Pocahontas star herald., 1916-01-07

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+ he advoed
. The county
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/ five or ted
/ fIcea and
on its fa@I
] mel MeRaV
+ few days ~
/ of their ow
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I find him
of increas
I up there !
Z him doEei
| clerks. etc
| a wild ida
/ thinks miH
/ u means 1
I or ten thou
I oncl c2pla
/ iffs or cXt
I hy aud osc
I NoRae, but ~
! With his hcavy
! life Insurance
| Gus land holdingsY
]
/ smell one assessor l0~iiles
two assessors might cause
/ TO leave the state, and as he
citizen, aud has lots OF moneV,V
keep him In Arkansas and get mon
his property on the tax books
might help the general revenue fund y
little. DR., Brough ought to be asham-
ed of himself for disturbing the colo
| mel that way,
The University IN Politics.
My good friend, Dr. Brough, speaks
boastingly OF how he came 10 Arkan-
/ sas H. years ago, and of how much hd
loves the state, but hc forgcts TO tel
| YOU that he was hired 90 come TO Az
kansas In the first place. lie was hired
/ 10 come 10 the university ms one Of the
| faculty, aud hc has been paid 90 stay
here, otherwise he might be running
| for governor of Mississippi or Mary.
land, where he once resided. lie has
been on the state pay roll for "A longer
period than / have, and has been
drawing a better salary, and all this
| time he has been occupying a "chair'
| In the university aud running FOR gov
emoF. lie has been so nice TO his stu.
| dents that he is known az the funk.
lessn professor 60 all Of them; that is,
they an pass. / have heard Il said that
| most OF them were graded 1876 ON their
examination papers, 90 be sure that IL
| was strong enough. lie Is an elegant
| gentleman, 20 be sure, but no one ever
accused him Of having any executive
ability. The doctor Is a typical college
professor, and nothing more, and for IL
years he has been travelling over the
state nc the state expense, imagining
he was running for governor, aud the
balance Of the time he has been leaning
| back in his easy chair at the university,
| overlooking the beautiful city Of lay
| ctteyille, and most Of the common
| school branches lie talks Of getting
the university out Of politics, but DR..
Brough alone has put more politics into
the university, and is putting the uni.
yersity more into politics than had been
J the ease for 30 years before he landed
| here, with a carpctbag ia one hand, aud
| grabbing a voter with the other. For
that matter, II he had stayed in his
home state he might have "stoOd
| trial" and "come clear anyway
University Would Absorb Agricultural
Schools
Judging from the manner In which
DR.. Brough and his followers are con.
ducting their campaign, the final out.
come will be that the university will
absolutely control aud run the state 3
business, II the doctor should accidental
! Nv be elected. For instance, "a bunch Of
some three or four hundred young stu.
dents in the university have organized
what they are pleased TO term a
"Brough Club, - and these students are
attending tho University at Faycite-
ville and receiving the benefits Of the
taxes paid by the citizens Of the state
for the support Of the university. The
doctor is having Brough clubs organ.
lied by his college boys all over the
state, and their main aud only plea for
the election OF their champion Is that
| he is a university man and is backed
by the university. ] 10 not believe the
time has come when the people Of the
| state desire 10 turn their entire 1usi-
ness, and the institutions, over 20
college professor, who has had no ex-
! pcricnce along executive lines, and
whose chief advisers are mere boys,
who have only heard him lecture on
| philosophy, and tell them about the
time when he used TO see Woodrow viii
son pass down the street every morn
ing. The elevation Of Doctor Br0ugh
TO the office Of governor, would mean
the virtual absorption Of the agricul.
turai schools-four in uumbcr-by the
state university, and would sound
death knell 10 the hopes and ambitions
Of the farmer boys and girls Of the
state, who desire a practical education
at home. The state university can be
made 10 fill a very important place in
the educational affairs Of Arkansas,
but the uHiyersity's gradual absorption
Of the four agricultural schools, would
absolutely destroy the usefulness Of
them all. The university should be lib.
orally, not extravagantly, Supported,
and it shall be my policy to assist in
its growth, but l shall not favor, nor
allow il, 10 dominate the affairs OF tho
entire state government. A more de-
| plOrable and dangerous condition Of af.
fairs could not be imagined than 10
have DR.. Brough in the governor g
chair, and the university supported by
a special tax levy, which would allow
the university to run wild in its ex-
travagant salaries and expenses, while