The Prescott daily news., 1909-06-07
A REPLY TO
 SENATOR MCKENZIE
The Editor of the Arkansas Baptist Makes Answer to Article Which
 Appeared Last Week.
(By Editor of Arkansas Baptist

Editor News In your issue of June 1st, Senator Mckenzie at tempts ito clear himself from the charge of siding with the liquor element during the sessions of the last and notorious state sen ate,
 1 shall not attempt to clear myself of the aspersions he heap ed on me as editor of the Arkan- sas Baptist. My standing in Ar kansas, as Baptist preacher and editor needs no defense.
 The two senators on whom Sem ator Mckenzie seems to rely for his information concerning my character, have not themselves the cleanest record. The editor of the Arkansas Baptist counts himself happy in having such men as his enemies
 The Senator thinks I am in er- TOT in placing some of the whis- key senators in the prohibition ranks, and some of the 'Submis- sionistS in the whihkey ranks. 1 may be in error as the senate was So thoroughly bought up by Wh.Skey money that no test vote was ever taken. But 1 am sure l d,d not put Mckenzie in the wrong list as put him down as opposed to statutory prohibition, and nominally i'll favor of sub missiOn-nOt enough in favor of submission to push the submis- sion bill. It is a notorious fact that Mr. Mckenzie got sick" and and had to go to Prescott to at tend to his law practice just as the Gam bill left the house for the senates 1t is wonderful what effect the bill had on him. We un- derstand that a prohibition lady shamed him for running, and that lady lives in Prescott.
 Senator Mckenzie says it was
 impossible to call up a prOhibi- tiOn bill in the senate because to call up such a bill out of the regular order would have re- quired two-thirds vote, and they did not have that many temperance men in the senate Now, that is beautiful dodge, indeed. 1t is true that a bill can not be called up out of the regu- lar order, unless two-thirds vote favors it, But it is also true that Fridays are house days" and house bills are in regular or der Fridays. To keep from reach ing such an objectionable regular order, the senate, for six weeks, adjourned every Friday at nOon and stood adjourned until the Monday following. When Monday came something else was in or der. The house became so indig nant at this performance that the members were outspoken about it. The fact is the senate was determined that regular or der on prohibition should never be reached, and Sena tor Mckenzie did not tear his shirt trying to keep the senate in session on F'r.- days, when prohibition wou.d have been reached in regular or der,
 Such contemptib. and cow ardly performances at S6,OO pSr day for each member, deserves the condemnation of the good people of Arkansas.
 I wish tomention another fact for the people of Senator Me- Kenzie's district to consider It was he who introduced the ,reso- luton of censure against the edt- tor of the Arkansas Baptist, charging the editor with insanity, and recommending his incarcera- tion in the asylum, and then, like coward, withdrew it to keep from going to record on it. Let the temperance people and espec- ially the Baptists, consider this.
 I have made reply in full in my own paper, the Arkansas Baptist. which goes into seven thousand homes each week, and which is with one exception, the most widely circulated religious paper in Arkansas.
 Mir. McKenzie's efforts to be- little me, and the Arkansas Bap- tist, will amount to nothing, ex- cept his own injury, If he wants