Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-24
q. NJ. SHAW
Candidate for
! PROSECUTING ATTY

70 the Voters of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit:
l am proud to be able to say as the election
! draws near, that | have conducted my campaign
upon high plane. Atno time have / engaged in
nltld-shnging. No campaign lie has started in my
camp, and hope my friends will not be disnayed
in the least with some that have been made and
peddled by the opposition The spreading Of these
anti-election tales is but the confession OF weak
ness, the howl Of whipped dog. Let it rather
give you courage / can tr,lthfully say that [
have not word or deed to regret 1t has been
my pleasure to make many friends and not
! single enemy. A. #@lN
My campaign has engaahd my every energy for
more than two months, and it has been my priv
ilege to shake hands with thousands of YOU ] am
only sorry that | could not visit you all in your
homes Remember, however, that Shaw would
appreciate the support of each and every man in
the district. My method of campaign has been to
go out and ask the people to support me, realizing
that the office belongs to the people and not to the
cliques and politicians. have told you my policies
and ideas of law enforcement
Mr.. Parham would like to leave the impression
i'll his display ads and speeches that he is
ming for his Endorsement term without saying so
flat out The reason his nerve fails him when he
would say it, is that he knows that you know that
he went all the district two years ago and beg
ged you to vote for him against Mr. Lucas for his
Endorsement term II he sincere then, this
term to which he is aspiring is his third term
by his statement. The real fact is that he
lacks only about five months of having had two
full terms at the expiration of the term he is
serving, having been elected twice What else
could you call it? Could you say he is running
for a second term?
Nobody knows any better than do that the
enforcement of the law can never be ideal. 1t
must be backed by healthy public sentiment.
And then there might be instances where it were
better that some minor statute be not too strictly
enforced. Some discretion is always and should
always be given to the officers. But this discre
ton should never be abused as to openly permit
absolute lawlessness. Don't you think some i'm
provenent could be made in some quarters OF this
district if we had sure enough prosecuting at
toney who would make a reasonable effort in that
direction? And don't you think that could and
would improve some conditions?
1t shall not be my disposition to pelsecute
anybody, but to make a persistent, reasonable,
sensible effort to enforce all the laws without
making fish Of one and flesh of another and i'll the
light OF all the circumstances of each case
had as well add my card OF thanks now and
save the trouble of doing so later for the fight is
won. | thank you more than | can tell you. All
we have to do now is to watch the tricks of the
enemy and hold the ground already taken. Stamp
out the campaign lie Close your ear to the (char-
acteT) assassin. Go to the polls and vote your
honest convictions and 1.-THE victory is OURS. Go to
election early aid stay late idsnlsle SOME eff
fort that the Shaw men get out and vote. .slt
- Yours :. n'ss e win, :
IA. SHAW