Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-05-23
OliUND|lGE ASSA|LS
ROB|NS0N'S RECORD
Extract From a Speech OF Ex-con-
gresham Stephen Brundidse, Can
didatc For United States Senator,
Delivered at Camden, Saturday, May
&, 1918,

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looking after his political interests af-
ter he had finished tour Of ten days
IN his Liberty Loan Pullman also
looking after his political interests,
thought he might have little time to
give an account of his public conduct
to the people of the State. In order
that he might have an opportunity to
do SO, / challenged him to meet me In
joint discussion. it being my intention,
as the Senator himself we'll under
stood, TO discuss his political record.
But the Senator claims that after
more than two weeks in Arkansas,
during which time he made no public
utterance concerning his record, II Is
imperative that he should immediate
ly resume his Senatorial duties in
Washington.
l should have liked very much to
have heard what the Senator had to
Say OF the conduct of Governor Gard
ner, In Missouri, in comparison with
his own, who. Just a few days ago,
upon the death Of Senator William j.
Stone, refused to resign and permit
his successor. the Lieutenant Govern
or ct that State, to appoint him to the
United States Senate, preferring to
carry out his contract, his solemn OBJ
legation, 70 the people of his State,
rather than to crafty his selfish am
bitten to servo in some capacity to
which his own people had never called
him.
Tho right Of Senator Robinson to
return to the Senate rests solely upon
the fact that he claims to have stood
by tho President. Beyond this he Of
fes no defonse for his conduct, and
aside from this and the Federal pat
ronage he has distributed and what he
has under promise to distribute here
after. there is nothing to commend
him to the people OF this State. He
is 4 political accident IL there ever
was one on earth. 1t was the acct
dent Of Senator Davis death and the
accident ofshis being Governor at that
time that put him in the Senate. The
accident OF the war is tho only excuse
his friends assign for keeping him
there. The people did not want him
In tho Senate when he forced his cleo
ton. They do not want him there
now. No considerable number of the
people of this State are supporting
him In this race on his own personal
account. lie would not carry a half
dozen counties except for the war He
Us not now, and can never have, the
Confidence and trust of the people OF
the State. The only ground for the
support OF his candidacy is the fact
that by accident he is in the Senate
and Is standing by the President Not
withstanding the war, there is no rea-
son why intelligent people should not
measure his claims upon the public
by the ordinary standards of life.
In the f1rst place, ninety-nine per
cent of the people Of Arkansas in pri-
vate life are themselves standing by
the President as faithfully as the Sen
ntor ever stood, and for infinitely more
patriotic reasons. They have shown
1t by contributing Of their means
most abundantly to the Young Mems
Christians Association, the Red Cross,
the three Liberty Loans, and every
other call that the President has
made. They have stood by the Presi-
dent by denying themselves the luxu-
lies and even the necessities Of life,
snd Investing their savings In War
Savings Stamps and Liberty Bonds.
Yes. they have done thousand times
mora than this. They have sent their
sons from homes Of peace and safety
o the fields of carnage to be baptiy.
I'd in blood. How shameful this boast
# tho Senator that he has stood by
he President. in comparison with the
sac~'fces of his fellow-men at home.
While the people are sacrificing 10
stand by the President let us see what
acrliice the Senator himself has |
aad". To begin with, he sacrificed |
early $4,000 that the people OF this |
s5tat" had to pay in taxes, the expense |
u holding primary and special cleo |
on. because he vacated the Gov
mora office. He has been paid ST.
30 por year in salaries since he has |
aecn in the Senate. He has been able
Q pension two Of his brothers law
the pay roll of the Government
with handsome salaries, A. ]. Walls. |
United States Marshal for the Eastern |
District Of the State of Arkansas with
sriary Of $4,000 per year. and Grady |
I'ller. Secretary of the Committee on |
Expense OF the Department of the
r~asury. with a salary Of $4,000 per ].
ear. Also Jesse Miller. his father-,n-
wv. Assistant Secretary of said COM
i't'ec. with salary of $1,000 per
car, and Ewilda G. Robinson, his
vito. messenger to said COMMITTEES.
iih salary Of $1,000 per year. An
oD"opriat" committee for the family
serve. These same brothers-in-law.
'th an innumerable host OF other
Il. folk and political friends are serv.
- their Government in its hour OF
aed managing the Senator's CAM
i'm in Arkansas. This mighty army
federal ofiice-holders is heroically
9.sd'ng by the Senator for the sanlc
ason that the Senator is standing
the President. You will see the evil