The Green Forest tribune., 1903-11-14

defense. He appealed to the people not to break the long es- tablished democratic precedent by electipg Gov. Davis to third term, which virtually means his elevation to the seat of Senator Berry. Before he had done with this subject time was called on Judge Wood and he had to stop abruptly, as he thought he had ten minutes more in which to close, the chairman having evil dently made mistake.
 Gov. Davis was then introduced and after a short apology, stating that he was indisposed, launched out on his discourse. He said it was a signal pleasure to him to have the opportunity of making an address in the beautiful little city of Green Forest. That he was proud of the friends he had here, and regretted exceedingly that he had not been able to fill an appointment here before.
 The governor made long and tedious explanation of his efforts to prosecute the trusts as attorney general, said he had not only been baffled in his every under- taking by the combined capital of the country, but the supreme court had refused to uphold his acts and that the legislature had failed of it's duty in the respect of enactment of laws touching on this all important matter, after the democratic platform of the state had demanded the passage of the King Bill.
 He dwelt long and loudly upon the work of the court of investi- gation which undertook to i'm peach him last winter, saying that not single charge of the twenty seven had been sustaine ed, and that after he had been vim dicated in each separate instan- ces the court refused to make any findings at all, thus trying to leave him branded as crimi- nal before the people he had served so faithfully, placing a stigima upon the fair name of his family. He could not tolerate it. The question must again go before the people. He was com pelled to announce for third term for vindication. He never had been nor never would be afraid for the democracy of Arkansas to sit as a jury upon his cases. He ap- pealed to the farmers; they are among the business men whose interests the trusts are effecting.
 He brande1 the Arkansas Gazette and the Democrat as corrupt and as having heaped sian der and abuse upon him. He said the Gazette is a red harlot, pretending to be democratic but is republican to the core. He says the states press reminds him of the pack of fox hounds he had out on the farm. He had one old long cared hound he called "Old Lead" and eleven smaller ones. He said when "Old Lead" would strike a fox trail his mellow voice would make the hills ring and then pretty soon the little fellows would begin VOW, VOW, VOW and keep up1the noise all along the line, yet they didn't smell a thing This is the way of the state pa pers. Let the Gazette and Demo- crat start the howl and the little fellows will mechanically droI into line when they don't know 8 thing about what they are howl ing.
 He offered his explanations fol some of the pardons concerning which he had been criticised He said he had made mistakes but he had done so by indulging the petitions of people who sought them. If criminals should not be pardoned people shoule withhold their names from petl tions, that he had no other means ,of kno wing the will of the people
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