The Springdale news., 1918-05-24

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 fellow-men at home.
 While the people are sacrificing to stand by the President let us see what sacrifice the Senator himself has made. To begin with, he sacrificed nearly S50000 that the people of this State had to pay in taxes the expense of holding primary and special cleo tion. because he vacated the Gov- ernor's office. He has been paid $7.- 800 per year in salaries since he has been in the Senate. He has been able to pension two of his brothers-in-law on the pay roll of the Government with handsome salaries. A J. Walls. United States Marshal for the Eastern District of the State of Arkansas. with a salary of s4600 per year. and Grady Expense of the Department of the Treasury with salary of g. 300 Der year Also Jesse Miller. his father-in- law. Assistant Secretary of said com mittee, with a salary of $1 800 per year, and Ewilda c. Robinson. his
 with salary of s1, POO per year. An
 appropriate committee for the family te serve. These same brothers in-law
 with an innumerable host of other
 kinsfolk and political friends are serv-
 ing their Government in its hour of need managing the Senator's cam
 paign in Arkansas. This mighty army
 of Federal officeholders is heroieally
 standing by the Senator for the same
 reason that the Senator is standing
 bv the President You will see the eVi-
 denee of it n the friendly resolutions
 of County Central Committees where
 he has made powerful political ap. Pointments, and federal Grand Jufies n courts where his Narshals olFiciate.
 Let as loo, into his career in Con gross little further When l-le Scna-
 or forced his election to the Senate and went 10 Washington, notwita- standing his wei known aptitude for political speech-rlaking. he preserved Tn ominous and consistent silence un- til, as he imagined. the wrath of the people he had betrayed had cooled, and contented himself by drawing his salary and appointing his kinsmeu and friends to office But this could aot continue indefinitely. The day of election in Arkansas was drawing 2ear and something must be done At
 ast the psychological moment arriv- ad. The war clouds were lowering low. LaFollette made speech that nobody indorsed, that the Legislature 9f his own State by re esolution OK pressly repudiated. and that his own people overwhelmingly condemned The Senator cleared the deck for his political battle in Arkansas. He de- ivered his philppic over the corpse 1f LaFollette, and mailed copies by
 he tens of thousands among the vot- ars Of Arkansas at Government ex- pense. campaign speech in the ln-
 crest of his race for the Senate, and 1t once his Federal appointees 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 nave HOW psssed since this widely ad vertised attack was made. and we ind Senator LaFollette still occupy ing his place In the Senate. we must conclude that the same was made for he purpose of keeping Senator Rob Inson in the Senate, and not to put 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 force his own election to the United States Senate. an offense which at the time It was committed constituted crime against the public conscience, and which was so fragrant and notorious that the Legislature afterwards mace t q crime against the statutes of the State. punishable by Imprisonment in he penitentiary. But up to this time he Senator has been too busy 10 re- ply: too busy to account te the people of the State for his conduct. He had time to leave Washington and come to the State Democrat lc Convention. seeking 10 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 to leave Washington and go on the Chau- tauQua platform and deliver pleasing platitudes for the entertainment of the public and in the interest of his pfi- vate fortune. He has had time to play golf it Washington and time to play politics In Arkansas.
 But the greatest camoufiage tnsat the Senator has ever pulled of is in connection with the Third Liberty Loan drive in Arkansas IL was ar ranged that Sousa's Band should tour he State in special Pullman. and the Senator managed to get himself of tell