The Newark Journal
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
O. F. Craig. Editor
Entered at the post office at Newark,
Arkansas, as second class mail matter
WHO WILL SETTLE IT?
A rather delicate and sensitive
question has been raised for the
supreme court of Arkansas to set
tls. The proposed Amendment No.
14, for the recall of all elective of
ficers, received 71,946 votes in the
recent election and only 58,721
votes were cast against it, giving
it a majority of 13,225. Before the
adoption of the Initiative and Re
ferendum it required a majority
of all the votes cast in an election
to adopt a constitutional amend
ment, and under that rule 84,805
votes were necessary to adopt in
the recent election.
It is claimed by some that under
the I. & R. the above rule is chang
ed and thar if more voters vote
for an amendment than vote
against it, the amendment is
adopted.
The supreme court will be call
ed upon to decide this question,
and here is the point: The courts,
as a rule, as wrell as the legal pro
fession generally, are opposed to
the recall. The supreme court jud
ges will be disqualified to pass up
on the question, as the court’s de
cision will affect the members of
the court personally. Practically
every lawryer in the state is oppos
ed to the recall, therefore their
minds are prejudiced and they are
disqualified to sit upon the case.
The layman is not versed in law—
his mind is not capable of compre
hending its fine points and the
complexity of its scope therefore
he is not qualified to pass upon the
question.
Now who is going to settle this
question?
In the recent state election the
Democratic vote gained nine per
cent over that of two years ago;
the Republican gain was 16 per
cent, and the Socialists gained 45
per cent. This is a remarkable
gain in the Socialist vote, and yet
we do not see how the Socialists
are going to extract very much
gratification from the result, as
the Democrats polled 86,442 more
votes than the Socialists.
The Cotter Record says there is
not another town of 1500 inhabit
ants in Arkansas that can show as
good streets and as many miles of
concrete sidewalks as Cotter. These
are two things any town should be
proud of, and we wish we could
say as much for Newark in this re
spect as the Record says for Cotter.
The Journal today carries a half
page announcement of the agri
cultural exhibit to be held at
Batesville on the 28th and 29th of
this month. This is a matter in
which all progressive citizens
I should take an active interest. Its
I aim is to encourage more product
ive and profitable methods of farm
! ing, and as agriculture is the chief
! industry of this country, it is a
matter that vitally affects the in
terests of every citizen. When the
tillers of the soil—the real pro
! ducers of wealth—reap an abund
| ant harvest, all classes of citizens
of our county are prosperous, but
i when the farmers fail we all feel
: the effects of it. It has been fully
proven that better methods of
farming means a more abundant
harvest, and as this movement is
in the interest of better and more
productive farming, it behooves
every progressive citizen to lend
his assistance and co-operation to
ward making it a success.
A Little Rock jurist declares
that every citizen should be com
pelled to vote, and his rem
edy suggested is that any citizen
who fails to vote be disqualified to
become a witness in any case in
court that year. But there are nu
merous persons who would gladly
forego the privilege of voting in
order to disqualify themselves as
witnesses in court, and it is our
opinion that instead of encourag
ing the people to exercise their
rights of citizenship it would rath
er have the opposite effect.
Chief Engineer Wiley of the
North & South railroad writes
The Journal that his road is head
ed this way and he would like to
run it through Newark, but thinks
our people should lend some assist
ance and encouragement. The con
struction of this road through
Newark means wonderful things
j for our town. What are we going
to do about it?
The papers are boosting Bill
Oldfield as the man to beat Sena
tor Clarke two years hence. As
this paper has said before, as be
tween Clarke and Oldfield we
would support the latter, because
; Oldfield is a Democrat.—Walnut
| Ridge Times Dispatch.
There will be only four Repub
j licans in the house of representa
tives during the next legislature,
j Crawford, Madison, Newton and
Searcy counties will have Republi
can representatives.
Faulkner county gave the larg
: est majority for state-wide prohi
; bition of any county in the state
in the recent election. Faulkner’s
majority for state-wide was 791.
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NEWARK STATE
SCHOOL
Offers Free Tuition to
Independence County
High School Students
This school, being aided by the State, offers free
tuition to all High School students and to all
teachers of Independence county wishing to do
high school work. This school now, in a large
measure, belongs to the entire County. We
have a modern and commodious brick building
with ample room and equipment to accommodate
all who may desire to attend. We have an able
corps of teachers and we cordially invite all who
are interested in education to join hands with us
and help to make this a school that will be the
pride of every citizen. The 1912-13 term begins
October 14. Good board can be secured reasonable
C. M. Edwards, Pres., F. C. Hoyt, Secretary
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Who was, or is, the greatest
woman in history? Two hundred
teachers answered the question,
and with enthusiasm and unani
mity the judges awarded the prize
to the one who made this reply:
“The wife of the farmer of mod
erate means, who does her own
cooking, washing, ironing, sewing,
brings up a family of boys and
girls to be useful members of so
ciety and finds time for intellectual
improvements.”
Today let me live content; be
clean; refined; worthy; act frankly,
go slowly, listen well, think quiet
ly, fear nothing, do my full share
of the world’s work, and rest to
night knowing that I have injured
nothing that exists.— The Com
moner.
The man who never does any
thing for himself or anybody else
doesn’t deserve having anybody
else do anything for him.
The best farm in your county is
the one you are living on, if you
think it strong enough and work
accordingly.—Farm and Ranch.
