The Harrison times., 1911-09-16
LITTLE ROCK LETTER.
LITTLE Rock. Sept. II 1911.

for third term in his speech at the
opening of the Dardanelle circuit
court Monday.
In his speech he defended the Tur-
ner- Jacobson bill as measure in the
interest of the people, and said that
he was willing to stake his political
career upon the issue Interest was
added to the situation by the adj
dress on the same occasion OF Atty.
General Norwood in opposition to
the act, he having issued challenge
to the governor for division OF
time that both sides of the question
might be presented. The issue be-
tween them on the subject is clearly
draan, and from now on till the
election of 1912 it will be the fore
most subject of discussion among
the spell-binders and the people.
While the chancery court phase of
the matter is set for a hearing on
September IS, so far as the people
are concerned, the act has already
been referred to electorate next Sept
ember. Senator E. F. Friedell, OF
Miller county, who led the campaign
for the signers to the petition, filed a
petition, of 15,045 names on Sept
ember 7, later increased to nearly
10000, each list being duly certified
Only 1868 names are necessary,
being five per cent of the vote cast
for governor.
The petition was accepted by Sec
retary of State Hodges, who will,
unless restrained by some process OF
law, certify out the question t.
the various county election boards
next general election. Prior to the
election, it will be necessary to have
the full text of the act printed in one
paper in each county of the state.
| 1t is estimated that it will cost
about 100000 to submit the meas
ure to the people Gov, Donaghey
insists that this is wanton waste OF
public funds, while Attorney.Gen
eral Norwood and Congressman
Robinson urge that no effective rem
edy of a great evil can be excessive
in its cost.
| CAupAIcN SLOWLY OPENING
The campaign is opening more
slowly than some had predicted.
This is due to some degree to the
continued sphinx-like attitude of
Gov. Donaghey, who keeps them all
guessing what he will do. The de-
velopements in the Tee Jay bill,
however, and the attitude assured
by the governor toward it, indicate
| that he will be in the race for a third
term. He says the people, as rule,
are opposing the measure because
they have been misinformed.
Shrew opponents of the measure
have succeeded in arraying both the
CORPORATIONS and the small tax
PAYERS against it, and the governor
says it is his purpose to educate the
public to a correct knowledge of the
act. a
Congressman Robinson has made
a number of speeches in the state,
and Gen. Norwood has also been
heard at several places, but neither
has yet undertaken thorough cam
paign, They have spoken from the
same stand only once at the Har-
rison Reunion. Then they found
that they agreed on the big issue
before the public, the revenue meas
ure, and had to seek other issues
unon which to provoke a contro-
versy.
The race for United States senator
is also luke warm, but there is a
great deal of latent heat that will
develop later into possible volcanic
intensity. Mr.. Brundidge has made
eight speeches up to date, and has
about a dozen more appointments
at this time. Later he expects to
make a speech in each county in the
state.
For the minor state offices, the
line-ups for Auditor, Attorney-gen-
eral and Agricultural Commissioner
are not yet complete, but promise
an unusually large field, 1t is GER
tain that there will be a number of
scratches before they finally get into
| the running.
The Arkansas Free Lance, semi
weekly paper that will deal largely
with political subjects, is promised
initial publication September Goth,
by the Parke- Harper News Service.
a. w. Parke will be business man
ager and Clio Harper editor. 1t is
expected that this paper will add
largely to the interest in political
affairs, as it promises to be the