Pocahontas star herald., 1912-03-22
From Tom Campbell

man 10 DC COuSIesslhdh iiO''
district for the next two years.
There are two candidates for this
Office Mr.. Oldheld and myself.
Mr.. Oldheld lives in Independence
county. have spent my life IN
the good county of Randolph. 1t
is for you people to decide between
us.
My opponent has already had two
terms in this office, and is now a
candidate for third term. He has
done nothing for the people during
his two terms in Congress to entltle
him to break the Democratic custom
and be giyAn third term.
The frS year he was in Congress
he introduced a bill to give Earn
heart and Max6eld, two rich men OF
Batesvllle, the exclusive right to
use the water power at dam number
9 on White river, after the people
had been taxed more than $500,
OO0. 90 to build this dam.
The second year he was in Con
gress he introduced the INFAMOUS
SUNK LANDS BILL, which if 1t
had passed, would have ROBBED
THE PEOPLE OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS WORTH OF THE
FINEST LANDS IN THE STATE
AND GIVEN THESE LANDS
TO A BUNCH OF RICH LAND
SHARKS.
Surely this record does not entltle
HIM to third term! Knowing that
he could not defend his record, he
refused to accept my challenge to
meet me in joint debate over this
county; but slipped into the county
behind me, after he knew ! had al
ready advertised speeches in other
counties and could not possibly get
back home to make second tour OF
the county to meet him. | am told
that in these speeches which he
made, when he knew | could not be
present, he tried to prejudice the
minds OF my nelghbors against me
by telling you that when | was in
the Legislature in 1908 | missed
1875 roll calls, in session of llO
days, by which he attempted to
leave the impression that | had been
absent from duty nearly all the
time. My enemies have accused me
Of working too hard at what | have
undertaken to do, especially when
they were feeling the effects my
labors. But this Is the first time
/ have ever been accused of shirking
or neglecting work which | had
been employed to do. | did miss
1875 roll calls IN the Legislature of
1908. But there were over 5000
roll calls during that session. In
the Legislature the roll is called
from rs to 80 times every day. So
that these 1876 roll calls | missed
meant that / was absent from the
House for about three days. | was
not off duty even during these 8
days. was appointed member
of special committee to go to
Lincoln county to inspec. the
state farm. 1t took three days TO
make the trip. So | was not absent
from duty any of the time, and did
not drrw any salary at all without
earning it.
But let US see how it has been
with my opponent in Congress-.
He left Washington City, where
his duties are, on February 10th.
He has not been there since then,
and will not be there again before
the first of April. This is an alb
sense of SO days from his post of
duty. Congress has been in session
all the time, and my opponent has
drawn $4,000 day for all these so
days although he has not been with
In 1900 miles of Congress during
any part of this SO days, but has
put into his pockets 100000 of
tue peoples money as salary tor
these so days of absence from duty.
For downright shlrker of duty
and drawer Of salary he does not
earn, he certainly Is the champion!
During the whole rs years that
Randolph has been a county, our
citizens have rolled up the Democrat.
ic majorites every two years which
have helped to elect some man to
Congress from this congressional
district; and during all these IS
years the people of Randolph coun
ty have, every year, paid the taxes
which have helped provide the
salary of the congressman from this
district. And yet during all this
rs years time Randolph county has
not sent one of her own citizens to
congress single time. The con-
gressmen have all been from Bates
vile, or Searcy, or seme other place
down in the lower end of the dis
trict. 1t does seem to me that