The Forrest City times., 1904-03-11
HIS VIEWS.
An Old Farmers Views of the Pc.
 iitIcal Situation in Arkansas.
TCoNrINUFD FRou LAsT wrrT

lCoNTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.
 But, If he says it can be done. there will some of them believe it. And as he goes galaYanting over the state on his tree pass. No. 4-that he must have gotten before breakfast on the morn. Ing or January l, 1903, as they are nu0bered from one up. He runs up ! against ths cartoon. I don't wonder that he saw stripes on everything around him, and himself, too-where they ought to be. And when he comes back to his senses, it is DO trouble at all for him to get his dear friend, hil. billie McCullouCh up to Little Rock, pat him on the back and pour gener- Ous quantity Of eye.opener down him so he could see the facts in the case so much better than he could learn them from his own daughter, right from the stflfe, with her clothes almost torn off of her, her young flesh bruised asd olackened and tears running down her cheeks.
 Of course, Jeff knew them better than the court, jury and witnesses all combined and makes this poor old fath. CT believe that this scene was only d dream, aud that dear friend Jeff knew all about 1t. Done right iD pardoning Pomp even without any tears from the mother of Israel. The tears of the daughter didn't amount to anything with these dear old friends,
 Dear voters, what do you think of this kind of man for governor. who cares more about the liberty of d negro or that stripe than the character Of bis dear friend hill bilies' daughter.
 And he tells us in this revised edition or his great work, on page 10, that we cau't be al the Capitol when the legis. lature IS in session to see that our representatives look after the interest or the plain people. But my dear governor what good would it do even If they did their whole duty for the plaln people as long as you are there to veto their work by wholesale without even reading them; and signing con. tracts that had been running four months and drawing S6 % per day out of the pockets of the dear plain people whom you are so anxious about with out even reading 1t either, and turn ing prisoners out of county jails and offering $500 of the dear plain people s money to put him back
 My God. voters, what record this IS from governor Wh0 promises so much, for well do We all remember that he made us poor fools believe that If We would elect him governor he would have us all wearing diamonds and silk hats. In short order he prom l5ed that If we would give him leg islature he would wash the state winter than snow; that he would com mence by turning Red River through Little Rock.
 Well, we took him at his word; and 1 among the other hill bilies, who would not heed the warning of the press-Who are our sentinels on the watch tower and who warned US of approaching danger.
 But, thank God. the scales are falling from our eyes like dead leaves from the trees in autumn.
 Well, we give him the legislature and every other state officer whoss qualification filled his own standard that he must be white democrat. anC Jef Davis man. Well, they went tC working peace and harmony. And when their time was out he comes tc hS employers, tell them that these fellows was all set of fools and asses that he could do nothing with them and pegs for another trial and we again believe everything he said, and set him up again with another crew and we all know the kind of kilken hey cat light they had until we are thoroughly disgusted, and notwith- standing the fact, that this skipper and crew boarded the great ship of state in perfect harmony they came within one vote of impending him And before his time was half out he comes back to his employers demand ing another term, and telling us that We have given aim such set of jacks and fools that he could do nothing with them, and he must be vindicated.
 Now. friends, 1 want to ask you a question: Do you think it possible for the intelligent voters of the state of Arkansas to elect two such large bodies of men as has been done in the two last elections, and only have one good one in the lot! And as the hill- blllies believe everything else he says, how can they doubt that
 Well. if 1t is the truth, for heavens sake, let us stay at home on the 26.h of March and send our wives to the polls. |