The courier-index., 1918-05-24
|IjID|DGE AssAlLs. E|SIsON'S RECORD
.,en . speech ef Ex-co"-
 ssrsss r,.' s.ephen srundidSe, Can Fsss'"'s. s.r Unites statss senator ,
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 { wa
 .. Senator Robinson hao
 h',oIn ,a remain in Arkansss . wses ss
 ps !" .,sr his political interests ss-
 'iis, M a sn,shed tour of ten days
 n ns .,ty Loan Pullman, also
 hs n .~sr his political interests, l
 sllss sa, {. I might have little time to
 )cusa' .oorot V of his public conduct
 ,ss people of the state. ..'.r m o,0sa sa
 a ?, .ss,,enged him to meet me in
 70 a.;..u,,ion, it being my intention.
 na U. sspstor himself well snder-
 'n' .s a,souss bis political record
 s', <. :. senator claims that after
 Y '. .s., tvo weeks in ArkAnsaA
 rh,cn time be msdssno public
 III. '. concerning his record, 1t 's
 ..'s, ..s,,. tsss he should immesiate-
 ..'s. ht senstsrisl duties n Iihngton. :.
 [ .aoxM have liked very nocn to :. I,s,a wAat the Senator hse to
 ]" :. .s. conduct of covsrnsr Card
 Y = N,ssourd, h eompsrieer witia
 X .vr. \ vao, t.st . lev AAys Aso.
 \. \. ssssh of Senator WiibsnnJ. s'.. f.iSssa to resign anA permit
 !. noo.slsr, \ the Lieutenant ccvsfn'
 s,A.t Stste, to appoint him to the ,'.,..s sts.ss eenst& rrsferrins ts.
 ', ort his contract. his solemn sb- ..,,., ,e the people of his stste, sss, tA1. to sratify his selnsh am M to serve in some capacity to VI, l,s own people had never called hitt
 n. risbt of Senator Rs0aison t6 .r,,.,o the Senate rests solely upon \. fast that he claims to have stood
 Ae President. Beyond this he of-
 us defense for his conduct. and ..1. from this and the Federal pat ,,nare he has distributed and what he N. .pder promise to distribute here .n,v rhere is nothing to commend N ito the people of this State. He \ | political accident if there ever v,s one on earth It was the acci- 1,s. of Senator Davis death and the .eesdent of his being Governor at that line that pst him in the Senate. The Incident of the war is the only excuse IN friends assign for keeping him Acre. The people did not want him \ the Senate when he forced his cleo tbn. They do not want him thero |1sv. No considerable number of the Deops Of this State are supporting l Nm in this race on his own personal rc5unt He would not carry . half 1Nsn counties except for the war. He kunot nCw, and can never have, the INn1dence and trust of the people O. k State. The only ground for the nppoft of his candidacy is the fact hat by accident he is in the Senate l nd is standing by the President, Not l |vithstanding the war, there Is no req sen why intelligent people should not measure his claims upon the public l tg the ordinary standards of life.
 | h the nrst place, ninety-nine per sentof the people of Arkansas in pri- nte life are themselves standing by ne President as faithfully as the Sen ator ever stood, and for infinitely more patrlotic reasons They have shown t by contributing of their means most abundantly to the Young Mems Christian Association, the Red Cress. he three Liberty Loans, and every sther call that the President has naae. They have stood by the Presi- oent oy denying themselves the Iuxu- nes and even the necessities of life. nd investing their savings in War osv'hgs Stamps and Liberty Bonds. iU tley have done thousand times more 'hsn this. They have sent their 0ns rom homes of peace and safety 70 the fields Of carnage to be baptiz " n blood. How shameful this boast ne Senator that he has stood by "e resident, in onlparison with the 'acfnces of his fellow-men at home.
 "lne the people are sacrificing :o ''ano oy the President let us see what 's'iinee the Senator himself has -A0e' To begin with. he sacrificed ssally $SO0O0 that the people of this 'a'e }. had to pay in taxes, the expense ~. ~ n0iuine a primary and special cleo .~a' because he vacated the Gov, so. s,.0' : onlce. He has been paid ST. " !" pe' year in salaries since he. has !. .''a m the Senate. He has been able phsion two Of his brothers in-law sa s ne pay roll of the Government ,,",a r"a nandsome salaries, A. J. Walls, n "eu S'ates Marshal for the Eastern . ,'c' .a, or the State of Arkansas. with nm, a's or s4,ooo per year. and Grady secretary of the Committee on Ns.e N1se ot the Department of the ,.s. 'aly with a salary of 32,500 per \, ALSO Jesse Miller, his fatherin- r,,,. assistant ''s Secretary of said com ,sss si'h a salary of $1,500 per- v,,. qua Ewildss c. Robinson. his sth .ossenger to said committed ~hl sa saiaev nc s1 eon