Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-11-07

struck them from the hands of the voters of Arkansas. This will be the recipe to stop the sale of the gover- nor's office.
 Just think of it, fellow citizens. Shall it be hereafter understood that the office of governor of your state is to be put up and sold at auction to the highest bidder, thereby saying not only to poor man, but to man of limited means, regardless of his honor, loyalty or patriotism, that he can never again serve you as gover- nor of our state. If we are to sell the highest bidder, let us have the question settled now and hereafter put it up at auction to the highest bid der, and when sold be sure to see that the amount bid goes into your state treasury, for if we are correctly advised the state most certainly needs the money. I am advised that cam paign headquarters have already been opened in the city of Little Rock with ono chief campaign manager and sev- eral assistant campaign managers, with strong clerical force, dom iciled in one of the best hotels in the city of Little Rock, with room rent. board and salaries, and many other expenses to be met for the next seven or eight months. This is not all. invi- tations upon top of invitations are be- ing issued and sent out all over the state, inviting what some have termed politicians, to come in and visit these headquarters, for what purpose? Is 1t to look after the interests of the people of the state? No. it is for the purpose of putting the political ma chinery in motion, and while you are at home with your families they will be organizing and spreading their pc litical poison over the state in order to land some man in the governors office with long string of cohorts and political workers tied to his coat tail. When man buys mule he feels that it is his property, and when man buys an office he has the right to feel the same way, and he and his cohorts naturally expect to divide the spoils. Furthermore, it places your governor. when elected, under so many personal obligations and re- ct,.io hot lao nor, but belongs soul and body to the politicians. He then becomes your Boss, and Dictator, and not your ser vant and his cohorts his political staff. My headquarters are in Arkan- sas county.
 Should you wish to address me dur ing this campaign. direct your corre- spondence to L. c. Smith, Dewitt, Ark, and should I be absent from home I will have a few friends there who will take care of your corre- spondence with pleasure, and give you truthful answer.
 Win stand Hitched.
 Let me state, my fellow citizens, that under this head, expect to stand pat. and should you honor me with me as your next governor, and should I be permitted to take the oath of of- five and receive my commission, 1 shall regard it as a binding contract between you and me, the life of which nnder our law, is for two years. You may depend upon it that unless death. or failure of health should intervene to prevent. you shall have my full time under this contract No other office in the gift of the people shall be temptation to me- through selfish motives to violate my contract, or to mar your trust and confidence. and should feel. at the end of my first term, that l have kept the faith, and it should meet with your approval, l would thank you for an endorsement for perhaps q second term.
 Appointing Power.
 should be called upon to exercise or perform a duty under this head l shall first consider your wishes as to who you may recommend to serve in your particular locality. Do not over look the fact, however, that love my personal and political friends. and where consistent with your interests it would please me to nominate and appoint friend, and, in short, this is what l would do
 Retrenchment and Reform.
 Under this head much could be said. but have not the time to enter into details. and will only pause to say that I am of the opinion that the