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TELEPHONE NUMBER 49-4.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1902.
The candidates foi governor will
address the people at Ratesville
Saturday, the 23rd, inst., at 10
o'clock, a. ni.
It would show more consistency
in Uncle Sum to admit those
Western territories that are knock
ing so anxiously for admittance to
statehood before attempting to
force Cuba into the union.
T. M. Woods 1ms again become
the owner of the W hite County
News, having purchased the plant
a few days ago from C. 11 ('.
Howard, to whom lie sold it about
a year ago. Mr. Woods is one of
the best newspaper men in the
state, and the fraternity will glad
ly welcome his return to harness.
Of course (x. Wash. Windbag
can't tell a lie, but how is he going
to get around that statement from
lion. Arthur Neill f He says the i
ballots from Big Bottom were
delivered to Batesville o. k. in
1898, and Mr. Neill was chairman
of the central committee at that
time. Come down Windbag,
and acknowledge the corn, we've
got you treed.
Matheny and a few of his over
jiealous friends are responsible for
the present political situation in
this county. They could have
averted it by agreeing to a new
primary between he and Arnold.
Judge Arnold favored a new pri
mary, but Matheny and his ad
visors have fought the proposition
for a new primary with a zeal
born of desperation. A new pri
mary would have settled the dis
pute satisfactorily to both sides
and harmony would have been the
result. But Matheny seemed to
think lie should rule or ruin, and
it may possibly be his ruin.
Beane Sells to McHenry.
The largest deal that lias been
eonsumated in Newark in a num
ber of years took place Saturday,
when It. K. McHenry bought from
S. C. Beano his brick business
bouse and entire stock of general
merchandise. This is the most
vaiuame nusiness properly m
Newark and. if the town continues
to grow and prosper, will, in a
few years, be worth an enormous
sum of money.
The amount involved in the
transaction is between f!>,0CK) and
I 10,000. Mr. Mcliemy took
charge of the business the first of
lh“ week.
Mr. Beane will take a well
earned rest, for awhile at least,
but will be in the cotton and corn
market this Fall.
additionaTT local.
Henry and Lee Meyhan return
ed to their lespective duties at;
the State Blind School at Little!
Rock Saturday, after a short hut
pleasant visit with home folks.
Piof. A, V. Hamilton, former
ly principal of the Dos .veil Insti
tute at Newport, is here getting
up a township map of the county.
We acknowledge a pleasant call.
An old lady Uy the name of
Morris, who was in destitute cir
cumstances, died a few miles be
low town Sunday and was burned
Monday. J.A. Anehultz donat
ed his woi k in making a cottin
and the other necessaries were
bought by a public contribution.
TIIE CAMPAIGN OPENS
County Candidates Indulged in n
Warm Debate at Salado
Last Honday.
Special to The Journal.
Salado, Aug. 11.—The county
campaign opened at this place to
day and, from present indications,
will be full of interest from now
until it closes on the first day of
September, when the great battle
of ballots takes place.
The speaking opend at 10:30
o’clock and was warm from start
to finish. The warmth of the dis
cussion for a while made one think
he was in the tropical regions.
I. J. Matheny opened the speak
ing, and was introduced by Sheriff
Hinkle as one of the democratic
nominees for representative, to
which Judge M. L. Arnold object
ed. Hinkle then agreed to an
nounce them as each claiming to
be the nominee of the democratic
party. Matheny's speech did
reasonably well under the circum
stances. lie was embarrassed con
siderably, he said, not knowing
what would follow, and when his
speech was ended he was complete
ly exhausted. It is freely pre
dieted that he will break down be
fore the campaign closes.
J udge Arnold was the next speak
er and made an able defense of Big
Bottom and the charges against
her. He was interrupted several
times by one of the committee
who canvassed the returns and a
hot debate was on between them
for some time, in which the com
mitteeman was badly worsted, it
is the general opinion among a
majority of those present that the
committeeman acted very badly
toward Arnold, but Captain
Engles, one of the most respected
and influential democrats of the
township, said it only made votes
for Arnold.
Next came C. H. Ilogan, who
said among other things that they
even accused him of stealing bal
lots and ballot boxes, lie denied
it and proved it false. Ilogan
gave a good account of himself,
and made a favorable impression.
Last, but not least, came J. C.
