The Little River news., 1916-01-22
f HODGES AVE STATE
sues Statement, Saying ii Insists on Dragging Him ampaign He'll Get In.

Rock, Jan. 20.-Gov. George
 IS, in statement issued We'd
 bitterly arraigned Dr. c. H.
 h for the latters determination
 az him into the governors race,
 openly stated that his purpose in
 porting Earle W. Hodges was to
 ye the state from bankruptcy"
 Governor Hays charged that pr. ough has been tax dodger and lat the records of Washington Coun- would prove his contention. Gov ernor Hays, as was published two weeks ago, will take the stump to de- fend his administration against the attacks of pr. Brough.
 My purpose in supporting Mir. Hodges against pr. Brough is to save the state from bankruptcy" said Gov ernor Hays Il will go into details later.'
 Answer Neptism Charge.
 Gcvernor Hays, in answer to pr. Broughs charges against the gov enors machine and the appointmnt of relatives of the governor to State positions, said that of the hundreds of employees and positions in the State, only five relatives, no one of whom
 
 have any sort of employment and the amount stated by the doctor; but this is very much like many of his other statements
 Governor Hays also said that q prominent machine politician and off, fee holder now is in the State lining up every interest he can for Dr.
  pointed more relatives and neighbors to lucrative positions than any other man who ever has held office. Cover nor Hays said, With reference to myself the machine which the docco. complains of, according to his own statement. he tried nearly three years ago to make an alliance with the sams machine. Arkansas is the State of my nativity and I have contributed in every way that I could since 2i years old to the welfare and upbuiid- ing of the State; never having lodged the payment of taxes in any sense of the word. Dr. Brough has been in Arkansas about 12 years. Can he say this even for the time he has bee1: here? Go tc, the records of Washing ton county and ascertain the number of years that he absolutely dodged the payment even of poll tax, which goes to the common school fund, when at the same time he was drawing from the State of Arkansas large salary paid hy real taxpayers. He speaks ot political rings. Tc, this I will fur nish tEe people of the State some in-- formation little later
 Has Not Been Active.
 ls paign further than to speak to some oe my friends in the interest of MT. Hodges; but, since the doctor seems to be determined to drag me into, the campaign, I will give the people the benefit later of what I think will be to their interest in preserving the credit of the State and protecting those who pay the taxes from ex- travagance, high taxes and issuing bonds.
 up to this time I have not made a single public declaration with ref erence to the governors race; but, since it has been the attitude of pr. Brcugh to draw me and my admins tration into the campaign, even before it was known as to whether or rot I would be candidate for reelection, now ask that the people of the state whom I have tried to serve anG my many friends to whom I have extend ed many acts of kindness, stand fc- the honor, integrity and credit of the state and elect a man as governor who stands upon an economical platform, and show to the gentleman who dances to tho tune of Yankee Doodle that the music of Dixie is good enough for the people of Arkansas"
 While Mir. Hodges will spend the greater part of next week in western and southwestern Arkansas. Dr. Brough will go into eastern Arkansas, considered Hodges stronghold. and attack the secretary of state. Dr. Brough also plans to attack the St. Francis levee board while in the St. Francis basin.
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