The Harrison times., 1912-01-13
appropriations Of both Governor
and Attorney General,

Attorney General Hal Norwood
was introduced Just about the noor
hour, and was somewhat disturbed
at the outset by the Jurors anC
others starting for dinner; but un
der the influence of his clear voic,
and dignihcd manner the best o
order soon reigncd, He took issu,
with the Governor on nearly all lines
thought that such a condition a'
the Governor complained of in the
legislature might have been avcrtct
had there really been an efficient ex
ccutive in the chair; and frequently
referred to the Governors admins
tration as an absolute failure
His opposition to the Turncr,Jo
cobSon bill was for many important
reasons. He considered it uncon
stitutional it had not been shown
that more taxes could be gotten by
it; and if they were, the people gen
orally would have to pay the in,
crease,
He accused the Governor Of un,
necessarily Increasing the expenses
Of the state government by recon-
mcoding bills to increase the pay oI
circuit and chanccry Judges, adding
to the eXpenccs Of the supreme
court, and opposing the consolida.
tion of the railroad and tax commits
sions, The best way to overcome
the deficit in our finances is by re-
ducing expenses rather than increas.
ing taxation,
He said that Governor Donaghcy
had promised to complete the State
capitol building during his admins,
tration and had failed to do so; and
it was poor policy 20 give a man n
third term because his first two had
been failures
During his term as Attorney Gen.
cral he had not only conducted all
Of the litigation Of the state, most
OF it successfully, IN the Supreme,
Chancery and t. S, courts, but had,
through a rigid enforcement of the
corporation and inheritance tax
laws, turned thousands Of dollars
into the state treasury whlck had
not previously been collected
His position on the prohibition
question was that the legislature
should be forced to pass a state,
wide prohibitory law, He consider
ed it doubtful if such reform could
be secured by popular vote with the
thousands Of negroes Of the black
belt lined up for the saloons lie
had little hope for good results at
the polls so long as the ignorant
negro beld the ballot while the in.
telligent white women of the state
were denied its privileges,
In closing the Attorney General
appealed to the democrats of the
state to stand by their time honored
custom Of refusing the third term,
and assured them that he felt equal
TO the task Of running the state
government without extensive in
crease in taxation, and accomplish.
ing all reforms needed,
Governor Donaghey's rcjoincr was
taken up principally with showing
the lallacy of many of the Attorney
Generals statements, He accused
him Of odroitly defending the legis-
lature and standing for the things
most desired by the tNx.dodgcrs
and whiskey machine As to the
I, j. bill he asserted that similar
measures were working effectively
in a dozen states, and that It's prov
isiOns all point against injustice to
anyone,
Both speakers were listened to at.
tcnt,ycly and opploudcd literally
Gen Norwoon is one of the most
eloquent and pleasing speakers OF
the state and during his short po.
liticHl experience Governor Dona.
ghey has developed into a strong
and effective rcnsoncf whose Ian.
and manner always appeals
to the masses,
Mr. Norwood returned to Little
Rock by Mondays afternoon train,
spoken at n series Of towns
between here and lleber GOV Don
ughey went 20 Green Forest, being
billed TO speak the remainder Of the
week at towns along our railroad,
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