Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-02-19

The falloNing i a condensed report
ef H. 3robing which is being done
= the *s&s ana means committee Of
- =aaGsa t9la the conduct OF certain
stata o'iioial+ tae result er Attorney
eeaeea Narphvs speech in reply to
=s1. eaFi7. mcs1ase 70 The lesialature
sH j. lehen from t5r =renaU Of Tao
u ao Eac& Gazette.
sa4sl th. &aA5 ana meaQ4 eomns.t-
eea of rsa house nct last =ni4Ht To b..
@ein, fa'tH tFtat 20 toa4 reaoiati H. an
i've .ti22fien Ito TIE ale aalHs a4j
so a.s na eaIo By Governor DlYisi
W oqo 'rana AMI 49oraaz General
ssaz..l.. or tlfe otaer.as Spokesman tor
lie rsn =t7eehers4 Of lie aaa5ten.
tit#y asalf ON tie af'.er. Il letter va
80 zfel fioae4#ef R4tis in #ftieh beI
s=# .aaaHHeh az a special com
=e=sei =beso 9Hherizos} by tie senate
- il ..z.,=to tigata tie nnrchasci
~ IL N'|IitIllItta }i'liai III S1il itil al ttlll
VII fsra1, HE Whole object tHat he aad
}aA IN view in his message 10 the
leei zetfr" GA this subject would be
accomplished. namely, the invcsti&a
tian = The convict farm transaction
from 4 bnSinesS standpoint, and de-
termning whether or not the other
mo1nbefs of the penitcntiarv
board exercised good business iudg
Ne't in the purchase Of this place
And now,' continued the governor.
"siaee nothing, in my Judgment is left
to Vour committee to investigate with
reference to the other members Of the
board except that you might construe
in ny message to mean personal
char@e of dishonesty against the said
'7embcrs of the penitentiary board, I
beg to assure you and through you
T. q members of the committee that it
has not been my object or purpose to
charge or insinuate that the
other member Of the peni
Tertiary board have act
ed corruptly or dishonesty, or have
iaen lie recibients Of any bribes in
thi5 transaction, and if il is thc OBJ
jet of your committee to go into the
me- ives OF The members in the pur
= 85c Of this farm, | diselaim any in
tenti0n to have ever impcaehCI the
honesty or integrity OF any member
of said board respecting the negotia
If aDy part OF NY message iray be
So construed as a reflection upon the
personal honor and integrity Of the
other members Of said penitentiary
board, | beg that you eliminate that
from tho consideration of your com
mittee, as did not so intcpd it." The
governor said that so far as lie him
self OF the a airs Of his office were
to&cernod, his bookc were Cpcn and
lie vas perfectly willing that the com
mittoe make an investigation.
After the reading Of the governors
letter it Was suggested that the com
nittee, go into executive session, but
no action was taken until Attorney
General Murphy, Governor Davis and
Farrar Mccain had addressed the com
mittee
Col. Murphy refused to accent the
letter of Governor Davis as disclaim- 7
cr Of the charges implied in the gov
"rrore message to the legislature He |
eaid that any Implication on the port /
If tho governor that the farm had been |
rael3y or improperly bought was un-
qualifiedly false.
Governor Davis reiterated the sub
'.tancc of his letter, saving that he had
not charged the board with corruption /
or bribery, but simply with bad bnsi +
ness judgp e9t He felt that the supreme I
"oor7ont Of his life had come, and he
"Gr1a etan1 t'ere in tho eunreme court +
~oorn before the bar Of public account |
an" court a full and free investiga-
ton
Farrar Mccain, appearing for the
ranaainine rembers of the board, ear
oe"tlv Gemandod a complete investi
COTTON. not onlv Of the farm purchase,