The weekly soliphone., 1915-12-17

within my power to see that the
 state stays on a cash basis when penditures never exceed it's income.
 Rigid economy will be the watch word during my administration. He declared that no increase in taxes is needed and that as gov ernOr he would not tolerate any, unless it be small special tax schools, or for the payment of Con- federate pensions, 100 cents on the dollar, which he earnestly advocat- ed. "Our property valuations are rapidly increasing, and with in- creased assessments will come in- creased revenues. The tax commits sion is doing good work in equal izing assessments in the various counties" said he, land in getting property on the tax books that has never been assessed before. Let the
 good work go on and the general
 revenue fund will take care of it. self. Sane economy and not in- creased taxation is what the state needs, and what it will have while am in the governors office"
 MT Hodges declared that if he
 has a real hobby, it is for the con-
 struction of good roads, and he will advocate more road work and modern equipment and methods. He
 commended the work of the state
 highway department.
 After reviewing briefly his own
 public carear-born on farm and
 educated in country print shop,
 MT. Hodges expressed high ideals for the future of his native state, and declared that what the state
 needs now at the head of it's af
 fairs is mot dreamers nor drifters,
 nor men who have been tried in public office for eighteen years and can show no results except an enor nous accumulation of wealth" He paid a high tribute to theI farmers of the state, and com-I mended the agricultural schools, which are reaching a worthy class of young men and women not reached by any other schools. HeI said he would appoint no man onI the agricultural school boards whOl is not a +illAr of the soil, and em-I phasized strongly that he is in fla vor of these institutions.
 He advocated legislation that would provide an effective central marketing plan for the benefit of the farmer, enabling him to market his crops alter they are harvested. He also fayors the rural credits bill. now pending in congress, and will give all possible encouragement to it's passage.
 He favored the creation of al bureau of immigration in the del partment of agriculture, which heI complimented for the good work itI is doing
 The farm demonstration work the speaker characterized as one of the most important movements in the south today, and advocated it's encouragement.
 He advocated law that would pay Confederate pensioners 100 cents on the dollar for their pen sions, and charged that in his open-I ing address at Russellville Dr. Brough absolutely ignored the soldier" He added 'The fact that Dr. Brough's father was soldier in the Union army does not justify him in his present attitude toward the Southern sol dier. and he does not voice the sentiment of the hundreds of other sons of Union veterans who live in Arkansas"
 He paid tribute to the laborer, anu Sdlu llldl IL NOulu tNtA bt HID purpose to work for the better ment of the condition of those who toil He said that Dr. Brough seem ed to be more concerned about the negro laborer, and added that if he were called upon to write a two page article about race, it would be the white race or no race at all"
 The speaker also took issue with Dr. Brough's suggestion for town ship assessors, declaring that "this would mean five or ten thousand new useless offices and officer hold CTS and salaries, and of course this proposition is absurd on its face"
 He said that Dr, Brough, in ad- yocating that the university be A ! +