Pocahontas star herald., 1916-03-03
"OIdtR OPEN LETTER TO OlDfIfLD
from TOM ". CAMPBELL

Dorsr' '''''' D. c.,
yop Just read your letter to the papers IN which
ho qDe Quibbipg nlea of mot guilty" TO some Of
conol.i =" am making against your record You
tb.,Ia hat yo1 aid NOT see the challenge and
e,,a not been for friends supplying you win
O3s@ you might not have seen it, This challenge Mr.
eys,a | was published in TIIRTY-TWO papers and IN
n.,., county in the district thought that surely the
enc representative in Washington was trying
Keep In touch with the people that he would
s,,,1 41 read his home papers. Your own letter Isl
LoISe' L..-,Se' Indictment on nv charge that you are not
,gl gls 10 touch with the people than could have pos
~Oy made WANTED YOU to see the challenge; and |
.l'u - 'ou 10 Know right now that am PROVING every
81 t., eat have made against your record
ts@l IN my challenge on Jan. 3lst that you are not
rs ue money it is costing the people TO keepyou IN
pseSS and repeat IT, II is true that the law lXes
L,. -y Of Congressmen. This thepeope cannot heip'
Y1' ey can and will see to it that man shall fill the
,''OD VINO earns every cent that IS paid TO hlm.
u,, rIllged that YOU HAVE NOT PASSED A SINGLE
LII SlNCL YOU HAVE BEEN IN CONGRESS. |
% ,sp'a' hs charge call upon you to name single
~ . 1al you have caused to be enacted. You cannot
vi" here are the words you use in trying to answer
,u' 'naTge The charge that no bill introduced by
"s mas ever been enacted into law to put It mildly IS
s'eSAess statement and known by him to be untrue,
anu ahu men you drop that subject AS THOUGH 1T WE'RE
SoasIHlNG HOT Why didn't you point out some
ulng Ihatyol have done? All, Mr.. Oldhed. you can't
OoL louknow that you can't answer these charges
ana Tins is the reason that your services are so much
needed right now in Congress-
lolmake yourself ridiculous when you try to COM
pare yourself to Speaker Clark and Hon. Claude Kitch
en- noi North Carolina. They are men who have done
things! They had been recognized as men of ability
before they had served their second terms. For you
who are asking for FIFTH TERM with NOTHING TO
SHOWFORY0URSELF, to compare yourself to such
men is themost violent comparison imaginable.
You next attempt to explain your action in voting
for a bill that LICENSED THE GAMBLERS OF THE
NEN YORK COTTON EXCHANGE. You admit that
you voted for the bin and try to save yourself by say'
ing that the farmers favored that bill. call upon you
30 name one farmer Of the Second Congressional Dis
Iict Of Arkansas who favored that bill. The people
Of this district are the ones that elected you. MIR. Old
hed and It IS 20 them that you III have 20 answer for
your actions You know that this bin does not protect
The cotton grover Of the south II so, please explain
vhya committee of Congressman is right now busy in
yestigating scheme that THESE LICENSED GAM
BLERS HAVE on FOUTTO RUN DOWN THE PRICE
OPCOTTON FOR NEXT YEAR. ALSO PLEASE
TELL THEPE0PLE WHY YOU DO NOT HAPPEN
TO BE A MEMBER OF THAT COMMITTEE. /
charged in my open challenge TO you that you were in
.aboots with these cotton gamblers. You 90 not deny
r in YOUR letter to thc people take it then that you
admit that is true. the main reason that your ser
vices are so much needed in Congress right row' is
that Won canao. face the people when am proving so
ss bat y0ur record proves YOU unfit TO longer rep
resent the people OF this district
Van boast Of the fact that YOU are a member of the
r,t .r5 Means committee when You know and the
~, r5g we're given this appointment. The people
1r that the positions on the committees Ia Congress
NV hndsd about by a system Of rotation. lthappened
az i,e for an Arkansas man to be appointed Ou that
committee You happened TO hoiu the lucky number
I onr name was placed on that cOmmitte. YOUR
aainsriy anl iyTn TnISpLAY OF YOUR NAMES BEING ON
NAN ICONNITTEE Is DISGUSTING MOCKERY
ma M h noope consider that you have done nothing
Sngn .ng yor FOUR TERMS in Congress and that you
duTing yGao fine trust imposed in you by Joining a
na'e, w ~ Now York Cotton Gamblers.
DunT =, sincere in my efforts to show the people what
@ s Noon doing. am using no unfair means.
you nav 49, that the things charge yoI with were
maue tban produced the proof to the people You
m m o yorr letter that my charges are not true, But
say 10 yOu ,nr nroof? The bIackest criminal in the
where be is brought before the court pleads mot
land |eTP Paf # takes proof to clear him. The people
guilt, nroof roof They know that your excuse of having
denanu Sonoress is excuse that was worn out be-
10 stay ln OOa wv horn You know that this is the time
fore you %ornagns for all Offices are on. You know
when tne be fine when every campaign for Congress
that tins roneat that you are refusing to meet me
made -, E5ow that you cannot defend your record.
because yO' Very truly
TOM w. CAMPBELL.
p,abootps Ark Feb. 2Sth'