Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-05-29
THE FIGHT STILL ON
HaVlS and His Committee
Continue to Go After
Mr. Furth.
HAVIs RESOLUTIONS AMUSING
AND DISPLAY SOME &c.
NORANCE.
Cause CT the FiJnt Is Furth's Refusal
10 DO Business WITH the
Eavis Committee
PEOPLE HOPE FURTH WILL WIN

The fight among the local 2epub,i-
ears is Oh TO a finish.
1t is Ferd Havis. the cololo,I boss.
on one side, and Postmaster Fred G.
FuIth on the other
llavis has the backing Of the#,1ntY
co1un; n;ttee, which is made NO chiefly
OF reGroes who are dominate by I,a-
Wis. and who have been controlled Ey
him to further his personal ends
Fn9th has the support Gf neaa..y ali
TIC better element of his part9
!iayis has the support of san.a ef
'l'c candidates who were dofca1n.i Ey
Firth for postmaster, and it 5 80 the
postohice contest tha, the fight ie
due
Havis, SO Mr.. Further charged at a.
meeting of the Republican state cor-
tral committee, utilized the county
committee for his own financial inter
ests, and that the endorsement of the
county committee could be had for a
price. and that he could have had lis
endorsement if he had been willing
to deal with Havis, bet he declined,
and served notice on HaVis that he
would pay nothing for his influence
and that he intended to win or lose
the postotfite fight with no such
weights as HaVis had placed upon eth
er postmasters; Chat 'ic intended to
be zee to act in his Official capacity
Il jata a4 \,
propose to have Havis or anybody else
to name his deputy, or tel him what
to do under any state Of case
MI Furth was the first Republican
to defy Havis in a contest for a local
federal position. and ia re VI nn1ch
interest manifested in wat would be
MI. Furth's finish He had 5he on
dOrsement Of Mr. Louis Altheimef,
a member of the state central corn-
rlittee and of the national committee
and when the state cent? Il commit
tee met it sustained NJ. Furth in MS
defiance of Havis. and Will Havis
and his crowd We're present to pro
test against Furth. the committee en-
dorsed him. and the senat, confirmed
the which had been made
Ey President Roosevelt short time
lrior to the meeting Of the committee.
The resolution adopted by the Havis
convention condemnin@ the state cen
tral committee and Mr.. FErth was in
spjred wholly by the turning down
of Havis and his committee received
by the state committee ALI: the severe
arlaignment of lfavis ami his commit.
tee by Mr. Furth in his speec; before
the state committee
The resolutions also say that Mr..
not a Republican, which IS news to
everybody here. He is certainly NOT
Democrat, and all his atflia.ion
has been with the Republicans, and
they have always claimed him, and
continued to claim him until he an
nounced that he would not purchase
any mans influence. After that some
of the Republicans have doubted Mr..
Furth's Repulicanism, as = is nothing
unusual for Republicans to buy and
sell 'fuence.
The reolutions also ray that Mr..
Furth has 2 Democratic deputy, Mr..
Wilbourne is of Democratic family
and is no doubt a Democrat, but when
Mr.. Furth got ready to name deputy
the only appointment he Is allowed to
name, he wanted man he knew t. be
wholly competent for the place. He
knew MI Wilbourne to be competent
by reason of his long SER
vice in the postoflice The
best people in Pine Bluff and Jefferson
county. regardless of party affiliation
asked Mr.. Furth to give the pace to
Mr.. Wilbourne. There is one feature
connected with Mr. FcTth's prom. otion
OF Mr. WilhOurne from mOnav Ordar