Pocahontas star herald., 1923-07-13
Little Rock Letter

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state and county, win be one of The
bitterest that has been fought In many
years. There are developing many
bnotty prOblems-Or spell it naughty IL
you will-:hat will make the days Or
JEFF Davis resemble country picnir
with dinner served on the grounds
There are more angles to the political
situation than have ever before been
developed. This condition is in the
reflex Of the unrest and uncertainty
that beset the average mind. 1t can
not be denied that there are insidious
elements of discord and disruption at
work among the people. The doc
trines of Bolshevism and l. w. w
ism. frequently under innocent ap-
pearing names, are honeymooning the
\ body polite with toxic poison that
begins to threaten the social fabric
Of the country.
It has well been denominated by
an Arkansas banker as "a Race With
Radicalism." It has been traced in
its inception to the reign of of the rad
ical in the Dakotas where it has al
ready produced confusion and a gen
eral distrust on the part Of the peo-
pie. The Non-Partisan League which
Is now i'm the saddle in North Dakota
is rapidly riding to its fall, or else it
is bringing ruin upon the people it
pretends to represent. This same. ele-
ment has already fastened its fangs
upon the public conscience of OklahO-
ma and there have been symptoms of
its presence in Arkansas during the
last two years. A prominent Oklaho-
ma banker in a letter to Robert Il.
Wait, secretary of the Arkansas
Bankers Association, sounds the fol-
lowing note Of warning which should
be needed If the state is to be saved
from the vicious influence of social
istic propaganda:
They will. no doubt, go into your
state and attempt to organize it as
they did in Oklahoma and your pre-
cautions at this time are timely to
say the least of it. 1t will very prob
ably take quick action on the part Of
the bankers and other business men
Of Arkansas to prevent them from put
ting this proposition over in your
state
Their plans of action is to form an
organization composed Of the farmers
and all of the labor groups. They go
out and make radical speeches and
line up the different groups against
the business men and especially
against the bankers. They then put
out their political ticket under the
head Of the dominant political party
In the state. which OfcOurse in your
state would be the Democratic party
as it was i'm Oklahoma. They will
then get all the politicians they can
rounded up with them and you will
be surprised at the number they can
induce to join their movement In
other words. they scare the politicians
into their movement by threatening
to defeat them should they fail to
participate.
They are absolutely in control of
this state (Oklahoma) and are max
ing the greatest mess Of things that
has ever been known and are iniuring
the state from business standpoint
to an extent that is hard to calculate.
They have made the farmers believe
that all other business men are at
tempting to rob them and are the
the cause of all their troubles at this
time So you cam see that our condi-
tion is deplorable to say the least of
it,"
Arkansas may be expected to OPP
pose vigorously the movement started
by certain Democratic leaders to foist
upon the people the candidacy of Al
Smith. Governor of New York, the
papal choice for president whose re-
nunciation of the 18th Amendment has
! branded him as one opposed to the
: spirit and letter of our constitution
. and laws. The South will not stand
for Governor Smith. 1t will break
into bitter prohibition and non-pro
hibition factions If the Democratic
Convention should so far forget itself
as to nominate him for the presidency
At least this is true in Arkansas and
Norman Mack win find that he has
! reckoned without his host when he
says that the Solid South will go Dem
ocratic whoever is nominated, The
time has long since passed when il car
be said truthfully, as was said by q
candidate for Governor of Arkansas
years ago that Arkansas would vote
the Democratic ticket if the Roth
childs wrote the platform and the
devil was the nominee Arkunsa,