Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-05-28


reference to the grand jury investi-
cation now in progress in Little Rock.
There have been rumors in circulation
for some time regarding seusalio
evidence given by senator ] X
! Browning of Clay county and should
/ the veidence as recited by the Blade
Democrat be subStatiate before the
grand jury the bombshells thai may
be expected when The next repel.t is
made will come from a battery OF thir-
teen-inch guns. The article IS as
| follows:
"Jeff's Investigation.
| "FCllowing the lead that made The
fame Of Joseph Folk of Missouri. cur
own governor. with the adjournment
, Gf the Legislature, which Was decided
| ly antiDavis. instituted Il bcodling in
| vesteation. So anxious was he to
initiate the governor of Missouri in
every detail that he employed the
same detective used there 10 delve
into the Legislative proceedings fCa'
evidences of bribery He uses a prose
cutting attorney. who is especially
prepared to prosecute these eases SO
long as the men became entaneled in
the co2S of the wheels CT the laws are
anti-Davis men. When the course of
the investigation points toward the
favored few who are the governors
friends the prosecuting attorney
, throws his official self on the hand Of
justice in an attempt to turn ii from
a natural course.
That this boodling investigation
was instigated by the governor and
his friends against the enemies of Jeff
Davis for the sole purpose of weaken
ing their Influence in the ccming sen
atorial campaign is doubted by no one
who is acquainted with the facts. BY
besmirching the character of some of
the more prominent men whom he
knows will fight his candidacy wheth
er guilty or innocent. he believes he
is weakening the forces Of the enemy
The best method of this Matchmaking
| IS Of course. the prosecution of leg
is lative investigation with periured
testimony. after its adjournment,
when it has nc power of revivification
4. +n;,
the spectacular methods used by Folk.
these investigations are Just now un-
and they are willing to lend an ear to
~" form of denunciatiCn Of their law
MA king and law-enforcing tribunals.
And then. here the governor has
punch at probably the NEST prominent
rolitic an in each county. with the pol
iticians hands tied behind him. as is
characteristic of the governors style.
! "To begin the Investigation Gov
| ernor Davis calls into his private Of,
Ace two OF his NEST abjeect servants,
whose love for liquor is greater than
their love of right Or for liberty CT
anv man. and. after intoxicating them.
proceeds to induce them to sign afiida.
Wits On which to convict his enemies
: % bcr.dliug. Always bis enemies!
! One Of these two men has signed a
/ counter affidavit to the effect that
George Chapline. one CT the men in
dicted on his affidavit given to Prose
cutting Attorney Rhoton and the gov
error. did not offer tc bribe him, as
stated in the original AFFIDAVIT, and
that he gned the original while uu-
dar the influence of the governors
whisky.
'.ru tais deal there are Indications
Tat the governor has repeated che CT
his Old ercors-he has oyerrated his
| hand. He evidently irtgined that
with his hired friends he could pull
eff this investigation under his person
al SUPERVISION and that he and these
friends could control its course. He
| Lefieyed he could turn. the blood
Rounds Of the law loose on an enemy
and protect friend. With sixteen
| impartial aud honest men sitting As
sn inousitor rial body, probing a dis
case that affects the foundation Of our
| republican form Of government. even
jefferson Davis and subservient
prosecuting attorney cannot dictate
! its course Only a fool would attempt
such jugglery Of justice.
"The investigation has proceeded
mt snort distance and already it
nas outgrown the control cf these
NO.. and now justice is turning on
its oppresscrs with the certainty of