Pocahontas star herald., 1916-03-10
Will Mr.. Oldfield Have the
Nourageto Come Back?
Mr. w. A. Old6eId.
Washington, D. C.
nnlr Sir.

r washington D. c.
Once have failed so far 70 Get YOU to come out
oe''f' 'ne people know of no better way to let you
D.9" ""s. think and WHAT THE PEOPLE THINK
baa, ..''S 10 sluirm out of the predicament you
~ h'' yourself into, than by addressing myselt per
~ " g"u' Every step you take you grow weaker
40" you know that such letters as you publishing
mos Dose from Your fellow members in Congress count
.''""N WIN the people? You were sent to Washihg,
I '' " serve lhe people Of the Second Congressional
D'a''' OIL Arkansas, not the other members oi Con
Altss Your record shows that you have always been
Wiling TO help the members from other states get the
"e,ogu legislation Of their constituents but lOU
IL nalE l,l FAILED TO REMEMBERTHE PEOPLE WHO
L-I0ILD lOU. lean produce scores aud scores oI
.s'1'IS received by me, since | began this campaign
from men all over the district WHO ARE DiSPLEAS-
Ed With THE RECORD YOU HAVE MADE
You say IN your letter to Mr. Boen Phillips that the
statements Of your cotton-gambng contracts with N
L. carpenter and Co. forgeries You have instruct
eu certain OF your supporters to say that these state
hehS were stolen from your private files Now areh
you getting your lines crossed?" These statements
are genuine Why don you come out like man and
admit that you have betrayed the people into the hands
Of their worst enemy the New York Cotton Gamblers
fouare only prolongng your own agony by QulDphhg
over this matter You sander the intelligence OF the
people Of the good state of Arkansas when you try to
make them believe that the Lever bill protects them
against the gamblers of the Cotton Exchanges. Ihey
know that it is not true You yourself are in receipt oil
amesage sent to members Of Congress by the cotton
growers Of Hope, Arkansas, last week urging that
bill be passed to stop the operation Of these netarlous
gambling concerns LICENSED BY THE VERY Law.
. YOU ARE TRYINGTO UPHOLD. Your very att-
tude in being the only Arkansas congressman who vot-
ed for this bill andin trying to uphold II as law when
its repeal is demanded BRANDS YOU AS HAVING
SOME SPECIAL INTEREST IN SEEING THESE
COTTON GAMBLERS CONTINUE TO ROB THE
PEOPLE. You say that the Farmers Union of Amer
lea favored that BILL That certainly is news to the far
mers of the country! When this bill was under consld-
GRAFTON, c. s. Barrett president OF the Farmers Union
of America wrote to member Of Congress as follows:
The whole situation looks punk to me. J shall not
advocate the government legaizing gambling and go
ing in partnership with it for part Of the s%ill You
say it is prohbitory tax. Then why not make it
higher? ! have no compromise to offer. You knew
about this letter. 1t is part of the Congressional
Record page 1872 leave it to the people to Judge
why you so distort the truth about this matter.
Now. Mr. OldfeId, do not approve Of this method
Of presenting claims to the people. But you have
forced me to resort to the publication of letters in order
to answer you We ought to meet face to face before
the people and there let the people know about these
things warn you that am not losing minutes
time in presenting my claims and exposing your record
TO the voters Of this district If you continue in this
race and muster up enough courage to come back to
the district any time between now and the primary
shall expect to be with you from the moment you reach
the district until the people shall have decided by their
ballots that you are no longer worthy to be their Con-
cressman Yours truly,
TOM W. CAMPBELL.
Pocahontas. Ark, March 6th