The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-10-15
LUDWIG SUES METHODIST
Asks $4,000 Damages from
Church Paper.
Secretary of State Complains OF ACCUSE
lions Published in Western
Methodist,

Methodist.
Little Rock, Oct. I2.-SeCretary
of State o. c. Ludwig Saturday
evening filed a libel suit against
the Western Methodist, the Arkan-
sas organ of the Southern Metho-
dist church, Rev. A. c. Millar,
Rev. J. A. Anderson and D. J.
Weems, editors and publishers of
the paper. The suit was filed by
Rose, Hemingway, Cantrell &
Loughborough of Little Rock and
Goodwin & McHaney of Warren.
Mr.. Ludwig asks for $4,000
damages. The basis of the suit is
the publication in this weeks
Western Methodist of an article
attacking Gov. Plndall, Attorney
General Kirby and Mr.. Ludwig,
members of the state election board
for their action in selecting county
election commissioners several
weeks ago. The article complain
ed of was several columns long
and among other things stated:
I'VE advised our readers in ad-
vance that in twenty counties
of the state there were de-
liberate arrangements to steal
he elections. We advised
them that the state board of election
commissioners, consisting of the
acting governor, the secretary OF
state and the encouragement, had
put these counties into the hands
of the whiskey machine. They
sold out the interests of the Demo
cratic party, to which they belong,
and of the decent and w-ablding
people, for the favors of saloon
buns.
1--WE do not charge the Democra-
cratic party with this lnfamy, yet
all honest Democrats know that a
great burden has been laid by these
men upon the party and the party
is under undeniable obligations to
purge itself. We take it that the
party leaders will recognize the
rebuke which has been administer
ed in so many places by the cleo
ton of Republicans to office.
More Republicans have been elect
ed than tor years past Some OF
them were elected in Democratic
strongholds.
The state board of election
commissioners sold out the in
terests of the party to the whlskey
machine; the whiskey machine, in
turn sold out the party for negro
votes, anybody's vote, Blu t
mostly negro votes, in favor of
whiskey and the whiskey traffic.
They did not care straw who was
elected, if only whiskey were voted
in, and if only men were put in Of
fee who would give whiskey the
largest possible latitude. This is
the whole situation in few brief
and plain words. AS mere mat
ter of policy, to say nothing OF
principle, how long can any hon
est party permit its servants to COM
promise with base and traltorous
element of this sort?'
Ludwig is Blamed.
Little Rock, Oct. I2-SpeCial-
Little was talked in Little Rock
yesterday but the suit filed Satur-
day afternoon late by O. c. Lud-
wig, secretary of state, against
James A. Anderson, A. c. Millar,
P. r. Eaglebarger and D. J.
Weems, prominent Methodist min
listers of the state and publishers
of the Western Methodist, asking
$50, 900 for alleged SANDER. The
general opinion is that Ludwig
made a serious mistake in replying
to the attacks of the ministers, who
in the Western Methodist accused
the state board of election commits
sionsrs, of which the governor, at
torney general ana secretary of
state are members, of selling out to