The Green Forest tribune., 1906-08-11
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE ~c ~... E. ...... .s i. T T.
 ...a AT RUSSELL WILLIE
Judge Little Discusses Issues of the Cam. paign before Large and Enthusi-
 . aStic Audience t H5.s a#H "5

present Republican organization.
 His wishes are obeyed by the
 federal office holding clique that
 bosses the party as completely as
 they were in 1869. But he does
 not voice the sentiments of
 thousands of Republican who
 believe in the white man s control
 in this country, and who detest Clayton's rule as much as any Democrat. ....
 In their platform they condemn
 the poll tax qualifications, charg-
 ing that it is a means of corrupt-
 ing voters and stuffing ballot
 boxes, and are rejoicing today
 in the belief that that benign law,
 which has protected our elections
 from the domination of the
 ignorant and vicious, will fall
 when it reaches the Supreme
 Court for adjudication. The
 poll tax amendment has not been
 passed upon by the Supreme
 Court. The amendment to the
 constitution authorizing the
 governor of the state to fill
 vacancies by appointment was
 held invalid by a closely divided
 court. The road tax amendment
 was held valid, and the decision
 made by the Supreme Court in
 that case has inspired the belief
 with many that the poll-tax
 amendment will be sustained if
 brough before that body. It has
 been in force for thirteen years
 it's benefits have been enjoyed by
 the people. It has not only add
 ed about $200,000 annually to our
 school fund, but has raised our ) elections above the control and ) domination of the regroes in many localities of the state. During all this time the courts have been open, and no steps have been taken, up to this good hour, to test it's validity. Then ) why not enforce it, and let tf ose , who oppose it go into the courts, } as the law directs, and test tl e } question, and when they do we will Ill accept the decision of the l court. It has been declared to be
 a part of the organic law of the state by the proper authorities, ) and it will stand until the Su- preme Court declares it invalid. ; An, but some say there is no } danger of negro domination in Arkansas, but I wan you that when you open the door, when
 you throw down the bars in our elections to 87,000 negro voters, ; and put behind them an ur scrupulous radical machine, l, there is danger. It means in
 many counties in this state dis order and riot, if not bloodshed. ) It means to displace that peace 2 which now abounds throughout l the state with other conditions more disastrous to our progress l than we now anticipate. Shal it be, or shall our Democratic } people rally to the polls in Sep.
 tember, and, by stupendous ! majority, forever settle the ques. l tion in Arkansas?
 . The record of the Republican , party in Arkansas is as brief as il : is infamous. No party in any ] state ln the Union, claimin t responsibility, ever had so little l to commend it an1 so much t. . condemn it. For six years il ] controlled this state, and in al ; the record it made there is noth 3 ing to commend it to patriotic S
 } people, but in everything it did it's pathway was lighted by the l 'red torches of crime and op- t pression. That party does not l repudiate those records, but 3 seeks to run away from them l Trey call them Asburied issues. D Yes, they are buried issues, but 9 the Republican party'in Arkan