Stroud. He quoted scripture from
tienesis to Revelation and history
from the fall of the’ Roman Em
pire to the present time, and pre
dieted that we would fall, too, for
history was repeating itself, and
said that our modern democracy
was too corrupt. He wound up
by telling a funny joke on the
central committee, which I will
give later.
It is reported that Capt. Engles
and Mr. Kaneaster came near mix
ing in a tistic encounter after we
had left. It is a well known fact
that they are not together on the
question at issue.
Nothing of importance occurred
wwmi any oi me oilier canmaates
SOME PERTINENT FACTS.
Just ut present the democratic
voters of Independence county are
much interested in the gang-rule
tactics which developed at the re
cent meeting of the county central
committee. There has been, for
some time, a systematic effort on
the part of a certain clique, headed
by one J. B. Gray, to fasten upon
the democratic party of the county
one of the worst frauds ever per
petrated on an unsuspecting pub
lic.
Mr. Gray has been a sworn ene
my to honesty from the very mo
ment that it was found that, some
of his friends and kinsmen were
defeated in the primary, and since
that time lie has left no stone un
turned in his endeavor to perpe
trate some kind of fraud. In fact
"Fraud or bust1’ seems to have
been his motto, and that he lias
THE BANK OF NEWARK,
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Capital $20,000.
.1. A. \\ ii.i.ia.mscin, President. \ , L. Pascok, Vice President.
T. II. DkaMxo, Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
J. A. WlMJASlsoV,
C. M. Edwards,
M. S. Fisukh.
V. L. Pascoe,
S, C. Heane,
J. P. M AON ESS.
W. H. Jones,
lived up to it there is no plausible
room for doubt.
What amount Mr. Gray has re
ceived for his efforts in this direc
tion we are unable to say, but it is
an evident fact that lie has been
well paid or that his retaining ca
pacity for corruptness is unlimit
ed and this, coupled with a hell
born desire to disrupt the demo
cratic party in his endeavor to
| heap undeserved and uncalled for
humiliation on one of the county’s
banner democratic townships, is at
the bottom of this affair.
The idea seems to prevail with
this little clique that the control of
the central committee means the
control of the democratic party,
and that the democracy of Inde
(jiendence county is an organization
of the clique, by the clique for the
especial benefit of the clique and
it’s favored friends. However,
some day the rank and tile of the
party may grow tired of this kind
of domination and bring about a
reaction that will result in the po
litical funeral of the entire gang.
That this clique has managed to
secure the control and co-operation
of certain members of the central
committee is no honor to them or
their methods, nnd tends in no
wise to exonerate their proceed
ings in this attempt to thwart the
will of the party.
Be it said, to the honor of the
members of the committee who
represent the staunch democratic
townships, they have stood firm
and have exerted every honorable
influence to settle the question in
dispute in a satisfactorily manner.
They have, with one accord, fav
ored and fought for a new primary
to settle the nomination of the dis
putant nominees, but the friends
of Mr. Matheny, especially this
(fray-headed clique organized in
Barren and other populist-republi
can townships, have fought the
proposition for a new primary
with a zeal born of desperation.
Their one hope and chief aim has
been to perpetrate fraud of some
kind, 'prevent a new primary to
uncover it and then lay the blame
oil' onto Big Bottom township.
They want to make Big Bottom
the scape-goat, create a prejudice
against Big Bottom and then ride
into office on the effect of that
prejudice.
One of the best- evidences of the
fact that Mr. Mathenv’s claim to
the nomination is doubted, even in
his own home and by a member of
the canvassing1 board which made
the re-count of the primary re
turns from Big Bottom, is the fact
that lion. Ernest Neill, central
committeeman from Ruddel town
ship, Matheny's home, and who
has no doubt been a friend to Mr.
Matheny and probably would liked
to have seen Mr. Matheny receive
the nomination, voted at the re
cent meeting of the committee for
a motion to hold a new primary
between the disputant candidates,
thus showing that he does not be
lieve Matheny is at present entitl
ed to the nomination.
It is an evident fact that Mr.
