The Pulaskian., 1917-11-23

ing his tenure prosecuting attorney he, with the operation of others has stopped gambling in Little Rock He started the investigation into conditions at the State hospital for diseases, found that the unforu mates there being mistreated convicted two and pre- fered charges against others for assaung the unfor tunae inmates He started the investigation into cond tons at the State pententary and convicted of bezzng State funds well recommended the ndict- ment of others.
 He had called his attention the condition of brb- cry in the Arkansas legislature and boldly went after those who implicated in that condition of bribery and has secured four convictions up to date His record in that connection is well known to the public and the Conway Weekly Times has we'll said
 Of course everyone feels sympathy for the wife and children of a who has violated the law and shame for the dshonored man, but in the conviction of the for mer State Senator Samuel C. Sims, whom the Arkansas Senate removed from office upon the charge of boodng every honest citizen of State will be proud of the splendid work accomplished by Prosecuting Attorney M B. Dunaway, which resulted in the guilty man being victed and sentenced to year in the penentary and to pay fine of $1,80000.
 Perhaps never before in the history of Arkansas has public official been subjected to the abuse that heaped upon Mr. Dunaway in the performance of his duty Every license possible taken to ridcue the prosecuting attorney and to trap the mpressonabe pub lie with the bogus claim that the boodlng deposed
 
 "But, thanks to jury composed of law-abiding and aw-enforcng citizens, the harder the fight to help Sims to escape punishment much frmer became their con- victon that his crime demanded convincing verdict which would in some measure clear the record in Arkan 
 "The defense made no effort to discredit the evil dence beyond the contention that it was 'frame-up. And the of the State made through the rrefu able evidence offered by the State result of the magnificent work of Prosecuting Attorney Dunaway, made the verdict of guilty certainty.
 Arkansas aw-abiding citizens behind MT. Dun- away and his fight to send every boodler to the penen tiary will be sustained by them."
 Other papers over the State have commended Dun- aways actions in this regard for instance the follow ing from the Arkansas Gazette
 Into the investigation of boodling in the Arkansas legislature whose first fruit is the conviction of former State Senator s. c. Sims of Hazen the charge of ceptng brbe during the recent session of the legisa ture Prosecuting Attorney M. E. Dunaway entered be- cause he felt that the obligation of his office compelled him to such action He put the machinery at his mand in motion because he had been advised that plans had been formed with the design of turning to corrupt profit the process of legislation. Not only did he do his duty by acting but he would failed in his duty if he had not acted And he may be that the public has always been ready to hold up his hands, for the pulp lie fails to give it's firm support to official who seeks to serve the cause of civic righteousness
 And recently appeared the following article in the Fort Smith Times-Rec
 '"The announcement that M. E. Dunaway prosecu- tor of Pulaski county will be candidate for Congress next year, recalls that last year when Mr. Dunaway prosecuting grafers charged that he doing it for political purposes Now there is evidence that this true but suppose it ought to be great object lesson to the politicians of this State.
 If it is good politics to prosecute grafers it that the people tired of grating.