The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-02-27
SPIKES
ROBINSON GUN
1.-J. ATTACK ANSWERED
PARAGOULD P APER SHOWS
DECEPTION OF DONAGHEY'S
OPPONENT.

Editor J r. Taylor of the Para.
gould Soliphone, who is doubtless the
ablest exponent of the Turner-J acob.
son revenue law and is one of the
strongest defenders of Governor Don.
aghey's administration, publishes in
the current issue of his paper one OF
the most logical and vigorous edito-
rials that has appeared in an Arkan.
sas paper during the present cam.
paign. Analyz:ng the objections urg-
ed by Congressman Robinson to the
new revenue law, he shows in way
that must convince any reasonable
man that these objections are ground
less and are offered for no other rea-
son except that Robinson wants to be
governor and has picked imaginary
flaws in the measure in the hope that
his demagogic appeal will win him
votes. The editorial, while rather
lengthy, is worthy of careful study by
every voter and is republished in full
below:
Many objections are being made to
the Turner-J acobson bill. None of
them are well grounded, none of them
are tenable and convincing, but all of
them are based upon false assump-
tons and erroneous conclusions. The
chief objector and the one to whom
the opponents of the bill are looking
for the strongest objections and the
objections that are to be used
throughout the state is Congressman
Robinson, who, while drawing his sal
ary of more than $40 a day as con-
gerssman, including Sundays, is a5-
sent from his duties in Washington,
leaving his district without con-
gresham ana devoting his energy
and his salary to touring the state in
the interest of his candidacy for an
other office. In his printed address
Mr.. Robinson says the bill is ancon-
stitutioHdl, yet he says if the people
endorse it he a0iH enforce it.
In this confession Mr.. Robinson
displays an eagerness to be governor
that discounts his patriotism and
classes him as a politician rather
than statesman In order to be qov-
ernor he is s0ibing to enforce laau
that he bel;eUes to be unconstitutional
Jxrht bn 4l. !
cic5ons measure eUer penned by the
hand of man. If Mr. Robinson were
statesman instead of a politician
he would say to the people: This
law is unconstitutional; it is the most
vicious measure ever penned by the
hand of man. If | am elected your
governor | will oppose its enforce
ment and if you approve it under the
referendum l will resign before I will
enforce it,"
Mr.. Robinson reminds us of the
story of the old field schoolmastel
who was canvassing a community tc
make up a school and when a pros.
pective patron inquired if he taught
that the world was round or fiat, he
sauvely confessed that he taught
either theory, according to the wishes
of his patrons.
Mr. Robinson thinks the Turner
Jacobson bill VIII ruin the state, but
he is willing to do that if the people
will elect him governor.
Mr.. Robinson. assails the bill on the
ground that it takes from the aver
age citizen the right of appeal to the
state tax commission. The aggrieved
citizen can appeal from the county
board of supervisors to the circuit
court in his county or to the state tax
commission if he prefers. This right
is specifically set out in section 90 of
the bill, The bill differs from the old
law only in giving the aggrieved cit
izen the right of appeal to either Of
two tribunals, the circuit court or the
tate tax commission, yet Mr.. Robin
son tells us in his printed address
to the voters that "Whlla the state
tax commission is empowered by the
bill to hear appeals from the respec-
tive county boards. the right of ap-
peal is substantially denied the aver
age citizen who cannot afford to pay
the mileage and per diem of witness
es before the commission" In this
paragraph Mr.. Robinson attempts tc
deceive the people by the false as
sumption that the only appellate ju.
risdiction is given, when the act says
plainly that there are tlco, and the
circuit court is one of them. Section
SO of the act reads: From the final
! Judgment of the board of supervisors