Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-03-27
THE CAMPAIGN LIAR.
A Letter From Gen. White, In Which He Uses Some Strong Language In Speaking of the "Cam-
 paIgn Liar"

PINE BLUFF, ARK, March 26, 1895. Editor GRAPHIC.
 The campaign liar has cut loose in all his pristine glory.
 All sorts of lying reports, too numerous to mention, have been put in circulation and, I shall only ask your indulgence for little space to refer to one.
 The Press-Eagle of today cut loose in a way to be expected, and I only in brief way want to refer to it.
 It says that during my first ad- ministration I worked for, and put through the City Council, contract with the Water & Light Company so liberal in all it's terms to that com pany that it has since kept the treas ury of the city in an impoverished condition and precluded the possi- bility of other improvements. Now, as to the facts:
 The city advertised for bids to build water works in New York papers and at the time fixed bidders presented their bids and the present contract was awarded by the Board of Public Affairs, composed at that time of H. King White, Mayor; J. B. Trulock and E. l.. Taylor as associ- ate members, who reported our ac- tion to the City Council, and the same was approved by them and the ordinance passed unanimously.
 took the same interest in the passage of this measure as every other public-spirited citizen of the town did at that time. The rate paid in this contract was less by nearly half than the rade paid for similar service at that time by the city of Little Rock. The Pine Bluff rate being $43 per annum per plug, and the Little Rock rate being about $85 per plug. The only mis- take made by the city in making this contract was the belief then ex- tant that the city would rapidly grow until it would soon become a city of 90, 000 inhabitants, which at that time was well founded, but the paralyzing influence of the moss back, headed by the Press-Eagle, has dispelled all such hopes, at least for the present.
 Now. as to the proposition that during my second administration fight was inaugurated by which the claims of the Water < Light Com pany were to be paid in currency and an additional sum collected from the saloons and set apart for that purpose. Now, have never heard be- fore that l committed a mistake in this. At the time this was done a committee had been organized com posed of w. P. Grace, Dr. Z. Orto, E. l.. Taylor, N B. Trulock, John r, Murphy and M. Hanf, and after a consultation with the Water & Light people, this plan was agreed upon and the ordinance embodying this agreement was submitted to the 
 City Council and passed by them.
 had never before heard that I had been threatened with indictment and impeachment, but take it for granted as neither ever occurred, that I was entirely guiltless of the charges now undertaken to be made.
 There is an old rule: That if you have what you say you have, in writing, with my name signed to it, l will acknowledge it, and if you haven't, yoa are C ljar, and as the Press Eagle fails to bring this testimony, it is, of course, LIAR.
 Now, the charge is made that dur ing all this time l have been the friend of the Water < Light Com pany. Let's turn to the record: There you will find in the record book of the proceedings of the City Council, page 581, that some sort of resolution had been introduced, which I disapproved in the following words, city record 583. sI veto this resolution because it restores all the rights and privileges to the Wa ter & Light Company after wilful and deliberate violation of all contracts and puts the city in po- sition whereby they may never ex- pect any relief from burdens more than they can bear"
 It will be seenby this expression that I believed the city could not carry