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Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-03-11
THE PLEDGE BREAKERS.

In all legislative bodies there are
ever to be found members of the ma
jority party who regard certain I'm
terests, that they represent, either
personal or corporate interests, of far
more Importance to them than even
party success, party allegiance or
than public good They always stanG
ready to find excuse to vote with the
minority party to assist in causing
the majority to break Its pledges to
the people. While protesting to be
devoted partisans they stand ever
ready to betray their party, and 1T
matters not whether the majority be
republican or democrat, this willing
pledge breaker is always to be found
ready on the spot to perform the act
Of stabbing the party. Sometimes he
does 1t to subserve a personal inter
est; more often he does 1t to SUBJ
serve a corporate interest.
There are also always found some
of the minority who will join with
some of the majority to enact legis-
lation for the purpose afterward of
laying the blame on the majority for
its enactment. Thesec are nothing
for the public good; they are look
ing only for possible partisan ad-
vantage, shielding themselves at all
times behind the belief that the peo-
pie will not look for the cause but be
satisfied to place the blame upon
the majority without question.
Both these classes-the class which
seeks to aid the majority to break
pledges and the class which seeks to
enact new legislation for purpose of
placing the blame upon the majority
while protesting to be the most loyal
partisans, never realiZe a duty either
to that party or to the people as a
whole. Too often it happens that there
are enough I'm one party to be sue
cessful I'm causing that party to break
its pledges and then enough in the
other party to join with them in en-
acting unwise laws.
The recent legislature has furnish
ed holder examples of these two
classes of legislators than any other
that this state has been afflicted with
i'm many years, if ever at all before.
The republicans were pledged, fair
ly and squarely, to certain legislation
of vast Importance to the state.
Enough of its members united with
the democratic members to cause
the defeat of the laws intended to
carry out these pledges. These
ADMINISTRATIONS not only to their
party but to the people as weli-have
little sense of the responsibility that
they thus assumed, and they have hit
tie shame for their treachery for they
feel secure i'm the favors of the spe-
cial interests they served by their
treachery and secure in the fancied
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-03-11
ELECTION PROCLAMATION.

Notice is hereby given that Spe-
cial Election of the qualified electors,
who are taxpayers in the Village of
Mountain Home, County of Gilmore,
State of Idaho, will be held on the
goth day of March, 1911, for the pur-
pose of submitting to the said elect
ors the question of the issuance and
sale of municipal coupon bonds in the
denominations of five hundred and
one thousand dollars each, payable in
twenty years from date of issuance,
redeemable at the pleasure of the
said Village at any time after ten
years, bearing interest at rate not
to exceed six per centum per annum.
payable semi-annually. Said bonds to
be issued in an amount in the aggre-
gate not to exceed thirty-five thous-
and 1886, OO0) dollars providing for
the collection of an annual tax upon
the property of the said Village of
Mountain Home, sufficient to pay the
interest ON the said bonds as it falls
due, and to create and establish
sinking fund for the payment of the
principals of the said bonds as they
respectively become due, said bonds
to be issued. and sold to create a
fund for the following purposes, to-wit
Thirty-five thousand 1886, 000) dol
lars for the purpose of constructing
and maintaining complete water
system for the Village of Mountain
Home, for purchasing site for
pumping plant and for the purchase
of the necessary machinery for the
equipment of the same, for the pur-
chase of water rights for power pur-
poses or such other power as may be
necessary, and to provide for the col
lection of an annual tax upon the
property of the said Village of Mount
ain Home, sufficient to pay the inter-
est on the said bonds as 1t falls due,
and to create sinking fund for the
payment of the principals of the said
bonds as they respectively become
due.
Miss Sara Keener is hereby appoint
ed Registrar for said election. Regis
tration can be made during every Sat
urday, between the hours of nine o.
clock A. M. and five o'clock P. NJ,
between the first day following THE
publication of this notice to and in
Guiding the last Saturday next pre-
ceding said election, and at other
time said Registrar may be found
at her place of registration.
The voting place, which will open
at o'clock A. M, and remain open
until O'Clock p. NJ will be at
the vacant store room in the Bailey,
Siffert and Garrett Block, formerly oc
cupied by Ben Ross and Company, on
lots 10, II and IL of Block 8 in the
Village of Mountain Home.
Witness my hand and the seal of
the said Village of Mountain Home,
this sixteenth day of February, 1911.
c. e. Corker, Chairman of the VIII
lage Board of Trustees.
0. E. Norell, Village Clerk.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-15

