Pocahontas star herald., 1916-02-25
OLDFIELD'S REPLYTO
CAMPBELL'S CHARGES
Washington D. c., February II, 1916.
Mr.. l.. F. Blankenship,
Editor Pocahontas Star Herald
Pocahontas, Ark"


Dear Sir;
frierd Of mine supplied with clipping from recent
If or paper containing what purpor TO be letter of the
Honorable Tom Campbell Of date 1916 addressed
TO me- No such letter written TO me Dy Mr. Campbell and
such letter was received by nor was expected to receive
this Iatte II is campaign document issued by Mr. Campbell
with the sole purpose view Of misleading the voters Of the 2nd
District In the pretended letter many state
mens what Mr. Campbell says he VIII charge with reference
nv record some Of them trivial to command attention and
and others couched in language unbecomng that reply
be made to them in the vein that prompted him to write
With reference the statement that it is costing
keen me in Congress wish say that am drawing the salary
and mileage fixed by law The law fixing both the salary and
the mileage was passed before became member of Congress- and
therefore am not responsible for either take for granted that
Campbell were member of Congress- he would expect
paid the salary that paid TO other members however little
he might in Justice be entitled to receive
BY innuendo Mr. Campbell says have been in Congress
long enough OF thoughtful will give serious
consideration to this criticism which is made for the purpose Of
votes only Every person that my predecessor
Mr. Brunddge represented District in Congress for twelve
years while have been in Congress only seven years.
has been the custom not only in Arkansas but in every
state in the Union for the people keep their Representatives in
Congress all the way from twenty years and longer
Speaker Clark Missouri has been in Congress wenyone
years and Claude Kchn of North Carolina Democratic Floor
Leader has been in Congress thirteen years y their long
vice they are the most influential members in the House
In these roubous times when Of experience needed
Congress- dare the people will pay very little attention to
this criticism.
acted into law put mildly reckless statement contrary
to the facts and known by him to be untrue at the time he
it. His next charge that helped pass bill to license the gam
bling futures untrue and known by him to be untrue
at the time he made it. He made it with the hope that he might
deceive some familiar with the record and without any
gard for the fact that he knew the statement be false have
supported every introduced Congress since have been
member of that body that looked the suppression Of gambling
futures supported the Scott bin that passed the House and
failed the supported the BeG bill that passed the House
and failed in the Senate have supported that the
farmers of this country have thought would grant them relief;
supported the Clarke amendment supported the Lever BILL
bill that DESTROYED the element gambling and compelled those
people who had heretofore dealt in cotton futures to write bind
ing contract would protect the growers Of everywhere
This bin advocated by Mr. Bryan who then Secretary of
State advocated by the President of the United States
Woodrow Wilson and if to charge h being the alder and
abetor of legislation to license gambling Of those people in
the President the Secretary of State and practically the
tire Democratic membership Of the House and Senate with being
league with gamblers and supporting to license and
protect gambling in futures Mr. Campbell knew when he made
the that untrue He knew could have known
that the farmers organizations favored the twas ad
vocaed farm organizations everywhere and opposed by every
cotton exchange in the world And other times he cicses
because Congress has not passed rural credits BILL While he
critcsng am here working for rural credits legislation
and cooperating with Mr. s. Barrett President and Mr. A. c.
ress pass good rural credits bill which will enable the farmers
of country to borrow money long time low Of inter
We will pass such bill at this session of Congress- In keep
with the spirit of his letter Mr. Campbell charges that voted
against five cents mileage was aware of the fact that
this statement untrue The only opportunity offered for
direct vote that question alone was December 8 1914
voted for this deduction appears from the Congressional Record
that date page $780, Mr. Campbell has the Records of that
and knew that fact when he made the Now
that refused vote for five mileage June 1914 because
would have been joining republican buster defeat of
great appropriation bills and thereby embarrass the president
the and defeat other mertoous legislation
This matter of mileage had benn conference between the
conferees the House and Senate for number of weeks
the end of the fiscal June 3O rapidly approaching the
President of the United States Woodrow Wilson, earnestly
urging pass this the democratic leaders Congress
insisting that the be passed Mr. Campbell
have voted otherwise would have been embarrass
the democratic administration deprive the people of relief
by other which would have been defeated by the pro-
longaton of this fibuster
stand for a reduction in mileage. have always done
my reflects that fact and he sought merely msead
misrepresent in his statement in his socaed open letter