The Forrest City times., 1896-04-17

| principles. He lJones) would not bolt from the principles of the party. liar rod would follow the name and bolt tle principles. If any bolting were 1 done at Chicago, let the boldbugs do it. Let us go there and say. this is our house, you can leave. but we will stay"
 :'Who bolted in Kentuckyy Who knifed Lane and Bland in Missouri? | Who were the traitors that betrayed Hardin and Blackburn in Kentucky? Who are trying to disrupt the demo- cratic party in Texasy" These men were not only bolters frop party but bolters from principles. 10 is impOssi- ble te be democrat and not be in favor of free silver.
 "There is paper published in Lit tie Rock called the Arkansas Gazette. While it IS hardly probable that 1t IS read in your city, yet one or two copies may accidentally reach here. The owner of the paper, while d gOldbug, is still nice gentleman, but he has employed one iDickinson Brugman to write the editorials. Dickinson was the president of republican negro club at Fouche Dam during recon struction times. He is familiarly known as the Duke of Fouche Dam." The little Duke and all of the goldbug papers in the state are supporting Bro. Harrod. Bro. Harrod is a nlce man, but 1 would be ashamed of such support. The Duke of Fouche Dam, also. says I'm boIter. Dickinson calls everybody potter who earnestly and sincerely espousss the silver cause.
 Mr. Jones thought it strange that d man should talk against goldbuggery and be condemned ,because he says he will vote against it. He said he could not vote for goldbug, and he did not intend to. A goldbug democrat did not exist.
 l Concerning state offices, Mir. Jones said 1t was different from national af- fairs. He had introduced a resolution in the Little Rock Bimetallic Club. stating that the bimetalistS would not support gold men for nomination, but if gold men were nominated for state offices, they would support them. The reason was plain. State officers had nothing to do with the silver ques- 1 tion. They could do no harm. But I congressman. senators, and the presl- dent control the destiny of the country. He would support the nominee for gov ernof in order to keep out Clayton and and his gang, but supporting a goldbug for president was equivalent to cut ting their own thrOats, and he would not do it. He closed by reiterating the assertion that no gOldbug could be democrat. He appealed to his auditors not to vote for any man for congress man, senator or president who was a gold mOn0metalliSt.
 l HON. J. II. HARROD.
 Began by addressing the chairman and his fellow democrats. He stated that he was practically stranger, known only to few, to whom he cheerfully referred all nnaequainted with his personal qualifications. Il am, said he. "a native of Arkansas. g years old, bourbon democrat, and a candidate for governor. He had voted the ticket strait ever since he was Fl years old and intended to vote it strait if he lived to be l2l years old. He had never "wobcled on the gud- geon." He had never strayed from the democratic camp. He wanted the support of loyal democrats who love their party for the victories it has won, and for the grand work it has done, in the cause of human liberty. If made governor. the people would know a democrat was at the helm of the grand old ship of state. He had heard a popuist say of the democratic party: "It is a blankety, blankety, old hull, and there is nothing in It." do not want the support of such men. l want the support of no man or county that is not Loyalty democratic, II do not want the support of milk and water. weak kneed. wishy-washy, populists demo crats. whose teeth chatter because the situation is not bright. l am one of the Democrats who believe that it is my duty to stand by the party in it's hour of trouble, and not at the first ap- pearance of defeat, threaten to leave the grand old ship on which 1 have rid den so long. l have no time for these timid Democrats who threaten to holt : whenever the situation is not good. D
 He appealed to the good Democrats of St. Francis to vote for the nominee
 from constable to president. Do not encourage the bOlter. He did not be-
 lieve in that kind of politics. If man . be Republican, let him be Repub lican. If IOpulist. let him be d Pop uist. If Democrat. let him be d De- mocrat. He was a Democrat because ] 1t was the party of constitutional lib. erty and glorious government He had supported the nominee. and } would continue to do so. If the audi tors were not that kind of men he (lIarrodD did not want their support
 The Chicago convention would nomi- nate d candidate for president in July and he expected to vote for the nomi- . | NnVAnlh a (