place II every other vote in the Dis
trict was cast for me. For you and l
both continue in the race means a
house divided against itself In Or
der that Jefferson county may only
have one man in this race, thereby
giving her a greater chance to elecf
the representative to the next Nat
ional Congress in the coming March
primary, offer you that we submit
to the Democratic voters of this. our
home county, at primary election
to be held on September Y, which one
of us shall make this race from this
county. At this primary you and | to
select each a judge and clerk to hold
the election; that we make no public
canvass of the county, but simply is
sue circular stating the object of
the election and the terms of this
agreement. We each to pay one half
the cost of said primary.
If you are the choice of the voters at
this primary I assure you there will
be no man in the district who will
give you a more hearty support than
l will.
Awaiting your reply,
Yours truly,
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-15

throughout lie day yesterday pes Sell
ger trains OF al sj;ea we're passing
in and out OF lhe ny nd Union stat
ion was kept III 4 han2run Tic big
increase in trsins coming and going
was caused by the changing OF a
bridge over tie White river at Car
ner. between Bald Knob md Little
Rock-the main line Of the St Louis,
Iron Mountain and Southern railroad.
Local officials Of the company state
that the company is changing from an
old bridge to new one which has
just been constructed over White riV-
er, and lhat thi; requires about a day.
All passenger trains between Mem
phis and Little Rock, some OF the
best aud fastest trains of TIE Hissouri
Paeific-roH Mountain system, passed
through Pine Bluff yesterday. They
were detoured from Fair Oaks to this
city over the Cotton Belt and left this
city over the Iron Mountain tracks to
Little Rock The detourinS of the
trains from the maine line around
this way caused about two hours de-
lay in The operation Of the trains.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-15

of the contrac,o-..... .t9z.4e-.5i 4 50 =.
the circuit court by -se-..: a.f ~
company, the plumbing arm. s,4. -
ers to recover money alleged TO be
due for material furnished the con-
tractors. The judgment against the
contractors went unpaid and the
creditors sued the commissioners as
co-defendants. Theo Hartm n, in the
meantime, filed a suit for services
rendered as engineer, and his suit
was combined with the others against
the commissioners and transferred to
the chancery court
Attorneys Manning and Emerson,
Of Little Rock, represented Hartman;
Crawford and Hooker, appeared for
the commissioners, and Coleman and
CAN'T, Bridges and Woodbridge and
Irving Reinberger looked After the in
terests of the creditors. The case
will hardly be taken to the supreme
court.
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MEET AND SELECT
DtTE OF BIG CELEBRATION
IN THIS CITY.
Mayor Jordan Attends Meeting and
Will Aid TO Mai.e 1t Big
Success.

At a meeting of the joint commits
tees from the Board Of Trade, Retail
Merchants Association, Pine Bluff
Corporation and Eagles Lodge, which
was attended by Mayor A. G. Jordan
and Chief of Police Evan Parne1,
held yesterday at the Board of Trade
rooms, September ID, which will be
the signal for the turning on of the
beautiful ornamental lights that are
now being placed in the downtown
districts in this city. Mayor Jordan
will press the button at the Pine Bluff
Corporation S power house that even
ing and this little push will convert
night into day in Pine Bluffs business
districts.
TIE meeting yesterday was largely
attended II. Mu11il<in presided as
chairman and a. V. Dunn, secretary of
the Retail Merchants Assoei ton, sec
rotary. Those who attended the meet
ing were ". " Byrd and sam b. Rus
sell, al the Board OF Trade; b. c. Fow-
les and Minor Woodward, Of the Pine
GluG Corporation, ~. McBryde,
Ben Robinson, Meyer solmson, A.
loh4 Oh e. H. sammoa and J. r.
Stewart. from the Aefie Of Eagles.
Plans we're outlined for big cele-
bfaIioa on White Way Day. It is plan
ned 10 get The arrangement committee
to offer prizes for the best decorated
Industrial float, automobile and deliv-
cry wagon aud to IN Ike other induce-
ments to encourage large display
in The big parade, which will in all
probability take place at o'clock in
the evening. The time for the parade,
however, was left to the program
committee, which was named to fix
The route of parade and also arrange
other details relative to the events of
the day.
IL Was at first suggested that the
celebration take place on August 81
and then ag in in connection with the
Labor Day celebration of the Trades
and Labor Council on September 4,
but the argument was advanced that
the merchants and industrial plants
would want more time in which to
prep re their floats and make other
displays. 1t was finally decided to
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-15
CREDITORS FAIL
TO RECOVER
LOCAL FIRMS LOSE SEVERAL
THOUSAND DOLLARS IN Nh
TERIAL FURNISHED.
NO MONEY AVAILABLE
Judge Elliott Hands Down Opinion
in Sewer District Case, Pend
ing For Months.

