The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-12-07
BRUND|DCE AND
DAVIS TOGETHER

Beebe, Dec. 2.-Less fhou
thousand persons heard on.. uue
addresses of Senator Davis ara
Brundidse, Jr., at Beebe TODAY ~
Brundidge was accompanied
Beebe by a large delegation ;. %
Searcy, and Davis was ma, l'Oul
brass band wearing "JeF n ny
badges. ~ DAVIS"
Judge Rowe of TT. Smith. canal
date for attorney general m rallol-
snort speech, and was follon,o1e
Attorney General Norwood w" ~" Dy
date for governor, who arr oanul-
severely the record of GoUas lled
Donaghey and declared that bo ei no,
prepared an initiative petition n s
circulation throughout tho s, aVr
providing for a 60 days session S'a.e
the legislature. ''O" OF
The meeting was slightly ii.
turDed during Mr.. Davis addros-
by the sudden death of Tom MOS
tyre, a local druggist. from On ~
tack OF heart disease whilo siit; az
IN the outer edge of the crowd
Brundidge Jokes Senator
Senator Davis was introduced >,
1880 p. m. and concluded a 70
joinder at AIS p. m. The crowd ~
tlently stayed throughout III
speaking. Davis said he had kons
up a row ever since he had been II Il
the senate, and would keen il m
If returned until conditions ar ~
Ichanged. He discussed the menace
OF aggravated wealth and condemn
ed the robber tariff. He declared
local option the only remedy for
the whisky question and gave an
account of his acts as governor and
senator. He charged that northern
money would be offered for votes
against him. In his opening he did
not refer to Mr.. Brunddee
Mr.. Brundidge opened directly
upon Senator Davis record. de-
claring that Davis is ALWAYS nic-
turesque, if not logical" and that
he is always big T. and 'little"
Everybody else. He said the leris-
lature had done most Of the things
claimed by Davis; that Davis had
lpromised TO pardon certain per-
sons if convicted in the doodle
prosecution of 1905; that Davis had
ridden on Iron Mountain pay a:
governor in direct violation Of the
law; that the antitrust law for
which he claimed credit was a copy
Iof the Missouri statute, and that he
Twas the only attorney general who
had never collected any penatie,
under the antitrust law.
| Then, discussing his senatorial
record, he declared the only miracle
| Davis ever performed was to SWEEP
celebrated speeches; but action
mot speecehs, is what the people
want, he said. He read a record O
congress showing that Davis wa
labsent three-fourths of the time
and often, when most importan
measures were pending his absenc'
once enabling the Republicans l,
pass the ship-subsidy bill. All, h,
said, Davis ever accomplished, wa
\ two private pension bills and on
: bridge bill. He was often pare,
with Lorimer, who should be ex
lpelled from the senate. He mad
a vigorous attack on Davis TO
unloading a package on Bill Old
| tield" in the sunken land deal
which he denounced as vicious. H
read the record of statements 0
| Davis non-action on many import
ant measures. He said he regrette'
Davis refused to meet him in
Ijoint debate for more than fOu
speeches.
jeff Raps Back Hard.
| Brundidge then reviewed his ow
record, showing that in five SEES
sion he had voted sos times in 6s
and had brought millions of dol
lars into the district on appropria
tons. He also reviewed bills in
troduced and passed and votes 0
Iother measures.
| A 30 minute rejoinder put Day
Into old form. The newspapers an
a young lady of Searcy who ha
shouted for Brundige, and other
came in for characteristic t0neu
flashing. He reiterated that
| would not furnish crowds fC
Brundidge to address, and refuse
to make more than four speeche
He gave his version of the snnke
land business, and denied there VIZ
lanything in it. He TOT / undide
| he declined to carry MS politics
corpse over the state for e<hibitio
and would beat him in his owl
White county.