The Springdale news., 1914-02-06

several states, that it was ratified in 90 days, an unprecedente q thing in the history of amendments to tho constitution He said that every member or the Arkansas LeBisiat ure save one voted in favor of it, and that there had not been more favorable action taken by Gongr ss than the one adopting that amend ment There was one stage in it's consideration when it's life depend ed upon his single vote. and he cast it with thorough knowledge of that fact. That was upon the prop osition to amend the text of the proposed amendment On the next roll call every Democrat in the Sen ate save five or six voted just as he did, to pass the amendment in the Senate and to submit il to the several states for ratification
 Ii is very=true that some Demo crats voted against him on this bal lot, and that some Republicans Xot- ed with him; that it is also true that several Republicans voted with both groups of Democrats It Was not strict party lineup. nor Was the proposition q party measure. No caucus ever had declared it SO That outside Of these two votes he chall enged any man 10 point to q single instance where he had parted com. pany with his party associates; on the contrary, he generally took a lead in party matters, and his atti- tude i'll Congress is recognized dis tinctly as that of d party man, said that he=had no apology to offer fer either of the votes Ire gave that etI Bt. did condemn the unfrendly spirit of intolerables who tre in q position to know better. and some of the more ignorant people who were =op- posed to his election, in making tae statement that he had habituatly voted with the Republicans. He said 1t was true that he had par- sued such course in public life as to chaltange the respect of many of the leading Republicans. and net ably that of eX-President Roosevelt; he said that he vas proud of the opinion that the eX-president had expressed about him and his work He said that the country in it's en- tire history had developed few men of Roosevelt s capaeity=for public al fairs, and few who reflected as dis tinetly ill their lives and perform anees the true spirit Of American ism that Roosevelt did He never professed to be in sympathy With RooseveItas $ purposes as party man ii he did affiliate with him, as did many other Democrats, in many of the reforms that ha undertook. He said -that.he= highly pfized an opinion express by tha eX-presl- dent in an article recently publish ed in the Outlook, and he said that he would be glad to join in any ap- plause that might b. due II Candl- date Kirby should show similar indorsement from the president ot any peanut stand in America. He re ferred to his recent fight in favor of the passage of the so-caIled Clark amendment, which had for its ptfr- pose the suppression of the business of gambling in the pr4ce ot cotton he said that d great opportunity had been snatehed from the south Mhen this great reform was deieated by the unfortunate ditisiOn among the representatives of tha victims of this pernicious busine ss, sad that he had never failed t6 strike this parnicious busines a blow WheneY- CT he had the opportunity that .ts
 
 interests Of this country is wide spread and well known; that it is ass rted by those who know what they are talking about that gambl- ing on New York Cotton Exchange costs the cotton rdisers of the south $10 on every bail that is eyGr raIs ed, and Senator q oree of MississiP- pi after careful and thorough in vestigaton of the question, made tn statement that he ~as satisfied that the gamblers on the Nv fork Cotton EXchanEe sto.e one crop out of every SIX taat Was ever grown.
 Nore Work Ahead.
 IL said that the Democratic party still had unredeemt q certain in portant promises that il was equipp ed to perform if tHe rank and file of tn Democratic party would only do it's part by selecting persons 10 co operate with the Democrats who are now on the ground and who cannot be disturbed during the press Tt dat of tie remaining administration. He referred thereto to the passage of comprehensive and intelligent law for the suppression of trusts; for the introduction of system of rural 
 and products can be made more readily and effectively the basis Of credit fer borrowing actual money; for giving all possible aid to the con struction of good roads; and for a comprehensive and permanent plan for the reclamation of the Mississip. pi River All of these things he re garded as of the utmost importance. and he said that all Of them were now in process of consideration by groups of members of Congress and senators who were severally mast ering the details of each of these great subjects.
 kirbys Campaign
 He said that the character Of the campaign inaugurated by Candidate Kirby called for q little investigation into it's antecedents with the view of determining whether or not his pres ent tirade is inpired by motives of patriotism, or is the natural outburst oP a perpetual office seeking dema-