Judge j. M. Elliott, in the Jefferson
chancery court, yesterday handed
down an opinion in the case of the
Fox Brothers Hardware Comp ny,
Robinson Brothers and other credl-
tors, who sued Dunnegan and Sykes,
sewer contractor, and the commls-
sioners of the old Sewer District NO.
3, which was organized in 1903, and
which suit has been pending in the
local courts for several years. Ihe
creditors failed to recover any money
due them and it is stated that the 10
cal firms lost several thousand dol
lars, due them by the contractors for
material furnished them during the
work. Sewer District No. was or
ganized to connect with District No.
2 in the Southern part of the city.
Since the original suit was brought
in the circuit court, from which court
it was transferred to the chaneery
court, the money in the hands of the
commissioners has been tied up nd
the commissioners We're unable TO
settle the affairs Of the District until
the suits were disposed of.
In the decision handed down by
Chancellor Elliott yesterday Theo-
dore f. Hartman, Little eek en-
gineer, was given a judgnle o., ST.
3f5 for services rendered TIE District
as engineer. The judgment egregat=
ed $1,815 but Hartman had been paid
$500 of that amount previous to the
filing of his suit He is also given i'll
terest on the Judgment from NoVem-
Der, 1905. Judge Elliott held that
there is no fund in the hands of the
commissioners on which the creditors
can fix a lien or out of which the
court can order them paid. A judg-
ment entered some months ago
against the contractors in favor Of
the creditors is said to be worthless,
as far as its collection is concerned,
unless the creditors proceed against
the bondsmen
The contractors began their work
in 1904 and had 100 fair working days
to complete the job. Before the work
was finished, however, the contract
ors had to pay out a large sum at the
rate Of $50 for each day the job was
being done after the 100 days allowed
them had expired, and the contract
ors, after working from November /,
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-15
NEGRO FARMER
fined BY JURY
Case ct Disturbing Peace Occupied
attention OF Judge FrAzicr Ill Day
Case Way Re Appealed,

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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-15
10 RUN IT OFF
: IN THIS COUNTY
.,,nop GOULD AND COL. TAYLOR
.cREE TO SUBMIT NAMES TO
aHOME PEOPLE,"
|1O SELECT CANDIDATE
VII, Have Special Primary and De-
fray Expenses ThemselVes-Ihe
challenge and Acceptance.

1udce lanes Gould, candidate Tor
c,noress from the Sixth District, yes
terd.v issued a nallenge &C Col 5 NJ
mov,or also a candidate from this
county to submit their names to the
voters of Jefferson county at a spe-
,,o1 election. to ascertain which Of the
tvo men their home people" prefer
n make the race for Congress from
+b,s county. Last night, after receiv-
! Ing the challenge from Judge Gould,
Col. Taylor accepted.
They agree to make the race on
Tuesday, September IL. There will
he no speech making, nor a public
canvass of the county by either OF the
aspirants for the Congressional hon
mr. By the agreement each candidate
| will name Judge and a clerk, jointly
| defray the expenses of the special
election and arrange the details Of
sane.
Both gentlemen agree that in the
defeat of either the defeated candi-
date will retire from the race and
permit the successful one to make the
race as the single candidate from JEFF
ferson The agreement of course,
does not affect the candidacy of any
gentlemsn ia any other county in the
district, but will avoid a division Of
the people of Jefferson county and do
away with personalities and a heated
campaign in this county.
In his letter to Col. Taylor, judge
Gould declares that had he known
that Col. Taylor intended to make the
race he would never have announced.
In his reply Col. Taylor says that
Judge Gould had never mentioned the
matter to him and that he had no OPP
portunity to make known his inten-
tons to become candidate to him.
Judge GouId's Challenge.
Judge Gould's letter to Colonel
Taylor follows:
COL S. M. Taylor,
Pine Bluff, Ark.
Dear Sir:-This county has not re-
covered fro mthe Nixon Hunt
political fight The bitterness and
hatred from that race will last for
years to come. Jefferson county and
rue Bluff has suffered from too
much politics in the past. Had
thought you seriously contemplated
enleTlhg the race for Congress I
would never have announced, for two
Yaholdates to be in this race from
Ynls county simply means a factional
|TsAt and bitter personalities between
le candidates and their reennettiive
: ieiuS' which ends in no good tor the
county. - wv
| nave spent So years of nv life in
sAis county and feel that my priv te
. =, should not be considered
.t 1,ie the welfare of the county is at
~. II majority of my fellow
- '1eNs OF this county do not want me
e' representative in the Nat
80 congress | would not have the
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-15

