The Little River news., 1916-02-23
HODGES DRAWS
 LARGE CROWD
Spoke tO Crowded House Here Sat. urday Afternoons; Good Crowd
 Also at Foreman.

Hon. Earle w. Hodges, candidate 1 for governor of Arkansas spent Sat urday campaigning in Little River county, speaking at Foreman in the morning and at Ashdown in the after noon. At Foreman he spoke to a good crowd a large percentage of l whom were farmers. It being a busy day many of the business men were unable to attend. He was introduced by F. K. Davis. MT. Hodges made a good impression.
 Mir. Hodges was greeted by large crowd at Ashdown, where he began speaking at 2:30 and spoke until , o'clock. It was representative crowd of farmers, business and pro fessional men and fair sprinkling of ladies in the audience. Good delegat- ions were represented from as many as five townships in the county, Jefferson, Rea River. Cleveland. Arden ana Franklin The audience was estimat- ed az 800 or more
 fudge Lon T. JCnes introduced the 1 speakers Herbert Wilson Of Hope, Cand date for railroad commissiCnc made brief speech in which he pre- scnted lis candidacy, He was well re- cci' ed
 Nr. Pledges was next :n.roduceG as tlie ncXt governor of Arkansas, a man, whC as secretary of state had served l the people efficiently and honestly. Mir. i Hodges at once launched into his sracCii Being farm raised Arkan sas rroduct the speaker knew his peo- pie and his appeal to them was i human appeal.
 MT. Hodges outlined his platform, which in brief follows:
 He is opposed in an increase in the present rate of taxation, which he said was large enough. He was in favor of economy in expenditures. He said that at the present rate revenues were , increasing, and that in two years the state would be out of debt, S50O.0OO to &he good He opposed bond issues C. borrowed money to run the state. He was for the four agricultural schools and pledged himself to appoint C.: their boards Gnly practical bushes, i farmers. He was for demonstration work and the girls canning clubs and i was supporting them out of his own pockets. He stood for good roads, and c> crything that would make Arkansas l Letter and mere prosperous. He fav- ored 8 central marketing plan for that the Farmers Union of the South were demanding it. He favored as immigration department for the state He favored adequate support for the University, but believed it should be taken out of politics. He pai1 I high tribute tc, the Confederate soldier and got 100 cents on the dollar on his pen sion. He said that Dr. Brough ignor- ed the Confederate soldier in his open ing address and was not true to them nor to Brough's own father, who was a Union soldier, when he did 1t,
 He said very little about Judge Smith He said that Smith had bolt ed the party and had voted for Rem mel, the right hand man Of Powell Clayton. He paid his respects to pr. Brough at length. He said the doctor was running on poetry and impractical theories. He was a master at ridicule and handed it to the doctor in large doses, bringing forth much cheers and laughter He said that the doctor had dcne nothing but be polite and profess" in some big college. Said 1 he was the nice-nice-nicest man he ever saw. He attacked Brough's tax policy said he was tax mad, and quot ed Tom McRae in saying that Brough $ i tax plan would bankrupt the state. He also attacked Brough on his township assessor plan, which would give the state at least 150 negro assessors in south and east Arkansas that being the number of negro j. P's at present. He attacked the doctors views on the race 1 question and referred to a lecture that 1 the latter had made on the negro ques- tion, and which had been published in the Gazette.
 BrOugh's Tax Record.
 MT. Hodges said that the doctor was not only great on poetry and dig nifty, and a graceful two-stepper and side-stepper, but one of the dandiest little tax dodgers on record. During his first aiY yeara as manher If tho