The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1895-07-19
WHEkE IS IGNORANCE.

80
Of the 10th. We say remarkable be-
cause of its utter inapplicability to the
occasion or its surroundings, and be-
cause it seems to have been based sole
ly upon the imagination of the genius
who straddles the editorial nail kpg
of that sheet. We say remarkable. be-
cause it is presumed by all intelligent
readers that newspaper OF its metro
politan pretensions would endeavor
to clothe its editorial utterances
in truth and fairness, base
them upon facts and accompany its
criticisms with some argument or out
line of what it deems the proper thing
in lieu Of that which it criticses. This
the Scimitar failed to do, and in lieu
thereof employed ridicule ofthe speak
ers and contemplate slurs on the in
telligence and respectable y and poll.
tical faith Of their auditors, and the
people generally of this section. Ig-
norance and the domination OF popu-
lism according to the Scimitar accounts
for the general enthusiasm Of the &C.
casiou, and the boquets and warm
and hearty congratulations extended
the speakers at the conclusion of
their remarks.
But read a few Of The Scimitar's
choicest paragraphs. The Scimitar
keeps these chained and only turns
them loose on very important occas-
sions, when the game is big, and the
Importance Of the company demands
that the enemy must be demolished at
one awful blOw-A sort of dull ,sicken-
ing thud, as it were. Speaking of Col
YOung's allusion to Col. Patterson AS
his baby" etc, the Scimitar says !:
THE report of the meeting leaves the
nature and extent Of the castigation i'm
doubt. but 1t WAS probably similar to
that which Col. Young administered to
Col. Patterson in 1894. prior to the
primary election in which Patterson so
utterly routed him. A warmed over
effort OF this sort would probably be
very effective at Forrest City ,rhere
Populism is rampant and the people gem
orally do not keep up Nth the ne,os Of the
day. We judge from the report that
this element was largely represented in
the crowd"
AGAIN:
They (Carmack and Young) can't
exoect to win in Tennessee or any other
State-ercept possibly in some back,coods
d,str,ct IN Arkonsos Or Mississippi-by
dividing the democracy" -
'"They are deliberately attempting
to convince the ignorant people wto COM
prise the major part OF their follow
ing"
Reckless statements and epithets
may delight Populists and meet the
approval OF quasi-Dem0crats where
ohnd tigers are more abundant than
spelling books, but they won't do in this
Tenth District, or the State of Tennes-
see as a whole, or in the United States
as a nation"
The italics are ours. and we use them
to impress upon the reader the splendid
opinion the Scimitar has of the people
OF this community, which, with rare
exception, indeed, are its superiors in
point of Intelligence, morals and reli.
gion, and who, we can assure it, are
honored by its sneers
Absolutely ignorant of the character
OF the audience that listened to Car
mack and Young, which was largely
composed OF the best and most refined
md intelligent citizens of this and
other counties, and largely predomina.
ted by the Swamp Democracy" noted
FAR and near for its devotion to Jeffer-
sonian principles and JacksOnian te-
nacity; ignorant Of the relative strength
or political parties in this section; igno-
rant OF the highly cultured society to
be found on every hand in Forrest CITY:
ignorant of our splendid school facili-
ties and public institutions, and per-
! feet respect for the liquor laws; igno-
rant of every element of our high civil.
cation and intelligence; ignorant of the
splendid abilities and undoubted dem
ocracy OF those great American patriots
-Carmack and Young-and of the fact
Ihat Their speeches at this place on the
loth were especially strong In argument
and free from personalities, the Scimi-
Tar, from affair off, and through glass
darkiy, arrives at these very unique
and original conclusions.
For the benefit of the Scin.itar and
any who may have been misled
by Its statements, we desire to say
that populism is not rampant in For