The Green Forest tribune., 1903-02-21
TO IMPEACH GOV. DAVIS.

Such Proceedings, It Is Said,
 Will Soon be Instituted
 Special Correspondence.
 Little Rock, Ark, February 16.--Hot, well, yes; things are warming up until passers by the capitol building feel the heat out on the street. The governors chickens are coming home to roost, and it is dollars to dough- nuts that Impeachment proceed ings will be begun against him.
 He appears to be an Ishmaelite in the great state in which he holds the highest office in the gift of the people. His hand is against every man, and practic- ally every mans hand is against him. Truly, he might say, with one of Dumas characters, q have reached the highest point of eli lHy s OoVlOoo, ni1O AIOiil ollto high meridian of my glory, I haste now to my setting" Hs
 It is generally conceded that the word s'finis" will be written at the end of his political career when he vacates the office he now holds.
 
 When the legislature conven. ed, he had fairly compact or ganization in both houses. His course since then has alienated many of his friends and embitter- ed his enemies, until there is a large majority in either house with organizations as solid as the Rock of Ages, antagonistic to him. It is to be deplored, but it is true. Attorney General Mur- phys terrible arraignment of the Governor last Thursday night was the last straw needed. As consequence the Ways and Means committee will investigate both sides of the controversy :. After reviewing the recent pur- chase of the convict farm Mir. Murphy launched out in sensa- tional statement as to the Gov ernor's misuse of the contingent fund. He accused the Governor of drawing pay twice for the same service. Of this there can be no doubt, for the Governor refunded one payment the day Murphy spoke, eighteen months after the money was drawn from the treasury. He placed the blame on his private secretary, Charlie Jacobson, but it is a re- markable fact that it should have been discovered the morning be- fore the exposure was to be made. He accused Davis of using the long distance telephone for pri- vate purposes, and mentioned one instance where the Governor telephoned a sporting club in Hot Springs at the states ex- pense. He declared that the wood cut by James Rector, the convict alleged to have died from mistreatment in the peniten tiary and which cut such a wide swath in the last gubernatorial campaign, had been paid for out of the Governors contingent fund. He declared that the Gov ernor's private Secretary had done his sparkling over the long distance telephone at the expense of the state.
 But the most sensatio nal charge was thatJohn H. Page, secretary of the State Board of Charities, had notified the firm having the contract to furnish coal to the state charitable institu utions that they would be expected to furnish the Governor and himself coal, and not render $ bill for same. It came like a thunder clap. in justice to MT. Page, we wish to state that he positively denies the statement. However, the whole thing is going to be inves- tigated, and we will certainly keep your readers posted as mat ters progress. t
 The Worlds Fair bill has pass ed the senate, and it probably