The Forrest City times., 1906-03-02
\ Good Sprlnkling of the Horny Handed Sons of Foil Among
 the Big Audience.
GREAT DAY FOR BERRY
The Veteran Soldier States man Reclaims Many Snp- porters Who Had Been Be- fuddled By Jeff and His LieutenantS.

iuddled by JeI1 ana fti'
 I.ieutenantS.
 Tinted states Senator James II Berry. the Veteran soldier-statesman The aue-!egged hero of Cerinth, IL honest and incorruptible seryan nf his people, man of conscience principle. and courage to do righ' and talk right. no matter what th, consequences to himself. las beet among his people with message.
 l. was of that chafacter--of rugged honesty and convincing sincerity which goes to the heart ot every hon est. conscientious and patriotic citi zen who hears it. We very muel doan if there were twenty men. who after hearing the speech. thougl they may have heretofore made IT their minds 10 vote for Govefnol Davis will not now vote for Berry.
 Senator Berry arrived Monda, morning from the west, and went ii rect 10 the Hotel Marion. He Wa, met at the train by several promi ncnt citizens, and during the fore noon scores of admiring friends called upon him and expressed their pleas urc at meeting him and seeing hin looking so well and happy, and. if not in words, at least by actions, pledged him their unSelfsh and patriotic sup port ill his present campaign.
 At o'clock Senator Berry repaired To the beautiful court room. He wa, advertised 10 speak at that hour Tht morning had been very inclement anf disagrceahle, q cold and dri2-
 ding rain falling for several
 hours. and it Was feared be
 many, and hoped by some. that
 hc would have q Very small audience, But The Lord iS with
 Senator Berry in this light. and about noon the skies cleared.
 lhc sun ~honc out In itS splen. dor. and ail nature seemed To emile with satisfaction when tii> grand old man made his
 NaF to he place of meeting.
 + i, lfue that the country
 people many of them al least.
 Were prevented from heariu" him. h} he bad weather of fhe
 morning. hat thcrc was good - >Hlhhiing of them among the
 io0.ot 'o" persons who. II l.}u hc2ah to listen 10 most elo- glenl, earnest and happy intro durtloh hy Judge John Gall linz
 Who acted as chairman of the
 meeting. Judge Gatling briefly IeNir"ed the senator's charac. Ter olld that Arkansas is proud "i him, and defied any man To put Iii hhser upon single blot upon eithe The public or private record of Ark 'n>aN senior representative in Ill, greatest deliberativc body in nh, whole world.
 it senator acknowledged Judg, H''iihss happy vein, and expressed ,,> appreciation of his kind words '' then explained to his hearers Ill, .'>"i4N Why he has not and does no ''''f' Governor Davis in q joint can ''> "i The state. His reasons are vel me" Il to the reading public, and Iii, '"'ietN must have been we'll satistie, 'i"l he is right after hearing hi, straightforward statements. Ever, voter "lo knows anything of th, ,l ,'palSh knows that the goyerno '"u Iot sincerely seek q joint cam p'Sh' and that he has repeatedl, urea to bully the senator. and la never treated him with that courtes, anu consideration due from one gen 'e'lidI to another, or from on, ''H''ldate 10 another.
 9eiator Berry said he would mucl prefer to talk to the people Of th, 'u'hy measures of public policy il "i'leh they are vitally interested, bu '"1' iilS record had been attacked ana lest it might be said tha i could not, he would defent '' However, he went into th, ''l'Foad rate bill which has occupied i'o attention of the country for thes, many months, and after explainin. ',A object, and giving illustrations 0 '' gross injustice Of certain railroad :" helpless clientele, said he favor "'e bill, and will do all he can |, iu'ke Il the law of the land. The bil si'es the Interstate Commerce Com ''nsNioh the power to fix rates, anC WoiiipitS rebates, thus guaranteeinl 'o the producers and consumers eona rights.
 he then stated that for weeks ant liohth' yes, for years, Governor Dayi