The Forrest City times., 1896-04-17
THE CANDIDATES FOR COY
 ERNOR.
sSpeak at the Court House to a
 Large Audience,
tMaJ. Sevier Absent on Account of
 Important Business.


 Important Business.
 The candidates for governor have ,coune, they have spoken, and they have !, gone away, leaving tue people to speak lnext, aud deside between them.
 When fair audience had assembled sin the court house, Hon. R. J. Will fliams stepped forward and said:
 Ladies and Gentlemen:-You have assembled for the purpose of hearing ;the discussion between the candidates flor governor; you will also be enter Ftained by the views of Hon. E. II. sCr0wley, Il candidate for the congress isiOnal nomination. I now have the jhonor to introduce to you the Hon. Dan w. Jones, who will now address you.
 DAN W. JONES,
 sarose, addressed the chairman and the audience. and then stated the agree :lnent by which he would speak one lhour, Mr. HarrOd wOald follow for one .ihour, and then he would have ten iminuteS for rejolnder. Mir. Jones .said he was a candidate for governor, ,and while known to many, there were many to whom he was not known. He was born in tue Republic of Texas, iand moved when one year old to Wash singtOn, Hampstead county, where he lremaiEed until 1885, when he moved to Little Rock to perform the duties of Attorney General, to which position he ,lhad been elected in 1886, and had re- ,lmained in Little Rock ever since.
 He recounted the duties of the gov serilor; the recommendation of needed Legislation. the veto power, the ap- .;pointing of officers to ill vacancies, x.,st ,f.f ftaa He said there was no difference be- tween Mir, Harrod and himself on state issues, the difference being only in the methods of carrying out those issues
 He said that Ar. Harr0d accused him .of opposing the regulation of railroads. and based his (IIarrod's) charge upon the fact that he (Jones) had voted against d bill introduced in the state Legislature by MT. Coffinwn. oi Johnson county, in 1884, providing for the ere ,ation of a railroad commission. MT. Jones said that his vote OH the question proved nothing except that he opposed that particular bill, and the reasons for such opposition wele that it pro- yided for the creation of three state officers, when the constitution ex- .pressly prohibits the creation of new state offices; that 1t provided for th. unlimited appropriation Of the state $ money, also against the provisions of the constitution. and that the most outrageous feature was in making these railroad commissioners the final i,rbiters of all matters in dispute, aI- lowing the citizen no power in law or equity to obtain relief from the com lnissioners decision. This was fea- tare which he could not support. 1t of ever proposed, and he would vote against it a million times.
 He said he was in favor of the reg lslation of railroads and would take Eeasure in cooperating with the leg. saturs in anything they would do in eliat respect. He would recommend d ae0ntstutional amendment. creating a ailroad commission, giving 1t power to make orders and power to enforce tnem. He thought some temporary provision might be made by which the 2alroads could be regulated, and he declared that any good legislation along that line would be approved by lim and faithfully executed. It would be bold man, indeed, who would stand between the people and the coii- summation of their wishes.
 He saw no necessity for a cOnstitu- tionai convention which would cost the people about Sl00.000. If the peo. pie want it they could most certainly have it. and he would approve the bill
 II would recommend, should 1 be made your governor, one important p.ece of legislation. one not mentioned " either of my opponents. and that is the passage of a bill prohibiting con. tracts being made payable in gold ' 1t thought that the practice of making contracts payable in gold should be stopped. anu the legislature should pass law stopping it by making all such contiac v~id. All contracts should be iiquidated in the legal mon. ey af the country.
 He said there was only one issue ill national politics. and that was the financial issue The democratic and republican party differ in three main points, currency, national banks. and tariff. The first two are closely al lied. The tariff question is not all is- sue. and never will be again in our day It was not discussod two years ago, and has not been. discussed since The democratic party favors a tariff for revenue only; the republican party faYers a protective tariff. He then csuled attention to the tact that the Bnited States is leading manufacture Ing nation in the world. He d there Were three ways of raising taxation, by import duties: by an internal revenue sas, and by an income tax. The ex- ReaseS of this government are enor-