Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-02-05
PINE BLUFF, ARK, FEB. ,, 1891.
BREcK1NR1DGEFoR SENAToR

BRECKLNRIDGEF FOR MENTOR
 Because the St. Louis Republic last week published highly eulo- gistic article complimentary to Maj. c. R. Breckinridge for his very able speech in favor of an income tax, the Little Rock Press thinks that the politicians of St. Louis have organized q conspiracy to elect Mr. Breckinridge to the United States Senate from Arkansas, In this con- neetion the Press relates an incident which happened in this State at Morrilton, where, in the course of d political discussion, some gentleman remarked that MT. Breckinridge would have some difficulty in being reelected to Congress because of his vote for the repeal of the pur- chase clause Of the Sherma. act, whereupon several other gentlemen in whose presence the remark was made asserted frankly that his vote on that issue was right, and that he-would be sent to the United States Senate because of it. Com menting on this the Press adds
 1T any man is to pose in Arkansas as the administration candidate for Senator, no one can represent the views of Mr. Cleveland and his cabinet more faithfully than Mr. Breckinridge, or muster as strong support in his behalf. He has been loyal adherent to the policy Of Mir. Cleveland and has, doubtless, honestly reflected his own personal convictions, whether he has been in harmony with his constituents or not.
 In it's usual and characteristic manner of diseussig all public qaes- tions the Press then endeavors to excite the preiudices of classes against Mir. Brecdinridge by this paragraph
 If an issue must be made to de termine the sentiment of the people of this State upon the money ques- tion. and the payment of q bounty to Louisiana sugar planters, and Mir. Breckinrfdge becomes q candi- date before the people to succeed Mir. James H. Berry, he would secure the united indorsement, almost, of the banks and many of the commercial bodies of the State and divide the support of the Federal office-holders, many of whom naturally feel inclined to uphold the administration policy without regard to it's effect upon the country.
 Mr Breckinridge's candidacy, the Press seems to think, would place before the people two distinct views of public policy, the views enter tained by the administration and those entertained by the disorgan- izers and dissenters. In this con- clusion the Press is correct. Mr. Rreekinridge is the only represen- tative in Congress from this State who has stood by the administra- tion throughout. There is a certain class of newspapers in the State, of which the Press is the leader, that assume that the people of the State Of Arkansas are against the admins tration, though there has never been any test of that question whatever. In that assumption the PrSSs may be and were the question put to the test. the PreSs might find itself in a similar predicament to that of Congressman Bryan, who, after the passage of the repeal bill, attended a State Democratic con vention in Nebraska and sought to l get resolutions passed condemning the action of Congress, but much to his surprise and disappointment the resolutions were overwhelmingly ! defeated. The people of Arkansas have given no expression of their sentiments. Itis not know whether they condemn or approve of the acts of this Democratic adminstra- ton. The public had been notified and Congressman Bryan claimed that NebrasAa was opposed to the passage of the repeal bill, yet State Democratic convention refused to so declare itself, Were the question put to test in this State, the Dem ocrats of Arkansas might follow the example set by their Democratic |
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