The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-04-02

Hearken! Cock your ears and listen to the distant
rumble
IT'S the voice Of the elect the chosen Of the gods!
TITS the wall of tender hearts exercised by dema-
gogues for the children of men
From, east to west from north to south in Arkansas
comes the echo 1t hls itself against the boundary on
the Texas side reverberates back to the grand old MIS-
sissnD flies off at tangent to engage in vocal duet
with the bullfrogs of Louisiana and swiftly Illus lhe
migratory bird in sprngtime to the sunken anos ol NILS
souri, But in the whole of its travels there is not one CHS
cordant note Not demagogue whose lungs are not De-
inp exercised for the outrage perpetrated (EVeh Joh
n page who was accused of Withholding thousands OF
dollars from the states treasury till an investigating com
mttee twisted his tail until tears of penence trcked
down to his knees is seepless lest the department. oVe
which he presides will be rendered mpotent)
With one accord these Doorkeepers of Destiny Tor
thebovs- trenches up in arms against Gov
HAYS because he has attempted to make the state IN
come meet it's expenses And their criticism, as u Is
directed against the Governor not because they actually
feel he has raped and ravshed public trust but be-
cause the incident supplies opportunity for the com
pound-lungers to break into print and offer tootand
tongue libation where will flourish and get returns
IT is astonishing YEA it almost the water IN
ones sentimental boiler to coode and cdle IN the 1ues
when the full significance of such political beneVoence
and enamorate passion for Arkansas advancement IS
called to mind And now, with one accord they patriot
cay decree period of political lent, and Haunting their
mpudence in the very face of the high cost of cotton
thew buv literally of sack cloth and like sick kittens go to
the ash piles and prepare for an era OF mourning
They have represented the millennium of financial
Armageddon which in degree and intensity will oushne
and cruelty outgnd anything ever before conured IN the
fertile brain of the most lurid Missionaries.
It is represented that with single stroke OF the eX
ecutive pen the Governor has tapped the foundation OF
civil government robbed posterty of its ghtful heritage
stolen from eternity lawful legacy and with the easy
grace of one beref of conscientious responsibility has
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depths of financial perditon even unto the Judgment
day
Not a one of this battalion of divinely -appoined,
sefanonted jury believes half he writes; not one is
as earnestly concerned for the states financial stability
as he is for the stability of his position If they were
as sincere in their protestaons their language would
indicate they would tell the people that they, them
selves are responsible for the unfortunate state of affairs
They would with becoming humility say to you that
since the day Jeff Davis broke into nooety the dema
gogue the political thief and the personal rckster has
held full sway in Arkansas They would tell you that
Jeff Davis headed school of political pirates who
impressed with the fact that the more appealed
to passion ignorance prejudice and the lower elements,
the certain he of finding warm spot IN their
affection, with ultimate assurances of prefement
If these political grasshoppers with long toes for pie
these aryngeal Mavericks-WOuld tote fair with the
people, they would admit that the average seeker of Of
flee and the customary offering for reelection was
taught in the palmy days of Davis that Prejudice not
Truth and Honesty-wins election day. and most of
them have been practicing the disbursements of this
element with more or less success.
And in this good year of our Lord, One Thousand
Nine Hundred and Fifteen they bursting the bonds
of political silence which have bound them since Gov.
Hays went into office and with manimty of chord
ranging all the way from low to high P they pro-
claiming the inquities of the Governor Their vision
of sight broad enough their scope of research not
sufficiently large tell them that the fault is not Of
Gov Hays making, for Gov Hays was made by the peo-
e Il