Pocahontas star herald., 1916-02-25
HODGES SCORES
unfair TACTICS
aRovoEs METHODS rxpo,ro
ISSUES aoVARety UP TO TO-
THE PEOPLE
Abuse Of tho coua.,, e,...

but H# #.. f H.a1 NgUu.
mo, ' -, "a. thrown aapa-0oaa al "rh
.,'1 as Col GrorTo Taanbrrg. .'. '.., u.
~ 70" " Vs. Folsom of Il..
H. d. Freeman OF no PIN, ~or., ,,,.
commercial. CoI W. d n. ''".
loTl Smith Vim Greenwood or p,-..
Capt C.. C. Co.mn of O.grg ,g 1'','
A"Nau of Monticello. r q r.-, ~
rose. LaN.oa Pound of D.r..r.
geo T" Mason OF 30 nor.so '.5 '..
many oih0-r engaged IN OBJ, -.
per business .n Arnn.1s Er ....'.-
Tor a p..auco Jhu tauro n.~r,r.
press OF Arkansas has sold ar, ,, ,,.
Ih'sa mon have lived m,- mg.g
10 Arkansas and have done much fo.
ward ihn upbuld.ng OF r.a srsr,
men who have raised their rnrr- ,
h'Fo and who win die and Dr.. rrrr.s
beneath One soil OF Arkansas The
EI Dorado Times saIl: We d.rv An,
charge and resent such n..ruar,or
against the country press 8e roi orfg
unjust but ma insult and a traverIv
against l0.r honor"
Books Taken From Old State Hsy,,
Tie inrnualod that ] was In some
way connected With the theft OF some
books from The state library I'm the
Old State Eouse, although no makes
no direct charge He knew full we'll
that ! went before the Pulaski Cou,.
ty Grand jury and that it was upou
my testimony aB indictment WAS re-
turned. ] have always been willing
TO give my testimony az a trial OF the
case, bur 10 the young man has not
been further prosecuted. the fault ls
not mine. as the prosecution Is In the
hands OF The court officers.
Same Auditors In Ny Office as in
Other State Offices.
When The Legislature Of 1915 con.
vonCd. o appointed Senator George
W Garrett Representative Monroe
Smith, L. A. Gentry and others. a
committee 10 audit the books OF the
state officials This committee. or any
member thereof. did not do any per.
sonal work in any Of the state depart.
mCnts. They made q contract with
Massrs, Pike. Crofton & Co. OF Mem
phIs 10 do the expert work IN gong
over the books OF the various state
officials.
Had This committee wanted 10 do
the right thing, they could have en-
.pI0yod sufficient accountants 20 do all
me- work when the Legislature was m
session and q would have been musa
less expense for the taxpayers OF the
state; but forty days after the LCgis-
laturo had adjourned. the three mem.
bcrs OF the committee we're hanging
around ao state house, receiving data
from the two accountants and giving
out exciting reports and confidential
Information about the various state or
acors. On au effort 20 Kick mp enough
dust TO Justify 'hau remaining on the
lrb at 5000 per day until Christmas
or possibly until after the next Leg
islaturo convened.
AZ the end OF the forty days, the
supreme Court decided that This CON.
m0ttca had no further authority TO co1-
rnuc their work. as they had stayed
the time provided by the constitI-
ton. After this supreme Court drcI-
sion. they did no. have any more an.
norty 10 audi. anyone8 books.
Senator CARROTS Prophecies.
All the time while Senator Garrett
WAS rndaav0gIng to stay on the pay
roll af $500 per day. be was using an
bo efforts in his power to assist In
tbo sale Of O certain convict farm IN
south Arkansas. Y he wants his va
rrous offers TO secure assistance made
ppbrIc. I will gladly give the informa-
lion. did not object 10 anyone audit
ing my books; nor would I have 90.
ioctod 10 this committee auditing my
hooks had they not stated publicly
sovor,I fines that they would put m
ort of tbe governors race. ] there
f,ro refused 10 permit them to con
,fruo their work in my Office.
NV Books opened and Audited.
Of once offered to turn my books
over TO the Arkansas Bankers Asso
cation to audit and had had any
birr I'm my Office to cover up, ! Ger.
.,InIy vouId not have proposed that
Aha p,pterq Association make tho
,rdt The Bankers Association re-
grsod TO do the work. and asked the
,J,, George W. Thornburgh to audit
- office whose integrity no man
~iu | mesuon, as he is very promi.
nont member Of The church; promt.
"1- .t nembor Of the Masonic fratcr-
.,. no , nromfncnt member Of the An
"S,loon .,sS League, and a man whose
r.nes,v and integrity is as good or
,o,, M than any member Of the com
DI,,,, Jew, which was appointed by the
I'',ol. aoI.Iotpre and which had said that
,hov would put me out ol 'he gov
ernor's race! ,,,,or m ,nvtr,rr
iiau ,-,,. have been wrong in my
that i"I9cs certainly would not have Sc.
oIIlov, once an honorable man like Col.
lecleu ',rgb o. TO audit same. He agreed
ThOThDui ." oDd as q matter of
to 90 ue al concerned, and that no