Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-21


March Will note tne close Of OGe # the
most original campaigns ever cohat.ct-
ed in Arkansas for a public sfii {. 10
those who are interested ia good gov,
eminent. who wish t, see our state I. 2.
cued from the thral5iom Of misruIe ihat
has possessed 1t fer tie last three
years. come with host encouraging
news. From the reports t4at are be
ing received daily, from the letters
that reached lne from all parts of The
stale, fiom tie Tat, ring receptions
aoaaIdetl me Wherever have spoken
from the personal pledges of friends
whom | meet, nom the unselfsh labors
OF many Supporters OF my cause in ey-
cry county. | feel confident chat the
people CT Arkansas are going to make
a change in the responsible Office of
governor Of Our great state
I blush to think Of the depths of ig-
nominy to which the governor and his
satellites have descended in their vain
efforts to encompass Gov. Davis re.
nomination No misrepresentation has
scheme too vile, no slander too base.
no distortion of facts TO manifest, no
scheme too lie, no slander too base,
rity too great fer them to hesitate in
their determination, if possible, to
cause the Democracy of Arkansas to
violate the sacred traditions and u.s.
ages of the party and elect to a third
term man who, in his published
speech, declared that in his six years
as state officer he has had no cp-
portunity to show whether or not he
possesses any of the elements of a
statesman. Surely, if anywhere in his
makeup there existed even the germs
of such trait. it would have mani
tested itself before this time If not,
pray tell us when he hopes to step
from the political incubator and put
on the garb of decent politician?
So many of the statements made
against me bear on their faces so
Enthusiastically the marks of falsehood
that | shall not trcuble you with call
ing your attention to them; but there
are a few instances in which even the
right-thinking might be misled, and
to those shall ask your attention.
The governor is sending out car
toon in which l am represented as re-
versing the decision in a case where
the jury had awarded heavy damages
in favor IF little child who had been
manned for life in railroad accident
The fact is that did not decide this
case, and l dissented from the opinion
of the other judges and insisted on
awarding 5000 damages to the child.
This is all matter cf record, and Gov.
Davis could easily have ascertained the
facts in this case had be wished to
do so.
Another cartoon of the governors
repres ents me appointing negro jury
commissioners. He claims to have
made a great discovery in this, though
have never denied it at all The
fact is that this was done at time
VIXEN the negroes were in a large ma
jority in my judicial circuit, and in
several of the counties Offices were
filled by them; the Arkansas legisla-
ture had also certain negro represen-
tatives from that section at the time.
Even then | did nct do this till l was
urged to do so by the leading Demo
Gratis Of the section, as they have
stated in an open letter to the public.
The governor does not tell you how he
/ happened to appoint several negroes
to office recently, and he utterly over
looks the fact that one of the lead
ing negroes of Little Rock is serving
as election commissioner now under
app 'irtment from Coy. Davis. He
would prefer for you not 10 know that
tha negro has the right to vote in the
coming primaries in Jackson county
through the efforts of John Keel, cne
Of his heelers, and Bob Simmons,
man whom the governor pardoned in
fclty-two whisky cases, ever the pro-
teet cf the people of that county. He
7~ee not tell you that his henchmen
ii 1Jeer counties have tried to secure
&c the negro the right to vote in the
coming primaries in JacksEnta.oinh