Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-17
CARD FROM MR. PtRHAM
To the Democracy of the Eleventh Judicial District:

which to wage a newspaper contro- versy in this campaign. l feel like, in justice to myself and my friends | ought not to let Senator Toncy ar ticle which appeared in Sundays Graphic go wholly unanswered.
 In the first place. what he has to say about a clean campaign, free from mudslinging, falls of it's own weight 1 because the public knows the man. ner of campaign that has been con- ductcd by both him and me, and be- sides. who, of all the people you know could less afford to compare either Kemp Toney2
 As e what he says with reference to his conduct and standing with the ! laboring people of the district, l only 1 care to say that they know me and they know Toney and 1 have their word for it that they have been fed on his promises and abused by his pow ; CTS as long as they care to stand for it. Neither nor any friend of mine so far as know have ever made a charge with reference to the employ ment of non-union labor that would conflict with what either Ed Price or Willis Condray had to say, or with anything else contained in that arti- cle except Kemp Toney's own asser- tions What members of various unions have said to me, backed by the voluntary affidavits of many of them. is that during this year the work done on Kemp Toney's house was not only not done by union men but with negro labor and that the work done at dif- ferent times for the past two years upon one of his houses was each time done with this same character of la Dor and under his personal supervi- sion. At any rate, that is question that is between him and the unions of the district that I am not afraid for the unions to settle.
 As to his charge that it is being circulated that he is a Catholic, will say that his article furnished me with the first information that such charges had been made, and to any reasonable man it would seem that he simply has set himself up a company i of tin soldiers, with whom he has waged terrible battle. I know that l have circulated no such reports and my honest opinion is that he himself has circulated them for the purpose of attempting to drag into this cam- paign the element of religious preju- I dice. And besides, l have too much respect for all religious denominations to charge him with belonging to any of them.
 His thinly yelled and malicious in- situation that on account of my form CT association and friendship with MT. | Nixon or any one else, I would be tied to their coat-tails or wear their collar, or for any reason would be unable to faithfully, honestly and fearlessly hls- charge my duties, needs no answer to those who know me nor to those who will take the time and trouble to in- quire into the life and character, both public and private, of each of us.
 In answer to the less thinly yelled and more malicious insinuation that I have entered into any deal with MT. Nixon or with any other person for the purpose of securing from the gov | ernOr of your state the appointment to the office; or that I have assigned or agreed to assign to Mir. Nixon or to any bank or to any other person the fees of the office or any part of them. l want to say as strongly as I can that such statement, coming l from Toney or any man speaking for him, is a willful and infamous lie.
 As I have repeatedly said, have not made and am not yet making wild and unfounded statements in this district, who are in close touch with the political situation, advise me that Toney will not receive one hundred votes in Desha county; that he will not carry Lincoln county and his own friends admit that he is hopelessly
 beaten in Jefferson county and by a large majority, both in the city and country.
 To my friends throughout the dis l trict, I want to Say that I have no campaign lies to spring on the eve of the election you have been faithful to me and I will always be grateful to you and I appeal to you to keep up the fight until the last vote is boiled | ,l --.