Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-02-06
DAVIS CALLED DOWN
In Statement About Negroes
Being Placed Over
White Convicts
FRANK BARTON, WARDEN OF
CAMP, OFFERS 500 IF COVER.
PROVES IT.
Fifth Joint Debate of GubernatoriaI
Candidates at Lonoke Was
Exciting.
CAMPAIGN GROWING WARMER

Lonoke, Feb. 6.-The fifth days
speaking of the gubernatorial cam
paign was attended by large crowd
at this place yesterday. The courthouse
was packed and jammed with people
from all parts of the county. and also
quite number Of ladies were pres
ent.
Gov. Davis spoke first. and after his
usual TRADE against Senator Jones he
! told OF his trip to the England CON
yiet camp and how the negroes with
4 gun We're guarding white men while
they hoed cotton. Frank Barton was
there and he defed him to deny this
statement.
Turning to Col. Rector. GOV. Davis
said: Il have not got any gun en- me.
and now, Col. Rector, l ask if you
have. | will turn all my pockets
wrong side ont (and he did and let
the sheriff of I.OpGke county search
me. and want to know if you will
let the sheriff search you?o This
brought on a great deal of apparent
anxiety on the part of the audience.
and the governor continued "You
have got pistol on you and you dare
not deny this fact. You struck an
unarmed school teacher once, Prof.
Cook, of your own city. with a pistol
You have got one now Deny it, and
will prove it by letting the sheriff of
Lonoke county search you Will you
submit to it? You can shoot me, muir
der me as Goebel was murdered, but
you cannot bluff me-"
Col. Rector has a large number of
friends in Lonoke and his friends
greeted him with a hearty applause
when he was introduced by the chair
man as EXGov. Rector's son. Col.
Rector was glad to meet the voters
Of Lonoke county and also thanked
the ladies for their presence. He had
always been a friend to the laboring
classes and spoke of his antitrust bill
while member of the legislature, and
also several other bills he had intro
duced one of them being to prevent
the members Of the general assembly
from riding on free passes on the rail
roads in this state. Col Rector then
spoke of the future development OF
the state and what be would do if he
was elected to the highest Office in the
gift of the people Of Arkansas He
was taking no stand in the United
States senatorial fight between Sena
tor Jones and Ex-Gov. Clarke and was
only after Gov. Davis scalp, and would
show him up. his record and all, over
the state. (Cheers)
Col. Rector next explained the un-
fortunate difficulty with Prof Geo. B.
Cook in Hot Springs, some time ago
stating that his printed statement
covered his side of it. He then said
he was going after the governors pub
lie record. He told of Gov Davis
signing the contracts with the brick
company and the chair factory, and
also denying that he had ever signed
it.
II only said | signed the original"
said Gov Davis.
81 didn't so understand' said Col.
Rector, land don't think the parties
who were there understood it that
way"
Col Rector told about the contract
and said Gov Davis had tried to &C
back on it. and had nosed as frien
to the free laboring people. (Cheers.)
He then alleged that the governor
had neglected his duties and had
travelled over the state, not only while
governor, but as attorney general of
the state He had used the states
money (out of the contingent fund.-
and had bought soap, looking glass,
an electric fan and other things,
which, the colonel claimed should
have been out of his own pocket. Here
is some of his record. (Cheers.) He