The Springdale news., 1913-06-06
IN JOINT DEBATE
.ccid Meetirg of Brundidee
 and Hays at DeQaeea.

ieal school knew it, but it was the nearest approach h to Il this cam paign will know.
 "I do not know how this conflict l ing engagement ehanted to be made, judge Hays said al the close of his spec |, but do know this: Tomorrow morning shall telephone 10 my headquarters at 1 Little Rock and ask my campaign managers 70 request Mir. Brund dge $ campaign managers to furnish Qs ist Of his engagements, so that heneeforth our appointments sh all moi conflict" |"
 More Than 1,0e0 Attend.
 Ths spec hes were made in the Sever county courthouse and wal attended by more than 1000 Der sons, ineluding dozen women. l. was arranged by local managers fer the two candidates that Mir Bfandidge and MT Hays eaeh should Aeak an hour and 15 minutes, and it fell to Mir Brundidge 10 make the opening talk, without privilege of tejoinder Both adhered =in broad measure to their set speeches of the campaign
 In opening his side, Mr. Brund- 1 idge charged that his opponent had assisted in creating the vacancy now existing in the governors office bF announcing his candidacy when i be ame known that Governor Robin son would be candidate for tEe Senate and by assi ting in the cleo ten of Mir. Robins son lie charged that Judge Hays had approached Governor Donaghey and Senator Rob inson later and told them if they would support him for governor. E they would not have him 70 con- tend with in the senatorial races to come. ,.l
 Mr Brundidge called attention 10 the fact that Judge Hays has not resigned his judicial office and said that should he be elected to the governors office, tie sta.e would be compelled to bear the eX- pense of new election in that jul dieial district to fiji the vacancy on the bench
 Discusses Kensett Affair Reviewing anew the circulation by the Hays headquarters of kensett newspaper containing an attack against MT. Brundidge, the former aongre sman led up to eharg- es he repeatedly has made that Judge Hays has violated the corrupt pra etiees act, by issuing unsigned campaign literature.
 The atmosphere is filled with slander against Brundidge, MT l Brundidge declared. In one place 1 l hear the word has gone out that am a Catholic, in anther that am an infidel, in another place that l an a drunkard, and just recently I have heard that if BraHdidge is ele ted governor all the Jews will ] be run out of Arkansas
 Judge Hays has said t was mistake that unsigned literature had been mailed from his headqnart- CTS. but l notice the literature was SC printed that there was 10 room for signature at the bottom
 And after I pointed oft q Ark
  adelphia that Judge Hays litera- tare was being issued without sigma tare, l noticed that subber stamp signature appeared Immediately up- OF the same literatur.
 Reads Letter to George"
 At the close of his speech, Mf Brundidge read letter which he said had been issued from Judge Hays headquarters and signed by Harry The letter was address ed to Dear George" asserting that after Judge Hays is elected you will have friend you can de pend upon in the governors $ office The letter urged George" to line up the Davis men.
 Long before the former congress- man had finished his speech he was informed by the chairman, Senator W. H. Collins. that his allotted l time had expired
 Judge Hays Reply.
 In opening his side of the dis cussion Judge Hays denied he had espoused the causes of Senators Robinson or Clarke, and offered to withdraw from the gubernatorial campaign upon proof that he had assisted in the election of Senator Robinson and in proof of his asser- tion he cited an affidavit signed by Representative c. J. Parker and Senator s. L. Owen of 0uaehita