The Green Forest tribune., 1902-08-16

| Clayton, Gov. Davis called him "a liar, thief and murderer, and declared President Roosevelt told him when he was in Washing ton 8 few months ago that he would never make another ap- pointment where Powell Clayton's name was signed to the indorse- ment. Many of the governors remarks brought liberal applause, but it was a noticeable fact that his attacks on Gen. Clayton nev- CT moved foot or provoked a single hand clap.
 The speech of MT. Myers was in many respects superb exhibi- tion of oratory. His flow of thought and carefully guarded phraseology has placed him in the front rank among the public speakers of the state. Had per- sonalities been eliminated from the discussion, he would have doubtless been able to make a speech that would have been gem, from a republican point of view; but he resented the ac- cusations of Gov. Davis with the strongest sort of language ad- missable on such occasions, fre- quently alluding to the governor as "his imperial majesty" and in other terms quite as sarcastic and uncomplimentary. He said that they talked about needing a new state house in Arkansas, but what we need most is a governor. Things would be too much out of proportion to have a million dol lar state house with such an ex- cuse as Jeff Davis to go in for governor. He favored new building, however, and instead of building it of Italian or Tennes- see marble, as has been proposed, he would build it of Arkansas marble, the finest and best in the world.
 MT. Myers said that it had been charged that the republican par ty is controlled by few men; admit it to be true and he found the democratic party even more absolutely boss ridden. He de- clared that Jeff Davis is the own CT and operator of the democratic party in the state, body and soul, and such a tyranical reign as he is making has never before been equaled; that the party stands to his bidding, and for any one connected with his administra- ton to open his mouth in objec- tion his official head goes off and the offender is at once rid out of the party, if he can be made to go.
 Referring to the charge that he had refused to meet MT. Greaves, MT. Myers said he was acting out the letter and the spirit of the agreement entered into between the democratic and republican state committees; this he said Gov. Davis sought to vio- late, and that in saying he had refused or was afraid to meet Greaves the governor knew he was falsifying. The speaker de- tended the action of the republi- can state committee in the matter by saying that this is distinctive ly a political campaign and is in no sense place for the settle ment of a family row, that there is no issue between himself and MT. Greaves. The latter claims to be a republican also. MT. Myers declared it would be in- finitely unfair for him to have to share alike in time in a three- cornered debate in which both the other speakers were after him. He said he had no objec- ton to Mir. Greaves speaking af- ter or before the debates between himself and Gov. Davis; that he did not care to be present for the reason that he knew what MT. Greaves would say, that his speech is the same blood and } thunder story that has been told on the republicans by the demo- , cratic campaigners in the state for the mast twenty five or thirty