Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-10-29

In replying to that portion of MT. Kerwin' communication to Mr. Collier and Mr Oracle, Pres 1 Ident and Secretary, respectively Of the fEpayers Protective As sociation of Jefferson county, which pertains to myself. which has been published in The Gra- phic, the Pine Bluff Commercial, the Union Advocate, the Press Eagle, of this city, and which l suppose will appear in pamph- { let form and be distributed throughout the county, l have no \ apologies to make to any man be- eeaaTr<e of the indorsement of the Taxpayers Protective Association, but on the other hand, I am proud that l have lived life that Y although l served a term in the | General Assembly of our state, l, and while sonic individual mem- a{ bers of that body have gone down Hat the hands of the evil forces ' that control the law-making body of our Commonwealth, and have 4 dragged the reputation of the en- \ tire body with them. so low that the time has come when it ap- 3pears to he disgrace for man, no matter how clean he may be, 1 to be a member of our General assembly, I returned to my peo- I pie With a recorU so clean. so tree from graft yand corruption, that snot a sin7e individual not
 zen f~A kerin, has been able
 Irk spot OH it. am . X AsSnss.sgghat l have led a life that
 Nan can respect, and that the YTaxpayers Protective Association aof my county, composed as it is YOf body of tWentysiX hundred Fl
 z members, banded together for mutual protection, can afford to iadorse me, AND THAT WITH 0UT MY SOLICITATION.
 am constrained to believe t@that the thing that STINGS MY OPPONENT so HARD IS THAT iHE DID NOT RECEIVE THE lHON0R THAT FELL TO ME. ! NIese.s. Collier and Oracle need ho defense at my hands; x However, MT. Kerwin's attack on { these gentlemen as the executive officers of the Taxpayers Pro- tective Association reminds me of one of our former governors, who few years ago attended an sEMforS Convention at Hot spring3 who got one or two |highba1ls too many under his lbelt, and permitted the newspa- Hper men to have great time \ kicking him. Each time they landed on him, he would say: NAH right, gentlemen, every time Fyou kick me, you kick the State Hdf Arkansas" MT. kerWin does Knot seem to realize that each Kline he LANDS on Messrs. Col MNer and Oracle HE LANDS ON EEHE TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED MTAXPAYERS who are members of the Taxpayers Protective As lY sOciation. The difference in this Nnd the ex-governor is that
 HE MEMBERS OF THE TAX SPAYERS PROTECTIVE ASSO- EIATION WILL SOON HAVE A
 HANCE TO KICK BACK.
 THE DRAINAGE ACT.
 In attacking my record MT. kerwin seeks to make it appear that I was, unable to get anything ksxougbr the House, except those VI les he thought would be V .eble to me. voted for sf.. tiiage act because there N s not a single protest. If a k kted number of taxpayers (not
 thousand as was presented to
 Kerwin in the Free Bridge
 
 ,ld have been considered i'll
 matter. Besides, this meas
 affected only those that were
 be benefited. The pubic \ kmows well that the ''Megra In tht
 wood pile" was not discovered II
 this act, even by its most arden
 suppo. xess, or the 1ple of tha A territory, many of whom hat A .ead if over most carefully, un A8NN long after the heglsiatur
 sd closed and the act had De
 me a, law. l did not introduc
 and pasA this bill as indicated D
 sr Kerwin. but Mr. kerwl seeks to create the impresslo
 that was entirely responslpi
 for the passage of the dralnag
 art as the following auotatio