The Newark journal., 1909-04-23
A REPLY TO JOHNNIE
Representative Brown Hands Johnnie
 Some Nuts to Crack

Editor The Journal: Please allow me space in your paper to enlighter an unknown quantity that is some where hidden away in the realms oi space-under a. cloud of blue smoke called "Johnnie.a
 I don't know just what sort of egg *sJohnnie's matched out of don't know whether he is little chicken of the big sort, or big chicken of the little sort, or whether he is sorter 5. both. He rather reminds me of hen with bug in her throat trying to crow like red rooster. But be that as it may
 Whether he be hen or duck
 That doth either quack or chuck; Be he puppy or be he pig
 "Johnniei thinks that he is very big. He wants to know some things and my purpose in writing this article is to let him know them.
 First he wants to know why I did not ask the people to advise me on the extension of the session of the legis- lature.
 Now, Johnnie, let me say to you that I did not know that motion was going to be made to extend the time until it was made. Did you ever think, Johnnie, that I did not have time to write to the people and hear from them while that motion was pending?
 Don't you see, Johnnie, that you show by such question that your Thinking machine is out of fix, and that your wheel of reason slipped a cog on that subject?
 Really, Johnnie, the legislature did not think to suspend action on the subject until they could hear from YOU. Please excuse them, Johnnie, f for such blunder.
 Jehnnie. did you know that the at @ys-es-s...t-aosaajo @e journ fiiy y-yTsr5s5soh was q trick of the whiskey men to kill the prohibition bills that had been spresented, and that it would have killed all other bills pending at that time? That $lO,000 dollars worth of work II mean work that had already cost the state of Arkansas that much money) would have been made null and void by such an act
 Did you know, Johnnie, that if we had adjourned that Governor Donag- hey would have been forced to call an extra session and that the mileage of the membership would have cost the state over $l 900.
 Johnnie, would you take hen off her nest of eggs before the eggs are matched, in order to keep from feeding her q nubbin of corn? Don't you know, Johnnie, that you had better not set the hen than to let her set long enough to spoil the eggs and not hatch the chickens? Just think of the chick ems, Johnnie, that were in the eggs that you wanted us to let chill and die.
 l. state capitol egg.
 ,. A school text book egg.
 3. A penitentiary question egg.
 4. A prohibition egg that we want to hatch big white rooster that will scratch out of the state every distillery worm that, like canker worm, is sap ping our land today.
 A rooster that will firmly stand
 On every hill top through the land And crow to all the passers by
 That old Arkansas is dry.
 Now, Johnnie, in conclusNn, let me tell you that all my actions are open & to inspection, and when do something & that looks frightful to you, the thing kfor you to do is to inquire into the matter. I am full believer in free spsech and a. free press, so when ever 1t pleases you, Johnnie, you dip your spoon ir I'll will try and put some thingy you. I'll never write anvthy Ugh that I'm afraid or ashan lt my name to.
 Yours in the open,
 J. l.. BROWN.