The Newark journal., 1908-03-20
AN ADDRESS
To the Voters of the Second Congress
sional District.

didate for the Office of Representative
in Congress should be willing to take
Che people into his confidence bv giving
them, frankly, fairly and honestly. his
views upon the burning questions be-
fore 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 l faver, and also
those which | oppose. SO that in cast
ing a vote for me you may know the
principles you are favoring or oppos-
ing through me as your representa-
tive.
| was born and reared in the Dis
triet: 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
is wrapped up within the confines of
her narrow limits, and with all these
incentives to urge me forward; in an
earnest and honest endeavor to repre-
sent the District faithfully, / believe
that | shall meet the highest expecta-
tions of my friends.
| have resided in Batesville and
Independence county for the past nine
years, the whole of that time having
praetieed law at the local bar here
Was Prosecuting Attorney of the Third
judicial Circuit for four years, and
during my incumbency of that Office [
succeeded in convicting 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 sue
eeeded on appeal to the supreme court
in eliciting an opinion from that trib-
unal which enabled the prosecuting
attorneys all over the state to put a
stop to this nefarious business. See
Barnes \ Martin VS.. State, II Ark
page 124.
If elected a Representative in Con-
eress, / say to you now, that / shall
stand for the Thomas jefferson theory
of government as advocated by Mr.
Bryan, who, in my judgment, is the
greatest living American.
[ shall favor u law compelling Ma
tional Banks to guarantee to their de-
positors the amout of their deposit,
by paying into the National Treasury
small per cent on their deposits,
thereby creating fund from which all
shortages by bank failures shall be
paid.
| am in favor of law that will for
ever stamp out the gamblers of Wall
Street, and prevent the speculation in
the cotton crop of the South, whereby
the producers are robbed of their pro-
duct, and these men live in idleness and
luxury.
| believe in revision of the tariff
to a strictly revenue basis The plac-
ing of every article made by trust on
the free list. For the tariff is the
breeder of trusts, and until you wipe
that iniquity out, it will avail but little
in the suppression of trusts. I favor
making it a felony for one man to own
stock or be a director in two Compel
ing corporations, as a step in the sup
preston of the evil.
[ favor the repeal of the present law
which permits railroad companies to
go on either side and adjacent to their
rights of way, and there cut timber
and remove stone from government
lands, without paying for the same,
when the citizen is liable to criminal
prosecution for the same thing 1t is an
unjust discrimination againt the citi-
zens and in favor of railroads, and
should be speedily repealed.
| favor redeeming the low lands of
the South by system of drainage,
inaugurated and maintained by the
Government. If some of the money
now being spent by this profigate
Congress in increasing our standing
army and building few more battle
ships, were turned toward the low lands
of the South, that section would be
made to blossom as the rose, and some
of the most fertile lands in the world
now lying idle would be made produc-
tive.
l believe that our United States
Senators ought to be elected by di-
rect vote of the people, l believe
Federal Judges ought to be elected by,
and be responsible to, the people. In