Pocahontas star herald., 1916-01-07

One Of my honorable opponents says
that perhaps ] am "diguiiicl" enough
for the high position of governor.
believe In the proper amount OF digui
~, my friends, but right now, in Ar.
kansas, We need acre common sense
than dignity. Dignity will not solve
the pcrplcx problems Of state, which
will confront the governor during the
next administration, nor will 10 pull
the general revenue fund "Out Of the
hole. Dignity will not care for the
blind and deaf children Of the state,
and provide them bread aud clothes at
q decent living price, nor win it pay
the heroic old Confederate soldier or
widow, Que hundred cents ON the dollar
for their pension. Right nov We need
men IN office who have made @ study
Of state affairs from the ground up,
not men who have jumped bon ou the
spur Of the moment, 20 buy the office
with their boarded wealth, not men
who happen to be out Of job af'cr
20 continuous years on the pay roll
and not men who have drlitcd into the
state and commenced running for office
as soon as they have paid "a poll tax.
For that matter the constitution of Ar
kansas does not state that dignity ~
one of the qualifications for the office
Of governor, nor docs it state that
poetry is one Of the qualifications or
requirements for the position. II atgni-
ty and poetry are 10 be vital issues be-
tween my opponents and myself in this
campaign, then | shall be forced TO re-
quest the gentlemen TO postpone the
campaign. while | hire substitute.
After ! am elected governor, however,
the good people who come to see me
will feel at home in the office, TO say
the least Of il and there s library con
venient with shelves full Of poetry II we
happen to need II. So far as the digni-
ty Of the occasion is concerned, ny op-
ponents will be hanging around the
office, applying for appointments from
morning until night, every day, ana we
can borrow dignity from them.
The Farmers Of Arkansas.
For the past so years the farmers OF
this great state have been making
amazing progress, hut their efforts have
not been appreciated at all times, as
they should have been. The tillers OF
the soil have worked and looked ahead
to the dawn of the day when their sons
and daughters could receive a Practical
college education at home-not an over,
abundance of Latin, Greek, Caesar and
Cicero, but an education which would
help them to produce two ears OF corn
where only one car grew for their rain
ers, and corn Of n bigger and better
grade, and better price. Only a rev
years ago the farmer s dream was real
lied by the establishment of four tnor.
ough State Agricultural schools, locat-
ed in the growing cities of Jonesooro,
Russallvillc. Monticello and Magnolia.
These schools are doing the best and
most effective work for the future that
is being done I'm the state today, al
though the public schools, especially
those I'm the rural districts, the mga
schools and the gcollogcs are doing their
work well ia training along proper
lines the boys and girls Of today who
are TO be the men aud women Of to-
morrow. ! have visited these agFlcui-
tural schools, and kept in close touch
with them, a.d we all realize that they
are reaching class Of worthy youh
men and women who are not Ieachcd
by any other schools or colleges. These
schools will have, as they have always
had, my hearty and sincere support
vhcn / am elected vour governor; and