The Springdale news., 1906-02-02

ldWS dUu plaUS duu Spscl 1tdUiDnS inu contracts, which all license hts ptyees
 J0 cash hlS warrants for Il Million Dol. lars at our State Treasury for servIces performed at his exclusive directian
 But when one of our own cttlzanS is elected to a Iibtle office with small chances of ever having more than d few thousand dollars in his hands, he
 ls loaded to the guard with bond, and then detectives are employed by the State to watch him: yet this stran- ger to Us has been given the right Jo check on our State Treasury for 4 Million Dollars without, in fact, hay Ing made aHy bond at all. Why VAS this done: The last three or four Ar kdnSaS leglSlat lures have had lultaDY songs chanted to them by viriIe voices. i Megdphone speakers have shouted from the balconies. Legislators who have failed to Succumb t0 the songs l have been thrOttled with Sundry su ms of another pOrti0n: all for the purpose l Of extracting cash from the State to | carry on the false pretenSe Df erecGlnS d monument of fine art. But know my term Of false pretense will be ScDfl- ed and d thousand more megaphoue i speakers turned loose to inYlue the crowd to witness the philantlrOpic ? effort that has bee reached in the di- rectiOn of real State house Then when the crowd is assembled more megaph0nes will be used to cry and prate in dramatic effort all the points of superiority like Peggy from Parisn Was advertised on the Pike In such din of excitement and confusion the victim IS expected to take the goods offered
 Tho < +,1 .,l4 Iel be piece of tine art, aud noG mere shelter tO turn the winters wind or summers heat. It should be d build ing to stand at least century aud all the while shed It's ''sclntilldting rays of sublimltYn so that the passer-by cannot fall to take notice In char acter it should be d fitting emblem of the State in thought and deed. It should reflect honor, wisdom and pur- 1ty upon all of her citizens. It should be the hrst object to be noticed in the locality and, by the visitor, the last to be forgotten in the State. It should be so built that the citizens of this e0mmonweal whose pride would not be quickened by the sight of 1t must be low in standard of thought and precept. Then can this object be attained by such Sordid minds as the contractors own confess sion proves them to have, and as indI- cations also prove that others connect ed with this scheme possess Must there not be purity of thought to carve and have carved such reSplend- euce of character Tn shining relief :? Might It not be considered sacred trust to be charged with the duty of such grand thought and abor Where in all history could there be more hon. or had than in the work Of e0nceiving and erecting structures ef this charac ter How could hiS name who cid It honestly and efficiently be saved iodg- CT la history ef h0nored more But principles like these may have been IuppermOSt the minds of the popu- lace when this work began. Yet to these freeboOterS DOW in charge of if. such thoughts are fetched. To them it's cash lis cash they are lock ing for, cash they have been getting, and StlIl more cash they are going to get. But what are we to get for It. A guided lie and vanished cheat3' shall the corruption already exposed Dc proof of the rottenneSs bound up within it's wallz And shall it be forever said hat We have been so foolish as ta waste our treasure and energies on only q shadow of a corrupt scheme of deceptions The evidence of dIshouor already on record is enough t0 leave its impress 0a the Walls of this structure sufficient to cause poSterity to be ashamed of their forefdthers. Then must such a monu- ment be d lit representation of the character, the purity and of the un- Suspecting Innocence of all the peo- pie in this state who have denied themselves many of the comforts of life to d0ubly pay for it? Shall we sit idle and submit to being In this manner worked ' by this set of "SIickieS"
 Section of the State Capitol Bill, passed and enacted in 1903, In part speaks as follows:
 That the said plans and specit flea tionS Of the State Capitol Building shall be subject to revision by the sad Board and the Architect Geo. R. Mann or said plans shall make such changes as may be requested by the Board, and superintend the erection of the building until it is completed.
 George k. Mann then wrote his Speci ficationS for the building in part as follows:
 ne architect car make alterations in the form and dimensions of the work herein contemp plated either be- fore or after the commencement of the work. II they increase tbe amount of the work such increase shall be paid for according to the quantity aone, aud at d price estab- llShed for such work under this con- tract, and il no price be established in this contract for certain work re- quired, then the architect shall allow fair price for same, and sad amount shall be paid for such work. To provide against dispute as to the value of the work or materials furnished, the contractor shall pre- pare scale of prices, which scale of prices shall contain a complete list of all the different kinds of work Jo be done in and upon said building, Sub init the same with his proposal, and whenever any work not shown Tn the plans and speci ncationS is required to he done and the claim is made by the contractor for extra pay therefor, the Sa me shall he maid for at prices men,