Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-27
TEDDY,TAFT, WILSON, DEBS AND CRAFIN All The Presidential Candi- dates Invited to Little Rocks Deep Water
 way Meeting,
THE BOND CAMPAIGN
State Campaign Brings Forth Many Issues-,WiIs0n sentiment
 Growing.
(By CLIO HARPER.

 Little Rock, Agu should plans that are now under way prevail Little Rock will be the most talked of city in the United States September 24, 9 and 26. Those are the dates of the National Convention of the Lakcs-to- the-Gulf Deep Waterway Association, and it is probable that during the three days, four of the five nominees for president of the United States will be here. Chain, the Prohibition nom- inee, would be the only one missing when the roll is called.
 Theodore Roosevelt, the Progressive nominee, will be here September 9, en route to Memphis. He is already we'll known as an advocate of deep waterways, and will address the asso- citation.
 Eugene V. Debs, the Socialist nom- inee, has made an independent date for Little Rock on the night of Sep tember 24, at the auditorium. He has been here before and always draws big crowds.
 Officers of the association have cX- tended formal invitation to President 1 Taft, nominee of the Republican party, and Governor Wilson, nominee of tine Democratic party, to be present on one of the three days and deliver ad- dresses.
 No definite answer has been receiV- ed from either, but it is known they are considering the invitations, and will come if they possibly can. The officers of the association are very confident of their acceptance, heliev- ing they cannot well decline to come, as the meeting is national in it's scope and membership, and as a,yote- getting event will be unsurpassed Roosevelt already having declared in unequivocal terms for the fullest ex- plOitation of our inland waterways, President Taft and Governor Wilson cannot well do otherwise than take advantage of the opportunity to ex- press themselves as emphatically on this question.
 The association, which met last year ill Chicago, will be one of the biggest meetings ever held in Little Rock, fraught with great concern for the nation, and will be ore of the big gest advertisements Little Rock and Arkansas have ever had
 Bond Amendment Campaign.
 The campaign for the adoption of the bond amendment is gaining strength daily. One of the most sig nal victories during the last week, for the measure, was the firm stand taken by Congressman Joe T. Robinson in US favor. He has been explaining it in detail in all his speeches on the state campaign he is now making. He declares that "the fact that it is need ed most pressingly by the cities of Arkansas makes it not a political is- sue but one of business moment,' de- clared MT. Robinson.
 Mayor Charles E. Taylor, who was one of the prime movers in it's sub mission, is flooding the state with lit erature, and has visited a number of cities personally in it's interest. He IS enthusiastic over the prospects,, and thinks that it will prevail oy a large majority.
 The press of the state is almost a unit in it's support, especially in the cltles, while there has been heard no word of disapproval, and there is vet one of them to take an antagonistic position. Especial attention is called to the fact that the adoption of the amendment does not mean a bond is- sue unless the people of community vote 1t at an election held under the l provisions of the amendment.
 Democratic Campaign Warming Up.
 The Democratic campaign is warm Ing up, This week fifty or more. party spellbinders are smelling the woods in the interest of militant Democracy hlggest guns of the party are at, work and none is more active than Con gressman Robinson himself, who has become veteran campaigner.
 MT. Robinson on half a hundred stumps is marking clear his position on the issues confrontinp ina ate