The log cabin Democrat., 1912-11-21
making $6,000 on Sunday, and this is their complaint.

making $6,000 on Sunday, and this is their complaint.
 Hot Springs has thousands of good people within her limits. Hot Springs is undoubtedly the greatest health resort in the world. The cur ative powers possessed by her waters are unsurpassed on the face of the earth. She has the best hotels in the south. Her natural scenery and sur roundings are sublimely beautiful.
 But her municipal management has for years been the greatest travesty
 on law and order known in the Unit
 ed States. Hot Springs has given this state more trouble than all the other towns in it. It is one of the greatest harborers of the biggest crooks in the United States, and her
 local system of government, in many cases, they have been immune from the rule of law and permitted to prey at will on the public.
 ''ln the past the persistence of the city administration in setting aside the laws of the state and running the town, not only in open violation of the laws of the state, but contrary to the principles and rules of well-regulated society in any other state, is well known to every one who has kept up with public events. When Senator Clarke was governor of Arkansas, Hot Springs then became spot light to the nation. She openly ad- yertised a prize-fight by the two big Gest stars in the world, made great preparation, and brought the fighters
 to the state. Then the governor an- nounced that there might be fight in Hot Springs on the appointed day, but 1t would not be a prize fight. That settled the question for the time. But
 the same thing was attempted with
 two other later administrations, with atout the same result. During the term of another governor there was
 for two years nothing but continual fuss and disturbance to the state
 from Hot Springs, because she was not permitted to operate in violation of the law just as she chose.
 ''ln every instance the feeling was against the governor, as they ex- pressed it.
 "At every session of the legislature
 laws are attempted to be passed con- , trary to the interest and will of the people of the state, for nothing but that the selfish interests of some of
 the Hot Springs officials may be satis- fed. These interests endeavor to con vince all other interests antagonistic to good government, and between them the best interests of the people
 are side-tracked and made subserv-
 tent to their will. This practice has
 become so prevalent that, to express lit in the words of a former member
 of the legislature, the good people of
 Arkansas get from their legislatures
 just about what the crooks will per
 init them to have.
 "The time is about at hand when
 the state must do something with Hot Springs. The world should have the
 benefit of these springs. It is in the
 interest of humanity that we bestir
 ourselves in this direction. I am in favor of ceding to the United States government the jurisdiction of res ervation sufficiently large around Hot Springs. These springs should be made national resort, and to do that it would be better to have the city po- llced and controlled by the national government. When this is done, then
 the strife will cease between the state and one of her municipalities, and not
 before then.
 If Hot Springs cannot find fault with some of the state officials, then
 she becomes divided against herself, and the whole state is directed to wash day with them when their own dirty linen is brought to light. 'l shall recommend to the next leg islature that it petition congress to take over Hot Springs and control it. There could be no objection to this plan now from a political viewpoint, because we have a Democratic ad- lministration, and, as has been former ly suggested, if such were done, ne-
 groes could not be put in charge of
 any of the departments of the gov
 ernment. If l am elected to the Unit
 ed States senate, and this has not
 been before brought about, I shall do
 everything in my power to bring such
 a transfer to a successful termna-
 tion.
 In the meantime, however, while |
 am working to bring this about, 1