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FOR LICENSE AND ROAD TAX.
Davis Runs Behind Ticket In City
Notwithstanding Crooked Work
In His Behalf—Negroes Sold
Their Votes and An Of
ficial Connived at Cor
ruption of Ballot in
Each Precinct.
Jackson county has voted for li
censed saloons and by such a tremen
dous majority that there can be little
doubt as to the sentiment of the peo
ple upon this important local issue.
The vote is so light from every pre
cinct thus far heard from, that actual
majorities need not be large to indi
cate an overwhelming victory. The
vote for license will probably be
three times as large as that cast
against this measure.
The road tax is even more popular;
the opposition had a shadow of
strength in this city, but the country
vote is nearly solidly aligned in its
lavor.
The “insurgent” republicans had no
* organization in this county, which is
the home of the chairman of the reg
ular wing, and the Greaves vote was
very scattering and will probably not
make as good a showing as that of
the prohibition candidate.
The second ward in this city, which
has been republican for the past
twelve y^irs, lined itself up in the
column ofTiavis precincts. What in
duced this political change, as well
as the complexion of the vote in the
other ward hardly rettects credit or
honor upon some of the election of
ficials, who connived at and abetted
the corruption of the ballot. To state
the case plainly, the votes of negroes
were openly bought and that the
goods might be delivered, one of the
officers at each precinct, to whom the
purchased voter applied to have his
ticket made out, furnished the said
voter a black button after his ballot
has been cast, provided that the
same had been a vote for Davis, for
license and against th9 road tax Then
and not until then upon the presen
tation of such a credential he was en
titled to his pay which consisted of
sometimes a drink of whisky and per
haps as high as a pint.
Such an offense constitutes a most
flagrant violation of those laws, which
protect the fairness and honesty of
the ballot box and the offenders
should be amenable to the penalties of
the law. This corruption also makes
it imperative that an educational
qualification for the voter should be
established1*that men who value the
rights and privileges of citizenship so
lightly and are so easily made sub
servient tools of unscrupulous poli
ticians, be no longer eligble to exer
cise this right of suffrage.
VOTE BY PRECINCTS.
First Ward—Davis 151, Myers 55,
Greaves 1, Kimball 3; for license 155,
against 54; for road tax 160, against
47.
Second Ward—Davis 78, Myers 41,
Greaves 4, Kimball 6; for license 112,
against 20; for road tax 85, against 38.
Tuckerman—Davis 154, Myers 48,
Greaves 2, Kimball 7; for license 139,
against 57; for road tax 174, against
26.
Tupelo—Davis 60, Myers 2, Greaves
2; for license 40, against 20; for road
tax 56, against 4.
Weldon—Davis 28, Myers 48,
Greaves 6, Kimball 0; for license 60,
against 21; for road tax 53, against 25.
Lower Cache—Davis 23, Myers 13,
Greaves 4, Kimball 3; for license 32,
against 11.
Upper Cache—For license 45, against
4; for road tax 44, against 4.
Cow Lake—Davis 30, opponents
nothing; for license 19, against 7; for
road tax 18, against 4.
Centerville—Davis 24,. Myers 2,
Greaves 0, Kimball 4; for license 20,
against 11.
Elgin—Davis 22, Myers 21.
Something startling in our Fall an
nouncement to be made in a few days.
Watch and wait. Wolff-Goldman
Mercantile Company. 113 b
j DAVIS RE-ELECTED.
Democratic Ticket Elected By Re
duced Majority—Light Vote Polled
Over Entire State—Myers
Probably Leads
Greaves.
Very incomplete returns have been
received from over the state, but the
vote of certain precincts from twenty
five out of seventy-five counties make
it certain that the victory of the dem
ocratic state ticket is complete, al
though its majority has probably been
reduced by the extremely light vote.
From returns at hand, Myers will
undoubtedly lead ' Greaves, though
the “insurgents” developed consider
able strength in Northern and North
western Arkansas, where in several
counties they carried the day over
the “regulars.”
Davis carried Little Rock and Pu
laski county, but ran behind the bal
ance of his ticket. However, the in
dications are that he has secured a
arge negro vote over the entire state
and this will probably give him a lead
over the rest of the Democratic state
ticket, notwithstanding the scratching
his name received by life-long Dem
ocrats.
Reports from most sections of the
state indicate that the constitutional
amendment, proposing to abolish the
per diem pay in the legislative system
and place the members on a salary,
has been adopted by a large majority.
The 3-mill road tax won in a ma
jority of the counties heard from. It
carried in Pulaski by a large majority.
Kimball, the Prohibition candidate
for governor, received a decidedly
heavier vote Monday over two
years ago.
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! GOVERNOR PARDONS O’NEAL.
I
W. R. O’Neal Granted Conditional
Pardon—Must Give Bond Ap
proved By Circuit Clerk
Never to Again Engage
In Illegal Sale of
Liquor.
Governor Davis on Saturday par
doned W. R. O’Neal of Jackson
county, who had been fined §3,600 on
the charge of violating the liquor law,
but no announcement of this fact was
made until Monday. Tne petition for
the pardon was endorsed as follows:
“Pardon granted on condition that
W. R. O’Neal do not again sell whis
ky or any other compound thereof
illegally, and that he give a good bond
to be approved by the circuit clerk of
Jackson county that he will not do so.
If the conditions of this pardon are
violated, the same to be void, and the
judgment of the court to be in full
force and effect.”
O’Neal gave the following pledge
acknowledged before a notary public:
“I, W. R. O’Neal, do solemnly swear
that I have not since January 1, 1902,
and will not engage in the unlawful
sale of liquors of any kind, so long as
I shall live.”
The pardon was refused on August
15, 1902. O’Neal, Alfred Mortenson
and J o'.in Watson were convicted at
the July term, 1902, of the illegal sale
of liquor in thirty-five cases, the
fines being §100 and costs in each.
Mortensen and Watson bad previously
been pardoned under the same con
ditions, the costs being paid in all
cases.
TO COAL CONSUMERS.
The undersigned will leave in a few
days for the coal fields and upon his |
return will be in position to offer
Domestic and Steam coal at reason
able prices. See him before placing
your order. M. K. Upshaw.
SENATOR JONES PRESIDENT
ROUND BALE COMPANY.
The Arkansas Cotton Products Com
pany filed an amendment to its origi
nal articles of incorporation Monday,
changing its headquarters from Mor
rillton to Forrest City. The company
when first incorporated was under
the name of the Arkansas Round-Lap
Bale Company. The name was soon
after changed to its present title. The
new amendment is signed by James
K. Jones, as president, and W. B.
Mann, secretary. Senator Jones’
name has never before appeared in
any capacity on the articles or amend
ments.
It was this company, and Senator
Jones’ then alleged connection with it
that were so frequently mentioned in
the Arkansas senatorial primary elec
tion of this year. The amendment
was received here by mail from New
York. The accompanying explana
tory letter was written on the letter
head of the American Cotton Com
pany, which is the owner and lessor
of the round-lap bale press. These
presses are never sold, but rented,
which has given rise to the term
“trust” in connection with the com
pany.
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