The Forrest City times., 1912-01-12
HON. R. B. MACON FOR CONGRESS

ized announcement of Hon. Robert Bruce Macon, Of Phillips county, as a candidate for the democratic nomina- tion and reelection to Congress from the First Congressional district of Arkansas, subject, of course, te the Democratic primary election, %hich appears in our announcement column this week.
 Mr Macon is SD well known to the voters, that We scarcely know what to offer in his behalf that is not al- ready known. It is known that he served the people of this Judicial dis trict for four years as it's Prosecuting Attorney most acceptably, and that in the faithful discharge oil his duties in that position he won the esteem and confidence of all fair minded and patriotic citizens who have the vel fare of their State at heart. During the time he served as Prosecuting Attorney, he personally represented the State in every case submitted to the Courts in which the State was plaintiff, and not for one single mo. ment did he represent a client who was charged with having committed q crime against the peace and dignity of the State, or by agreement or otherwise allow anyone to violate the laws of this State for single hour.
 It is known that the people recog nized his ability and appreciate his loyalty to the State, his district, and the people, as Prosecuting Attorney, and elected him to the high position of Congressman, which he has held for three terms, and that in this po- sition, as in all others that he may have filed, he has made most envi- able record as true representative of his constituents, and their interests have ever been his constant com panion and he never misses an op- portunity to serve them faithfully and well. In the first year of his ser vice in Congress he succeeded in pas sing bill that saves to the citizens of Arkansas, alone, more than sl00,000 annually, many or probably all of which find their way back into the channels of trade of this and other towns, which sum is sufficient To pay the salaries Of both of our United States Senators and their Secretaries, our seven Congressmen and their Secretaries, and have sur blue of several thousand dollars to the credit of the people. This one bill alone, if he had done absolutely nothing else, is sufficient 10 entitle hlm To the everlasting gratitude of his constituents But that is not all. !. by several hundred He has secured the passage of many other bills, one providing for the construction of a leyee from the North end of the St. Francis Leyee district to the high lands of Cape Girardeau, thereby pro- tecting vast acres of iand and many towns. He secured appropriations for two surveys of the St. Francis river. and was instrumental in SC curing one of the St. Francis basin. looking 10 both navigation and drain age and bettermeut of these lands. He secured several appropriations for public buildings.
 He secured an appropriation for the improvement of White river at Au- gasta which was of great benefit to the people of Woodrug county. and he has passed scores of other bills that have brought benefit to many com munities and individuals of the dis trict He has been active in the matter of having rural routes estab- liShed and pensions granted and in creased for the old soldiers from one end of the district to the other and in helping to secure appropriations for the leYees on the Mississippi river and he has secured a great many benefits for his constituents through the department al Washington and has been prompt in attending To every commission asked of him by his con stiteentS and in answering their let- ters upon any subject that they have seen it 10 write Aim about, and the Congressional Record discIoses that he has taken part in general egisla- ton, has saved 10 the American peo- pie more money in lis lights upon graft, answered more ro1 calls, been oftener in his seat and passed more bills than any other member of con gress from his state since he took the oath of office.
 We might go on at great length and recite scores of other things ue has accomplished which beneht his con stituents personally and as whole. bat space forbids; suaice il ID say. that he k earnest and sincere in bis iateres iH their welfare, and by req som ef his Hx-larIar,aa k. .,r.+7 .4,4t its ..