The weekly soliphone., 1915-03-12
DEMOCRAT TILTS LID ON
ROTTEN STATE POLITICS
(Arkansas Democrat)

scored by house leaders today for
his attempt to answer the substan-
tiated charges preferred against
him by the Democrat; at his alb
solute failure to disproye them,
and additional signed statements
submitted to the Democrat today
heap further censure on the head
of the chief executive of this state
for his many flops on the Hot
Springs racing bill.
The following are some charges
contained in signed statements sub
mitted to the Democrat today:
That at 9 o'clock Monday morn
ing, in Governor Hays private of
flee, the governor named the men
he would place on the state racing
commission provided for in the bill
That he, the governor said un-
equiyocally he would approve and
sign the bill at 4 o'clock Monday
afternoon
That Governor Hays told a lead
er of the house, before the racing
bill passed the senate, that he had.
within an hour previous, solicited
the support of two senators for the
bill that one had promised to sup
port the bill
That Governor Hays solicited
house leaders to kill the primary
election bill, the state fiscal board
bill and to pass the state board of
control bill. the Greathouse adver-
tising bill and the state accountant
bill.
That Governor Hays told Phil
lips county politicians he was in ia
vor of the racing bill but did not
want his attitude to become gener-
ally known.
That Governor Hays straddled
the fence on every question ever
presented to him.
That@zGoyernor Hays attempted
alibi proved he still was attempt
ing to straddle the fence.
DEMONCRAT CONFIRMED.
When Governor Hays state
ment, which was made known
about 7;30 o'clock last night, was
published this morning, many mem
| bers OF the house and senate who
had supported his measures express
ed themselves to a Democrat repre-
sentative to the effect that the
| governors attempt to discredit the
integrity would be resented. and
! that his attempt to explain his va
ried course on the racing bill only
further confirmed the position TAX
en- by the Democrat.
Information that has been gener-
ally known by persons having an
| inkling of the inside politics that
emanates from the governors pri-
yate office, in regard to legislative
matters, was explained by house
leaders today
That the governor especially ask
ed defeat of Senator John Ike
Moores primary election bill, rec
ommended by the democratic state
convention at Pine Bluff last spring,
was contained in statements made
to the Democrat.
Governor Hays told me person
ally that he desired the carrying
out of the legislative program men
toned in the Democrat and asked
my help on the floor of the house,
says part of a signed statement fur
nished to the Democrat representa-
| tive this morning.
HAYS HELPED BILL.
when the racing bill was pend
ing in the senate and the Ruff bill
in the house." continues the state
ment, Il interviewed Governor HAYS
in his own private office on the
racing bill. He told me that he
wanted the Ruff bill, which abol-
ished the state board of charities
and created state board of con-
troll, passed, and that if it were
passed Mr.. Sawyer need not worry
about his bill; that he was doing
all in his power to secure it's pass
age through the senate and that
that morning, not more than an
hour previous to our conversation,
he had interviewed two senator's
and asked them to support the
measure-the Hot Springs racing
bill-and that in response to his
request he felt sure at least one of
them would vote for the racing
bill"
Political leaders of Phillips eoun-
ty the storm center in the Hays