The Springdale news., 1918-05-24
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 RQB|NS0N's RECORD
s"''act From Speech of Es-Con. sressman Stephen Brunddse, Can o'oate For United States Senator oe''Vered at Camden, Saturday, May z, 1918,

lhasmuch as Senator Robinson had tune 10 remain in Arkansas a week iooklhs after his political interests af- ter He had finished tour of ten days Ill HIS Liberty Loan Pullman. also iooklng alter his political interests. I thought he might have a little time 10 give an account of his public conduct 10 the people of the State. In order lhai Ae might have an opportunity to oo so, challenged him to meet me in )olhl discussion, it being my intention. as the Senator himself well under stood, te discuss his political record. But the Senator claims that after more than two weeks in Arkansas. Curing which time he made no public utteranee concerning his record. it is imperative that he should immediate iy resume his Senatorial duties in Washington
 should have liked very much to have heard what the Senator had to Say of the conduct of Governor Gard her, ln Missouri, in comparison with hls 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 the United States Senate, preferring to carry out his contract, his solemn ob- lfgation to the people of his State. rather than to gratify his selfish am eltlon to serve in some capacity to which his own people had never called him.
 The right of Senator Robinson 10 return 10 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 ronagc 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 political accident if there ever Was one on earth It was the aeci- dent of Senator Davis death and the accident of his being Governor at that time tEat put him in the Senate. The accident of the War is the only excuse his friends assign for keeping hin there. The people did not want him IT the Senate when he forced his elee- ton. They dc not want him there how Nc eonsidee.b ble number of the people Of this State are supporting him in this race on his own personal account He would not carry a halt 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 anG is standing by the President. Not withstanGing the war, there is no req 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 yate life are themselves standing by the President as faithfully as the Sen ator ever stood, and for infinitely more patriotic reasons. They have shown il by contributing of their means most sbundantly 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-