The log cabin Democrat., 1914-03-23
t. B. COOK RfSFNTS.
 CAMPA| CHARGE.
CONWAY MAN INVOLVED
CANDIDATE DECLARES HE WILL FIRING OPPONENT TO
 JUSTICE"

Ut is my purpose to bring to jus tice those guilty of the campaign outrage now being circulated concern ing my official and personal character, if it is legally possible to do so, and I am advised that it is.''
 This is the statement that has been made officially by George B. Cook, candidate for reelection as superin- tendent of public instruction. He has reference to circular issued last week by his opponent, Prof. D. T. ogers of Jonesboro, containing insin nations that MT. Cook had entered in- to partnership with a Hot Springs negro for bartering teachers examin- ation questions prior to the quarterly examinations, Tor mutual gain, and in violation of the law.
 The matter Is or particular loca In- terest by reason of the fact that c. E. Condray, Democratic nominee for rep- resentative of Faulkner county, is in charge of Mir. Rogers campaign, and his name is signed to the circular to which Mir. Cook refers.
 Continuing MT. Cook says:
 "I most emphatically deny and brand as utterly false every innuendo, insinuation or charge made against my personal character or my official acts.
 1.-The opposition to my candidacy faces complete defeat and has grown desperate.
 "The latest outrage is circular which couples my name with that of a negro banker, who left Hot Springs with the money of his depositors.
 Things have come to a pretty pass in Arkansas when my opponent, in a dastardly attempt in injure me, prints an innocent and necessary business letter written as trustee for my moth- er-in-lA*><o the agent of negroes who owed her~msney- on property loans made seven years ago. These negro citizens, who borrowed her money, were not teachers, and they still live in Hot Springs.
 Any one who reads my letter in the vile, deceitful circular will know that it could have no connection with official business.
 After this negro banker left for parts unknown, suits were brought in the Garland chancery court to re- cover the loans due my mother-in-law
 Ut was established in the trials that the negro banker was the agent of the other negroes and that he was not my agent.
 Judge c. Floyd Huff brought the suits and the various defendants were represented by Hon. w. H. Martin, Hon. Harry H. Myers, Hon. George P. Wilmington and c. c. Sparks, all of which is part of the court record and known to my opponent.
 
 "The examination questions were never more carefully protected than during my administration. If there is a single teacher who has profited unfairly in examination by any act of mine, or with my consent, I will resign the office. I am and always have been, ready and anxious to dc everything possible to bring to justice the violators of any of the school stat utes. It has been, and is, my unfail- ing and persistent practice to investi- gate carefully every report of irregu- larity and to lend my best efforts to school authorities and patrons at all times and under all circumstances for the welfare, betterment and protec- tion of our public schools and our school funds.
 "My opponent has no platform, no policy for public school development his whole campaign is an effort to vilify my character. He impugns the motives of the county superintendents and examiners and charges the 10000 school directors of Arkansas with gross ignorance, culpable neglect of duty and deliberate fraud, and for his most ardent supporters he has a group of book agents, representing big textbook concerns, running about the state in his behalf"
 MT. Cook has taken up the matter with his legal advisers, and it is ex- pected that there will be proceedings after the election for alleged islander or libel, against those who may be re- sponsible for the circulation of the circular as false in every particular ,vI v,na Iscsn,,c ,p stc r,,cc;nv, r. ,s