The Forrest City times., 1906-03-16
HOW BERRY STANDS WASH
 INGTON.

|. rial contest in recent years has awak- ened more interest outside the borders oi the state directly concerned than the campaign Senator Berry of Ark ahsas now is making to succeed him. sell and there is no man in the senate Whose reelection would cause more genuine felicitation or whose defeat would be more sincerely regretted. lhls IS pre-eminently true Of the se- hlor senator from Arkansas. whose present term will expire March 3, leo1, at the end of which time he will nave served his state in the Senate of the United States 22 years. Aside rom the general s0licitude felt for Senator Berry's success, there is a deeper meaning and more serious anxlousness manifested by the repre- sentatives in congress, not alone from his native state, but from Mississippi and Louisiana. To those states as we'll as to Arkansas the presence of senator Berry in congress is fraught With significance that embraces coll alterations of the most practicable and material nature, to wit: The great Mississippi river, it's lower trib- utaries and the chain of levees that protect millions of acres of fertile plantations and numerous communi- ties against hood disasters. IL is ill., disputable congressional history that to Senator Berry more than 10 any other one man is due more achieve ments in the way of practical results Tor the great Mississippi river, its lower tributaries and the tevee sys- tens Of Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana than any other one man who has sat in congress in years. Sen ator Berry, as member of the Com mittee on Rivers and Harbors. is in I position to do and has accomplished results Of almost inestimable value To the three states just named Without minimizing the value of his services IS member of other important com mittees. Senator Berfys high stond- ing and vast influence ts the ranking democratic member of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors that makes the pro1ongation of his senatorial ca feer so important and his present struggle for reelection matter of such deep concern to members of eaH- gresS from states other than his oNn.
 Ills GREAT USEFULNESS
 There are representatives iii the fitty-ninth congress from Mississippi and Louisiana who would receive Sen ator Berry's defeat with as much poignaAcy of grief aS thouh he were connected with them by ties closer than those imposed by mere party at1iliation. and the reason lies in the great importance of having man oi Senator Rerry's large understanding of river and Ieyee interests in position To get vital aid from congress This compliment to Senator Berry does not imply that he is the whole thing in the matter of achieving practical results for rivers and harbors of Ark ansas, Mississippi and Louisiana, for there are other members whose work along that line k not to be disparaged, but because of his long service on the Committee on Rivers and Harbofs. his thorough knowledge of the sub jects involved in these great facts and his unquestioned influence with his associates on the committee. Senator Berry's usefulness is more marked
 Two striking examples:
 Two years ago the Mississippi river received sl,000,000 for immediate im- provement purposes and the man who got this sum was none other than Senator Berry of Arkansas lle go, it in this way:
 BERRY GOT APPROPRIATIONS.