The Forrest City times., 1894-06-22
Taxpayer Insists on An Answer.

Mir. Laughinghouse. Dear Sir-I re- gret that you have not yet answered the | inquiries asked of you several weeks ago. hope you are not like some officials | think that the people ought not to know or be informed of the conduct of officials, | for surely the courts have been over long | enough, and deputies have been cheap,
 and If you had desired you could have given the desired information. The voters should have it in order that they may have time to form their conclusions in regard to the candidate before the ling prima ry election.
 Or perhaps your real cause for not an swering me was false desire to serve dem- ocracy, by not comparing the official con- duct of the present incumbent with the official conduct of some of the Populists While hope this is not the cause. Yet, if 1t is the real cause, l have this to say: l shall more strenuously than ever insist upon my questions being answered. Be cause, if ever Democracy succeeds It must
 be on principles of honesty, fair dealing and competency, and whenever the stand ard bearers of Democracy cannot compare favorably with the officials and standard bearers of other parties, 1t can never hope to succeed.
 Therefore, let us have honest, upright and competent standard bearers, whose conduct can bear the monday sun of truth the most scrutinlzing Investigation and Instead Of being disgrace, will be shining light and honor to the Democratic party.
 1t is well known to all that the good old democracy of St Francis has been much imposed upon by men who seemed to have i nc such word as iionesty and competency
 In their dictionary. Those men ingratia- | ted themselves into the good grSces of democrats and when hOnored by them with offices, done deeds and acts which were not only unfaithful to the trust re-
 posed in them, but was guilty of such
 acts as would have graced the penitentlary | or an idlotic asylum.
 The people fOnnd their treasury footed and their money lost. Democracy found
 her prestige gone, and her fair name blot
 ted and suilied with disgrace. She had to bear the stigma and shame of these unfaith- ful and any incompetent officials, for they
 had been her standard bearers, and she
 had honored them with positions. This gave cause for and excited much
 dissatisfaction towards the democracy.
 and gave her much trouble In the follow
 ing political campaigns. But let us only
 refer to these occurrences, that they may
 guide and keep us aloof from the same dangers in the future.
 Do let us proceed with the investigation.
 Give the amount of Boyle's and Nelson's bills as asked in our last letter. We firmly believe that there are honest
 and capable men in the Democratic party, who are not only competent to fll the of- fees and compare favOrabiy with those of
 any other party, but who would reflect
 honor. not only to democracy, but the l whole country.
 Therefore, all we have to do to insure victory to democracy and keep 1t perpetu- ally engraved upon her banners. is to keep honest aud competent men in office, which
 can only be done by fair and impartial investigation of the conduct of our dem-
 Ocratic officers.
 Remember the good old French King
 Louis XIV when he was trying to repress
 robbery, which had become very preva- lent throughout the Kingdom. The friends of certain party who had been found guilty and sentenced to be beheaded
 applied to the King for pardon, and among other things urged in his behalf, stated
 that he had royal blood in his veins. To
 this the King quickly replied .'If this is true l will be sure to have his head, for
 he has disgraced the royal blood, and
 sullied the fair name of royalty" l So let 1t be with democrats. If any
 man, by dishonesty or incompetency, dis
 graces the fair name of democracy. let his | political head come of.
 1 Then will the escutcheons of democracy
 ever be pure and bright. Then will her
 banners ever float triumphantly over the l land-the pride of democrats and an hon. or to the nation. TAX PAYER.