The Monticellonian., 1905-02-23

ada s2 ua Democratic in Us pre- visions, tbatI thought the quick e~. way to dispose of it was the best. As t is well known, two. thirds of the members of the Sen ate looked at the matter just IS did. fought this bill from the start and told the author that was going to do 50. He did not seem to be worried much about this. Of course its matter of common knowledge that none of the other members of the Pu3aski delegatsn could be induced to touch this bill, and that Senator Gray was only persuaded 10 intro duce 1t after a considerable amount of political pressure.
 But the Gazette editor makes the further statement that I said that was opposed to this bill because I had a brother in Argenta, and later he or one of his understudies tried to grow facetious in verse at my expense by a reiteration of the same false statement.
 As a matter of fact l never stat cd to anybody that was opposed to Gray's bill because T had d brother who lived in Argenta, and the editor of the Gazette at the time he so quoted me knew that he was quoting false hood.
 have never yet allowed my vote in the Arkansas Senate to be influenced or controlled by pure ly personal considerations or mo tives. aad any intimation or insir- nation that my course in regard to this bill was prompted by desire to advanee@my brothers interests, is falsehood woven out of the whole cloth.
 Again in his argument, the Ga zette editor supposes that if 95 per cent of inc people of Monticello wanted to extend it's corporate limits, and that had introduced q bill 10 this effect, what would l think of Senator Gray making q motion to table the bill ven. ture to suggest that the Gray bill and the supposed case are two en- tirely different propositions. There would be some slight difference be- tween the town of Monticello eX. tending its corporate limits so as to take in a few suburban resi-, dents, and the town of Monticello annexing, say the town of Warren or Hamburg, if they happened te be close enough by. IL might be I fine thing for Monticello, but rather apprehend that there wouId be some tall kicking done by the people of Warren or Hamburg.
 If the editor assumes by this ar- gament that 95 Der cent of the peo } pie of Little Rock are in favor ol the Gray bill, he assumes that which is aot true. am glad to say that Little Rock has many fair minded citizens who do not indorse the Gray bill, and some oI them are leading property owner. and professional men in that city la fact if there is anybody, il Little Rock anxious to commit thi. act of higbway robbery outside o the city administration and few other gentlemen who have an axe to grind, they did not give ex pression 10 their enthusiasm to the members of the Legislature.
 As tothe sentiment of the people of Argenta, not more than 90 or 10 out of q population of about loco could be found who advocate re annex Nation to Little Rock. Why this almost universal sentiment Because Argenta now spends het own revenue on Argenta. not Lit tie Rock. As q consequence she now ghas police protection and good order, improved streets and concrete sidewalks. She has brick business houses in course of erection. and the march sof i'm. provement can be seen on every hand The little city has almost doubled ia population in two years
 But the Gazette continually harps upon the great wrong perpe- tfased by the Walnut Ridge-Iioxie bill. aud says this wrong ought to b trightea. If this bill was wrong two wrongs never made a right