The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-05-25
BaUND|DGE ASSA|LS
RQBINSOH'S RECORD
eres3nan Stephen erunaoee, Can
c,da;e Fer United States Senator,
Delivered at Camden, Saturday, Nay
g. 1913,

Is,ag:nuch as Senator Robinson had
time TO remain in Arkansas week
locking after his political interests af
ter lie Lad 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 well 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, it 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 of that State, to appoint him to tn,
United States Senate, preferring to
carry out his contract, his solemn o.
legation, to the people of his State,
rather than to crafty his selfish an
bition to serve in some capacity to
which his own people had never called
him.
The right Of Senator Robinson to
return to the Senate rests solely upon
the fact that he claims to have stood
by the President. Beyond this he Of
fes no defense 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 a political accident if there ever
was one on earth. 1t was the acct
dent Of Senator Davis death and the
accident Of his being Governor at tina
time that put him in the Senate. The
his friends assign for keeping hinl
there. The people did not want him
in the 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. He would not carry halt
dozen counties except for the war He
has not now, and can never have, the
confidence and trust of the people o.
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 nrst place, ninety-nine per
cent Of the people of Arkansas in pri-
vate life are themselves standing by
the President Is faithfully as the Sea
ator ever stood, and for infinitely more
patriotic reasons. They have shown
1t by contributing Of their means
most abundantly to the Young Mems
Christian 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-
ries and even the neces sities OF life,
and investing their savings in War
Savings Stamps and Liberty Bonds.
Yes, they have done a thousand times
more than this. They have sent their
sons from homes of peace and safety
to the fields of carnage to be baptiz
ed in blood. How shameful this boast
Of the Senator that he has stood by
the President, in comparison with the
sacrifices Of his fellowmen at home.
While the people are sacrificing 20
stand by the President let US see what
sacrifice the Senator him. ri i11s
made. To begin with, he sao@...ca3
nearly $50, that the people e =.
State had to pay in taxes. the e. is
of holding a primary and special {, Z
ton, because he vacated thc 81
ernor's Office. He has been paid ST.
500 per year in salaries since he has
been in the Senate. He has been able
to pension two Of his brothers-inlaw
on the pay roll of the Government
with handsome salaries, A. ]. Walls,
United States Marshal for the Eastern
District Of the State Of Arkansas. with
a salary Of $4,000 per year. and Grad
Miller, Secretary Of the Committee on
Expense Of the Department of the
Treasury, with salary Of $4,000 per
year. Also Jesse Miller, his fathel~In-
law. Assistant Secretary Of said com
mittee, with salary Of $500 per
year, and Ewilda G. Robinson, his
wife, messenger to said committee,
with a salary Of $1,000 per year. An
appropriate committee for the family
to serve. These same brOthers-in-law,
with an innumerable host Of other
kinsfolk and political friends are sery-
Ing their Government IN its hour Of
need managing the Senator's cam
paign in Arkansas. This mighty army
of Federal office-holders is heroicaliy
standing by the Senator for the same
reason that the Senator is standing
by the President. You will see the evil