Hon. William A. Hodges
The Next Congressman from the Second
Congressional District
My friends throughout the
district tell me they are tired
of being misrepresented in
Congress by lawyers and that
Oldfield and Northcutt have
not promised to protect the
farmers and business men from
the gamblers, speculators and
middlemen, so far as they can
find out, and that they are
going to try a business man
which is gratifying to me.
1 believe I will get more
votes than both of my oppon
ents.
Will ask Mr. Oldfield to tell
the farmers what he has done
to stop the New York Cotton
Exchange from gambling on
cotton and grain, thereby rob
bing the farmer out of $500,
000,000 annually. The first
bill I shall introduce will be a
bill to abolish the gambling
| dens, thereby giving the pro
ducer the full benefit of his
' labor.
I shall vote against all ex
ravage nt and useless appropri
ations thereby will reduce the
natinoal debt and reduce the
rate of taxation.
Congress was asked to pass
laws adequate to suppress the
high cost of living.but.they.have
: turned a deaf ear to the de
mands of the people. It seems
; to me we need a new ‘Congress
—a Congress of successful
business men and not a Con
gress of politicians and law
j \ ers as we have now. A Con
gress that will use economy in
making appropriations.
Yours, for a great victory for
the people on the 10th day ol
August.
W. A. HODGES
Candidate for Congfess.
I. J. MATHENY ENTERS
REPRESENTATIVE’S RACE
To the Voters of Indepen
dence County:
When on the 9th I complied
with the corrupt practice Act,
with the view of making' the
race for the Legislature 1 had j
no idea that so many good j
men would offer their services
for this same office, I under
stand now, that there are nine
who have complied with the
law and signed the pledge with
the Central (Committee.
You will pardon reference
to myself, but as many of you
remember I served in the Leg
islature of 1903, and so far asi
I know, I have never been
criticised by the citizenship of
the county for the record 1
made at that time. Among the
many things I did while there,
I amended the State Capitol
Bill so that Independence fur
nished the stone for the first
two stories of the building
which brought to our county
over Four Hundred Thousand
Dollars; l fought and practi
cally defeated an appropria
tion for a confederate monu
ment and raised the levy f°r
confederate pensions; I assisted
in cutting the levy for State
general purposes one fourth
mill, the only time state taxes
has been lowered in my re
membrance. I fought and did
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aid to keep down extravagent
appropriations. A short time
after the Legislature adjourned
1 visited our good old friend,
Col. Tipton, who was then
State Treasurer, and he show
ed me the States money and
i told me that he had a million
dollars and that the State was
out of debt.
Since that time our assessed
valuation has almost doubled,
tax rates have gone higher,
laws have been passed taxing
incomes, and other means of
laising revenue have' been de
vised until we raise double the
amount of money we did then,
still the State ewes for bor
rowed money and gave now**,
in 1917, to the amount of Sev
en Hundred and Fifty Thous
and dollars, and the last Leg
islature appropriated $126,
639.57 to pay the expense of
making this lean and to pay
interest on the notes. Our
financial condition is just
about as bad as it was when
the republicans were ousted
from power, they left the State
heavy in debt with Thirty eight
cents in the Treasury and that
was postage stamps stuck to
the cash drawer.
One of the reasons for our
present financial condition is,
that every Legislature for the
past fifteen years have created
one or more Boards or commis
sions, and assigned the differ
ent duties with a membership
from three to nine, with clerks
and stenographers to do their
clerical work all at a high
salary, with a bountiful appro
priation to pay salaries and
contingent expenses, all ap
pointed by the Governor. It
was said by one candidate that
“if you would visit the State
Capitol at the noon hour when
they all went to dinner you
would think that Billy Sunday
was holding meeting there and
had dismissed his congrega
tion.’’ Most of these offices are
useless, not only useless but
they enable the Governor to
Political Announcements
The Journal is authorized to
announce the following' candi
dates for the respective offices
mentioned, subject to the ac
tion of the Democratic primary
For Congress—
,W. A. HODGE:',
W. A. OLDFIELD
For Prosecuting Attorney—
HUGH WILLIAMSON
W. M. THOMPSON
EARL C. CASEY
For Circuit Clerk—
W. R. WESTBROOK
R. W. TUCKER „
For Tax Assessor—
G. O. MAGNESS
R. L. MUST A IN
OSCAR T. JONES
For County Clerk—
G. W. BROWNING
For Sheriff—
NOAH HARRIS
E. F. DeCAMP
For Representative—
JOHN C. BONE
M. M. RUTHERFORD.
For County Judge—
S. D. LINDSEY
For County Treasurer—
BURT ARNOLD
JAMES K. YORK
For Tax Collector—
OSCAR O. WRIGHT
GEO. W. WYATT
For Road Overseer—Magness
Township
w. E. GRESHAM
O. M. MILLER
For Road Overseer—Big Bot
tom Township
H. T. MAGNESS.
build up a powerful political <
machine for himself or for any- \
one else that he chooses to sup- J
port for a state office. ' \
'fhes Boards or offices with <
other extravigant appropria- 4
tions are costing Arkansas a <
million dollars more than is 4
i ; e-sary to run the State gov- <
ernment and if elected 1 will <
make an effort to abolish most *
el them ami if any seems to <
be necessary, make them elect- <
ed by the people as all officers <
should be elected. I will do <
all in my power to keep down ^
extravigant appropriations. \
1 promise, if elected to take <
r .m the Highway commission <
the Automobile tax and give it 4
back to each county to be 4
placed in the special road fund 4
or the County general fund to 4
i>o appropriated by the Quor- 4
um Court as they see proper. *
1 his means approximately <
$5000 to Independence Countv. •
Should our County want a
road district I promise to write
a bill that will stand a test in
the Courts and that no bill will
be passed to make any im
provement of any kind unless
approved by a majority,of the
taxpayers affected, by vote, ,
after due notice is given. <
If you believe in my honesty
and ability I will appreciate
your support, but if you be
lieve that some one else has
more ability to fight your bat
tles on the floor of the Ark
ansas Legislature it is your du
ty to vote for them.
I. J. MATHENY.
Thomas Dixon is one of the
most profound thinkers and
greatest writers this country
has ever produced. One of his
master productions, “The One!
Woman” will be shown at the I
Royal next Monday and Tues-:
Seiec: a
Governor
Like you buy
A HOR^E
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p o i n t s
The ns an who will make Aransas a great governor
must not be a sectionalism He . must not be a dema
gogue. He must not be a narrow minded egotist who
has absorbed all the knowledge ntended tor the en
[ tire commonwealth. He must be a man oi force, yet
► amicable, a man who will listen to all factions inter
► ested and render a decision based upon justice to all.
► He must be a God fearing person, with the interest of
£ Arkansas and her people at heart. Such a person is
; Smead Powell
► A native Arkansan, a man whoby perseverance and
ability to cope with any situation that arose has
forged to the front. Smead Powell is the candidate
whose ability to fill the position with credit to the
state is admitted by all factions, no matter whom
they may be supporting in the contest for governor.
A vote cast for him is a vote cast for a new and
better Arkansas. He can be depended upon for a
constructive administration. H is priciples are sound
and his judgment is a proven quantity
For Good Roads But Against Taxation
Without the CONSENT of the Taxpayer
Smead Powell Heaaquarters
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