Sharp County record., 1908-03-20
To the Voters of the Second District
w. a. OLDFIELD


believe that any who is candidate for the office
of Representative in Congress should be willing take the
people into his confidence by giving them frankly fairly
and honestly his views upon the burning questions before
the people and with which he will have to deal in the event
of his election.
Therefore am willing at all times everywhere, to
tell the people just those things that favor and also those
which oppose. So that in casting vote for you may
know the principles favorng opposing through
me as your representative.
born and reared in the District educated in her
schools grew to manhood here and expect to spend the
remainder of my life within her borders Every ambition
OF my life wrapped up within the confines of her
limits and with all these incentives to urge forward in
earnest and honest endeavor to represent the District
faithfully believe that shall meet the highest expecta
have resided in Batesville and Independence County
for the past nine years. the whole Of that time having
practced law at the local bar here Was Prosecuting At
torney of the Third Judicial Circuit for four years. and
during my ncumbency of that office succeeded in
vctng more guilty men for the various crimes than any
Prosecuting Attorney who had preceded me in that Office
put the gamblers and bucket shop operators out of
business and succeeded appeal to the Supreme Court in
elicitng an opinion from that tribunal which enabled the
Prosecuting Attorneys all the State to put stop to
this nefarous business See Barnes Martin State n
Ark, page 124
now that shall stand for the Thomas Jefferson theory of
government as advocated by Mr. Bryan who in my udg
ment, is the greatest living American.
shall favor law compelling National Banks to guar
antee to their depostors the amount Of their deposit by
paying into the National Treasury small per cent on their
deposits thereby creating fund from which all shortages
| am in favor of law that will forever stamp out
the gamblers of Wall Street and prevent the speculation
in the cotton crop of the South whereby the producers
robbed of their product and these live in deness and
luxury.
believe in revision of the tariff to strictly revenue
basis The placing Of every article made by trust the
free list For the tariff Is the breeder of trusts and until
you wipe that niquy out 1t will avail but little in the sup
preston of trusts favor making 1t felony for
to stock be director in two competing corpora
tions, a step in the suppression of the evil.
favor the repeal Of the present law which permits
railroad companies to on either side and adjacent to
their rights of way and there cut timber and remove stone
from government lands without paying for the when
the citizen is liable to criminal prosecution for the same
thing II is unjust discrimination against the citizen and
in favor Of railroads. and should be speedily repealed.
favor redeeming the low lands Of the South by sys.
TEN OF drainage naugrated and maintained by the Gov
ernment II Of the money being spent by this
profgae Congress in increasing our standing army and
building few bateships, turned toward the
low lands of the South that section would be made to BIOS
the and of the most fertile lands In the
world now lying idle would be made productive
believe that our United States Senators ought to be
elected by direct vote Of the people, believe Federal
Judges ought to be elected by and be responsible to- the
people, In other words believe the government ought to
always be brought just close to the people is poss
be When the government is in the hands of the people, II
of the people, It is SAFE believe in the Initiative and
the Referendum and the Recall believe the people ought
to have the privilege under the law to initiate and propose
such legislation as they desire believe such legislation
Is dstaseu to the people ought to be referred to the peo
pe and let them say whether such legislation shall stand
be vetoed by them believe In the Recall for the