The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-23
|ONLY TOO WILLING
TO MEET DAVIS
Ilrundidge VIII Accept Four Dates
and VIII Insist on More--Thinks
There Are Issues 60 Discuss
and Records 10 Compare.


Searcy, Nov. ts.-Sol. s. Brun-
didge OF Searcy, candidate for the
United States senate against Sem
ator JEFF Davis, today made public
a letter he had sent TO Mr.. Davis
relative to the latter's assertion that
Col. Brundidge would not meet him
in joint debate. The communiea-
ton is as follows:
"Hon. jeff Davis,
Little Rock, Ark.
my Dear Sir:-I am in receipt
of your letter Of the nth instant,
in which you say that you have
been expecting to hear from me for
some time with reference to the
subject Of a joint campaign for the
senatorship. The above statement,
in view of the facts, is a most as
founding and remarkable one to me,
for ! have been doing all could
TO arrange with you for joint
canvass of the state. Not only have
the papers from time to time pub
lished the fact that | most earnest
lily desired a canvass with you, but
in the meantime | have sent to you
two mutual friends. who have both
called on you at different times, at
lmy instance and request, for the
purpose of arranging a joint cam
vass between us, and neither of
them were able to do so. I desire
to say now that I am more than
willing to meet you in person and
arrange for a joint debate, or if you
prefer you can select friend and
| | will select one and they may ar
range all the details for a joint dis
cussion. will not only abide by
their arrangement, but will agree
to stay and hear all that you have
TO say and only ask that you stay
and hear me. I also note that you
say in your letter, there are no
special issues between us, except
| that I want the office and so do
you
Grows Sarcastic.
TN this statement | cannot agree
with you. for to do so would be to
reduce the high office Of the United
States senatorship below the level
OF an ordinary ward politician.
81 am firmly of the opinion that
the interests of the state at this
time in matters of national legis-
lation are both great and varied.
Adequate appropriations for post
offices and other government build
| ings in many towns and cities of
the state are needed.
No Mud-Slinging.
"In the last few years the United
States has spent about 100000 in
building good roads in the Philip
pine islands and more than S2,000.-
900 for the same purpose in the
territory of Alaska. If we can
spend these sums in the construc-
tion Of good roads in the Philip
pine islands and Alaska, why not
Ihegin now the much needed work
on our roads in the several states
of the union?
II have never hesitated nor fall
tered, but have always gone when
ever and wherever they have sent
me- and up to this time I am glad
to say that have never found il
necessary to indulge in low and dis
gushing methods of personal abuse
and villiflcation, and beg to assure
YOU that I will not do so now, and
hope that no such issues will be
injected into this canvass. but if
they are, while I may regret the
fact. | shall not hesitate to use my
judgment as to the best means of
answering the same.
Now, as to your proposition that
I shall agree that we shall make
four joint speeches and no more,
I have this to say:
II shall cheerfully meet you at
Beebee on December 2 and at Nor
rilton on the lth. and will invite
YOU to meet me at Russellville on
the 9th of December and at TT.
Smith on the 18th of December. In
doing this I do not consent that
these four speeches shall end the
Joint canvass, for I shall immedi-
ately after publish a list of ap-
pointments throughout the state in
which you Will be cordially invited
to join me and a fair division of
time will be granted you, and if you
publish a list Of appointments |
shall expect to be present whenever
and wherever | am. You have a
record made in the senate and |
have a record made in the house.
while I was in congress the
government spent in my district
more than 100000 for public inn
Lprovements. As to how much w |