The Monticellonian., 1908-01-23

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 among themselves. to the bene- fit of no one, as is now and has been the case, for sometime. He favors the completion of the new State House. by the contract ors. according to the stipula- tiOns in their contract and for the price agreed upon. He IS or posed to the convict lease sys- tenn and favors working enough of the convicts on the convict farm to pay all expenses incur red by the State in regard to them, and that the rest oi the convicts be worked on the pub i lie roads. He favors a liberal pension, by the state. for the old Confederate soldiers and their widows. Mir. Hinemon is a friend, heart and soul, of the children of the State and believes in their education. Therefore, he favors the best Public Schools in every District. and also Agri- cultural Schools N here the sci enee of farming may be taught and the greatest benefits derived thereirom. He, also, explained his views fully on the question of taxation and strenuously V ad- vocated the theory that the bur dens should fall on those of wealth, at least equal, in pro- portion, to the small property owner. By various illus tra- tions, he showed that this was not being done, and that per sons and corporations who owned thousands of dollars worth of property were not pay ing taxes on exceeding one-sev- enth of their holdings. He ia. vors the initiative and referen. dunn theory. and believes in let. ting the people have say in all matters concerning their welfare. Mir. Hinemon's speech was en. tirely clear of any abuse or vitu- peration of his opponents and was clean and statesmanlike throughout. and such as ought to most highly commend him to all right thinking people.
 His host of friends. here, were highly elated with his effort and most agreeably surprised, for while they knew him to be q man of ability and high literary attachments, 1t was the first time they had heard him on the political rostrum, and it is stat. ing 1t mildly to say that hecame fully up to the expectations ot even the most sanguine of his enthusiastic admirers.
 Next, Attorney General Kirby was introduced, who occupied the attention of the house for ar hour and half in a most vigor. ous outline of his policies should he be chosen as Governor of Ar kansas. Mir. Kirby is quite ar orator. and having had quite q good deal of experience in cam. paigning, takes care of himsel
 in very happy and satisfacto " manner. Mir. Kirby com
 plains that he has been unable to do much, on account of his conireres on the Penitentiary 1 Board, and the interference o the Federal Courts, by injunc tions, restraining him from en forcing Arkansas statutes, but as electing him Governor would not remedy either of these evils if evils they be. some people who heard his speech were unable tC see any necessity for these mat. ters to be summarily aired be fore the people. His genera views on State issues are sound and sensible and differ only slightly from those expressed by Mir. Hinemon. Mir. Kirby advo. cates working all the eonvicts on the convict farm, and having the present State House con tractors discharged and the work completed by new men In his closing remarks he paid his respects to Geo. W. Done ghev, one of the candidates for Governor. who refuses to join in joint debate with the other candidates. by saving that Don eghey employed an attorney to write him a speech and that he did not have sense enough to