The Mena weekly star., 1920-09-16
puBLIcITY AND cRoOKEDNEss


To the Editor of The Star
If YOU viii allow me space, would
like to say few words on this SUD
iect. / saw an ad in the Mena Star
that publicity will prevent crooked
ness. Two certain men wanted to be
informed about anything crooked
that might be put over" Barnum
said "the American public likes to be
fooledn ANY sort of propaganda
can be put over" these days If it is
in the nature of criticism of the gov
eminent or officials. The greatest at
fections that might be considered
fact is these men are holding office.
| do not hear a word said about inef-
ficiency, l did hear that our county
Judge was only a fgure-head and
that he signed whatever was brought
to him without knowing or asking
what it was. / failed to get the in
side information as to who they are
or what document he signed with
ont the knowledge of what it was |
would like to call the attention Of the
J. P.'s of the county to the last meet
ing of the quorum court. The appro-
priation for tick eradication was
thoroly discussed and was lost by
majority of votes. Then some OF the
members retired to the county clerk
Office to sign the docket, in their alb
sence a certain member made
motion to reconsider and appropriate
$1,000 to continue the dipping. Now
did we get a fair deal or not when
our chairman, Mr.. Finger, overruled
the motion, declaring it out of order ?
Did we get fair deal at the special
meeting of the quorum court under
Judge Wear? Did not some of his
running mates appeal this unfair and
ridiculous appropriation of $4,000 TO
superior court :? Now personally
there are things that admire about
Judge Wear and all the men on that
ticket, but politically, / regard them
as crooked.
They knew there was no chance for
them in a primary election as some
of them were defeated for third
term-and becoming disgruntled over
their defeat, decided to get up a new
political side show party for the bene-
fit of their own political selfish greed.
So this propaganda being spread
turnout the county by men of the
same political rank of the candidates
to poison the minds and prejudice the
people against the primary and the
county officials. You said that there
would be no primary, that there were
not enough democrats left for the
judges and the clerks and that this
condition existed all over the county.
Did you not warn committeeman
and almost threaten him with vio-
lence if he attended democratic CEN
trail committee meeting? You are
ealing us autccrats; what do you call
this but autocracy?
We have two great political part
les; they have stood the test for years
and if our county officials had been
guilty of inefficient management our
republican friends would have placed
, ticket in the field, our Benedict
Arnolds and Judas Iscariots thought
lit opportune to spring up new
mushroom side show and spread pro-
paganda that would cause people to
jump out of the frying pan into an all
! consuming fire. Now if we do not
consider, first whom are we follow
ing? Are we jumping into the fire !?
Who ever heard of one of these
mushroom parties lasting over one
term of office? History repeats itself.
You are bowling about the road
districts, saying it was midnight leg
islation. Now you know notice was
given to all the people that these bills
would be introduced in the legisla-
ture. Why did you not file you OBJ
jections then when it would have
availed something? Why did you
wait till these laws were passed and
then set up your howl? Now you
fellows all want roads but you do not
want to cough up the dough to build
them.
One of my neighbors told me that
he had been informed at the meeting
to kill the jefferson highway, that his
road tax was $1,000. On investiga-
ton we find that his total regular
assessment is $1,000 on his land, and
that his assessed benefits on the JEFF
ferson highway are. $500 or SIS per
year for 20 years. Now this is the
way this tommyrot gets spread
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