Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-06
Both Houses Adopt Resolu- tions Expressing Conf
 dence in Wilson.
SEVERAL SENATORS
 RECEIVE REBUKES
Legislatures of States Represented by Members of ''Little Group of Will. fuI Men" Rcpmdiatc Their Dis
 loyalty to President.

Little Rock, March j.--Resolutions endorsing the course of President Woodrow Wilson and expressing con fidencc in his ability to handle the inte.national crisis wtn honor to the country were adopted in both houses of the Arkansas general assembly to- day, following the receipts of special message from Governor BrOugh.
 Immediately after giving the presi- dent vote of confidence, the senate adopted resolution endorsing tic stand of Senator Joe IT. Robinson n standing with the Iresident, and especially for his stand in favor of the "armed neutrality" bill. The oms- sion of Senator Kirby, name was in terpreted as a rebuke.
 Republicans Lead Demonstrations.
 The spectacle was witnessed this morning in the hall of the house of representatives of the Republican members leading a demonstration for President Woodrow Wilson.
 The following special message from Gov. C. H. Brough was read by his private secretary C. II. Moses:
 "Gentlemen of the Forty-First General
 Assembly:
 To-day at high noon Woodrow Will son will be inaugurated for the sec ond time as president of these United States, and it seems befitting that the state of Arkansas should recognize, through it's legislature, in some appro- priate form, the worth of this great man. who, combining as he does the patriotism of a Washington, the philosophy of Jefferson, the courage of Jackson, and the sweet charity of Lincoln, is destined to go down into American history as perhaps our greatest American president. Four years have passed since the scholar in politics began to leaven the crude lump of American government. There | were scholars before Woodrow Will l son, but few in whom were mixed all l the clements of great statesmanship; culture, common sense, fairness and backbone; and every patriotic Ameri- can should today pledge him the strength of the one hundred million people over whom he rules, as the in- | visible reservoir is drawn on, in the 1 event of an international crisis. No one can say what solemn history shall be written during the next four years of his administration. No one can say what uncouth offspring of the Euro pean war may leap out of the sea at Americas heart. The seas which our people must traverse are not charted. America peers ahead into the dark ness. But we are not fearful. for our leader is one who has read the heart of our government alright and weighs it's deed, and true and tried pilot as he is, he has commanded the winds and waves of international discord, l Peace be still"
 eff Woodrow Wilson were weak ling, and not man fitted into the American fabric like strong beam supporting the Democratic structure, there would be cause for fear, for the times are perilous. The future is shrouded in gloom. There would be cause to fear, if, at any time in his whole career, President Wilson had shown a white feather; if ever, under the press of malicious influences, he had been inclined to break faith with the people who chose him to lead our nations destinies. But at all times he has been Americas president, standing four square plumb in the uprights. sure of himself. He has understood the big mind and heart of the people of these United States. He has been temperate and just, mindful only that