OLDFIELD REFUTES
OPPONENT’S SLANDER
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bitrary fixed difference now
employed on the New York
Cotton Exchange and requires
the commercial difference, and
authorizes the Secretary of Ag
riculture to go to five spot mar
kets in the South to obtain that
commercial difference. These
are all good provisions, and
while there are some features
of this bill 1 would change, I
am so anxious to get some of
these provisions enacted into
law that 1 am going to vote for
the measure; and if it docs not
work as I think it should, I will
help amend it.
“I want *o say gentlemen on
this side of the House, that if
you cast your votes against this
bill you are voting to continue
the present order of things on
the cotton exchanges therotten
est rules in the world. (Ap
plause.) The farmers are being
robbed under these conditions
every year in the South, and I
beg you, gentlemen, not to op
pose legislation on this question
at this time. Do not be placed
in the attitude of favoring the
present conduct of the New
York Exchange. You had bet
ter cast your vote for a measure
that has some good in it rather
than to vote to continue the
present condition of things.
(Applause.) Gentlemen from
the West will want legislation
on grain pretty soon,and I hope
to help them get it, and I trust
that they will not stand in the
way of cotton exchange legisla
tion. (Applause.) It is not long
until the December term of
Congress. Let us take this long
step in the right direction, and
when we watch the bill in op
eration we can amend it, if it
needs amending. (Applause.)
All legislation is more or less
a matter of compromise. We
have to take the best legislation
we can get as every sensible
man knows. I am satisfied ev
v man in our district would
have voted as I did onthisques
tion if they had been placed in
my position. Friends write me
that Mr. Campbell said atEven
ing Shade that I am a member
of the New York Cotton Ex
change which is ridiculously
false and known to be false at
the time he made it. lie also
said some Congressman at some
time gave me five thousand
dollars to hurry to New York
i nd fix up some cotton deal. He
knew this to be false when he
made the statement. When my
'friends have asked him to give
I the name of the Congressman
he has refused to do it. Of
'course he knew it was false but
did not expect to be called. He
| will be able to fool very few
people by such dishonorable
methods. He forgets that the
people are both intelligent and
just. He also says I have been
gambling in cotton futures
I which is absolutely false, and
| known by him to be false when
he made the statement. Friends
Iwho heard Mr. Campbell speak
in Evening Shade have written
me that he made this charge
and offered as proof what pur
ported to be photographic cop
lies of an account and contract
j between myself and N. L. Car
penter & Co., of New York. I
have been unable to get a copy
j of this purported document,
hence could not answer it in
j detail. However, I have just re
ceived a copy of the Sharp
County Record of February
25, 1916, containing this false
and forged contract or state
ment of account. The Sharp
County Record is a fit vehicle
for such slnader. I do not know
a person connected with N. L.
iCarpeter & Co., and never had
business transaction with that
firm or any member of it either
directly or indirectly in my life.
II never heard of the firm in my
|life until Campbell began his
^campaign of slander and abuse.
iHe ought to be fair enough and
'tell where and from whom he
I
ibought this forged statement
jor contract. Every person who
[reads this contract can readily
see how easy it would be for any
crook to forge such a statement
against anybody But my ene
mies have bungled the job. I
have always understood that it
takes two to make a contract.
This photographic copy does not
even pretend to show that I
ever signed any such contract.
Murder will out, and they have
unwittingly left out the most
mportant part of theirforgery.
They should have had some ex
pert forger and duplicator of
the signatures of public men to
have duplicated my signature
|and signed it to the contract.
They were evidently frightened
when they started this forgery
and became nervous and forgot
it. Nearly all the secretaries to
Members of Congress can du
plicate the signature of their
chief. Speaker Clark’ssecretary
can duplicate the speaker’s sig
nature so well that I doubt if
any expert could detect it.
