Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-01-31
B. :. FLY WRITES A PITHY LET
TER TO THE GOVERNOR.
Points Out Davis Sudden Change Of
Front and Propouncs Some Very
Pointed Questions.

points made by Nh b. f. Fly, OF For:
Smith. in his letter to Coy Davis in
which lie calls the governor down IN
some OF his misstatements;
During the session OF tho last le-ls-
la,ure. when I was repe. Jins the pre-
ceelings of the senate for the AsI.4r-
sas Democrat, Of Little Ro.A the r.
lationship between you amt me waS
Of the most cordial character. or
certainly HAY" not forgotten this fact
so cordial WAS this relationship that
| was led 10 believe you had becU
greatly Wronged by the press of the
state. when almost every newspaper
in Il had branded you as a consum-
ate demagogue Many times during
that memorable session came to
.,;3;;,,T rescu, through the columns nf
the Arkansas Democrat, and defend-
! ed you as no other newspaper man
il the state had done When dc ia
! nous Hudson bank claim Was pre-
scented in the senate through cX=Go9
/ James p. Claf2. YOU stood she0l5}ef
TO shoulder with ne III fighting is
paymcnt and denouncing is as al 9at
rage uaon the citizens Of &fEa5:sa-
! Yna viii remember that The TIVE
/ strongest articles WFittoa b. 8e 9a
:. that subject VIZ sgsmtQta 10 4oa
for yopr approval aafofe 6zen tl4n odi-
tor Of tire 9emocrat saw them PEI
! ticularIy was this the case With lie
article wherein ! reported your cN#
animation by the Sen&a-Laakford.
Kirby investigating cammittee This
was the time. when in answer to eN
COY. Clarke's qnest don, you said that
had you been in his place yGu would
not have taken such a ease because
you did not think it valid or just
claim against the state of Arkansas.
On many occasions. in discussing the
Hudson bank claim with me, you de
nounced eX-Gov. Clarke in such Ian
guage as only you and he can use
And yet, in face of these facts, and
with the full knowledge that if a
Clarke legislature shall be elected, the
! Hudson bank claim will bob up again
and may be passed, even over your
veto, should you be re-elected-I say
eveli iii face Of these facts, you arc
now neglecting your official duties and
are "traipsing' over the state in tn ,
interest Of ex-GoV. Clarke for United
States senator.
How comes this great change? Has
eA-Goy. Clarke agreed to divide his
fee With youo Or do you expect to get
your reward by carrying into eXecu-
tion the political compact you entered
into with eX Gov. Clarke to assist him
to defeat Senator Jones, and then he
is to assist you in defeating Senator
Berry?
| Do YOU remember how grossly YOU
deceived me. on the occasion OF your
visit here during the street fair and
carnival, as my guest? If you don't. I
will recall the facts to your mind 1t
was distinctly understood between
YOU and me. in talk over the long
distance telephone. that there was tC
! be no politics in your visit You came
here and accepted my hospitality
with that distinct understanding. The
! understanding was renewed as | as
| sisted you to the speakers platform.
on which occasion yoti cordially shook
my hand and said you would be an
| migrate and unworthy of my belief if
YOU mentioned politics in your speech
Then after you had been hisS;od by
the Union Labor men for saying that
under no combination of circt.ll-
stances is a strike .jitstifable yo}i
launched cut on your political TRADE
In that speech you did not refer t.
me as a "nonetity." or as = man who
tramped hern from New York and
Chicago, bat You did rofe,s to mo as
the honored and distin@ @uisiaed aea-
ar&l manager OF the street for"
(Which. by the way, was the most
successful event Of its kind eyer seen
IN the southwestD You connected me
with rOund-laD cotton comnanv sim
My Ivy saying that am brother-in-
law Of Hon. Paul Jones, who is the
attorney for that company. That far
20" went. but no further, You prob
9hlv &new better. You waited till you
cot way 10 the forks of Bite
creek" and then YOU turned loose
Won foul tongue to give utterance to
statemCnts that YOU knew are wholly
untrue. Was that fair? or manly?
or coura seous? | am willing for the
people of Arkansas to JUDGE. That
an a brother in-law of Hon. Paul
Jones | do not deny. am nroud Of
that fact and he is prord Of the fact
that nv sister is his wife For TWEEN
ty years or more his voice has been
heard from one end of Arkansas to
the other in advocacy of the Demo-
cratic party was visiting him in