Newport daily independent., 1903-08-07

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 He defended his wholesale veto on the ground that he could not pick out the good and bad bills in fifty minutes and pointed to the increased taxation of railroads, which was sufficient to build and equip the deaf-mute insti tuition. He wanted the asylum en- larged for his opponents.
 1 He pointed out the purchase price of the Cummings place as $140,000 against an assessed value of $25, ,000. The legislature claimed Johnson grass was good thing and the Governor here asked an old gray headed farmer about it and wanted to know why he was skicking when he wasn't hurt"
 DEPENDS HIS PARDONING RECORD. l One third of his pardons were to restore citizenship and he upheld his pardon of Pomp Brown, negro con victed of assault upon white woman, because Congressman Reid and the presiding judge had signed petition l for same and he here called upon Judge Moose in the audience to verify his statement. Whoever said he had pardoned six negroes for assault of white women was an infamous liar. He had pardoned the liquor men of Newport, because they gave bond they would not longer sellliquor with out license and he called upon John Keel and Charley Wilmans to deny that they had received $500 for the pardon of Bob O'Neal. These men did not have to peddle pardons to make 8 living.
 The speaker said he had the affidavit of Fuller of Eureka Springs, swearing that he had never disclosed to the governor that his firm was to receive a fee for the pardon of Dr. Johnson and that he had gone to Dr. Witt, the penitentiary physician, to get cer- 1 tificate of Dr. Johnson's bad health, but Witt had declined because Fuller was voting with the penitentiary gang. He refused to show the affida wit to Vandeventer, as his "word was good enough for any man in this audi ence." He had made mistake in pardoning Johnson, and when the lat ter had come to thank him he got mad and ordered him (Johnson) from the office, as the pardon had been ob- tained through fraud.
 "When I become so cold and cal lous the tears of the mothers of Israel will not cause me to pardon their l boys, I want to be put out of the gov ernor's office," said the governor.
 vANDEvENTER CALLS COVE RNoR.
 Vandeventer, he said, was the can didate who carried but one county three years ago, and the people of Sebastian would have voted for the devil in preference to him (Davis) and they came mighty near doing it. The governor stated that he had just received a telegram from Morrilton stating that the sheriff and other county officers had refused to give Vandeventer a statement that they believed he would carry his home county. The governor wanted to know if Vandeventer had made such an attempt and the latter offered to answer, but demanded the telegram. Davis refused with a sheer and said he must be from Missouri, then brist- ling up demanded of Vandeventer "Who'se afraid of you?" The defy was hardly out of his mouth when Vandeventer, who is game to the bone, answered in voice that Davis could not have mistaken, "You are.' It looked like something was going to happen just about then, but the gov ernor turned toward the audience with the remark, q spanked you over the whole state two years ago."
 vANDEvENTER PLAYS DAVIS.
 Hon. A. F. Vandeventer succeeded the governor, declaring the latter tc be rather a fit subject for the peniten- tiary than the asylum, charging the governor with ignoring all appeals foi fair hearing. Davis had said al lgrraaaEen he would not pardon ahin
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