Sharp County record., 1918-05-24
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ROB|NsQN'S RECORD
Extract From a Speech Of Ex-con-
gresham Stephen Brundidee, Can
didate For United States Senator,
Delivered at Camden, Saturday, May
4, 1918,

time to remain in Arkansas q week
looking after his political interests al
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, It is
imperative that he should immediate
ly resume his Senatorial duties in
Washington.
should have liked very much tn
have heard what the Senator had to
say Of the conduct OF Governor Gard
ner, in Missouri In comparison with
his own, who, just 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 the
United States Senate. preferring to
| carry out his contract, his solemn OBJ
| legation, to the people of his State,
rather than to crafty his selfish am
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 IL there ever
was one on earth It was the acci-
dent of Senator Davis death and the
accident Of his being Governor at that
time that put him In the Senate. The
accident of the war is the only excuse
his friends assign for keeping him
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 hall
dozen counties except for the war. He
has 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 moi
measure his claims upon the public
by the ordinary standards Of life.
In the nrst place, nlnety.nine per
cent OF the people Of Arkansas in pri
vate life are themselves standing by
the President rs faithfully as the Sen
ator ever stood, and for infinitely more
patriotic reasons. They have shown
Il 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 necessities 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 10 be baptiz'
ed in blood, How shameful this boast
of the Senator that he has stood by
the President, In comparison with the
saerIAees OF his fellow'men at homo.
While the people are sacrificing 70
stand by the President let US see what
sacrifice the Senator himself has
made, To begin with, ho sacrificed
nearly $1,000 that the people OF this
State had 10 pay In taxes, the expense
of holding q primary and special elee
ton, because he vacated the Gov
ernor's office. He has been paid 81,
500 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, Walls
United States Marshal for the Eastern
DIstriot Of the state Of Arkansas, with
q salary Of $4,000 per year, and Grady
Miller Secretary OF tho Committee on
Expense OF the Department OF the
Treasury, with a salary OF $500 per
year, AlAo 1esse Miller, his fatherin
inv, Assistant Secretary Of said com
mlttce, with n salary of $1,000 pei
wear and Ewl'da q, Robinson, hi'
wife, messenger 10 said committee
3 with a salary Of tl200 per year, Ar
appropriate committee for the family
. to serve. These Same brothers'in.law
- q Ay.