Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-01-18

] pense already caused, and which the i taxpayers must pay, and receive no;h- ing in return, caused by Tom Collier i ghting the measure through the cour,s and before the people, and causing the commissioners to do what they have done.
 l know that he got defeated before the people in getting enough people to sign against it.
 1 I know tha. he and his lawyers lost cat in the Fed 2ral court. i l know he and his lawyers got de- 1 feared in the Circuit Court of Jeffer- son County when Judge Grace refused 1 on the r petition for writ of cer- ! tiorari to say as Collier wanted him 1 to say that the bridge commissioners returned finding that was false and fraud.
 I know that he has lost out in the Chancery Court.
 l know that the Supreme Court ill it's first dccis on said that the bridge law was valid, good and con- Stitutional.
 I know that the Supreme Court in it's second decision sustained the Circut Court of Jefferson County in saying no fraud had been committed and l know that Collier has lost his fight against this improvement before the people and he has hammered away at il for two years and that he has lost it in every court in un'e state.
 1 knew it S not question whether there is a majority for or against ,he bridge; and know it is not ques- ton about the necessity for this inn provement but the sole question is shall Tom Collier after two 1,ard years ght and all the money that he has spent, and is spending, and will continue to spend, lose his fight? It is question of winning only with Collier. But Collier spsnt his money for me and in way 1 am Il s servant.
 l know waaJ promised the people of Jefferson county and all the busi- ness smen of Pine Bluff, a good many of whom voted for me because 1 lean towards prohibition, but I knew they thought l was alright on the Bridge measure.
 I know I said I would not do any thing detrimental 70 the business in- .terests, of P ne Bluff and Jefferson county and, l Know 1 said and pledged them and promised them as man of honor and as conscient- ious man (but man after he gets in the legislature generally loses his cons9ience) that | would not intro ;luce iany bill or try to pass any bill that was likely to prove detrimental to the business interests of the com munity; but l was not honest with them because I did not tell anyone then that 1 was pledged to Collier to
 
 Collier and I both said there was 2,600 members of Golfers Taxpayers Pro ective Association, but someone told falsehood, and it wasn't mo, because I only said 'w!hat Coll CT told me was so; but
 know now and knew the morning after the election that it was not true because there was only 2,1O0 votes cast and the election was warm ye' l only defeated Judge Kerwin 37 votes.
 1 know that 1 received the full prohibition vote of my county and Pine Bluff and if I had not receivei
 1 would have been defeated nearly 300 votes; but I believe it was old Barnum that said the people love to De humbuggel and fooled. I know l am watched too closely to dc anything but what Collier tella me to do, because the Senate. does not know now whetaer Tom Collier or myself represents Jefferson Coun- l ty.
 Collier sits by my right side in tho Senate and Col. Oracle, the. Secretary to MT. Collier and the Taxpayers l Protectie Assoc ation, J. P. Gracic and the lawyer, Asa C. Oracle, sit ol my left sile and that wise old leg islative owl. member of the Firs ward anti-free bridge cro,Wd, Greed Caldwell, sits in my rear Napo 'eol in his palm est days was never guard ed by his old guard like am.
 Yes 1 know that Caldwell lhas Qui