There are a lot of experts
around the National capital
who can duplicate anyone’s sig
nature. There are always de
praved person hanging around
the National Capital ready to
;slander public men and even to
impersonate them—do business
in their names. If anyone has
used my name in such way they
have done it without my know
ledge or consent. The Supreme
! Court of the United States has
recently sentenced to the fed
eral penitentiary, one David
Lamar, for attempting to put
through some crooked deal in
New York under the guise of
Congressman Palmer of Penn
sylvania. Furthermore, it is no
trouble to buy in Washington
any kind of a photograph. I
could buy a photograph today
of Mr. Campbell showing him
in any sort of embarrassing po
sition if I were mean enough to
do it. I could also secure blank
accounts of N. L. Carpenter &
Co., and have some crook place
the name T. W. Campbell at
the top and then make out an
account below and have it pho
tographed and send it all over
the district, but I don’t want
votes that bad. This forgery is
so obvious that my enemies who
have slandered me in previous
campaigns will have great dif
ficulty in getting any honest
man to believe this slander or
any other they may put outdur
ing the remainder of the cam
paign. They circulated every
v. jjci n laiacnuuu un me uicy
could think of just before the
last primary and they will do
it again. But they failed then,
they will ignobly fail again. I
do not understand why my
enemies do not hire some crook
to write them a letter telling
them I have been guiltyof mur
der, arson, treason, and every
other crime in the calendarand
publish that. They might even
have the letter photographed
and send out photographic cop
ies which they evidently think
lends dignity to libel. The peo
ple who have honored me will
not countenance such unwar
ranted attacks when they know
I am at my post of duty at the
most critical time in the history
I of the Republic.
But, my countrymen, I guess
I should not complain at this
blackmail and slander. I am
not the only public man who
has been slandered. I noticed
only recently in big headlines
in one of the large Eastern
dailies, that President Wilson
was guilty of high treason, the
greatest crime known to the
daw, because he did not plunge
our country into war on ac
count of the Lusitania incident.
Also I noticed recently in one
| of the great Eastern newspa
pers the bald statement that
Mr. Bryan was a dshonest man
and a crook. It has been thus
in all the ages. Men have been
^burned at the stake aud even
crucified because they were
friends of the people. My re
cord in Congress shows that I
have been the friend at all
‘times of the toiling masses, and
yet my enemies are trying to
; crucify me on a cross of abuse
slander and forgery.
I defy them,and every friend
I have will defy them until the
polls close on the 29th day of
this month.
Faithfully yours.
W. A. OLDFIELD,
Washington, D. €., March 1.
of February for the legislative
record of the Honorable Wil
liam A.Oldfield,Representative
from the Second Congressional
District of Arkansas, on ques
tions coming before the House
of Representatives in which the
interests of I.abor have been in
volved, I take pleasure in send
ing you his record herewith.
Upon examination of the record
you will find that Mr Oldfield
has consistenly voted in favor
of all the great fundamental is
sues before Congress in which
Labor has been interested. I am
pleased to also add that Rep
resentative Oldfield has been
sympathetic and helpful in
many ways in advancing the
bills favored by Labor, in ad
dition to his consistent voting
record. In fact, we have found
Mr. Oldfield to be one of the
most industrious and depend
able Representatives in Con
gress. Yours very truly,
FRANK MORRISON,
Secretary American Federa
tion of Labor.
Speaker Champ Clark
Endorses Oldfield
Washington, D. C., Feb. 19, ’16
Honorable M. M. Stuckey,
Attorney at Law,
Newport, Arkansas.
My Dear Mr. Stuckey:
Answering your questions I
will say:
First, that other things being
equal, the longer a man stays
in the House the better mem
ber he becomes. It seems to me
that what a District ought to do
is to pick out a man with fair
ability, young enough to learn,
ndustrious, honest, capable and
keep him here as long as he
continues to grow at least. I
contended this before I got in
to Congress, when I was out of
Congress and since I have got
back' in Congress.
As part of the funeral ser
vices of Judge David A. DeAr
nond of Missouri,I made nearly
a whole speech on that subject
to account for his high stand
ing in the House. Isuppose that
members sent out at least a
half million copies of that
as an electioneering document.
Second, I am winding up my
twety-first year in the House.
Third, M~. Oldfield is a hard
working, intelligent, industrious
growing member—one of the
rising men in the House.
Of course it is very ticklish
for an outsider to say anything
about candidates in another
State, but you asked the ques
tion and you are entitled to an
answer.
Mr. Oldfield got on the Ways
and Means Committee after a
shorter service than I did and
is making good.
Your friend,
CHAMP CLARK.
Democratic Leader’s
Opinion of Oldfield
Washington, D. C., Feb. 23, ’16
Mr. P. B. Hill,
Walnut Ridge, Arkansas.
My Dear Sir:
I am just in receipt of your
letter of the 16th, asking my
opinion of the record of Hon.W.
A. Oldfield and his standing as
a Member of Congress.
I hasten to reply with pleas
ure. OldfieH is one of the most
popular and influential Mem
bers in the House. No Demo
crat has a finer record than he
has. He has the esteem and
confidence in a superior degree
of the entire membership ofthe
House. His career, as a mem
ber, has been marked with
ability, wisdom, loyalty to prin
ciples and ddigence in the per
formance of every duty impos
ed upon him. I count any dis
trict fortunate in having such a
Representative.
