Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-02-02
PINE BLUFF, ARK. FEB. ,, ts94.
CHIFFON R. BREGKINRlDGE

CLIFTON R. BREGKINR1DGE
 The people of Arkansas do net properly appreciate Clifton R. Breckinride. He is a deep thinker, a profound statesman and all able and conscientious man with the courage of his convictions, regard less of the views of others or the consequences to himself As is usual with men possessing such ex- alted personal qualities, he is modest, transformations, retiring and m no manner partakes of tie dem agogue. He is not man 10 pander to popular tastes or to willingly fall into popular errors for the sake of personal advancement. He is ene of those of a anobler and better mould who would prefer to combat popular fallacies, or vote in accord anee with his honest convictions, and conscious of the justness of his cause, go before the people and ez plain and justify his course. It will be remembered that the late |. Q. c. Lamar, while memoer of the United States Senate from the State of Mississippi, was instructed by the Mississippi Legislature to vote in favor of some popular error which was then sweeping over the country which Mir. Lamar ignored and voted according to the dictates of his own conscience, For this MT. Lamar was severely condemned by his constituency, upon which he left his seat in the Senate, returned | home to Mississippi, canvassed the State and explained his course to his people, with the result that he was triumphantly returned at the next election. Like such a man is Clifton R. Breckinridge. He has the boldness, the honesty of purpose and the courage of the great Mis- sissippi statesman. The future, if not the present, will do Mir. Breek- inridge justice and assign him his true place in the political history of his time. In this view the GRAPHIC | is not alone. A few days ago the Income tax bill was before the House for discussion Clifton R. Breckinridge, Bourke Cochran and | W. J. Bryan were the principal speakers. Of that discssion and ! Mir Breckinridge the Washington ton correspondent of the St. Louis Repedlic has the following to say
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-The debate in the House today on the income [ tax was not only interesting, but [ exciting Some of the ablest men in the House. or to be more specific. the E men who have the best reputations as thinkers and orators, took d hand in the proceedings.
 Bourke Cochran spoke and, of F course, carried off the oratorical | honors as he generally does, He was followed by Mir Bryan, who was cheered ta the echo and who made a splendid speech, But the student of the dissussion, the man who really deserved highest praise, was Clifton l.. Rreckinridge, of Arkansas. Mr. Breckinridge is, hy common consent. If f l4a t.af greSs lie is a man who works much harder than he talks But when he finds it necessary to speak he puts all the earnestncss Of his soul into E his words Up to date there has not E been a really serious, thoughtful and profound discussion of the principles of the income tax, such as the size of the question would seem to warrant. There has been no speech, for in- stance. that could be regarded even as a paraphrase on the great speech of Sir Robert Peel in the English House of Commons when the prin ciples of the income tax were first demonstrated to be just and equit- able
 The best speech that has been made on the bill in short compass was that made by Mir. Breckinridge, of Arkansas, today. It was a review and q criticism of conditions and of the merits of the legislation involved. Mr. Rreckinridge was not demon strative and he firedno pyrotechnics. but his speech was that of states man who had thought deeply and pondered well on every word he uttered. 1t was such speech as the students of American history of the present day refer to with pride as coming from statesmen of the early days of the Republic.
 Mir. Breckinridges speech fifty years from now will be embodid in |