The Forrest City times., 1908-02-21
Senator pavis speeeh.. ;.

thl tglncipl"s of state government for which havc fought hard and earnestly for thc pnSt six years in Arkansas.
 Tine gallant democracy of this country has always been most kind and generous to and thiS magnificent audience, uf fht aId guard who have alway. hetpcd in every time of need k a compliment ot which man might well be proud. and bears assurance to the fact that the people, of this great state deeply interested in the proper administration Of her public nrarS
 don't tnu. my friends in tho spirit of dictatiou don.t come to you as the metropolitan press af this state would have yuu believe, in au efort to control influence your better mdsasHf. but l feel that it K always tbc duty If every public servant to counsel and adyst. with his friends all public questions. and f1r that purpose, and that alone l come To yuu today.
 great complaint is going mp fellnw-cit zens. from certain quarters against my having come back home and meeting and speaking to you In this campaign. This complaint how eyer, k mHde hs the men who said That if Jrf Davis sent the United states senate. he would disgrace the sinte. They now insist that I should retain my seat In the senate while they undermine tbe princi- pies "f government for which We have all contendcd
 On the other hand the men who gave me | their suffrage and support in my for 1 the senate" arc anxious that l should come back and see to il that the agents of corporate wealth and syndicate interests should not con | tral and dominate politics in Arkansas. Ahi Mir. thairman and gentlemen. they say that should net raise my voice in the inter est of Mr. kirby for governor; they say that 1 this k mtrrmeddline that this k iHterloPing That the rcsuit of his election does not csrn mo. On oHe hand. gentlemen and fellow | citizens. they charge Mir. Kirby with being the 1 Jen Davis candidate. they brand him with what they consider In b" stigma, and by | this they hope ta array every HntiJen Davis 1 man fin Arkansas against him; then. when | | raise voice and ask my friends to rally l to his assistance. h his support. the subsidized press of this state would raise its hands ih 1 holy horror. and say You meddliug in state politics II is none of your light.
 An. my friends. l hnpe the day vii never l in Arkansas when the welfare of the ! people of my native state shall cease to con eern me when inc cans" If the people aud good goyrnmcnt will not elicit my most earn | est ehdravor-my very best efforts
 want to te my friends throughout the state of Arkansas that W. r. Kirby k the only candidate In this race for governor who has been my personal or political friend want to say to my friends. that he is the only candidate in the race who would carry out the policies and principles ef government which I have inaugurated and which yet l hope to see succeed despite the efforts of the despoilcrs
 l want to say to my friends throughout the state that he is the only candidate in the race for governor who K really and truly the friend of the common people of the state.
 want to say to the people of the state that l William r. Kirby is an honest, clean, pure courageous man That will make Arkansas one of the best governors that ever occupied the ! executive chair. =.
 ou say. w hat has ht done since nc nus been Attorney Generalf' An my friends time will not permit that should give to | you each and every important official net of hls life. but suffice il to say that when the state house vampires tried to get their long, bony fingers into inc state treasury and take therefrom the money of the taxpayers of this state Kirby said No and the doors of the | vaults were closed. and the money Is safe. The l Supreme Court sustained him.
 When the last legislature passed the bucket shop law which had the honor to write, il H..pft R.t fhR lYFNN af Little Rock. and by the opposition Ill the house and In the senate. the wiseacres of our caIi tai city said that that law was so defective thnt they could drive wagon and team through it. The great Western Union T"lc graph Company attacked this law in thu Federal Court of our state. and w r. Kirby, single handed and alone. stood our mouthpirce and advocate, and the first decision that was ever rendered by the Federal Court, in favor Of the people of Arkansas on the statutes 1 of our own stnte rendered in this suit and 1 ". | Kirby the only lawyer represent tng our interests Ah, my friends, Is ihnt | worth nothiugf Does this not appeal to the totling masses Of the people1
 He has been fathful to every trust and II 1 elected to this high office. he will see Ia it that the stock gamblers are kept out of Arkansas 1 that the anti trust law of our sHte s reha'= iitnted and properly enforced he will see i' 1 II that the pour cgnvlcts on our convict farm. who are being whipped and driven 10 l death, are kindly and humanely trfa'd "ha 1 Inst. but not least my fellow tu@'hs' h' will stand as the watch dog at the door ar the treasury and see that the peoples funds are not footed and dissipat"d
 Let every sober minded. thanEhtfal mah stop and think, and ask himself the question
 fs not the state of public affairs tH Arkn"9as today in depieratie eonditt"n+ fa "t h", need n strong afm.#B- brave Aeaft and ''d i head in charge of the old Ship af state 9u'h All official i, N. r. hiri3.
 | anu told that tue Farmers lnion ot Arkausa, Is against MT. klrhy-I am told th"t 1 th.. tiilpr= ot the soil arc against him. VT l l him these are the men they should give hlm l tA..ir hearty support. their heafty eHdors. ment He has done mor" in one suit for this good order. the Faruers Union. mer% than any other candidate fiji this race could do In Il 1 thaHsand years-
 l hag you tn prcseryr the Farmers Union l intact 1T you bHye to beat Will kirby, pre- | serve tAe Farmers | ninn.
 II has been said lint your state secretary Mir Grifnn Is attempting to cpntroi this sri'h- did order to prumete the candidaey ot "toie' i N. Bouaghey far governor.
 II ia said thut hr has been hired tp deliver the votes of the Farmers Union {" this man far .overuor Whether that bf true or iHis'
 l kuuw not. but i do know my ftlehd-' lia1 l Nr Griffin Is in elus. touch with the men that eami4as- th!s tnieH. aEd do know that he publicly says that he. individually is esPousiug ths eaus.. of 6eorge N. louaghey9 but taat he is moi doing 1T officially, secretary Of the Union Gentlemen, if you can separate Mir Griffin individually from Mr. e,fiihn "iA i sIaI persona gc then i would be glad 1T some gentleman would give me the distinction.
 IT Bon GrlHan Is permitted ia eeHtf7i and asminate your Union and turn II f9 tb" pH ucaI advantage of anyone or aH5 candidate
 then s5y. gentlemen. tae sf-ster you g ' rid af thr tulaI4. the better tt will be Tor iA' ! esuatry bat have eucauragiHg news from all Iart. of The stale that the Farmers nl"H t4aH ar. finding oaf Mir b7naehe3 They are finding uur Mir GrIflH. and they are hAlihE f5It fLat ah afteHH ls h"ilis made ta pf.>N ! l4te thls grsat order for political pali.- S zHt fts,. flf- 5ie=r5tla-t sinking ship il
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