Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-28
JUDGE HAYS ANSWERS
 COLONEL BRUNDIDGE
NO CONSISTENCY, HE SAYS, IN CLAIMING FRAUD IN PHIL.
 LIPS COUNTY.
Cites Other Counties That Mr. Brun. didge Failed te Carry
 Recently.

remain in Little Rock until after the
 issued this statement:
 To the Democratic Voters of Arkan-
 saS:
 'In a statement published in the Arkansas Gazette of the 26th instant, over the signature of Hon. Stephen
 Brundidge, it is stated as the opinion of MT. Brundidge, that he has receiv
 ed majority of the legal votes cast at the primary election held on Satur-
 day, June 21. Complaint is further made, specifically, with reference to
 the returns from Phillips county, which show that Mir. Brundidge car ried the county by majority of 3OS votes. The basis of this complaint, as stated, is that in his race against Sen
 ator Davis. MT. Brundidge carried something over 1,10o coupled with the statement that tho people gener- ally, in all parts of the country are his friends, and the majority of them have been his friends for many years. Gross frauds are charged by Mir. Brundidge as having been committed in this county. He says it is incon- ceivable that With 2,4O0 votes boiled his majority should have been only 30S. In this connection I desire to call to the attention of the Democratic voters of Arkansas the following facts which make the results in some oth- CT counties as inconceivable to me- ! "In the race between MT. Brundidge and Senator Davis, before the primary ill March 1912. the result in White county was that Senator Davis carried the county over MT. Brundidge by majority of nearly 300, yet in the pres ent election his majority in that coun- ty amounts to 1872. While this might not be termed 'inconceivable' it is at least suggestive of rather cratic change in public sentiment. It might be well oontended that one is as susceptible of explanation as the other He charges fraud in Phillips, while I state that the results in the two counties are parallel
 Changes in Other Counties.
 "As MT. Brundidge las compared his vote in this election with the vote received by him in the race between himself and Senator Davis for the United States Senate, it will be ob- served that while Mir. Brundidge car ried Faulkner county in this race by majority of sos votes, according to the Gazette report, he lost the same coun- ty to Senator Davis. The same radi- cal changes are evidenced in the vote of Poinsett county. MT. Brundidge carried this county over Senator Da- wis. according to my recollection, by a majority of three or four hundred, while, according to the returns at doubled his majority there Numerous instances can be shown, and with these facts at hand, it occurs to me that in saying the vote in Phillips county is 'inconceivable' a rather strong word has been used. l am not here alleging that fraud was commit ted in the counties of White. Faulkner and Poinsett, but if the change in sen timent is to be the rule by which fraud is charged in Phillips county, then by parity of reasoning the same allegation might be made as to these counties.
 If the vote in Phillips county is an evidence of an effort on the part of machine politicians to defeat the will of the people. as Mr. Brundidge would have the voters of Arkansas believe. then with an equal showing of verity I could state that the vote in White, Faulkner and Poinsett coun- ties was an effort on the part of ma chine politicians to wrest the office of governor from the people and restore it to the politicians. Let Mir. Brun- didge explain why the official vote in White county is now two days later than Phillips in being reported, be- fore denounoing Phillips county and charging fraud. |
 'sIn keeping with the character of the campaign waged by Mr. Brundidge he has seen fit to ascribe unto him. self all virtue and purity and to char acterize those who oppose him as a coterie of politicians, who have been and will continue to work it overtime, for their selfish ends and to promote their personal ambitions to the great detriment of the people and of the prosperity and growth of the state. This is self-serving declaration which feel will be taken by the intel