The Mena weekly star., 1909-05-06
SAYS "HAL' GOT
 TOO MANY VOTES
Charges in House That Somebody Said 500 Votes Wers P1t ia Against Andrews in Poinsett
 County.

Carl l,e1, of Woodruff county, de- clared that he had the admission from the officials of the st. Fran cis levee district board that 800 votes had been added for cer- tam candidate for state office m the last primary el, ,ction, and that if the ballot box had not been tempered with, ''then the lie was with lhe St. Francis levee board.
 It was during the discussion of the S.. Francis levee district bill by Senator DeRossit, authorizing an issue ot $325, ,000 bonds by the district that the climax came. MT. Little. of Mississippi county, had offered an amendment to the bill at the morning session, and he was clsslng the argument for the amendment, mailing the di- rec.ors of the district elective in- s,ead of appoiutive, and was in the midst of an arraigument of the appointive system, taking ap the various counties of the dis trict and showing how he tenn pered the "political boss" iu the county invariably, he declared, secured the appointment on the levee board. Referring to Poin- sett county, where, he said, ma chine politics were the worst, Mir. Little exclaimed: 70. how 1 would love 10 tell what 1 know about your elections n Poinsett county" The house, already on tip-toe because of tbe sharp pass ages that had previously occur red between the friends and the opponents of the amendment gave vent to the usual 'leaye, leave"
 No" replied MT. Little, "I shall not, except to say that when members of the levee board are guilty of manipulating the ballot So as to add 500 votes to what a candidate really received, then it Is sufficient condemnation of the pracuce by which they secure their positions"
 Do you say this was done iu Polusett county?' asked Mir. Go ing. who was leading the fight against the amendment.
 ''I do not say that was there and took part in the rotten ness, If that is what you mean, returned Mir. Little.
 But do you say this is so l' persisted MT. Going.
 "Yes, I say this is so,' cane back the answer.
 Then 1 say it is not so,' de- clared MT. Going. "Who is your informant? Will you name him 2"
 "No, I will not. without his cousent," said Mir. Little.
 Then" retorted MT. Going, ''l will say that who says this is fact or whoever gives this out as fact, tells a wilful, deliber- ate falsehood."
 In au instant Mir. CarlLee of Woodruff county was on his feet.
 "Mr. Speaker" he cried, "l can not sit here and have the veracity of my friend from Mis- sissippi questioned like this. l am his informant. l made the statement referred to, aud now that it has reached this point, l shall tell the whole truth about this affair and the house may judge for itself where the false hood lies.
 
 There have been numerous sharp clashes, some serious, oth- CTS less so, during this general assembly, but the situation in the house at this instant was decided y the most dramatic and tense in us nature that has yet arisen.
 MT. Carl Lee then told his story.
 During tue recent Democratic primary" sand he, "I was much interested in the race of my friend, P. K. Andrews, for att torney general. On the eve of election, news reached us that at Harrisburg, a deal was on to swell the vnte nf hie 0nu0uant bv