Judsonia weekly advance., 1913-06-11
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 STRONG AT HOME srRiENDS RiDiCulE CAMPAIGN ARGUMENT BEING USED BY
 HIS OPPONENTS.
LOST 14 VOTES IN sEARcY
Lost County, Davis Stronghold, by Small Vote, but Carried Opponents
 County, Town and Ward.

Friends of Stephen Brundidge, can. didate for governor declare that his opponents, like drowning men, fleun- dering about in the water, grasping at straws with the frantic hope that it will save their lives, apparently can find no reason why he should not be governor except that he did not carry his home county in a race with Jeff Davis, and that as a last resort, the opposition has srasped this political straw.
 It is declared that absolutely no ether argument is being used in the campaign that is being made against him and that Col. Brundidge explodes this argument by the simple statement that the people apparently never thought less of Senator Davis because he was beaten in his own county, town and ward. by Mr. Brlndidge.
 In a recent speech, Col. Brundidge treated the question in the following words:
 You are told that I cannot carry my own county, in this race the statement is untrue. Tn my race against Senator Davis, he carried White county, but gentlemen, carried Pulaski county, where Senator Davis had lived for E years, and where he voted andshsd his home. He carried White county by less than 200 ma jority. l carried his home county by roc majority. carried the very ward in which he lived, two to one. In the city of l3assellville, his old home. ] received TIT votes. Tn the. town of Searcy whore ! vas born in 1857, s5lere have lisad evaay das of my life ard stf'l lsz.e. oiis ef oyer sgo votes, ssaai9r Isa9is Fgs is vctes sd I got tFss rss. n. sse i7t.s sd soean1 wards ! received all the votes. IT the Tl1ira lost ten and in the fourth, four.
 T was in Congress for P years and retired voluntarily. During that 1o years did t occur to anybody that there was anything wrong with l3run- didge? was prosecuting attorney laaidoar' years, and il gil ny races. tie largest vote ever po1led psninst me in Geavey WAS %. Do YtA sllinA Z. man that is nnclean, do yoft 5hfaay :. .i7sis .s dishonest, qo ela ti.;:sl@ . man who IS not reputable, can poll. . vote like that in the town wilere hc was born, in the town where he l,ae always lived, and in tho town where lie expects toSdie and be haried? Such an assertion is an insult sc yeilr in telligence.s it is arefIection upensEoar Judgment.
 White county was one Of the firea to join the ranks of the Popnltsts. For more than 12 years not a Demo cratic nominee held office in the coun ty. The majority over us was from 1,200 to 1,500 Yet we always made our nominations and at the instance Of the Democratic County Central Com mittee, always wenL out and made q canvass in behalf of the ticket, be. lieying then, as do now, in the great principles of the Democratic party made some enemies in discharging my duty to my party. There never was a county in Arkansas where Senator Da- wis was as strong as in White. He not only could carry it for himself, but for his friends.
 T have never considered it reason why Sen. Davis should not hold office merely because I carried his county over him, yet they woald press such a claim against me because Senator Davis defeated me in White county by a much less margin than I did him in Pulaski.
 q am rot running against Sen. Da, wis at this time, and you just watch old White come up with a majority for stephen Rrundidge, greater thaa it ever gave Sen. Davis or any other man running for state office7