The Monticellonian., 1904-05-12
JUDGE WOOD ISSUES AN ADDRESS
 TO THE PEOPEE.
Deeply Grateful for the Support Ten dered Him and Feels that His
 sacrifice was not in Vain.

preSsl0nS o1 lT1endShlp DN an ad- dress to the public. He has ac- cordinelv inditcd the following:
 Iitte Rock. Ark lpril a0th. 1guf. To the People of Arkansas;
 The face of the returns from the recent primaries shows that I received g, PIG votes To ev- erv man who cast his vote for me. l desire to express my sin ccre thanks can but feel deep ly grateful to those who worked and sacrificed for my success, and shall ever remember their kindly interest in my behalf Toward those who were equal lv jealous in the cause of my op- ponent. 1 entertain no resent ment. In fact, many of them, whom l met for the first time OH the canvass, and others whom l had met before, assured me that. while they could not support me this time, they were none the less my warm personal friends. and under other conditions would be only too glad to lend me their support and influence. I greatly appreciate the friend ship of any man, whether q sup porter of mine or not, and trust that 1 shall always act so as at least to deserve the good will of.mv fellowman.
 As to the wonderful increase in the Democratic votes iii the State, being in some counties q thousand or more III excess of two years ago, as TO the meth ods adopted to accomplish my defeat. need say nothing. Ger tainly the intelligent voters of the state are able to draw their oWn conclusion i'll these matters I believe l have reached the point where I can look back over and discuss the events of the past few months dispassionately. l feel sure that the cry of persecu= tion and the plea for vindication raised issues that were purely personal and of no importance to the people of the state; but the discussion of these SO arous. cd the preiudices and inAamed the minds of the masses that many good men had their sym. pathies enlisted in behalf of the one whose spacious arguments were accepted as if true as holy writ Thus the real issues of the campaign were not given that consideration which under other circumstances would have been accorded them.
 The success of the chief execu- tive in obtaining the nomination for a third term but empathizes the necessity for an amendment to our constitution, making the governor, who has the veto. the pardoning and appointing pow CT, ineligible for a third term in succession. This, to the Demo- cratic party especially and 10 the people generally, was by far the most important issue of the campaign. Other issues of the gravest importance were erea- tion of q board of pardons and the providing for the working of conyiets on the public high ways, and removing them ell tireIY, fl possible, from eompe- tition with the free labor of the state. These, together with ed ueational and many other ques- tions of public interest, were set tor;h in my printed address aud mentioned in the various speech es 1 made in the campaign. These governmental policies are right, and l trust at no distant day they will be adopted in our state
 had hoped, by your sutfrages to be placed in position where 1 could hasten their enactment, for l am sure such measures will add greatly to the welfare and prosperity of our state l trust that the next legislature will give them the consideration that their importance demands l have no doubt that the conven-