Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-10-31
TO THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS
 OF JEFFERSON CGtNYY


 Without wishing 10 inGdenc@ voul votes fer taer or tfs o-cer ca3..i dates, for circuit c.yrS. and wit! nc personal malice to Mr. <. r. MrNsij. i wish to ma'-a q state@ent a5 ao.- lows: simply til,s e,d r#@ iusI4e of his democracy. aa5 Aenee li- e i to democratic sappufs.
 In 1908 was q, re@l.ar dea1o cratic nominee for constable Of Bar raaue townshia having won s,le naa.- inaton fairly, before the #'li5a d@m ocratic voters of the township, a5 tha regular primary election. t,'a. 1omin4- ted county and township officers.
 Messrs. Harwell and Matthew's were the nominees for justice of peac a' the same election. At the gan"".I! election following NJ. McNeil. Who i: now asking the democratic loT.. !s% tion for circuit cler11. ran ls Ill l. dependent candidate for constable as's; defeated me. This was done. cha with the negro voters of :ae tow ship. and caused the defeat of o.-o of the democratic nominees for iu.:;,.' of the peace, in the tuvrship. by . F, gro republican, Tom Mingea, by naazr. An analysis of the vote Of the tow,- ship will show this to he true Rarraque township has two votia~ precincts. viz: Redteld and Kearrsy Nearly all Of the negroes voted at Kearney. less than dozen voting at Redfeld
 The vote at the two precincts for constable and magistrate was ar fol- lows:
 At ReAfield.
 Fort, democrat, (lefeated) ...--..-..........i, Matthews, democrat, defeated, ....-.-= 5; 5; McNeil, independent ....=.=....z.-..-...-.. 9 MinGea negro republican -=z..-........z--.--=
 At kearney.
 Fort, democrat 6 Matthews, democrat --.-=-------.----------.---i6 6 McNeil. independent --.--.------------..----- I,6 Mingea, negro republican --..=..-..-..... .li
 You will see that Matthews, tho defeated democratic nominee for nlq@- istrate and myself ran together. at each place and that McNeil and the negro ran together.
 An analysis of this vote shows such close parallel between the vote s.t each place in the vote cast for Me Neil and that cast for the Negro re- publican candidate for justice of the peace, Tom Mingea, as to leave ne doubt in an unbiased mind that th, same or practically the same votes were cast for each.
 This statement of the votes is ta'oll from the returns of the General 'sl c- ton as certified to by the Electi3l Commissioners, and nine tenths Of the white voters of Barraque township. will bear me out in my deductions
  and a man may do as he pleases SO long as he violates 10 law, but ever: white man knows the need of party loyalty, in this section, and when a man asks for a party nomination. he should have clean record IS ;Di party loyalty, and no stain of cor,- vance however remote with the negro republican element in politics. give this statement out to t9e Democrats of Jefferson county, so }r you may judge for yourselves ill=t how much Mr McNeil is entitlel to your support.
 have no interests as between the other candidates, but do feel that aly man who asks democratic nomi- nation. at the hands of his party should show a clean party record. and not have even suspicion of collision with negro Republicans to defeat rc- gular Democratic nominees Respectfully yours for Democratic principles. T. H. FORT 1929 to 12-1