THE SQUIRE EXPLAINED
We were sitting around the vil
lage tavern, and just when a sil
ence had fallen upon the group,
one man turned to another and
asked:
“Squa’ Perkins, if you don’t
mind, I’d like to ask you a ques
tion.”
The squire didn’t say whether
he minded or not, but the other j
went ahead with:
“It’s about this ’ere high cost of
living. Have you figgered out
what’s the reason for it?”
“I have,” was the answer.
“Then I’d like to hear it.”
“Did you raise any wheat, corn
or oats last year?”
“Nope.”
“Any potatoes, beets or carrots?”
“Nope.”
“Any tomatoes, cucumbers or
onions?”
“Nope.”
“Didn’t raise nothing whatever
to eat?”
“Guess I didn’t.”
“Just ate all you could of what
other folks raised?’”
“Looks that way.”
“Well I’ve answered your ques
tions. You and a hundred thous
and lazy loafers like you boosted
the cost of living!”
I expected to see a row follow,
but none came. There was a min
ute of suspense and then the ques
tioner yawned and stretched and
exclaimed:
“Well, by thunder! I’ve been
puzzling over that matter for
; more’n a year and here you have
| solved it in three minutes.”—De
! triot News.
HE’S IN TROUBLE
According to the Atkins Chron
icle the following letter written by
a negro living near Atkins has
been received by an Atkins phys
ician:
“Dear Doctor: My wife have
lost her recompense for me. She
are giving her distributions to an
other man. I want you to send me
something to put in her coffee and
make her malignifv herself to me
again, if you please, sir. Yours
truly-”
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MEAN WILSON TO
SWEEP COUNTRY
Democratic Gains in Vermont
and Maine Impressive.
OTHER PARTIES' PLIGHT
Third Termers to Poll Their Entire
Strength From the Rapidly
Thinning Republican
Ranks.
I hat the result of the state elec
tions in Vermont and Maine mean a
tremendous Democratic victory in No
vember, is freely admitted by all ex
cept the bitterest partisans. Politi
cal experts have done some analyzing,
and some claim to have miched novej
conclusions. Ilut these facts stand
out:
On Monday, September 9, 1912, the
Republican and Third Term parties
combined elected William T. Haines
governor of Maine, over Frederick W.
Plaisted, the present Democratic in
clumbent, by 3,023 plurality; in 1908,
a presidential year, a Republican was
■^ctcd governor by 7,653 plurality; in
H04, the plurality was 25,800, and in
1900 it was 34,132. In other words, in
12 years the Democrats have cut
down the Republican plurality in state
elections by 31,109.
In this period the Democratic vote
has increased from 39,000 to 68,000
whereas the Republican vote has de
creased from 74,000 to 71,000. The
Democratic vote of this year exceeds
that of September, 1908, by 1,000, but
the Republican vote is about 2,000 less
than that party cast four years ago.
The split in the Republican ranks,
following the election of William T.
Haines, is pronounced. If the divi
sion in Maine in November is as it
was in the recent. Vermont election,
six-tenths of the Republican vote will
go for Taft, three-tenths for Roose
velt, and one-tenth for the Demo
crats. It is significant that the latter
party has to date suffered no losses,
as compared with the vote in previous
years, from the Third Term move
ment. On the contrary, it has gained.
The result in Maine may be expected
to be something like this: Wilson,
74,000; Taft, 42,600; Roosevelt. 21,300.
The returns from the recent Ver
mont election show, in round figures,
that the joint Republican and third
party vote was eight per cent, short
of the Republican vote four years ago,
while the Democratic vote in that
state shows a gain of twenty-five per
cent, over that of 1908. It is of spe
cial interest to speculate what will
happen next November throughout
the nation if the Republican and
Democratic vote for the national
tickets happen to be affected as
the gubernatorial vote this month
in Vermont has been affected. The
New York Evening Post has done
some interesting figuring along this
line and as a net result it is shown
that, under the contingencies mention
ed, President Taft would carry only
two states in November, Rhode Island
and Vermont, all the others going for
Gov. Wilson. The conclusions reach
ed by the Post follow:,
"To compute this result we should
have to deduct 8 per cent, from the
vote cast for Taft four years ago and
apportion the remaining vote in the
ratio of 62 to 38 between Taft and
Roosevelt, and we sh/ould have to add
35 per cent, to Bryan's vote in 1908,
and give the 'demnition total.’ to
Woodrow Wilson, in other words, give
Taft 57 per cent, and Roosevelt 35
per cent, of Taft's vote four years
ago, and give Wilson 125 per cent, of
Bryan s vote four years ago.
"The result in round numbers would
be as follows, so far as regards Taft
and Wilson.
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Idaho
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North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
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Pennsylvania
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32.000 109,000
122,000 160,000
71.000 159,000
65.000 85,000
14.000 28,000
6,000 39,000
24.000 90,000
199.000 423,000
157.000 226,000
113.000 201,000
135.000 305,000
51.000 79,000
38.000 44,000
66.000 145,000
152.000 194,000
192.000 219,000
112.000 136,000
3.000 75,000
199.000 448,000
18.000 33,000
73.000 164,000
6.000 14,000
42.000
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78.000
60.000
170.000
271.000
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14.000
103.000
73.000
139.000
208.000
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30,000 45,000
360,000 503,000
30.000
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497.000
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