Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Nev. County, Ark.) 1885-1???, 1892-04-21
SEWERS UNFAIRNESS.

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heard Mai. A. II. Sewer, candidate
for Congress, speak, and we must
say, in all eand or, we never heard a
speaker so unfair to an absent OPP
ponent. Mr.. Sewer belittled and
mi.represented Mr.. McRac's record
most shamefully.
But before we go into detail, in
showing up Mr.. Sewers unfair mis-
representation of Mr.. McRae's rec
ord, we want to say this paper has
been uniformly fair, and courteous to
him. at all times, and has never tried
to beIittle or bcsmirch him IN any
way, We do not propose to do so
now--he is a nice, clever gentleman,
but seems disposed to not tote fair
with Tom McRse.
At Hope, after speaking about an
hour, dwelling upon the tariff, free
coinage, etc, he read comparative
Legislature records, Of himself in
1890, and McRae's in 1877. Accord
ing to this record, ten of his Csc
yiet's) "'bills etc" passed and be-
came laws in 1890, while only enc Of
Mr.. McRae's bills, in 1877, passed
and became law. Now for facts: o.
lv four bills of Mr.. Sewers passed
and became law and he acknowledge
cs two other gentlemen had as much
to do in getting up one OF these the
new election law, las himself the other
six he claims are mere resolutions and
of little or no importance. Three Of
Mr.. McRae's bills, perhaps amended,
passed and became laws in 1877, to-
wit: ITO suspend from Office coun-
ty and township officers during pend
ency Of information, presentiment,
Indictment" etc. Unemployment
and hiring of county cenvicts, etc, !;
"To change time of holding Circuit
court in Hampstead County" By
referring to Acts OF 1871 Mr..
Sewer will see these laws.
Mr.. Sewer then attacked Mr.. Nc
RAGS Congressional record, and
said that he had detied anybody to
show ANYTHING Mr.. McRae had done
in Congress, save to get one public
building at Texarkana-had not Sc
cured the passage OF one bill. The
truth is, Mr.. McRae has secured the
passage of several very important
laws. and while VIC have not data at
hand, to give his complete record,
can recall following: In 1886 his
bill allowing settlers to make addi-
tional homestead entry, in railway
limits cih Out extra cost for proof,
etc, passed and became law. This
was Il great benefit to the farming
class, who most stand in need of
assistance. In 1888, as virtual head
and acting chairman OF the Public
Lands committee, he drafted and
pushed through several important
bills, restoring to the public domain,
between fifty and one hundred mill
lion acres of unearned railroad lands.
This was also in the interest of the
farmers. During that session or
since he also secured, by bills, APP
preparations to erect public buildings
at Texarkana and Camden. He also,
with assistance of colleagues, pushed
through House, bill for settlement OF
/ Indebtedness, between Arkansas and
the United States. He now has this
/ bill and others to act on in commit
tee Of Public Lands, OF which he is
chairman, and expects to again Sc
cure its passage in House, and also
in Senate if possible; also has quite
a number of other important bills
pending in present House.
Now, there is no excuse for MIR.
Sewers ignorance, aud he can not
lawfully plead ignorance, for can
didate for public Office is supposed
to fully post himself, before giving
utterance on any matter he may
choose to discuss. The press and
people will no more excuse him for
such ignorance, if indeed it is ignor-
ance and not wilful misrepresentation
and unfairness, than will the law ex-
cuse any violation on account of ig-
norance. We say this because Mr..
Sewer told us, he did not know OF
Mr., McRae's record. If he did not
then why did he say anything about
lit? His unjust attacks upon Mr,
McRae's record, and misrepresents-
ton. can not be mitigated by saying
! he did not know it," The people
who have honored and trusted Mr..
/ McRae, and still trust him, will not