The Forrest City times., 1892-09-02


 the Index and Economist.
 The following letter, which friend from Texarkana has placed in our hands, fully explains itself and shows where Fishback stands. It Is proof Of our former assertions that "F1Shy" IS hand and-glove with the republicans. Read it and then show it to your neigh Dor. The letter is in our own hands:
 EUREKA SPRINGS, Aug. IS, 1892. Thos. Orr. Esq, Texarkana, Ark: DEAR SRI have just returned from Little Rock, where have been to meet Whipple and others interested. and l, with the others, feel gloomy at the out look. From all present indications It is evident that Carnahan, that tre-eat- ing old Confederate, will be elected. At heart Fishback is with us and al ways has been. He fought with us and was a bosom friend Of our dead hero, Catterson. and today hates the old Confederates in his secret heart worse than the devil hates Holy Writ, and lie IS dickering to their raScalIy whims only to gratify his ambition for office. On the other hand Carnahan fought us all during the war from begin ming to end. He is an enemy to our every interest and to our peope, and IS as much to be hated as the old traitor, Jefferson Davis. Now 1 want 10 say as Whipple stands no show we must throw our strength to Fishback. Go at this quickly and get it to the the | leaders and let them get it to our peo- pie. Explain to them that Fishback is my personal friend and we can use him. Your friend,
 POWELL CLAYTON.
 In the same issue of the Citizen con taining the above appears card from Editor Prince which is quite different in it's tone. Read:
 Editor Citizen-In justice to Col. Fishback permit me to say through your paper that 1 have found the Clay ton letter, which appears in my paper, the Economist of this date, to be an absolute forgery. The letter came di- rect to me from Texarkana, and pur ported to be from Hon. John J. Vogel, and having perfect confidence in Mir. l Nogel 1 published the document, the original of which is in my possession. telegraphed MT. Vogel, but did not re- ceive reply until my paper had been issued. Why such letter should have | been sent me 1 cannot imagine and l have set on foot an investigation which 1 trust will lead to the discovery of the author. It is the purpose of the Econ mist to deal fairly with all in this cam paign, and if we cannot win the con- test without the publication of false hood we must lose it.
 1 send similar card to the Gazette of Little Rock. HOMER PRINCE.
 Searcy, Ark, Aug 26, 1892.
 To which the Citizen very logically responds:
 l Had the spirit of fairness which MT. | Prince tries to inject into the forego- ing letter, been foremost in his every day life he would never have made the statement yesterday at Beebe and te- day in his paper, for he we'll knew that there was no truth in the Clayton let ter. He has gotten in his work both at Beebe speaking and through his pa per in a manner and time that the means employed to correct, cannot cor rect the false impression made for the reason that neither the Citizen nor Ga Zette reach the same people who were present at Beebe and who read the 1 Economist. Of course Mir. Prince will make correction in next weeks Econ- omist but great many of his readers will have voted before they see the correction.
 There seems to be a determination to carry the election for the Third party regardless Of means, measures or consequences, but the people will do the right thing by electing a full dem- Ocratic ticket