The Jasper news., 1910-11-03


5S5iIial compliment that this greeting
means. When / take retrospect to-
the Sfms when 4Ew6iksd to csrrAAss.l
there being no mode q conveyance
from sArcoxIe. the nearest stage sta
tiont 6nd scArthage vas but dssrnallI
hamlet tWo stores on the east side
lof the public square. 1.-TWO Oh NE
north side, ONE On the Msxte sidesand
one on the northwest corner on Of
the square, and The only hotel was q
tent, then without church or i.
school house, and now with the NM
est Ia the state. With the conscious
ness that; j nave done what could
to the upbuiIding OF the city and Che
Bsttsrment 81 conditions; i feelsthatl
my life among you has not been all
together o failure When came.
there was but one gray haired man
IN Carthage bntsinpw, Of thes more
than. one hundred who were here
then, but four remain One lawyer,
one physician, and two merchants.
Those who have preceded me to the
bourne from which no traveller re-.
turns were my friends and the few,
who remain | trust are also.
Why ! am = Candidate
AS you ell know am candf-
date for the Legislature. and i am
glad Of this opportunity to tell you
why, and, what measures / shall
favor II elected. The question has
been asked SO many times. why is
Phelps a candidats for the Legisla-
turef" He must have something
up his sleeve" HE has some pur-
pose to serve that we don't under
stand.'' One gentlemen said to me-
IF you were q candidate for Cong
rsass would be glad to vote, for
you.s, Others have been compli-
mentary enough to say that IL l was
a candidate for governor they would
cheerfully give me- their support,
and others say, why do you want
this unimportants oficeY'' Others
say that he is brewery agent.
Others that he is still In the service
Of the railroad company. and. still.
others say he is rout', with the
railroad company and wants to get
even; and SO. one after another rea-
son i'd given why / am ascahdidate,
and my enemies are Industrious in
incorporating me. The oflce of
Representative Is not an unimport-
ant one. The law making power Of
q state or OF nation is the most
Important to the people. of any de-
.partment of government. They
have fought for the right. to make
the laws under which they lived for
more than five hundred years Reyoz
buttons have followed the denial OF
this right so that at this time but
few nations deny the right to the
people to make their laws. The
aptocrstic. Gar Of = Russia conceded
this TO his subjects after the dis
astrous war with Japan. China, which
has been governed by one dynasty
more than thousand years, has
now promised the people of that
great empire Of the East legisla-
ture SO that scarcely a civilized ma
ton Of the world now denies to the
citizens this privilege. I'VE are gov
'erned by laws ana IL we have good
laws we are satisfied. but with irk-
some laws we are dissatisfied.
Some say that i am brewery
agent. others that / am fertilizer
agent A brewery agency in dry
community il not very inviting or
profitable business. We have q
brewery agent here who viii go
out Of business In a short time, and
! have been advised that he win sell
his business at a small sum and give
to the man who VIII ind purchaser,
one-halr OF the amount he receives.
AT the Old settIere' Picnic at Moss
Springs last month a friend OF mine
said that he had been told during
the preceding week by one party,
that ! am brewery agent and by
another that am a fertilizer agenf,
! am neither. ] came nearer being
= fertilizer agent that brewery
agent. Three years ago purchased