Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-11-04

good friends. 1t looks hard for
another man to state things falsely,
Judge Philpot said, and attempt 70
destroy d mans character just &c
get into office. He asserted that he
had lived here as long as Mr.. Cheek
and that he was willing to put his
personal and official record aside that
Of his opponent and let the people
decide who was the best man.
C1ucuit Clerk Lyle and his OPP
p%onent, w. M. Toney, mixed it for a
few minutes, the former merely pre-
senting his record while in the office
and anticipating that Mr.. Toney
would try to attack his free system.
He said he was acting according to
law and that he had convinced vel
good lawyers that he was right in
making the charges that he is. He
felt sure that the people of this coun-
ty would not turn him out of office
after II term just to get another
man into office, who was inexper-
to run against me-" said Mr. Lyle,
but they failed until Mr.. Toney final
ly consented to oppose me l have
made a good circuit clerk and While
the office was not run as smoothly
as it was when Mr.. Brewster handled
it, l have adhered strictly to the
law"
Mr.. Toney declared, if elected, he
would Immediately reduce the fees to
be charged for filing papers in the
clerks office. He asked why Mr..
Lyle had not charged the same fees
formerly charged by Mr.. Bre wster,
whom, he said, give universal salts
faction in that Off &c. He said a bill
lad been presented to the last Legis-
iature to regulate the fees of the
clerks office, that Mr.. Lyle visited
Little Rock q few days before it was
considered, and that after it had pass
ed the Senate the bill died in the
House. He severely criticised Mr..
Lyle for delay ng the wheels OF the
circuit our recently, when a MUIR
der trial jury was ready to report
and all Of the officers OF the court
We're present, excepting the circuit
clerk.
John o. Harrison, NJ. A. Hudson
and G. w. Lindsay, candidates for
county treasurer. good naturally
presented their respective claims for
that office.
I. c. White, candidate for Senator.
was the first to be introduced in
this contest, declaring that he had
no apologies to make because the
Protective Association
had endorsed him; that Mr.. Collier
was not his campaign manager and
that the endorsement he received
beyond his control.A IF 1 am
elected SENATOR" said the speaker, II
will be a representative of the PEG.
pie and not the boss of the people,
After reviewing the passage of the
Bridge act Mr.. White declared
that the Free Bridge Bill Was passed
to let a few bankers in Pine Bluff
make a lot of money out of a rail-
road. He defended his record as a
legislator several years ago and said
that Judge Kerwin had admitted
that he was a nice clean man per-
sonally.' IF am a nice clean man."
he said, has it come tc pass that
clean nlen should not be sent to
the Senate" He declared that lie
"as in favor of tfa Free Bridge #
Der Gent of the peep,a wanted it.
but0 he favored fi.si the petition
showing that 81 per cell. .eAlly fav-
oaeG it.
Judge Kerwin started his talk by
admitting that Mr.. White was a
nice clean man, personally but
added that as Tom Collier had said
that the Arkansas legislature was a
to the state, the people
ought not send Mr.. White there to
soil him. He dealt at length with
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