THE NEWARK JOURNAL
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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ROY M. CRAIG, Business Manager
People Cannot Be Ignored.
Judge T. M. Mehaffey, who was president
of the Constitutional Convention that drafted
the proposed new Consitution of Arkansas, re
cently rejected by the people, has announced
that the coming Legislature will be asked to
re-submit the constitution at the general elec
tion to be held in 1920.
Judge Mehaffey, in a statement given the
newspapers, gives a number of reasons why
the new constitution was defeated, and says he
thinks the objections can be overcome.
The reasons given by Judge Mehaffey are
plausible so far as they go. but the judge miss
es the main reason—the one thing that in reali
ty lost more votes for the constitution than any
other three things connected with it—and that
is the fact that the entire procedure from start
to finish was too far removed from the people.
To begin with, the manner of selecting
delegates to the convention was not in keeping
with Democratic principles. The people were
given no choice in the matter of selecting the
delegates. In practically every county
in the State the Democratic County
Central Committee met and elected the
candidates. No primaries were held and the
people were given no voice in their selection.
It is no reflection upon the delegates from
our own county to say that they were not the
choice of the people of Independence county.
Both are able men, and good men—as good
as can be found in the county—but the fact re
mains that they were not chosen by the peo
ple. They were chosen by the Democratic Cen
tral Committee. Their names were printed on
the ballots as the Democratic nominees and
they were elected at a special election—a spec
ial election at which less than ene-fourth of
the normal vote of the county was cast.
What is true of Independence county in this
respect is true of at least 60 of the 75 counties
of the State, and as a result the people had no
part in the first anti most vital part of the pro
ceedure—that of selecting the men to frame
the constitution.
As we said before, this is no reflection on
the delegates who framed the constitution, and
is not mentioned by The Journal as having any
bearing upon the merits or demerits of the con
stitution. But it IS a reflection upon the men
who framed and passed the law calling the
Constitutional Convention, and is an indication
that they were unwilling to trust the people or
desired to “put something over” and thought it
could best be done by removing the proceedure
so far from the people that they would take no
interest in the matter.
The very fact of the undemocratic incep
tion of the proceedure created among the peo
ple a feeling of distrust and prejudiced them
against the new constitution before a single line
of it was written.
The further fact that the constitution was
not submitted to them through the regular
channels at a regular election instead of at a
special election, served to strengthen the pre
judice against the instrument and caused a
certain degree of distrust of any man who fav
ored its adoption.
The people believe, and they have a right
to believe that they should be consulted in
matters of government. This is especially true
when it comes to a matter of such vital impor
tance as the framing of a constitution.
If any further efforts are to be made to
ward the adoption of a new constitution, they
should come through channels that will give
the people a tree hand in the proceedure from
beginning to end. (Candidates tor delegates
must be chosen in the regular Democratic pri
maries at which other officers are chosen; th°
instrument should be submitted at a regular
election and the entire proceedure conducted in
a manner that will give the people a voice in
the matter.
The people cannot be successfully ignored
in Democratic Arkansas.
Lincoln was a rail-splitter; Roosevelt was
a hair-splitter; Taft a chair-splitter, and Wil
son is a precedent splitter.—Marion Star.
Don’t Cease Being Patriotic.
Now that the war is over, there is an in
clination on the part of many people to ask
for the redemption of War Savings Stamps
which they purchased a few months ago.
These people have the mistaken idea that
the government does not need the money now,
since the war has ceased and some of the sol
diers are being discharged.
Such is not the case, however. The gov
ernment still needs an enormous amount of
money, and people who insist on the redemp
tion of their government securities at this time
are working an unnecessary hardship on the
government.
Only last week The Journal published a
news item from Little Rock stating that the
government payroll at Camp Pike amounts tc
approximately a million dollars a month.
As yet very few men have been discharged
from the military service, and practically the
only decrease in the government’s war expense
is the cost of ammunition.
There are still more than four million men
in the service, and nearly two million of these
are still in France. These men must be
brought home and the entire army must be
paid, clothed and fed until the men can be
mustered out of the service.
Government expenditures during the past
five months of fhe current fiscal year amounted
to nine billion, six hundred million dollars.
Expenditures for the month of November were
nearly two billion dollars, and the expenditures
for the first 16 days of December were more
than a billion dollars. The proceeds of the
last Liberty Loan have all been spent and the
treasury department is now making plans t3
float another Liberty Loan in April.
I he government’s war expenses cannot be
reduced very materially before next May or
June. So the patriotic thing for every good
American citizen to do is to hold his War
Stamps. He should not only hold what he has
but should buy more stamps when the new se
ries are offered the first of the coming year.