SENATORS COMMENT
Says Southern Man Is the Best Friend
the Negro Has-COateSyille
Affair Reviewed.

Washington, Aug. IA national
spread of race prejudice is what
statesmen and observers here see in
the amazing incarceration of a negro
in Gainesville, Pa, on Sunday.
1t tops off half a dozen such af-
fairs in Northern states in the past sew
eral years and in the estimation of
senators and representatives inter-
viewed by the International News Ser
vice today, indicates that the preju-
dice against the negro has become
problem that the South no longer
has to contend with alone, but which
must be COPIED with by the Nation as
whole. That this latest affair oc-
Cured in the state of Pennsylvania
and i'll a town settled by Quakers,
gives additional point to the obser-
yations of the men interviewed In
other words the outra sc at Coatesville,
it is pointed out, illustrates that mob
violence-as applied peculiarly to the
negro-is no longer a distinctive
Southern institution, but is surely
taking a firm hold upon all sections
Of the Nation.
It was Senator William Z. Borah OF
Idaho, who declared in a recent adj
dress in the Senate that race preju-
dice was no longer sectional but a
national evil.
Take it all in all, the Southern
man is the best friend the down trod-
den negro has in this country today"
he said tonight. The Southern man
understands him better and usually
when the negro is in the right he be-
comes a stesdfast sponsor and de-
fender. The massacre in Illinois,
the burning in Colorado and the In
describable horrors of the burning in
Gainesville and countless other SINH
/ lar acts of mob violence in the North
ought to awaken the Northern people
to the fact that the race question is a
national one.
Senator John Sharp Williams, of
Mississippi, said the recent Northern
lynchings left little doubt that the
same spirit which prompted such
acts by the populaee in the Southern
states has taken root in the North
and West. In support Of this belief
he cited the recent burning of the ne
gro in Delaware, the lynchings in
Ohio and Colorado and race riots in
Illinois and other middle northern
states.
The worst feature Of th, II. Northern
lynenTngs," he said is the fact that
just as soon as the mob finished
with the criminal they want to kill
every negro, good, bad and Indifferent
in the community. The burning at
Coatesville is the only exception |
can pick out, Another fact must not
be forgotten and that is, in the south
there is no burning unless it be for a
crime against the white woman.
Gainesville has gone us one better by
burning for the killing of policem n.
Lynch law in all it's phases is a re-
grettable thing and this affair in
PENNSYLVANIA is particularly so. 1t
is an indication that the people of the
country generally ere slowly making
up their minds that the vicious type
of negro must be made to realize
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-15

..,a.r..s 81. ..9sasI q Eh4meT tilo 7nl
ge4..rf MOD 41a :-sli'- s@csl'sGz@.A
few days and 2n4-oulloe 60 program.
The committee as appointed yesterday
is composed of B. C. Fowles, chair
man; W. e. e. Koepler, Meyer Solm-
son, w. c. McBryde and A. V. Dunn.
Mayor Jordan stated yesterday that
he thought the celebration should not
be given the latter part OF this month
the Natural Gas Company is at
esent tearing up some of the local
Gets and that the work would be OIL
about fifteen days yet. 1t is PLAN,
to have no debris in the streets
II on the day of the celebration
the street department will give
Il. entire city a thorough cleaning
the day before the celebrs ton is pull
ed off. Mayor Jordan and all the city
officials will cooperate TO make the
celebration a big success. Chief of
Police FYan Parnell has already been
selected as grand marshl for the
day and he will announce his aides in
a few days.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-15
Col. Taylor Accepts,
Awaiting your reply,
Yours truly,
Judge James Gould


