Judsonia weekly advance., 1916-03-08

masses, and yet my enemies are try ing to cruelty me on cross of abuse islander, and forgery.
 defy them, and every friend l have will defy them until the polls close on the 29th day of this month.
 Faithfully yours.
 w. A. OLDFIELD. [ Washington, D. C.. March 1. 1916.
 February 19, 1916. Honorable NJ. M. Stuckey,
 Attorney at Law, i Newport, Arkansas. 1 My Dear Mr. Stuckey:
 Answering yoGr questions I will say: First. that other things being equal, the longer a man stays in the House the better member he becomes. -> It seems to me that what a District ought to do is to pick ont man with fair ability, young enough to learn indus trious, honest capable and keep him here as long as he continues to grow at least. I contended this before I got into Congress, when was out of Con- gress and since I have got back Tn Congress.
 AS part of the funeral services of Judge David A. DeArmond of Mis- souri, 1 made nearly a whole speech on that subject to account for his high standing in the House. I suppose that members sent out at least a half mil lion copies of that speech as an cleo tioneering document.
 Second: l am winding up my twen- ty-first year in the House
 Third: Mr Oldfeid is a hard work ing, intelligent. industrious. growing member-one of the rising men in the House
 Of course it is very ticklish for an outsider to say anything about candi- dates in another State, but you asked the question and you are entitled to an answer.
 MT. Oldfield got on the Ways and Means Committee after shorter ser vice than 1 did and is making good.
 Your friend,
 (Signed1 CHAMP CLARK
 February 19 1916. Mr. P. B. Hill,
 Walnut Ridge. Arkansas. My Dear Sir
 am just in receipt of your letter of the l6th, asking my opinion of the rec ord of Honorable W. A. Oldfield and ms standing as a Member of Congress hasten to reply, with pleasure. Old. field is one of the most popular and influential Members in the House. No Democrat has a finer record than he mas. He has the esteem and confidence. in superior degree, of the entire membership of the House. His career as Member, has been marked wifi, ability, wisdom, loyalty to principles, and diligence in the performance of every duty imposed upon him. I count any District fortunate in having sucb Representative.
 With best wishes and kind regards l beg to remain,
 Sincerely yours,
 (SigneO CLAUD KITCHEN 1 Washington, D. C., Feb. 23, 1916. Mir. E. R. Thirlwell,
 Hoxie, Arkansas.
 Dear Sir:
 In response to your request of Feb ruary for the legislative record of the Honorable William A. Oldfield Rep resentative from the Second Congress sional District of Arkansas. on uues- tions coming before the House of Rep resentatives in which the interests Of Labor have been involved, I take pleas ure in sending you his record here. with. Upon examination of the record you will find that MT. Oldfield has con sistently voted in favor of all of the great fundamental issues before Con- gress in which Labor has been inter. ested. I am pleased to also add that Representative OldfieId has been svm- pathetic and helpful in many ways in advancing the bills favored by Labor in addition to his consistent voting rec ord. In fact, we have found Mr. Old. field to be one of the most industri ous and dependable Representatives in Congress.
 Yours very truly, | (Signed) FRANK MORRISON. Secretary American Federation of La bor.
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