The Forrest City times., 1904-02-26
Cb. FGrrrst Litp Gim,es AANDvoICT VADAKIN.
 Cd1tcrs And Publishers.
HIS VIEWS.
An Old Farmers Views of the Pc.
 iitIcal Situation in Arkansas.

begging Us with tears in their eyes for this job, and we can't employ both of .hem, but must employ one of them, and as the papers offer us free space 10 discuss the merits and demerits of these two applicants, why not embrace this opportunity and exchange our y!sss on this matter. We have to dig the most of the money out of mother earth to pay their salary, and don't you think, brother taxpayers, we ought to know how they earn it.
 Now, about all the writing and talk ing that has been done yet has been to the country people-not by them. Why? Because they are in the majority. Now, this being fact that none deny, for one am going to take advantage of this space 80 kindly offered by The Forrest City Times.
 Now friends, you need not look for anything learned, brilliant or witty, but just plain statement of the situation as l see it, in plain country language, thas we all can understand.
 Now, my farmer friends, why not take this matter home to yourself and see what you would do if you wanted hand even for year, If there would but one man present himself. it is quite likely you would employ him on his own recommendation. But if there were two of them, as in tue present case, you more than likely would say. after finding out who they worked for last year, ''come back day after to morrow, and 1 will let you know,p and in the meantime you would get on your old sorrel or in the old buggy. and go ten or twelve miles to see these old farmers that these men worked for last year; and when they came again, the chances are It to you would have no doubt as to the one you would employ.
 Now, this is what am going to do: to compare the good and bad qualities of these two applicants, and if l do either of them an injustice, please con- vince me of the fact and 1 will correct It. And as one of them is an old acquaint ance. and the other IS comparatively a stranger to us country people in this eastern part of the state, we will find out about the stranger first, and in or der to do so, We must go down to his him from hls cradle up, and surely not to his own mouth, but to those who have had him employed for years, and they are the people of Ashley and Drew counties, who are intimately and per sonally acquainted with his fitness to serve us.
 Now, il has been my observation all through life, that you could rely with safety on what mans neighbor says about him and these good people are telling us about Carroll D. Wood in little pamphlet, which 1 most earnestly recommend to your careful pPrusal. and when you are through reading i', see if you can call to mind a man who las done better in private pl puuilC Iltt, Iol l ndft ldlleu SO ldI to hear of any body, Jeff Davis not excepted, questioning what these good people say about him, and 1 for one believe them implicitly. But his op pnnent aud some of his friends say that Judge Wood obeyed Oiders by putting negroes on the jury commission and on grand and petit juries Now what Tn the name of high heaven do We want with servant, public or private, that wont obey orders?
 Now want to ask the old voters of the state of Arkansas to take a retro spsctive view of the politics of the last 8 years, and see if they can't call to mind how the ins were gotten out and the outs into office. Now my recolec- tlon is, that there were three successful ways of making these changes. One was, the bull whip and shot gun; an other was, stutfing the ballot box and perjury and the other by com aromise
 Now in my humble opinion, the latter is the most civilized and humane, be Sid-s its christianity to let man down easy and give him a half-loat to keep him going until he can get another job. Now good man of this county. one whom l we and respect and who | l know to be conscientious, told me the other day that he could not indorse Judge Wood because of these appoint ments, and went on to state that it | is wrong 10 cOmpromise with wrong. ! even if good would result. That it is catholicism and he could not ind orse it. Now know this good christian gentleman would not indorse either of | the former modes of getting bad men out of office, and if he failed to have the requisite number of votes, what would he de: For my parl, l am al