Judge James Gould,
City
Dear Sir:-Your favor Of today
received sbout two hours ago,
delivered to me by Mr.. B. w. Ben
ton, and in reply thereto beg to say
that I know nothing Of the bitterness
and hatred that you refer to as COM
ing out Of what you are pleased to
call The Nixon-Jones-Hunt political
fight" And if it be true, as you
st te, that bitterness and hatred still
exists touching the controversy to
which you refer, ! had long since hop
+. ed was past and gone.
You say Had l thought you (Tay-
lori seriously contemplated entering
the race fer Congress. Could
would never have announced" Yoa
did not honor me with your conf
dence respecting this matter or speak
to ME touching your candidacy for
Congress, hence / had no opportunity
of telling you whether I intended to
become a candid te or not. As far
back as the last Democratic state
convention at Little Rock my name
was mentioned in several papers Of
the state as q probable candidate for
Congress in this District nd I did not
mention my intention to become a
candidate sooner than my recent an
primary which will select nomi-
nee for Congress, is about eight
, months in the future. You speak of
wanting to avoid a fractional fight
and bitter personalities between you
and myself and our respective friends.
I am unable to see why there should
be any bitterness between you and me
or our friends. We are friend
ly and neighbors and we do not have
to become enemies and neither do our
friends simply because you and | as
pire to the same office. / regard the
guished and honorable one and
should be sought by gentlemen on the
highest plane, and that our country
men should Judge of our fitness and
qualifications for this honorable posi-
ton and that personalities and bitter
ness het .oar on~aeino CANDIDATES
should not be intnfged.
Like yourself, | have lived in Pine
Bluff long time and here my child
rem have been reered to Womanhood
and manhood. | love Jefferson coun-
ty and her people and in this county
I expect to tie buried and would not
for the sake of office be guilty of any
conduct that would reflect upon our
honorable citizens or my loved ones
and friends.
You suggest in your letter that if a
majority of your fellow citizens OF this
county do not want you to represent
them in Congress that you do not
wish to become candidate. To this
say Amen!
Of course neither of us have the
right to dictate to the people OF this
district whom their nominee for Con-
gress shall be, but that it shall be
our purpose to ask the people OF JEFF
ferson county to express their choice
in presenting candidate from JET
ferson to the whole people OF the
District, and in doing this no can
didate for Congress outside of Jeffer-
son county will be barred from being
voted for by our people in the general
primary.
You sey that in order that oe +erson
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-15

Buy a Refrigerator while We are
offering them at a discount. We have
good assortment Of sizes. Fox
Bros. Hardware Co. 7-13-1m
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-15
Opens Tonight.

TO Save, one must sacrifice. The
best things in life are gained in this
way. If you want to lay aside a part
of your earnings come to this bank
and open an account. We pay inter
est on savings accounts.-Cotton Belt
Savings & Trust Co. s ~ Ct
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-15

Houses for rent in various parts
Of the city. A cory of our rental list
will be mailed upon request-Cotton
Belt Savings 4 Trust Co. s IL At
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-15
IRON MOUNTAIN
TRAINS PASS THROUGH
Passenger Trains Detoured Throug'
Pine Bluff Yesterday Due to
Bridge Grange.

Fine Bluffians thought for while
yesterday that Pine Bluff had in one
day grown to be one CT the biggest
railroad centers of the country.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-15
,n,,Aet1t.H,olders,

at the Casa railroad camp oatuia..y
and undertook to leave without per-
mission. He saw the guard looking
another way and made a dash for lib
erty, but charge of buckshot laid
him low and he was brought to Little
Rock for repairs. The negro so far
recovered by Sunday as to be able to
walk about the prison hospital.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-15

--n9u'' forget tire big dance at For
est Parh Taea day night under Park
management. 3 to Il p, M. 10 q