Neill does not believe the judges
and clerks of Big Bottom town
ship were a set of theives, and it
is evidently his beleif that Matheny
is not honestly entitled to the
nomination, else he would not have
voted for a new primary between
Matheny and Arnold
Mr. Neill is a representative cit
izen of his township, he undoubt
edly knows the sentiment of the
democracy of his township, there
fore, in the light of reason and
common sense, how can Mr. Ma
theny expect to receive the sup
port of the right thinking demo
crats of the county when, by his
vote, the committeeman from his
own township has gone on record
as saying that he did not believe
Matheny was entitled to the nomi
nation i
MR .K El L L’S STATE H ENT
Chairman of the Central Commit
tee Says Big Bottom Bal
lots Were o. k.
The following statement from
Hon. Arthur Neill, who was chair
man of the county central commit
tee in 1898, settles the controversy
over the ballots not being deliver
ed that year.
Little Bock, Ark., Aug., 8, 1902.
T. 11. Bearing, Esq , Newark,
Dear Sir:-Replying to your inquiry
of the 7th the ballots from Big Bot
tom were returned with poll books
and tally sheets in the General Demo
cratic Primary of 1898, and were in
possession of the Central Committee
at its meeting (where I was present
as Chairman) to review the action of
the sub-committee which had first
canvassed the returns, and the Cen
tral Committee considered the advi
sability of recounting the ballots In
every township, but finally thought
best to order a new election for slier
iIT, as upon the face of the returns it
appeared to be a tic, and that course
seemed satisfactory to the contestants
for that office. If the Ballots from
Big Bottom had been missing at that
time it would have been made a red
hot issue between the contestants foi
sheriff before the Committee, that
everybody would remember.
In 1894 some townships did fail tc
return the ballots and there was such
serious complaint that thereafter the
committee, at least so long as 1 was
connected with it, were extremely
particular to require the ballots to be
returned, and to warn the judges, be
fore the election, to return them.
Yours very truly,
Author Neill.
Dr. W. L. Tlagness’ Statement.
State of Arkansas /
County of Independence, f
Comes W. L. Magness, who, being
duly sworn, states as follows: That F
M. Martin was the comuiitleemar
from Big Bottom township in 1SU8
that I served as proxy for him at tin
meeting of the county central com
mittee that selected the judges foi
the primary election which was held
in March, 1898; that 1 selected Mr.
Martin as one of the judges for Big
Bottom township, and that Mr. Mar
tin served as such; that he was in
structed to carry the ballots and poll
book to Batesville, which I fully be
lieve lie did; that 1 represented Mr.
Martin at the subsequent meeting ol
the central committee, which chose
the judges for the primary election ot
May 7, for the election of candidate?
for state offices and also to decide the
tie between Messrs. Hinkle and Flint!
for sheriff; that at the said meeting 1 1
the committee, it was decided for the
same judges to hold the stale pri
mary: that on the day of the primary,
VV. T. .'bigness, one of the judges, was
sick and ft. G Conn, another, was ab
sent; that I served in the place of W.
T. Magness and John Austin in the
place of Mr. Conn, and that Mr. Mar
im again carnea me uaiiois ami poll
book to Batesville. W, L. M Aon ess.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this August 7, 1902.
It. K. McHenry,
[Seal) Notary Public.
My commission expires Jan. 21,1903.
Statement From Mr. Martin.
To the Editor of The Jounral.
In see in the Batesville Bee ot
last week another effusion from
\V, that some would think was in
answer to my article in the pre
vious issue of The Journal: hut
it is far from it, as he dodge
every issue. I would like to ask
\V bow about Jefferson township,
as between Hinkle and Flinn in
181)8? Give us some light on that,
as you seem to know all about
the political situation in that
year.
You say that I was not a judge
and point to the record for proof,
and also deny that the ballots from
Big Bottom was there. I just
call your attention to what the
chairman, Hon. Arthur Neill, says
about the ballots, whose state
ment can. he found elsewhere in
th;s paper. See also the sworn
statement from Dr. \Y, L. Mag
ness, who was my proxy in 181)8.
| If that don’t satisfy you there is
| John Q Wolff and C- P. Vaughn,
two more cards to draw from.
1 have asked you to give us the
facts about the primaries of 181*8
and 11*02, hut you have utteily
failed to give any facts, and that
is what the people want, not
more assertion, as you have iiten
making, void of truth.
F. M. Martin.
Still We Grow.
We understand that Prof.
Henderson has sold a number of
residence lots in the north part
of town and that the parties who
bought will all build substantial
residences.
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