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I en to twenty years in the penitentiary
and a fine of not less than $10,000 nor more
than $50,000 is provided in a bill introduced
in congress a few days ago by Congressman W.
A. Oldfield of this district as a penalty for
gambling in cotton futures or other products of
the soil. I his would be a splendid law if en
acted and enforced. Still if you want to be
sure to break into the penitentiary no differ
ence what laws are passed, steal a shoat or a
yearling calf. The man who is able to steal by
the millions is net regarded in some quarters as
a thief at all. He is a financier, and able to
"talk em out of it” when threatened wih such
an insignificant instrument as the law.—Sharp
County Record.
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It is said that any man can make money
but that only wise men can keep it. The pres
ent good prices for our products should afford
us an opportunity to get on a cash basis, and
the pay-eash-as-you-go farmer has a tremendous
advantage over the credit farmer. Let every
farmer open a bank account and buy what is
needed in 1919 at the lowest prices for cash._
The Progressive F'armer.
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Governor Brough can traipse about and
make pretty speeches under the old constitu
tion just the same as he could have made them
under the new. And there is a decided sus
picion that Governor Brough is better at mak
ing fluent addresses than at most anything
else.—Sharp County Record.
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1 here will be two men absent from the
final peace table, who yearned to be there_
Bill Hohenzollern and Theodore Roosevelt. The
one is interned in Hollard and the other is “in
Dutch” in America.
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An exchange observes that a lawyer needs
a large vocabulary because he is expected to
say nothing in particular and make it sound
like something important.
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So Arkansas voters turned down their
pi oposed new Constitution. Too wet, or to
dry?—Commercial Appeal.
V\ ell, neither; just a leetle strong.
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Science successfully tackled smallpox, yel
<>\\ fever and typhoid, but when it comes to
that innocent looking flu germ, science seems
to nave struck a snag.
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Now that your Christmas is all over, bet
ter begin early to practice writing it 1919.
CAPTURES DESERTER
Young Man From Cord Seems
to Di-dike Army Life
Last Thursday George Witt
captured Walter Arms, a de- :
serter from Jefferson Bar
racks, St. Louis, Mo.
Arms, whose home is at!
Cord, seems to have a decided
disliking for army life, this
being the third time he has
deserted. He deserted first
time from Jefferson Barracks,
and returned to his home near j
Ccrd where he remained some 1
time. He was captured by of
licers and taken to Fort Roots
at Little Iiock, from which
place he deserted. He was
captured by Mr. Witt some
time ago alter remaining at
his home for several months,
and was token to Camp Pike ;
and from there was transfer
red back to Jefferson Bar- j
racks. Here, it is said, he was j
given a court-martial trial and i
sentenced to twenty years in
the federal penitentiary, but
upon the promise of future
good behavior and the pleas of
Mr. Witt the sentenced was!
commuted. After a few weeks
at Jefferson Barracks, it is!
said that he tried to secure a
furlough home, but could not
do so, whereupon he took
french leave and again came!
home. When captured by Mr.
Witt each time Arms had dis
carded his uniform for civilian
clothes.
Arms voluntarily enlisted in
the army, having enlisted im
mediately after this country
entered the war against Ger
many.
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CARD OF THANKS
We desire to extend our sin
cere thanks to all who assisted
js with willing hearts* and
lands during the illness and
leath of our dear daughter,
sister and companion, Mrs.
Ftilla Mayhan. We extend
special thanks to Mr. and Mrs.
Glilbreath who assisted us so
faithfully. May the Lord
iless you all.
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Clark
and family.
GAFFNEY MAYHAN.
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number of these new ones listed below we will send it
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No. 18497 Everything is Peaches Down in Georgia—
85C American Quartette.
Carolina I’m Coming Back to You—Peedees Quartette
No. 18502 That Soothing Serenade—Henry Burr.
85C On the Crel, You’re a Devil—Helen Clark,
Henry Burr.
No. 18505 Oui, Oui, Marie—Arthur Fields.
85C We don’t Want the Bacon—Peerless Quart.
No. 18506 Oh! How I Wish I Could Sleep ’Till My
85C Daddy Comes Home.
There’s Nobody Home But Me—('has. Hart
No. 45155 Smiles—Lambert Murphy.
S! ,Q0 The Radiance in your eyes.—Werrenrath.
No. 18501 Cohen Gets Married—Monroe Silver.
35Q Cohen on His Honeymoon—Monroe Silver.
No. 18507 Hindustan Fox Trot—Smith’s Orchestra.
350 ’N Everything Fox Trot—Smith’s Orchestra
No. 18504 Sabre and Spurs March—Sousa’s Band.
350 Solid men to the Front.—Sousa’s Band.
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