The Green Forest tribune., 1902-07-05
HON. H. H. MYERS REMOVED
Regular Republican Nominee Is
 No Longer q Colonel.

f1On. Harry Il. MyerS, WhC was last week named as the reg. ular republican nominee for gov ernor, has been removed from the position of colonel and judge ad- vocate of the Arkansas state guard.
 His removal was made by Adjutant General Charles Jacob son, who felt grieved on account of the very uncomplimentary ref erences made to Gov. Davis in Myers speech, accepting the gubernatorial nomination.
 The objectionable portion of Myers speech is as follows:
 "I appear before you today to admit my embarrassment and the magnitude of my short comings, and when I do this, perhaps you can tell me why all this enthusi- astic applause and most cordial reception. Why have not been able, try as hard as I could, to get any of the banks to refuse my checks, when l had funds on deposit with them. l am still able to use the telephone ard presume they will permit me to do so as long as l pay my bills. I haven't even threatened the shotgun cure on any editor, who has had the temerity to tell the truth. I haven't even said to you that, if elected, will make of Arkansas the laughing stock of the universe by dumping our prisoners on our sister com monwealths. I don't believe 1 have ever promised pardons in discriminatory, in order to secure endorsements from your counties; I haven't been expelled from a church; I haven't entered into a contract with the Lord, in which He has agreed to care for me, His own; have not made a holy show of myself on any of the many trains that traverse this, our great state; I haven t agreed to stop the slaughter of clay pigeons long enough to sign contract involving hundreds of thousands of your money and then undertake to repudiate it, and excuse myself by saying that I was either crazy or had my hands tied behind me, when l thus neglected my duty to you.
 ''I am even now undecided whether should accept this nom- ination which you so graciously bestow, without announcing my self here and now as candidate for United States senate, and while it appears sc ridiculously easy to run for one or two offices at one and the same time, l am debating the advisability of going my celebrated opponent one bet ter and announce for the third. The greatness of the state is nec- essarily reflected in her officials. Then, where can you hope to find an equal for Arkansas, whose chief executive fills that eXhalt- ed office by patiently and per sistently running for it and an other one at the same time? Gentlemen, there are some pretty hard things said in the heat of conflict against both political par ties, but now, in the midst of peace unparalleled, l congratu- late you that you and your party are not bound hand and foot, gagged and controlled absolutely by an imperial dictator, a human windmill, political Vesuvius, a geyser of political absurdities, a bombastic bellows which blows you hot or blows you cold ac- cording ( to his imperial whim, They may talk of imperialism, bullet me tell you now that Nero, in his palmiest days, never equal ed the sway of him who claims kinship with one of the worlds greatest citizens; and were it not for the office to which you have nominated me appears to only re- ouire some one who is good at running around over the state educating the great and honest yeomanry how to vote and whom to vote for, as Governor Davis did in the recent campaign,