Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-24
TO THE PEOPLE OF 1RKINSA,S.

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 The victory is won.
 The battle for good government ill Arkansas is suc ccssul
 The gang is iii retrcat-tle rou will be complete on March 27 Already they have be0n to coneede their de- feat One of the leaders of the position admitted few days ago that Donaghey would be reeecd-but by only 10000 majority. In Robnson's advertisement ;f- tie Rock Gazette last Sunday he conceded to . arz5 majority Ill county he has heretofore claimed
 lhe right has been at times fierce one. At no time nave they had as many voters following them my oppon- ent received ill last campaign but they have had des perate and noisy of pirates and political freebooers to lead the fight on me-
 They arrayed against every class that is opposed to the welfare of Arkansas
 Leading the hosts of this gang was the LIQUOR LEAGUE explained by the Big Boss at Little Rock
 CroWdlng close behind the wliskey bunch came the agents of the AMERICAN BOOK =COMPANY-tbe great school book trust.
 Behind the trust agents marched the RAILROAD LEG ISLATIVE LOBBYISTS
 Following them were the CONVICT CONTRACTORS, the1r pockets swollen with gold coined human sweat and blood
 S1eak1ng well Ill the the CORRUPT STATE SENAlORS-branded as traitors by an indignant people And hanging the Hanks of this motley and villa1ous army were the soreoed politicians and disappointed office seekers.
 One foul islander after another this uneean gang put out against me.
 They said was trying raise the taxes of the smaller property owners But the people knew who were com blaming the worst about ths-te people heard about the $25ooo slusl fund raised by the corporations to defeat the new tax law The people had sense enough to know that II these big taN-dodgers opposed ne certainly must be right. - ~
 pledge you that the law if adopted and enforced will REDUCE taxes It will CUT IN HALF the tax bill of the average taxpayer Every man who has studied the matter knows this is true The men of the Farmers Union of Arkansas know it. and at their annual meeting at Russellvlle last August they adopted the fol- lowing resoll1ton:
 WhereaS, lhe dst General Assembly, u called session. passed rc0ennc bW (kno7w the TwncrJacobson bH) and Snce Sch la70 reVisio of o present. 1ccuc laav aud fro74des tor more st and equal distribution of a'on and Sald o7v provides oly for sufccnt reene to t0hc care ot Sotc needs aud said av frc suh rates Mof guard aga1ns eacessl0c tnratom Therefore Dc h
 Rcso7rd, That urge nen1beYshb 10 Dc careful o signing any betious 10 submit referendum 7ote especially 7vhcn Such petion is circulated bv the ta- dodgers of the State 7vh 0e7v to ultimately defeat hc lazV."
 Another favor'te lie of the gang that Donagey had spent more on the Capitol than Caldwell & Drake would have done But the people found out that CALDWELL X DRAkE'S CONTRACT. TOR WHICH THEY WANTED TO FILCH EIGHT HUNDRED THOU SAND DOLLARS MORE FROM THE TREASURY WAS NOT A CONTRACT TO COMPLETE THE CAPITOL
 Caldwell & Drake paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for building rotten deatrap which dsnterested Government experts from Washington said dangerous to human life, And Caldwell & Drake wanted $8ooooo more not to complete the Capitol for occupancy but do certain items of work that would have still left the building uncompleted
 The Legislature gave $175ooo Caldwell Drakes rotten work. did it for less than $Iooooo- saved you $75ooo on that iten
 Then completed the work that Caldwell & Drake de- manded $Sooooo for and did it for less than $3ooooo saved you a half million dollars there
 The items of work for finishing the Capitol included ill Caldwell Drakes contract, have done economically and have saved the taxpayers money there
 These things the records-and the gang just couldn't get the people to believe their wild tales about Donaghey's work on the Capitol
 The gang said was tax-dodger-they got dis appointed of6ce-seeker from my home county to write ridiculous stuff about my assessment but the of the State took the word of the whom Faulkner county did elect the who really know about the books of Faulkner county. Here's what the officers said: STATE OF AKANS4S,
 County Of Faulkner.