Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-23
JONES RAPS NIXON
Young and Jones Indulge in Sarcasm -"NixOn Would Not Have Gotten Through Gambling Hells of Mem. phis," Declares Young.

For the first time since the opening of the campaign the three candidates for prosecuting attorney of the Eley- enth Judicial District met in joint de- bate at Redfield last night and for two hours the atmosphere was warm with personalities and oratory. Judge W..~D.~ Jones, the present incumbent: Attorney W. T. Young and Attorney T. Havis Nixon spoke and Mayor j. M. Reynolds of Redfeld presided.
 Nixon Makes More Promises.
 Attorney Nixon was the first speak CT. His speech was filled with prom ises similar to those which were made on the court house steps in this city a little more than a week ago. Little new matter was injected into his talk He told of his early childhood days iD Grant county and how near he used to be to the people of Redfield, how well , he knew them and what he thought of Them.
 Nixon said that Judge Jones' friends were claiming that the candidates had taken advantage of him in calling an early primary in the absence of Judge Jones, who was then at Hot Springs. He added that if there is one man who ought to be ready to lay his claims for office before the people, that man ought to be Judge Jones, who has been in office long enough ] to stand for any office on his merits, if he has them. He appealed to the voters, as before, that Judge Jones be not permanently installed in office. He again charged that Judge Jones makes ten thousand dollars year out of the prosecuting attorneys of- flee. Nixon said Judge Jones denies this and he displayed what is alleged to be copy of a record in Justice Cheeks court, declaring that his fees in that one office for one year were $3,3O0. In Justice Knox's court Jones said he never received over $1OO fees in one year, but Nixon declared last night that his fees in that office were $500.
 "He is holding the bawdy houses up," yelled Nixon, flor $50, that is, he files information against them monthly, has each fined $5 and he gets his $1O. He received $25 rer month from the gambling houses." Nixon said he would give any man $l0o # he could not show this to be fact by the records in Cheeks court
 You have placed s. M. Taylor, Mir. Jones' law partner, on safe footing, by electing him prosecuting attorney for two terms He was a young man then. Why not help me elevate my self?| I will step down and out after my second term. They were groom ing Dan Taylor, 5. N. Taylors son. for this race and had they thought he could win, they would have run him. When Dan got through With the office, Judge Jones boy would be ol l' enough to run and when Judge Jon 7s' son retired from the prosecuting at torney's office, Dan Taylor's DO? would be ready for the job: That's the way they want to keep the prosecut' ing attorneys office in the Jones' lay Tor headquarters. Jones has had thls office long enough. You have MT. Young and myself to select from. The Court House ring and the presidents and vice presidents of banks are against Nixon. Why? Because the! know that I will make them pay all fees over $5,O0O back into the county treasury, as required by the State constitution. What is w. B. Alexander doing up here tonight? Is he here +: the interest of Young's candidacy: Why, certainly he is. Young IS corporation lawyer He is no crlm" inal lawyer. He holds stock Ill tne Citizens Light and Transit company and the Travellers Fire Insurance