Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-21

It was not generally known. but there was another candidate for governor of Arkansas in Pine Bluff last night. He was Col Abner W. Files, who was nominated by few Arkansas populists who held a meeting in Little Rock recently and nominated him as their state leader. Col. Files nor his followers expect to win honors in the coming election, but candidate was placed ln the field to, if possible, reorgan- ize the popu4ists in this state and to remind tbe people of the fact that there. were representatives of such a party ia Arkansas. Col. Files ae- companied Messrs. Davis and Rem mel to Conway when the state cam paign was opened and . followed them with an address. He has been unable te accompany them on their trip, and Pine Bluff vas the second place visited by the populist capd
 date. He expected to address the voters of tnis county after Messrs. Davis. and Remmel concluded last night and was promptly introduced by Hon. Louis Altheimer, who krdfg consented to do so. Col. Files began, and had only spoken about ten words, when a gang of disrespeetfal hoodsums began to howl and hoot the old gray haired gentleman and force him to discon- tinue. his speech. We regret ex- ceedingIy to note this unpleasant occurrence. It vas shame and disgrace for tbe city, and some thing that could have been checked and finally stopped had proper steps been taken by the officers. The old gentleman tried to continue his speech on several different occa- sions, but still the disrespectful and disgusting gang of toaghs yelled until one could not hear himself speak. There was large number of people who gathered nearer to Col. Files Tn an endeavor to hear his words; in fact some were very anx- ious to hear what he was going to say. They were forced to suffer for the dlsrespectfulness Of others. Pine Bluff will suffer no little criti- cism from outsiders as the result of last nights disgraeeful scenes and what can we expect. Hone officer made an attempt to even quiet that bowling crowd of hoodlums and boys last night we failed to see it. One gentle man, who by the way is one of the leading pastors of the city, kindly asked few boys to show some respect for the old gen. tleman who was trying to speak, but received sass in return. Col. Files
 is popullst, it is true, but he should have been extended the courtesy of being allowed to talk as we'll as Mir. Davis and Mir. Remmel. He is an excellent old gen tleman, and came all the way from Little Rock merely to say few words in behalf of,his candidacy, but was not permitted to do so. Still, we call this free country.
 HON. H. L. REMMEL.
 After music by the Cotton Belt band. Hon. Leuis Altheimer, on be- half of the Jefferson county Repub
 icans, made very neat talk and in introduced Mr. Remmel. The latter gen ntleman is mparatvely young man and has very strong and for cible voice. He began by saying he was delighted to have the horror to address snch a vast assem- blaze. He said it was not his intention when he began the campaign to enter into discussions on the national issues, but as long as MT. Davis had brought them into the debates, he said be would answer them. He spoke at length on imperialism. He said be- fore September 15 imperialism would be back number. He gave several illustrations of the failures of it's supporters, and, at the beginning, was frequently interrupted by ap- pIause. He quoted Washington,