Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-27


 Grace told that grand Jury to take time, plenty ot time, but they ad- journed in obedience, we have heard, to the orders of Prosecuting Attor- ney Sorrells.
 If these things be true then the people are slaves, base, ignoble slaves to the political iotrigues of designing demagogues. 1 am not surprised that these defeated, dis gruntled candidates, as the Press Eagle brands Gould and Alexander have turned to the people with the inquiry: vos-toleratls servitum aequo auimo?
 Now I have always considered the editor of the Press Eagle versatile writer, he clothes his argument in well chosed words, and generally speaks to the point, put when he triest evade tbe question of fraud in the recent primary election by yielding the pen of ridicule about Jim Adams, be lowers the dignity of professional journalism. He need not think that the people are so blind that they cannot detect : ke spider and the fly in his articles Jim Adams is not before the people for honor or dishonor, for praise CT ridicule, 1 understand that he is in New Mexico for the benefit of his health, and I am glad he is able to be there. He has fought the battles of Democracy in Jefferson county for many years 9aliantly. no6lY and honorably, he made the best State Senator Jefferson county has had for many years, rejecting great credit upon himself and his constituency and in obedience to the many honors he had conferred on him while in the senate had every encouragement to aspire to become congressman from this district. 1 would not, like the Press Eagle is trying to do, rob him of ore single laurel, He has always, ID my opinion, championed the questions of the day and hour from conception of truth and right, and has written fearlessly and boldly his opinions, and this, too, when be knew it would add to his bank account.
 As far as his private life is con cerned 1 shall say nothing, It would be too cruel to con trast the lives of some of our editors in that regard with Jim Adams life, and 1 would rot have said anything at all about him iu this article had not the Press Eagle made such a bold effort to switch the mind of the people from the political situation to consider ation of dams shortcomings. Tie question is fraud or no fraud in the late primary election.
 The Graphic asks for an investi- gation. The Press. Eagle says, i've don't need to investigate. , When AlexanderJ said he would no more accept any office obtained through fraud than he would accept stolen money or goods, he voiced my sentiment of the letter.
 Fraud has been perpetrated, the lion has been bearded in his den, and those who have suffered are calling for justice, they ought to have it, and 1 firmly believe that the "powers that be" do not act the peo- pie will next September sNe sutor ultra crepidam." neither let those entrusted with the tights of the people trample them in the dust.
 I hear a great deal said about court house ring, but l a n of the opinion that the ''ring" is an end- less chain, it seems 10 me that the offices in that temple of Justice have been handed down through the di. vine right of succession for the past ten or fifteen years, and it seems awful hard for some of the old land marks to fall beneath the blows of the woodlands ax. But away out here in the hills we hear the echo of the strokes. and we expect to hear the terrific crash when the "sequoia gigantia" strikes the ground.
 I do not censure Maj. Mccoy for .sLolding the fort. the county cen