The Green Forest tribune., 1898-03-24
AN OPEN LETTER.
To THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS

To THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS OF CARROLL COUNTY:
 Four years ago l conceived the am bition to represent this county in the Arkansas Legislature. You decreed it otherwise. l am still possessed of the hankerings of four years ago, and yielding to most earnest solicitations Gin which I have myself been the principal solieitor), l shall again seek nom. ination for this office at the hands of the Democratic party of Carroll county on May !, 1898.
 Other things being equal, I be- lieve the nomination for this ofico should come this time 10 the " est ern district; but l fatter myself that there are other and better reasons for my seeking thls perterment.
 Mr. F. o. Butt, the present Rep resentatiVe, who is oontending for the present nomination, in an open letter to the voters of Carroll coun. ty, says that ''It is customary to reward 8 faithful officer with a second term" Thls is true, and wero l not fully persuaded that he failed most slgnally to represent his people in the last legislature on the most important matters " hich ca me before that body, ] would not now seek to retire him. 1 know it is bad policy to swap 8 truo and steady-going horse that can always be depended on for one that has not been tried; but when horse won't go up against the collar in which he is harnessed and kicks out of the traces, and beIks at the most inopportune and critical times, it would bo thc part of poor judgement not to trade him at the first opportunity. You oouldn't be worsted and would have at least the everlasting chance of doing ] better.
 Mir. 0. Butt baked on the rail commission bill. Whatever his reasons may be tho fact must stare hlra in the face that he faiiod to "faithiully" represent his masters. Ho kicked out 0t the traces on the consolidation Of Federal and State elections and voted to let the bur- dou of doublo election expenses remain on tue people.
 ! firmly believe that nine-tenths of the people ot Carroll county favored this measure which one little "no" from the present Repro sentative laid low. V Whatever the reasons in days gone by for separat 6 election, they haze long since pass ed into history. With a Republi- can president in tho chair of State end with any kind of beastly Republican ma jority in both houses of Congress which the uncertain ties of election might bring about, it is as certain as fate that no Force bill can over again Do placed on l LhS Al hiC4 iIe'hl poOl)iG.
 When Mir. Butt gets through OK plaining tue faithful" service he rendered Carroll county in the two instances mentioned, we may have something to say ot his record on minor matters that also need some explaining.
 l pride myself on the fact that my Democratic ancestry can be traced back to the days of the Sage of Monticello. l endorsed the Chicago platform of 1896 earnestly and faittuIly supported l it's nominees. I indorsed the last Democratic State platform, and had l been membor of the last Legislature, would have supported it's demands. Should the Democ racyshonor mo with the nomina ton at the coming primary, and should tho people still further hon or nc with election at the polls ir September, l solemnly promise that, in so far as tin my power may lay, 10 faithfully and earnestly represent the wishoG of the people who may have trusted me,
 Yours for better acquaintance
 c. c. WHrTE. Eureka Springs, March 7th, 1898