The Newark Journal.
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Thursday, Harch 16 1916
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Vol 15. N«. 50
ABOUT THE STONE
'* COUNTY ELECTION
Earle Casey Issues Statement
With Reference to Former
Election in Stone County
To the Voters of the Third Ju
dicial Circuit:
I see in the papers in Law
rence county, which is the far
thest county from Stone in the
District, thafc my opponent,
Hugh Williamson, has publish-5
ed a circular letter, written by
H. T. Patterson, chairman of
the Stone County Central Com
mittee, in which letter he AT
TEMPTS to explain the long
DELAY in giving out the vote
on Prosecuting Atotrney the
last election, in which he cri
ticises me severely for what I
have said about the manner
in which the Stone county vote
was handled the last time. In
order that the votesr may know
something more about Mr. Pat
terson, and about the Stone
County Central Committee, I
give herewith a letter which
was published in the issue of
the Stone County Record of
March 3, which was w'ritten
by W. H*Hopper, the secretary
of the committee, and in which
you will see what a HIGH '
OPINION and REGARD these
Stone County Committeemen
have for each other, and pro
bably explains better than I
could do any other way, the
conditions that obtain up there
in that county with regard to
the election machinery, Here
with is the letter:
To the Citizens of Stone Coun
ty:
“I take this method of re
senting the impositions that
have come at the hands of the
Chairman of the Stone County
Central Committee.
“At the instance of bur chair
man there has been four calls
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for a meeting of the County
Central Committee. The fourth
call we succeeded in geting a
quorum and then our Chairman
saw fit to declare less than a
quorum sufficient to transact
all business. I suggested in the
outset that we pay the commit
teemen per diem and a dollar
!a day to defray expenses,which
would be some inducement to
get the boys out. This was ig
nored by the Chairman until
finally he saw something would
have to be done, then he took
|it on himself to offer the per
;diem.
“There is about $51 in the
Treasury for election and other
expenses that has been in the
treasury for more than two
years. I don’t know why our
Chairman worships this mon
ey unless it’s because he needs
it in his mercantile business a
good portion of the time. Why
not give out a financial state
ment of this fund the same as
any other? Oh! I guess itwould
be out of order.
“A motion and second was
made to pay the committeemen
one dollar per day andperdiem
at last meeting and was de
clared out of order by our
chairman. What is this but gag,
pure and simple? No wonder
the outside world points the
finger of scorn at us.
W. H. HOPPER.”
It will be seen from the above
that the charges I made against
the committee were not half
so serious as those they
make against each other, and
being at CLOSE RANGE
and having associated /close
together, I suppose they know
each other better. And this is
the county where Brother Pat
terson and Brother Hugh say
they have absolutely fair elec
tion, FREE FROM ROODLE
OR BAD INFLUENCE,
Respectfully,
EARL C. CASEY,
Candidate for Prosecuting
Attorney.
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This Moses Only Cheap
Imitation of Annanias
About the cheapest political
rot that has been injected into
this campaign, and which seems
to be one of the favorites of Dr.
Brough and some his henchmen
men, is the one the doctor tells
about Hodges stealing $80,000
of the people’s money and dis
tributing it out to the country
newspapers.
Any man with just plain,
common, hoi’se sense, ought to
know better than that. But,
strange to say, ridiculous as it
shows to be on its face, it is be
ing told and circulated in an at
tempt to gain votes for Dr.
Brough.
We are informed upon good
authority chat a good citizen
of Sulphur Rock was telling
this, and believed it to be true,
and stated further that The
Newark Journal got $4,000 of
this slush fund.
Any man who will circu
late such an absolutely ridicu
lous and slanderous falsehood
is either bordering on insanity
and deserves to be pitied, or
else he is a vicious and coward
ly liar, as devoid of principle as
the Devil is of feathers.
The truth of this matter, as
any intelligent school boy
knows, is that it requires about
$80,000 bienally to defray the
expense of publishing the laws
and amendments submitted un
der the Initiative and Referen
dum. which was voted upon
and adopted directly by the
people of Arkansas. This inclu
des the cost of amendments
submitted^by the legislature,
which also must be published
in each and every county in the
state.
This is a matter in which the
secretary of state has no
option whatever, being compel
led to comply with the law,and
his only duty being to prepare
the copy and send it out to the
publishers. After he has done
this he has nothing further
whatever to do with the mat
ter. When the work is complet
ed, the publisher must furnish
a sworn statement of the
amount of work done, together
with the cost of same,and these
statements are later submitted
to the Committee on Printing
in each house of the legislature
when that bodyconvenes,where
they are examined and passed
upon and if found correct and
are approved, an appropriation
bill is then introduced and must
pass both houses of the legisla
ture, appropriating money to
pay the same.
I his being true, and any sane
man who knows anythingabout
the at fairs of state government,
knows it is true—in the face of
these facts, then, we ask how
can any man with as much
principle as a grub worm, get
out and .circulate such slander
ous rot?
