CAN'T COME

GOV. DAVIS FINDS IT IMPOSSIBLE TO BE WITH COL. RECTOR

HON. M.P. HUDDLESTON HAS RECEIVED A LETTER FROM CHARLES JACOBSON , GOV. DAVIS '

PRIVATE SECRETARY , WHICH READS AS FOLLOWS :

LITTLE ROCK , ARK . , MARCH 22, 1901 (DATE MISPRINT 1902)

HON. M.P. HUDDLESTON ,

PARAGOULD , ARK.

DEAR MIKE :

JUST GOT BACK FROM BALD KNOB THIS MORNING WHERE I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SEEING DAVIS SKIN

JONES UNTIL HE LOOKED EXACTLY AS THE DEMOCRAT SAID CLARKE DID WHEN JONES GOT THROUGH

WITH THE AMENDMENT TO THE ANTI-TRUST BILL. MIKE , IT WILL BE ABSOLUTELY AND UTTERLY

IMPOSSIBLE FOR DAVIS TO COME TO YOUR SECTION AS THEIR ARE MORE FRUITFUL FIELDS DEMANDING HIS

PRESENCE AND THEREFORE BOURLAND WILL DO THE ELEGANT , AND TAKE GOOD CARE OF HIM .

SHOW HIM THE COUTESIES OF THE TOWN. HE WILL MAKE A GOOD SPEECH . CLARKE IS A WINNER SURE ENOUGH , NO

JOKE . WITH BEST WISHES TO MR. BERTIG AND HIS FAMILY AS ALSO YOUR OWN .

YOUR FRIEND ,

CHAS. JACOBSON ,

PRIVATE SECY.