The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-24
OUR JEFF DAVIS
 STANDS OUT ALONE
When He Starts His War On "0ld He- Trust" None of His Colleagues In Senate Stay With Him Would
 Prevent Laying Pipe Line.

fairs of the Standard Oil Compa- ny and saying that he would like 10 see John D. Rockefeller "wrap- ped in the flames of hell.' Sena- tor Jeff Davis, of Arkansas, yes- terday made speech in the sem ate which was fittiugly character. ized by him as "red hot and right of the bat"
 The speech was made in oppo- sition to a bill that had been passed at a previous session of the senate and was recalled by Mir. Owen to accommodate MT. Davis. Ia the course of his speech, Mir. Davis contended that the admission ot the pipe line in- to ArKansas would violate the antitrust laws of his state.
 "We dou't want the Standard Oil Company in Arkausas.
 "The only place l would be willing to see pipe line of the Standard Oil Company built would be right straight 10 hell aud I would want to see the oil flowing directly there. Further more. 1 would be glad to see that old he-trust magnate, John D. Rockefeller, there to receive the oil and would be glad to see the flames that it's appearance would create wrapped snnggly around him.
 He repeated his challenge to the Democrats to vote for the bill, ard declaring that MT. Owen would be the only one to cast his vote in its favor, said that his support was due to the fact that in some way the Oklahoma seua- tor was believed to be interested in the Standard Oil Company.
 Owen Smiles as He Replies
 The accusation brought the Indian senator from the new state to his feet. but he was smiling when he said:
 "The impudence which the senator from Arkansas has just delivered has no foundation in fact"
 "Well Mir. President. the sem ator acts like he is interested, ,' responded MT. Davis, smilingly. ssHe talks like he is interested, aud by inks, 1 believe he is in- terested."
 MT. Owen replied, saying ii was entirely inmaterial as 10 what his Arkansas colleague might think, and he went on to say that the opinion of that geu- tleman was utterly worthless, a fact which he believed would be generally conceded to be borne out by his present exhibition.
 "I thank God" responded MT. Davis, "that I have never made an exhibition in favor of the Standard Oil Company" He went on to say that ''oil did no, smell good to him, and that he didn't like it." He then ex. claimed in some sonorous tones. "Before God, MT. President, I'd rather have ny right hand forget its cunning. my tongue cleaye to the roof of my mouth and the mother who bore me disown me than to appear here as an advo. cate of such concern as the Standard Oil Company"
 Here there was long pause, in which senator irrelevantly laughed. Then MT. Davis said he was most in earnest about the matter. Some senators again laughed.
 "Let each senator vote as his conscience dictates exclaimed Mir. Dayis. "Let the blood be upon you. l submit my case with. out comment.
 Senator Owen replied that MT. Davis speech did not deserve an answer, but he explained all that stood in the way of the pipe line was about l4 40-acre tracts of public lands, which could not be condemned in the usual way.
 He said the Standard Oil Com pany had been admitted to AT. kansas by the legal authorities oi the state.
 By what authority?" demand. ed Mir. Davis.
 "Does the senator from Okla. homa yield?" asked Senator Gamble, in the chair.
 1T decline to yield" said Mir. Owen. "The senator from Ar kansas has forfeited his right to consideration from the senator from Oklahoma; he has forfeited his right to the respect of the sen- ator from Oklahoma; I desire that he remember that" His voice rang with indignation.
 When he had taken his seat, Senator Davis said: "So far as forfeiting the respect of the sen. ator from Oklahoma. I care noth- ing. I tossed 1t to the winds; never had any for him in the first place."
 Mir. Owen said that the Stand. ard Oil Company had complied