THE INDEPENDENT
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The Rogers Democrat support
ed Brundidge before the prim- j
ary; if he was fairly and honest- j
ly defeated we are satisfied. If i
he was defeated by fraud, we
want to see the dishonest elec- j
fion officials punished and the
nomination go to the man who |
deserved it. We have no opinion |
as to the question of fraud for ,
we have no means whatever of
knowing the slightest thing n
bout it, and we are willing to
wait until the evidence is in be
fore we air our ideas.—Rogers j
Democrat.
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There is no denying the fact j
that when it comes to corraling,
politicians with their hands be-j
hind them, Gene Wiliams is a (
daisy and no mistake: He "made, j
a visit to Helena .just after the :
gubernatorial primary and
seems to have completely hyp
notized that willy nilly bunch
down there. Wonder what dope
he used on them? Was it feder
al patronage or good, hard
Plunks? And the Phillips coun
ty Democracy—so called—wears
Gene Williams' collar, does it?
Oh you cinnamon scented bunch!
Crack your whip. Gene, and keep
’em walking about. "How the
mighty have fallen.”—Marianna
Index.
Brundidge And His Contest.
Hon. Steve Brundidge, defeat
ed on the face of the returns as
democratic nominee for govern
or, has contested the count and '•
thereby has placed his political!
identity in the balance. Should |
the result be favorable a politi
cal vista opens before him.1
Should he fail to make his
charges good his career is end-1
ed.
The psychology of this is that |
the world hates a hard loser—|
unless the hard loser can make 1
good. If he can’t make good he
is called a joker for not taking
his medicine when it is handed
him.
On the other hand, there is the
voter to be considered and the
good name of the party for
conducting clean and honest pri
maries. If it is true, as claimed,
that there has been fraud, the
party and people should know
it that they may properly punish
and spew out those who have
smirched the party honor and
struck a blow at the root of
civil liberty—the ballot. In
view of the many charges of
this kind made it may not be a
bad idea to thresh out the mat
ter, although, under present cir
cumstances. there does not ap
pear to be time enough to make .
a thorough and impartial inves
tigation. The temper of the j
people, However, admits of no (
question; they are in a state of j
high disgust with the political
status of affairs in Arkansas and j
when some plan is sugested.
though it be radical, for getting
rid of the job hunting oligarchy
that is using the state for base ;
personal ends that plan is going
to be enthusiastically adopted.—
P'ort Smith Times Record.
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Thou Shalt Not Steal.
How long will the rank and file
of the party submit to political
thievery and corruption upon the
part of those who lead the party
and still vote the ticket Not al
ways, we should guess. ^ ellow-1
dogisrn is dying—dying hard,
but it's going. Those who con
trol the party and profit through
holding the offices and dealing J
out the patronage have worked j
that racket too long now, and j
our .judgment is the average
voter sees lights he never saw :
before. The people are weary j
and sick of political methods!
which they know are reprehen
sible. They will revolt someday.
The leaders of the democratic i1
party in this state are as cer-;
tainly carrying the party to de
feat and destruction as the i
wheels of time move and the
mills of the gods grind.
The Progressive party has al-;
ready nominated Col. George W.
Murphy for governor. He is
nothing more or less than a j
democrat disgusted with the
methods and chicanery of his ;
own party. He served through-1
out the war as a Confederate j
soldier. As a campaign orator
he will more than hold his own
with most comers. The point
we want to make is that with
such an array of facts in his
Hands as we are convinced he i
will be able to secure before this
Brundidge-Hays contest is over,
and with thirty days in which to
make a canvass of the state,
Col. Murphy would give either
Judge Hays or Mr. Brundidge
the fight of his life. He might
not be elected. Th
At any rate it would be a cam
paign of education, in v/hich the
voters would secure a lot of in
formation that they would not
soon forget.
Neither Mr. Brundidge nor
Judge Hays can go before the
people with a clean, clear title to
the democratic nomination for
governor. A clear title can
come alone from an honest ex
pression of the public will, hon
estly counted. Only a clouded
title can come from eleventh
hour returns, from the state
central committee or from the
courts.
But the big question does not
end with this contest between
two men. Shall the democratic
party obey the Eighth Com
mandment?—Sharp County Re
cord.
How It Works.
It is said that there are only
about 70 poll tax receipts in Al
pena township, democrats and
republicans and Bull Moosers all
together. Yet according to the
returns there were 100 votes
cast in the democratic primaries
last Saturday.—North Ark. Her
ald.
And the peculiar thing about
me aoove state oi an airs is tnat
Judge Hays carried the town-1
ship.—Searcy Citizen.
Well, yes. by 102 to 1. there is
where the trouble comes in. The
Hays men voted every republi
can they could, and every demo
crat they could drag across the
line from Carroll county. Never
mind, something is going to hap
pen some of these days and
those fellows over in Alpena will
wish they hadn’t. Mind what
we tell you. The decent and
good citizens of old Boone are
not going to stand for such pro
cedure any longer. There is an
other day coming.—Harrison
Daily Herald.
Render State a Service.
Judge Martineau in upholding;
the Brundidge injunction, said
in part:
“I am convinced that the com-1
mittee did not give Mr. Brun
didge a hearing within the mean
ing of the law. The act clothed
the committee with the authori
ty and power to compel the pro- j
iuction of ballots and poll books
in any county where demanded
t>y the contestant. To say the j
least, the committee quibbled
and evaded this duty. They had
the power to command the ser
vice-, of the sheriff or other offi
cers of the state to demand th
delivery of the poll books and
jallots.
“The pretended hearing given
by the committee was a travesty
upon justice and a denial of
the rights of the contestant.
They did not obey the mandate
of the court in truth or in spirit
and I have said to the attorneys
representing the contestant that
upon request 1 would cite them
for contempt, and compel res
pect and obedience to the orders
of the court, though I would be
:ompelled to proceed against men
who are my personal friends.”
This from one of the greatest
judges in Arkansas, sounds the
death knell to machine politics
in Arkansas. It means that
henceforth when fraud is com
mitted in a county that the state
central committee must produce
the ballots and poll books and
not defy the laws of the state.
Mr. Brundidge has rendered
the state a greater service than
any man in recent years in his
fight against political corruption
and much credit should be given
Norwood, Stayton and other
staunch followers who stood by
him in this great tfiuse.—Jones
boro Tribune.
IS NEWPORT SATISFIED?
The Evidence Is Convincing. The
Testimony Open To Investi
gation.
Before a statement can be ac
cepted here, it must be suppoi't
ed by local testimony—by the
evidence of someone residing in
Newport. Statements from un
known people in remote places,
may be true, but we cannot
prove them. Here is a statement
by a Newport man:
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2, Box 97, Newport, Ark., says:
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They cured her and later I used
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Their action in my case was just
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procured at Dutton’s Drug Store
(Now Walker’s Pharmacy) and
have always been so beneficial
that I willingly confirm our for
mer endorsement.”
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