The dope was probably con
cocted in the doctor’s fertile
brain, and is being passed out
by his faithful henchmen in an
effort to slander a faithful and
efficient official and gain a few
votes for the doctor.
Incidentally, this furnishes a
good insight into the character
of Dr. Brough as a man, and is
right in line with his conduct in
defrauding the state out of his
poll tax while drawing a fat
salary from the state. The man
who will cheat his employer is
not much above the level of a
common thief, and thinking
people are not much surprised
at any kind of a falsehod he
migt tell, or anything he might
do.
active canvass and see as many
of the people as I would like to
—but in Democratic Fairness
and Democratic Justice, I ask
my day in a Democratic Court
and for a Second Term.
Yours Respectfully,
HUGH WILLIAMSON,
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WILLIAMSON BEGINS
SPEAKING TOUR
Prosecuting Attorney Hugh
U. Williamson was a passenger
up the road this morning en
route to Jamestown to begin his
speaking tour of the county.
He was detained at Walnut
Ridge by some special work be
fore the grand .fury and did not
get to fill his speaking appoint
ment here and one or two other
Places the first part of the
week. He will be here later,
however.
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ELECTION PROCLAMATION
Notice is hereby given that
an election will be held in the
Incorporated Town of Newark,
Arkansas, on Tuesday, April 4,
1916, for the purpose of elect
ing the following officers for
the ensuing year:
One mayor, one recorder,one
treasurer, one marshal and five
aldermen.
Given under my hand as
mayor this 1st dav of March,
1916.
J. B. KETCHEM, Mayor.
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WHO IS HE?
Some call him Bruff,
Some call him Broe,
Just which is right,
Well, we don’t know.
He’s such a stranger
Save to few,
That many glibly
Call him Brew.
To write it thus,
Fame’s planning now:
“He also ran,—
Did Dr. Brow.”
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Hear Gov. Hodges at New
ark, Friday, March 24, at 10
m.
ARNOLD IS OUT OF
COLLECTOR’S RACE
Condition of His Health is Such
That He Decides to With
draw From Contest.
Tax Collector Burt Arnold
who has been in bad health for
some time, issued a statement
Wednesday formally withdraw
ing from the race. He is un
able to make the canvass of the
county, and being placed at
such a disadvantage in the con
test, he decided to withdraw
/.is name as a candidate. Mr.
Arnold’s statement follows:
Arnold’s Statement
fo the Democratic Voters of
Independence County:
On account of my ill health
and not being able to promote
my canvass by being on the
general rounds of the county,
after mature consideration, I
have decided to withdraw my
name from the race for Tax
Collector in the Primary Elec
tion March 29th.
In withdrawing from the
race I am not unmindful of the
many warm friends who have
indicated to me that they would
stay with me, notwithstanding
my physical disabilities to be
active in the campaign. No
words can express the deep ap
preciation of these friends and
tvhat they have done for me In
the past.
To those who have seen fit
to speak ill of me on the gen
eral canvas now in progress, I
I have no ill will and feel sure
that if they ..ere properly ad
vised they would have no cause
to do so. I retire from the of
fice with a consciousness that
I have done my duty as I saw
it under the law and no man
can point to any act of mine
performed in the discharge of
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Hugh Williamson For Prose
cuting Attorney Stands Upon
Record as Official and Man
I am asking for a second term
to the office of Prosecuting At- L
torney upon my OWN merit. I j
stand upon my record and con
duct as an officer and as a
MAN.
I have stayed on the job and
have been on time in attending
all the courts, and have never
been absent when myduty call
ed me. No time has been lost
in the courts in the dispatch of
business on my account.
I have as high a per cnet of
convictions as have yourformer
Prosecuting Attorneys for the
previous ten years during the
same number and character of
cases considered.
The last Biennial Report of
the Attorney General which is
made from the reports of the ;
|various Prosecuting Attorneys,
i for the entire State of Arkan
sas shows that the average
number of convictions on the
|cases reported was about 54
j per cent. My record shows an
equal per cent of convictions.
I have been in office slightly
more than one year and have
attended the courts only one
dime around the circiut on in
dictments which have been re
turned since I have been in of
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;ice. I have a higher per cent
>f convictions for my second
"ound in the courts than the
'irst.
MR. TAXPAYER.—The cost
jf disposing of the criminal j
locket since I have been in of-i
fice has been greatly REDUC-'
ED and taking into considera-i
lion the litigation for which 1
have been responsible it has
practically been reduced half.
ANY STATEMENT TO THE
EFFECT THAT I HAVE
CAUSED ANY INCREASE LN
COURT COSTS IS FALSE and
the records will bear out this
statement. I have had only one
indictment demurred out of
court and challenge any man
to produce a better record on
writing indictments. This is the
most technical duty which is
imposed on your Prosecuting
Attorney. Every time an indict
ment is demurerd out of court
it must be resubmitted to the ;
Grand Jury and the case upon
which it is based is finally tried
at a double cost to the taxpay
ers.
I have been actively engaged
in the courts for the past three
months and could not make an
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