The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1903-08-14
GOV. DAVIS SPOKE
Fair Sized Audience Heard
the Governors Speech
Last Saturday.
None of the Other Candidates
Were Present and Governor
Davis Captured the En-
tire Audience.

Of about 500. His address was
along the usual lines, and as Col.
Chas. Coffin, who was to have rep
resented Judge Wood, did not APP
pear, Governor Davis had every
thing his own way.
1t was plainly evident from the
time the governor arrived in the
morning that the gathering throng
were growing anxious to hear the
man who claims to be the cham
pion of the common people, and
when the doors of the hall we're
thrown open the scene reminded
on of the rush that usually takes
place at the door of big circus
tent when everybody wants to get
in first.
When the governor was intro
duced by Prosecuting Attorney
Oldfeld the applause was very fee
bic, but as he proceeded the audi
ence grew more receptive and the
speaker was,frequently applauded.
And, in this connection. we must
say that the prolonged and vigor-
Gus applause that greeted the gov
ernor ) statement concerning the
newspaper and stamp bill, passed
by the legislature over his veto,
was highly gratifying to The Jour
nal man. We poured hot shot into
the legislature last winter for pass
ing this notorious steal and the
applause that greeted the govern
or's remarks along this line shows
that the people were with us or
this question.
The governor paid his respects
to the Little Rock daily papers in
a most VIGOROUS style and declar-
ed that the Democrat WAS unfit to
go into a decent home; and that
they were both denocatic only in
name. He said the Gazette was
raising great howl about him
having to call Il special session of
the legislature to appropriate mon
ey to run the Deaf Mute Institute.
but he wanted it plainly under
stood that no such thing will be
done; he had arranged to borrow
money to run that institution, and
if that bunch of ducks (the legisla-
ture) ever got back to Little Rock
the people would have to send
them.
He dealt the legislature several
hard blows, all of which were fol-
lowed by prolonged applause from
the audience, and declared that the
attempted impeachment proceed
ings was only plot Matched by
his political enemies by which they
hoped to bring disgrace not only
upon himself, but upon his wife
and children and his gray-haired
father and mother.
He dwelt ut length upon the
trust question and hoped the peo-
pie would publicly pledge the can
didates for representative next
year to favor bill similar to the
King bill. Only God and the legi-
stature, he declared, knew why the
antitrust bill failed to pass the
last legislature, and God didn't
tell such things and the legislature
wouldn't.
He said the newspapers claimed
that his administration drove capt.
tai from the state, but more miles
Of railroad had been built during
his administration than ever before
iii the history of the state.
He touched upon the convict
farm question and said he hoped
to knock out the Cummins deal
yet. He explained his free use of
the pardoning power by saying
that If the people did not want a
convict pardoned they should not
sign petition asking for his par
don; when the people sent him a
great, long petition asking him TO
pardon man, he supposed they
were honest about the matter. and
wanted the man pardoned or they
would not have signed the petitian.
lie closed with beautiful trib>,
ute to the ladies, a number Of