The Russellville Democrat., 1890-08-07
The CIayton-Ffxer Combine
 Completely RfddIea.

Last Saturday evening the guber Hatorial candidates addressed the soyereigns of Pulaski county at the State house, Little Rock. Afker they were through Hon. ;. Brundridge Of Searcy, prosecuting attorney of the first district. wAs called for and made one of the most brilliant and telling speeches of the campaign. The Gazette of Sunday gives the following synopsis of it:
 Hon. $. Bruadrige, Of Searcy was the next speaker. He asserted that more bad doctrine, more infamous teaching and more wicked Cemagogy vas in the ticket headed by Fizer and backed up by Coody, Birming- ham, Chambers and Langley, than could be gathered together from any source out Of hades. He read from the paper of Fizer, published st Forrest City two years ago, several extracts in which he denounced the Unioa-Labor party. He said that FiZer was s Democrat, even up to last winter, snd objected to having his name coupled by anybody with these Union Labor cranks That be had no use for the Labor ticket in any way. That as late as last March Fizer came 10 Sesrcy to Conference, and Ess quartered with Union La Dor man, Mir. Garfield. That on going back to Augusts, be said be did not enjoy his trip st sll-thst he was qusrtered with s Union Labor fanatic, and thss he did not enjoy lt-thsi he was Democrat snd de- sired 10 be classed ss such. MT. Brundridge further said, that he was the Prosecuting Attorney of the dis trict in which Forrest City was b. eated, and that when Fizer, Cham bers, or Birmingham or any other living man, sala that the law hsd not been faithfully executed in the matter of the Forrest City troubles, thst he told a falsehood, that he simply lied. He said that it wss in proof that Medley had organized $ mob and had gore out to kill two Republican negroes, who would not confederate with him in his schemes. That when Fizer held Medley up ss one of the purest men he ever knew that he fslsifed truth and purity. That when Medley was killed he wss under indictment for heading this mob and attempting to assassin ate innocent men. That ss to the killing ofPsrh&m snd Folbre, negro called white man s liar and the white man struck hIm; thst Folbre commanded the peace, being Mar shall of the town, that this whole Forrest City outrage originated in Democrat being called liar by negro, snd Democratic officer being shot for commanding the peace. Thst Medley wss the head and front of all this trouble. That the negroes were willing to have two negro trustees and two white trust ees-thst Festherston and Medley met them in night eaneus and told them 70 demand all blscks-not only for the colored schools, but for the white also.
 He said that Chambers, the can didsse for Attorney General. Tefug- eed into Pulaski County, 10 avoid She indictment against him in Lon oke County for selling mortgage property. That he refugeed from Tennessee into Arkansas to avoid the collection of | judgment against him-he having collected $ judgment for widow of more than 8, ,00O and hsd never paid the widow s cent
 That Birmingham. the sweet scent ed Union Laborite hsd sued $ ten sns of his and had levied on hIs onion crop. That the case hsd gone to the Supreme Court and that Birmingham had sworn to three diff fere1t accounts and that finally the tenant got judgement against him.
 That Coody snd Langley had been running for office all their lives and had always got left, and thst next Septsm Der would see them left again.
 
 His speech was clincher, and wss q ft answer to the disjointed hsrsngue of Fizer. It is safe to say that the slaBdering of Arkansas and of her material and moral interests by such men ss Fizer merit the just castigation delivered by the eloquent snd talented Brundridge. The great difference between Fizer and Brun- dridge is that Fizer is interruptions and hypocritical, while Brundrige hews 10 the line and defends his country from unjust attacks by sl plain statement of the case. Fizer, Cooper and the rest of the gang sneaked out of the house as the blows of the Big Giant Brundndge" hurled them 10 the dust