The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1917-01-18
THE PASSING OF AN IMBECILE.

HE PASSINC Vi AN lMBEClLE.
Since the day when man first began reckoning
Time Society has been forced to deal with certain of it's
members who were of lower order than the great
ority 1t became necessary to pass laws for individual
protection and for the preservation of property rights
The general trend of human thought and human endeavOr
has been toward ideals which, realized would place
the county, the state, and the nation, in possession of
those things which tend to cultivate, upft, educate
Prisons and pentenares have been provided for the
ceptona oWbrow who declines to conform to the rules
of social justice and social equity.
1t sometimes happens, in the case of South Caro-
lima few years ago, that lowbroW specimen pushes
himself forward politically and lays violent hands upon
important positions. But South Carolina bushed from
shame and proved to it's sister states that the incident
was deporabe blumder Today South Carolina is not
so disgracefuly ruled.
Arkansas has Just kicked out, without ceremony a
man whose administration has been of complete de-
poation Nothing can be accomplished now by refer
ing to his multiplied deeds of misconduct other than to
IMPRESS upon the states electorate it's deep disgrace Per-
laps better insight into the painful situation may be
lad if consider the view expressed by Dr. E. P. Bled
oe late superintendent of the hospital for treatment of
nervous diseases Df Bedsoe, specialist in matters af
Getting ones mind when asked for cear-cut statement
With reference to his conception of Gov. Hays, replied
hat it unknd for the public to expect the chief
cutve to discharge the affairs Of state with degree of
intelligence such normal man possesses DR.. Bled-
does not believe Hays is Intellectually capable of de-
,dng questions where thought is an essential and he
adds weight to this opinion by stating that the Hays fam
y is below the average in the scale Of intelligence. At
times the Governor has seemed to be completely insane
This attribute to his low order of reasoning. Ar
KANSAS has paid heavy price for the Hays fiasco If
he harm done could end with his going out Of office all
might be we'll The slate would be erased and new
beginning undertaken. This, however, is not possible
Wherever newspapers circulated the faint Of Hayssm
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Ter his guidance has spread and has tainted the entire
body peltc.H ThepoOr fellow is to- pitied immensely
all Weakngs, but his political experience has been
costly to permit of joking. 1t does seem that
mental halfbreed would realize the extent of his weak
aess understand did not resign
long ago. when it became plain to him that the job OF be-
ng governor the task of full grown It
strange that outraged public should have hesated
bout applying the Ku-Klux treatment Certainly if
lghtrdng Justified upon the theory of social pres
rvation following the carpetbag ea it's benefits should
have been sought during the past few months in deal
ing with George Hays. Not statesman not even q
rood politician not who adheres too closely to truth
not business man; not reasoner-n not anything that
enters into the makeup of gubernatoria timber Hays
has brought upon the state in rapid succession many
sgraces that it would require more than one full edition
o enumerate them. We have personal il-will for
iov Hays He is far beneath contempt He is not even
IF sufficient moment to Justify ones dislike. creature
whose paIdOnn9 record has made Arkansas blush With
name; mental invalid and base tickster when the
Dawn of associates who could think and plan, the last
lays of Hays have been. crowned with nfamy. We
trust that good God will not deal with Hays in the next
world as cruelty as he has dealt with Arkansas
Farewell, Gov. Hays 1t is our earnest desire that
he people of this state with whom you to live as
private citizen will appreciate your inherent weaknesses
and deal with you kindly than you dealt with them
while you chief executive.
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