The Green Forest tribune., 1904-03-19
PLATFORM OF MIR. FLOYD.
Extracts fro m the Circular Re-
 gently Issued by Him.


 week appeared the following ex- tracts from the circular issued by Hon. J. c. Floyd, who seeks the democratic nomination for con- gress from this district:
 1 am a candidate for Congress before the democratic primaries to be held March 18th, 1904. I am running my own race and am not mixing up with any other races, district, county or state. 1 be- lieve that every candidate should be selected on account of his own merits and qualifications and am opposed to combinations between candidates for the purpose of furthering their mutual interests. This often defeats the will of the people.
 Two years ago I made the race for Congress against Mr. Dins- more. He was then seeking a sixth term. Now he is seeking a seventh term. When he was first elected to Congress, he urg- ed very strongly against Col. Peel the principle of rotation in office. He appealed to the young men and insisted on the observance of the time honored tenets and usages of the Democratic party. Will he deny it? Two years ago he reversed himself on this propo- sition and was nominated by the small margin of I'll votes. Hav- ing tided over the 10 year limit allotted to his predecessors, Gunter and Peel, he and some of his friends insist that he is now stronger than ever and seem to think that he has a warranty deed to the office for the period of his natural life. It may be so but I don't think so.
 I appeal to all fair minded Democrats everywhere, to know if he has not been honored enough already. He was two years clerk of Benton county, six years Prosecuting Attorney, four years Minister at Corea, and at the end of his present term will have been twelve years our Congressman? Is not that honor enough? Does he>need it for the money there is it? From the two offices last named at the end of his term, he will have drawn in salaries alone S90,0O0. Is that not money enough? Yet like Oliver Twist he is asking for more. Surely the apple dumpling story he used to tell on Col. Peel fits his case now.
 As for myself, I have no special pull with anybody. am simply out before the body of the people to see if we cannot down for the Democratic nomination this Chesterfield of Arkansas politics. I want to go to Congress myself. believe l am competent and qualified to fill the place, think my opponent ''has had it long enough" and am not waiting for anybody to die or quit to make room for me. Having come so near election before, I am thank full to the people for the liberal support then given and again submit my name to the democracy for their careful and l hope favor able consideration.
 l want everybody to help me who believe in rotation in office and fairness between sections in the distribution of public offices. l especially appeal to the young men and boys to help me. Also make an appeal to old men who are educating their boys for places of usefulness, to help me. We want no office holding class in this country. We want to use these offices as stepping stones tc build up the young men of the country, and when a man has served his turn, according to GUS tom and democratic usage, let him step down and out unless there is some extraordinary reason for his retention. 1 know of none in MT Dinsmore's case; do you?
 1 also ask the support and hell of every democrat who is opposed to MT. Dinsmore from any cause
 l am not going to disparage MT Dinsmore. He is we'll known tt