Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-02-01

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 Clarke gave his side or the ?, ?, "a, settlement, and he did not s,s tis gloves when he handled '.:, although he and the gov ..a supposed to be very much on s,s a,e side of the political fence
 ..d the senytor's statements Et ttt to an indictment of the goyer- o.relessness and insincerlty ln s.hsrge s of his official duties, but .,,sntally "sideswipes" the for bard as a whole
 ..o, Clarke relates that after ,.v of State Crockett, at the ,eeing of the state board of rail [ssessors, had offered a resolu- ,roviding for certain increases ..sossments of the railroads. ,evjs offered the following reso- as a substitute:
 [. resolved by the Board of d Assessment, That inasmuch choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf d bas become a part Of the pock Island system, and IS a +runk line in the state of Ar and inasmuch as it's earnings bo earnings of the St. Louis western, since the past assess d their property, has greatly cod in value, and believing that nroperties in justice should be to a level and equal to the pres spssmenlt of the Iron Mountain I therefore move that the mpnts of said roads be so raised at a general increase of assess for taxation on all of the rail- express. telegraph and sleeping mnanies in this state be raised keueral level of twenty (2o per hove their past assessments. In inion this is but just and right, hould be done in view of the t great prosperity of these
 resolut on was immediately by unanimous vote. but Sen lsrke points out that the mem the board had no been sworn D law requires. that there b examination of the schedules Nv requires to be filed by the ds, that no representatives of bds who were present were per to be heard. and that in two requests for such hearing were
 were things done this Way? Senator Clarke's explanation: arbitrary and hasty action board in assessing at a session did not last over fifteen minutes lnge resolution, aWkwardly eX- ] and doubtful in It's meaning, operty of more than fifty rail- pmpanies, yalncd at fifty million can only be accounted for by ang with the oVerstrainea and ldly relationship of the several ITS Of the board, growing out of lter political factional strife aS been raging in this state for
 few years. Gov. Davis was speaking terms with either thc Y Of state or tho auditor. while the two latter very cordial existed. The explanation, o' 'nls circumstance is a part, Fnefally accepted of this trans IS that when Nt Crockett read button pfoFffjlg for a whola-
 mnoderate raise over 1a02 in laation of 1e4 eapaG.v of.fa Fs lor 1so3 C04 paNis Jumped Foa'lsion tbaf his was in par-
 ot a paeFieH- understandings tue seefetafs of state and the
 ano ln ofi# ia nlaca himself 's'aon to G51fflIile any poli.i
 'al that M.2ht como to them
 'ias matef.ally increased the ,'lue Of railroad property s(ate' wrote and presented a VII providing for d vastly
 increase nl values, assuming resolution e would be defeated. =, VFockett resolution adopted .'ance With what, he assumed,
 arrangement. The other E discerning his plan and mo- sIp'ly a- abandoned the Crockett 0a V. ana adopted by unanimous 's' .t offered by Gov. Davis, and above set out" - emu a ,s ssplanation n most generally n,as. s that Gov Davis, in or. E,a p'''e himself in a position to co,, any political capital that 'one to them (the secretary llv in. 'ne auditor) from having rsi,rne, si increased !, the taxable value nd 4oaa a property of the state.