The Forrest City times., 1905-10-27

| | do you good by trying to do other men harm. The man who Is true to you will ultimately be l inc man who is true to the great fundamental ] principles of righteousness.
 Now. if Is just the same in public life. The
 man who will seek tn persuade you that he vii
 heneht You by wrangtue any ane else. you
 he absolutely certain that if the chance arises | he VIII benefit himself by wronrfug you. tAp- l plauSc-f What We. nation. need is l stand hy the eternal. immutabe principles = riaht and deceHey. the principles of fair deal l ing as between man and man. fhe principles i that trHeh us to regard virtue with respect and vice with abhorrcnee wherever either n" virtue | or the vice may be found. and if suhsti= i tute for the line that divides the decent From the man that Is not dcccat. the line diyid- i ing the rich man from the poor man. th" linr making any other artificial division. have | done an trrcparable wrong to tho nation Itself. Negroes and Lynchine. l Governor. you spoke of the hideous crime 1 that Is often hideousiy avenged. The worst | enemy of the negro race Is the negro criminal and. Hbuvc all the negro criminal of that tyne. I for he has committed not only hdeous crime i against the victim. but he has committed A | hd"ous crime against the people of his own 1 color; and every reputable coored man. every i colored man who wishes to ta the uplifting or his raee- owes if ns his first duty himself and to that race to hunt down that criminal. 1 tApplausep New. for the side If the white man. To aycnge one hideous crime by another i hideous crime is to reduce the man doing so to 1 the bestial level of the hestial scoundrcl Gaud applausel: and the hideous effects nf lynch law arc shown in the fact that thrce-fourths of the Fnehines are not fer that crime at all, but for other crimes. fA plause) And you governor. md all other opponents of the law owe it fo our people. it to the cause of i civilization. to do everything in our power off
 clallH and uhoticialy. directly and indirectly. tn drive tine menace and rpproach of lynch law out of the United States. Loud applause.l Aud oh- uay fellow =cuuntrymen. In closing let me say just one more thing. We can afford to he divided on questions of mere partisanship. mat does not make any difference at all. Ques- i Hons nf currency or the tariff thase are not i ol any consequence. Tho real fundamental
 questions are the questions upon which all good ,, aulsllfahs should be one the questions of de- cch'v III thc life of the home. and of honesty m public life (ApplGuscb II does not make hlt or difference ill the long run whether il | ls democrat or republican who is president 1 tApilatse.t It makes all the difference in the world that Wp shall have all our public officials n"hest. clean men. and earnest to serve every American wherever he may live. That candi- da'" ls the candidate of the party. but if the president is worth his salt he Is the president
 d 9t the whole people tApplause1 Remember
 ' thl' the stream does not rise any higher than iiN source ou cannot have good public life
 nhless you have as basis good private life.
 Inc country IS going in be all right if the avar- age man is decent and clean in his home life. 1T Ee Is a good husband good father n good s"h Il h. does his duty by his nelehbor. if he
 IS the kind Of man you are elaa te have = {"ur neighbor and Nant to do business with IT that man is the average American. America
 , H s",HP lo continue to be all right and fl the Nm'riea stght (Applause.l
 Great Respect for the Good Man. Now l have eot an enormnns smount q, respect fur the good man There is nnfy inst
 one one person who would respect mere and that ,S goed woman. And if there is any man
 here who does not agree with me I don't think muth or him, Laughter and applause The i"uhuation of our happiness and wei. being lies
 M imi lhe preservation of the American home the
 Kind of home in which you veterans ot the civil war Were reared. that when you went in n''tie "h Whichever side you fought you had the memories of what yonr fathers and moth ITS mad taught tn go back on. and to rest upon i II and live up to it.
  comrades of the National Guard From those
 older r men Of the heroic days. those men of the ,'n war The men of fhe great times we In i heflted this splendid country of ours. ve in 1 herited our position In the world Let us see l % % IT ihat We leave Ia our children nlmpaired
 % .''p heritage We received from our fathers 1 Shame to Gs if treat the great deeds of i the men ef the past as excuse for laziueRs 1 or idIehess or shirking of duty m onr mart if 1 the present. Let treat those, great deeds i "s Hn incentive. q spur to ruake us feel 1 mat we should hang our heads if We do not l prove 9ui selves worthy representatives of the men who went before us You men of the south here. whose heroiSm and valor for four l years of War has been wrll-nigh surpassed bv 1 , i""iSm and yal"r you have displayed in 1 m" forty years of peace follow that 1Ap- 1 nl"osr.l Now. let ns go on with the work of i the material uphuildinE of this country and al n" sane time remember ever that vital thaa i II IS to have good foundatica of material well heinz vet. that it ia only tho fo,In,a t.a, i npon which must be built the saIprstrncturel nj & &thr neral and spiritual higher life of the na
 
 you 3ei men in blue and n gray? We
 honor lou because when the call to arms came v"n treated material considerations as tirass t9 h' cast "sid". not to h" weighed for ono mo m"nt in th" lHlaucc compared to the p-al.l privilege of laying down overriding. life itecls
 on the altar of your duty the light was given yon to sa see your dnty tApplauseN OFT hearts
 The President and the Small Folks. Having begun hy aIJudue fe the veterans ef m" CIVIL NaT. N hu alMHNS have he rf,l.t nf m" line everywhere taUpLiuSea= shall ciase by speaking of those at tho atbar end of rho In". that ts fine small folks. The only people that feel about IS glad tn us the veterans "r. The i4thefS and mothers carrying the sIuaIl children that sec areuad me. Yeu .nc I hav, S'N''u @i ii'ln Hli lis'ii- fAW laEsei Ald tr l F"usss hHs "Vcry reason tu He rHaud os her
 great natural feeeafee- Eat want te=t~l N'L s,utlcWri. The best fruit that Artaus. i raises is Inc crop of American citizens DasgH- i Tore ft is ii." 'ran at haiigs- aM riHhr alaH' | |" ane it as look ...aar sfo,k oysr. and vaat to see il kert HH am mieaae eied fe zae that crop. + set Ws to b. all riaIt iu oauIltg hcr= ta fae tliat tfe aHifarop .sIHcataa
 til.t fzrg Nil he ii far citizenship. educated not ostf t1 inf lltastff' hut in what c1s3a's for lHhrftelv Hors. etru than igf fi2tuec ia el'rae tef. fH'iH them in tse s ha1ls and l train thnr son ftth,rs and mat4ers ut home
 sn that When tlcs STOW mp ttar Will posseSs
 the three etrdiaal tfftnes of taaeri aan ,fizelt= 1 ship ite firiu"s If eaaIae" ef honesty and of coEmou sas,-
 The Luncheon
 ] Following the exercises at the city
 park. the presidential party was driven
 tc the Albert Pike Consistory, corner i Eighth and Scott sereets. where lunch ] con was served, followed by the toasts
 responded 10 by Judge |. M Rose on 1 The President of the United States i Hon. ]. P. Lee. lieutenant governor. on 1 The State of Arkansas and Ion | Morris M. Cohn. on The Commercial and Associate Interests of Little
 Rock
 Notes of the Occasion.
 The procession down Main street
 was triumphal one, and il is esti- | mated that it was witnessed by at least 23,0o0 people. An attempt was made to keep the throng on the side walk but this could not be done. The