Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-21
JUDGE WOODS ADDRESS
To Democracy of Arkansas on Close of
the Campaign.

an old eX-Confederate soldier and put
negro in his place. These are mat
ters about which he prefers that ylu
remain in t2e dark
A':otner cartoon sent out by him
represents the supreme court as five
jaclasses. | leave It to your judg-
nent Whethe: any man with a shadow
eff seif-respect would, without any eX-
euse. eadeaYor to prejudice the mind
Of the nnthinhins classes against the
highest tribunal Of the state. What
can W. h1pe Of eur children. if they
are to have set for them by tie govern
or OF the state the example OF disre-
spect and irreverence fer men who, by
their judicial position and lives OF hon
or and integrity. are entitled to tie
profound respect # the entire state? |
care not what he may have to say
about he, it i'll becomes him to make
TIE men who have served their state
so faithfully and have never before
this had the least aspersion cast upon
them the objects of his invidious criti-
cism
The governor and his followers are
saying that the electiem will not be
fair that he will be counted out, that
the labor vote will be suppressed and
other things of like character If this
is not concession of his defeat, then
do not know hcw to interpret it.
can promise him that the men who
support me will endeavor to see that
the will of the voters shall be carried
out, and tnat they will allow no
threats or intimdations from him CIR
his henchmen to. deter them from this.
Already the MI IN closest to him in
council are declaring that, even if ne
is defeated in Ne primaries, he will
be able to control things in the state
convention. 1t seems that the lesson
taught the governor al the last state
convention when he tried to get the
delegates to bolt their instructions
and vote for his man for associate JUS
tice has been forgotten. No, governor
the will of the people as expressed in
the primaries, will be carried cut in
the convention, your threats to the
contrary Notwithstanding.
The governor says that | turned loose
a negro who was convicted of assault
against a white woman, and declares
that l am not consistent The details
of this case are toc revolving for me
to enter into them. Suffice it to say
that. after the negro had been con-
victed, the woman went before the au-
thorities and swore that the man was
innocent, and that the whole thing was
a plot entered into by her and her hus-
band in order t. punish the negro for
refusing to work for him. What could
the supreme court do but reverse the
sentence and let the negro be tried
again, on the newly-discovered evil
dence? The fact is he was not re-
tried, but was turned loose, and the
white man was forced to leave the
country in which the disgraceful at
fair occurred. Yet Governor Davis
would use this against me as an offset
against his pardoning Pomp Brown, an
offense so rank that it smells to
heaven.
The governor is making much of the
fact that he has an affidavit from Mr..
McCulloch stating that the original
affidavit censuring the governor was
given under misreprese entaticn. and
that he is supporter of the governor.
To this Mr.. McCulloch comes out in
strong denial, declaring that the af-
HudNlI l1dl the SOVellOT mas is a
forgery, and that he and his son-in-law
are not supporters OF Davis. t. glut
his vengeance against this man and
his innocent daughter, the governor
and his delu1ed followers are secretly
circulating the report that the girls
character is not above reproach. Great
God, To think that any man would,
in order t. further his own interest,
endeavor to blacken the character of
a supplemented. pure-minded coun-
try girl Does Governor Davis think
that because she is of humble parent
age she is any the less worthy of the
respect that all men should pay to
womanhCod? | pledge ycu my word
that I would rather a thousand times