall, Judge Sanders will no doubt find the balmy bl cezes of Oklahoma more eongenial than the miasmatic swamps of St. Francis"
 It would, no doubt, please the slimy editor of the Register If such stat, of affairs really existed But, enough There is no truth in the sentences taken from the Register, and every. thing is us quiet as could be desired b, any people.
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