Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-14

ago. He made serious charges
 against Ladd and said that his wealth
 and influence kept him from trial He dwelt at length on this subject and
 made all kinds of statements what
 he would do to the rich if elected
 prosecuting attorney. Nixon said he
 was elected county surveyor of Grant county and didn't earn enough money
 to buy himself a compass. He was elected Representative also, and fin- ally ran for prosecuting attorney of
 that district while a resident of this county. 'The machine beat me in this last race," he said, but Judge Jones later charged in his speech that Nixon sold out to the other fellow 'They 1 called me a chicken peddler at Pine Bluff in that race" Nixon said.
 Nixon asked why Jones got along
 So peaceably with the, gamblers in this city. He voluntarily stated that
 he was once a gambler, that he i had mania for gambling, but that he had quit the poker table and that he is proud of his manhood in be-
 ing able to- conquer the fault. ..I swear by the Almighty God'' said Nixon, "that if you elect me pros ecuting attorney I will never sit at
 card table again. Judge Jones is
 a good man, say the church people. He says he don't know anything about any gambling going on here. went through the gambling houses the other night and tackled my cards
 over the crap tables while the boys were shooting craps Nixon made other charges against the prosecu- tor and Young and in closing stat
 ed that he would serve the people
 conscientiously and honestly.
 Judge Jones was next introduced and without an introductory state
 ment, went after MT. Nixon with
 out weighing his words. He declared
 from the start that many statements
 of Nixon were without foundation
 and untrue. He said there was no
 precedent that prevented any man
 from holding office as long as Ae
 served the people well and the peo- pie endorsed him. He cited many of- ficers from the lowest to the Presi- hoo q in fhot regard. Nixon's insincerity he sald,
 is amply shown when he helped to defeat man in this county some morNns ago, who was running for
 second term, what is termed as a
 Democratic principle.
 Judge Jones declared that no man could accuse him of favoring the rich. No man could make ten thousand dollars year out of the prosecuting attorneys office and make 1t honestly. He defied Nixon to produce the records to substan- tiate his statements relative to fees of $500 being paid him in one jus tice court in twelve months. That ! statement is not true, he said, and has about as much truth in it as all the other statements made by Nixon. The largest fees I ever re- ceived in Justice Cheeks court and 1 that this year, was $2,SOO. Out of that I had to pay my deputy i prosecuting attorney, incidental ex- penses and the expenses incurred in travelling over the district. The an- nual fees for the prosecuting attor- ney in this district, he said, amount to about s4,000. If they make more it is gained by dishonesty All of the expenses have to be paid out of this amount.
 Nixon says he did not want the support of the court house ring, as he calls it. I say to you, that would like to have their support Nixon almost got down On his knees the other day and begged the boys in the court house to vote for aim.
 Nixon knows that he tells an un- truth when he says did not do my duty in the Ladd-Scott case. I made