Sharp County record., 1918-05-24


Let US look into his career In Con-
gress little further. When the Sena-
tor forced his election to the Senate
and went TO Washington, notwith-
standing his well-known aptitude for
pohtieai speech-making, he preserved
an ominous and consistent silence un-
til, as he imagined, the wrath Of the
people he had betrayed had cooled,
and contented himself by drawing hls
salary and appointing his kinsmsn
and friends TO office. But this could
not continue indefinitely. The day of
election In Arkansas was drawing
near and something must be done. At
last the psychological moment arriv-
ed. The war clouds were lowering
low. LaFollette made a speech that
nobody indorsed, that the Legislature
Of his own State by resolution *
pressly repudiated, and that his own
people overwhelmingly condemned.
The Senator cleared the deck for his
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livered his philippe over the corpse
OF LaFollette, and mailed copies by
the tens of thousands among the vot-
ers Of Arkansas at Government ex-
pense, a campaign speech in the In
terest Of his race for the Senate, and
at once his Federal appointeee raised
the cry, "He stands by the President"
His dash into the limelight was as
bold and aggressive as his former ca
reer had been passive and subdued. In
view Of the fact that several months
have now passed since this widely ad'
vertised attack was made, and we
find Senator LaFollette stil occupy
ing his place In the Senate. we must
conclude that the same was made for
the purpose of keeping Senator Rob
inson In the Senate, and not to put
LaFollette out.
In my opening speech charged him
with deliberately betraying the people
OF this state. I charged him with US
ing the power Of patronage to fore.
his own election to the United States
| Senate, an offense which at the tim,
It was committed constituted crime
against the public conscience, and
which was 80 hagrant and notorious
that the Legislature afterwards mace
II a crime against the statutes OF tbs
State, punishable by imprisonment In
tho penitentiary. But up to this time
the Senator has been too busy to re-
ply: too busy to account TO the people
of the State for his conduct. He
had time 10 leave Warrington
and come to the State Democrat
ic Convention, seeking to con
tinue his control OF the state or
ganization, by re-electing his brother
in.law. A. J. Walls, Chairman OF the
State Committee. He had time 70
leave Washington and 80 on the chau
tauous platform and deliver pleasing
platitudes for the entertainment OF the
public and In the interest OF his Drt
yate fortune He has had time To
play golf In Washington and time TO
play politics In Arkansas.
But the greatest cameuhase tha'
the Senator has ever pulled on 10 IN
connection with the Third Liberty
Loan drive In Arkansas. II was ar
ranged that sousa's Band should tour
the State in a special Pullman, and
the Senator managed to get himself
invited as the guest Of honor A tele'
gram from headquarters ordered That
he and his wife be given a stateroom
IN the Pullman and taken care OF TO-
ten days. The idea evidently was that
he would star In the closing days os
the campaign, the band would draw
the crowd and his impassioned oratoyy
be credited with pulling the State
"over the top" and thus make him
the hero OF the hour, But he under
estimated the patriotism OF his own
people His Pullman train was not re-
ouired In either Of the former drives,
but the election was not 80 near. Un'
fortunately for him, the people re-
spondcd before he could get his band
md oratory into action.
He Joined the party at Horie IN
Lawrence County. Not needed there.
his next stop was at Newport. Jack
son County was $4,000 over when rs
rot there Thence to Pine Bluff, Lt-
Tie Rock, Conway, Russellville, ana
elsewhere, for ten days, but over they
went ahead OF bis train. The state
wns "over," the accond IN the Union;
the whole g. Louis District, vas over,
except Tennessee, Wonder why No
didn't 40 where they we're having a
hard struggle. TO abandon the Trip
was disappointing TO continue II, ab.
rurd. But this band played on, and
the Senator called aloud TO the people
TO discharge o duty they had already
performed before he arrived
don't know who was Responsible
for thi, trip only know that th'
Liberty Loan fund pays the bill, Who
ever may have formally invited NM
those who are familiar with his polil''
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