Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-02-16

ballots for bond issues that mean much to Oklahoma City.
 There was little opposition to the bond issues. A few misguided voters got twisted in their ideas and never could get strengthened out. But most of them were not malicious; they simply didn't know much about pro- gross and didn't wish to learn.
 A little pest df a handbill made it's appearance on the street and, while it was designed to influence votes against the bond issues, very flew voters paid any attention to it. Some one stated that the name of the hand bill was the Harpoon. IL Ishould nave been called the Boomerang. Just who were the publishers ,has not been made public. Their names did not appear in the publication. Poss .bly they were as much ashamed of it as the readers were.
 There never was any doubt about the passage of the bond issues. Near l, every taxpayer favored the move ent. Some ndntaxpayers were hos lsiIe to isl 4uing more bonds. Just who, never will be known. It passes all understanding to try to find out why men who don't own a penny's worth of prdperty will howl because the taxpayers wish to issue bonds and pay niore taxes.
 Tile taxpayers were in favor of tn bonds And this in the face of taxes waich are generally believed to 0. high enough at this time.
 The vote is a revival of tho spirit of confidence which the people of this city have in their home town. It Was an expression of loyalty-it was an expression of the mass of vqters of this city to the effect that we would pay the debt of honor which we con- tracted-the building of the capitol.
 The statehouse will socm be real ity., For some months action in the matter of commencing construction work has seemed tardy and a few tWo-by-four newspapers of the state moaned in awful agony because Okla homa City had not built the capitol ih jig time.
 But, to their credit, be it said that there have been a great number of clear-cnt, sensible, loyal, trustworthy cnsarprising and faithful newspape rnlr.lsters in this state who have he {, lieved that knocking ctn Oklahom City. would be injurious to the state and that the interests of the entire state were in common with those Of 0klaho Ciyt.
 Oklahoma City will keep on going forward just as it always has dche The state will go along with it, not ahead nor behind, but alongside. For the knockers there is more pity than censure. Knockers are, as rule, ir responsible.
 The citizenship of Oklahoma City has made good on it's promise. Thh entire state will participate in tha benefits. In our progress we VIII be too busy to try and recall the petty jealousies which have to come to the surface in the other cities of the state. We hope that they will line up for the general gdod of the state. They can't do any, good by always nagging at the leaders. The best that they can do is to align themselves with those who ex- pect to go ahead along development lines.
 Now if the proposed amendment to the State Constitution IS adopted Pine Bluff and all other Arkansas cities can do just what Oklahoma City is doing. This was the object of the mayors and other city dfficials in meeting at Lit tie Rock recently and an amendment that has met with approval on every side was drawn to be presented to the voters of Arkansas By all means the amendment should be approved at the polls.