Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-19

morning, with a request to print,
III request the Graphic cheerfully
its:
Inc Bluff, Ark. Jan. 10. 1902. Edit
Graphic-Sir: see in your paper
january 18, under head of "Cald-
us Treachery," column and a haI
what purports to be reason why
should vote for James X.
les for U. S. senator In that article
say, among other things. Senator
dwell has to completely ignore the
Structions OF the Democracy OF Jcf,
son county to take the position he
Ses in the senatorial contest between
ines and Clark" That statement.
pgether with a great many others in
b article referred to, is made, hope.
3thout mature deliberation, because
not think it is the policy of the
faphic's editor to wilfully and malic-
busly misrepresent any citizen of JEFF
HISOA SouhtS II ou lIdu lllt lcll llSSS
hat ought to characterize every Dem
kcratic newspaper, you would have
kopied in said article. the resolution Of
Tered " me in the Jones caucus and
let your readers determine for them
selves whether or not it was "treach-
ery." Following is a copy of the reso
hutton:
Whereas, the two candidates for
limited States senator saw fit to place
their destiny in the hands of the
voters at the primary election held on
the 29th of March. 1902, and
Whereas, one of the candidates, to-
wit: James p Clarke, received a
majority of the popular votes cast at
said election and a majority of the
delegated votes in the legislature for
said office, therefore, be it
Resolved that it is the sense of the
caucus that the following telegram be
be sent to Senator Jones, the defeated
candidate at the primary olection
\ ~ caucus of the senator's and rer.
FreSentativoS representing the counties
carried by you ct the primary election
on the 29th of last March was held
today and they desire that YOU re.
quest that your name be not presented
in the legislature as a candidate for
United States senator They believe
that James p. Clarke is the Democrat
&c nominee for that Office"
by referring to this resolution, your
readers would have seen there is not
even hint that | expected to vote for
Governor Clark for United States sen
ator on next Tuesday On the con-
trary, the resolution, if adopted. would
simply have beel to ask Senator Jones,
as the defeated candidate, to author,
lze his friends not to present his
name. | stated publicly in that eau
Gus, and, had you been as diligent in
searching for the truth as you were in
hunting invectives with which to de-
nounce me, without just cause, you
would have known That stated that,
II Senator Jones did not see fit to in
struct us, would cast my vote for him.
IN the article referred to you say,
When Mr.. Caldwell ignores the in
structlon of the Democracy of Jeffer-
son county, he betrays his party and
VIII have to bear the odium that would
attach to him were he to go as dele.
gate to convention, instructed to
vote for certain candidate, but go
pefore the convention and offer a
resolution to ignore the candidate for
"hom he was instructed to vote" To
that l wish to say that If you can see
no difference between casting a vote
IN legal election against one who
mas been defeated at the hands of the
voters to the nomination of the Office
10 which he aspires and a delegate to
convention called for the purpose Of
nominating candidate for office, ]
~oYld suggest that you call upon some
frAt-class optician and get your vision
brlshtened; or, better, possibly, eat
Grape Nuts" as a brain food. If you
are nursing hope in vacuum under
your fifth rib that by some sort of
strategy James X. Jones on next Tues
day will be elected United State sena
TOT over the regular nominee of the
Democratic party, you should say so
and let the Democrats Of this county
know just where you stand. If not
then why attempt to make mountain
out of mole hill. AS to your hope,
it has been stated by some who
claim to be Democrats, that the time
will come when the Republican repre-.
9sentatives of the legislature can join
nands with defeated candidate for