With best wshes and kind re
gards, I beg to remain.
Sincerely yours,
(Signed) CLAUD KITCHEN
Arkansas Delegation
Recognizes Ability of
Congressman Oldfield
Speech of H. M. Jacoway M.C.
In Presenting Cane to W. A.
Oldfield On Behalf Of The
Arkansas Delegation In Con
gress On December 18, 1915
Mr. Chairman and gentlemen:
It is with a sincere pleasure
that 1 have consented to act as
spokesman on this occasion
when we are assembled to give
honor to one to whom it is just
ly due. It may not be amiss to
go back to the childhood of him
who has been so signally and
justly sonored by his colleagues
in the lower House of Congress,
for it is in the early years that
the mould '? cast that shapes
the man, that the twig is bent
that inclines the tree. In boy
hood we find him a simple
country lad, playing about his
father’s forge, his early toys
the tool of the blacksmith’s
trade. But even in the close
drawn horizon that bounded
him and the narrow confines
of his early outlook, the spark
of ambition glowed to lead him
out into the mighty world of
men and affairs. As one holds
a hand about the candle’s flame
that it may not die or dim be
fore the wind, so his sainted
mother nourished and protect
ed the small but vital flame of
his ambition, and lived to see it
I grow into the strong, clear,
|steady blaze it is today. Meas
ured in years the distance back
I to his boyhood is not great,but
measured in achievement,
:which is the true gauge of life,
he has fared far. To become a
member of .he body which pre
scribes the rules by which th >
.administration or the greatest
nation und r the sun shall op
erate is ;>f itself no small
achievement but to become a
member of the inner body that
; rules and directs the legislation,
.the Ways and Means Commit
dee, is a fortunate lot that falls
|to few members of Congress.
In these few remarks, Mr.
Oldfield, I speak for the Ark
ansas Delegation in the House;
for Mr. Caraway of the Judi
ciary Committee which passes
upon the legality of our pro
posed acts of Congress; of Col
onel Taylor of the Committee
on Rivers and Harbors which
prescribes the needs of our
great inland -waterways and
our coast line; of Mr. Goodwin
of the Committee on Claims,
Foreign Affairs and Merchant
Marine and Fisheries; of Mr.
Wingo of the Cor . tee on
Banking and Currency .Enrolled
Bills and Expenditures in the
War Department; of Mr. Till
man of the Committee on Elec
tions No. 2,Indian Affairs, Pen
sions and Public Land’; and of
myself of the Committee of Ag
riculture ; each of which Com
mittees will have before it this
session matters of vital impor
tance to the nation. And in pre
senting to you this cane, the
gift of the delegation, we de
sire you to accept with it our
cordial appreciation of you as
a man and a statesman, and to
know that this gold does not
carry the sentiment engraved
upon it more indelibly than the
Arkansas Delegation carries its
esteem for you.
Whereas, the Committee on
Ways and Means of the House
of Representatives selects the
committees of the House in
stead of the same being done
by the Speaker of the House
of Representatives as in former
years, and
Whereas, the assignment to
the Committe on Ways and
Means is one of the most dis
inguished honors in Committee
assignment within the gift of
the House of Representatives,
it framing all revenue legisla
tion, and
Whereas, as a member ofthe
committee the Hon. William A.
Oldfield made a victorious fight
in behalf of the Arkansas dele
gation and secured for such
delegation the best committee
assignments ever received by
the delegation in the history of
the State.
Therefore be it resolved by
the members of the Arkansas
delegation that it is the sense of
the delegation that we feel our
selves exceedingly indebted to
the Hon. William A. Oldfield
for the splendid service render
ed us separately and collective
ly and also *he State of Arkan
sas and take this method by
Resolution of thanking him for
his services and as a proof of
our appreciation for the work
done by him.
T. H. CARAWAY,
First District
JOHN N. TILLMAN,
Third District
OTIS WINGO,
Fourth District
H. M. JACOWAY,
Fifth District
SAM. M. TAYLOR.
Sixth District
W. S. GOODWIN,
Seventh District
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$40,000
WILL BE PAID IN
THIS COMMUNITY!
Contracts must be closed within
the next 15 days for 1916 tomatoes.
Don’t fail to get your share. Had
you thought of what it means to
this Community?
Pay your summer expenses this
way. Don’t put your eggs all in one
basket by raising cotton alone.
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Oldfield Endorsed by
Labor Representative
Mr. E. R. Thirlwell,
Hoxie, Arkansas.
Dear Sir:
In response to your request
Sallowness
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impurities in the blood. The trouble starts in the
liver, which is torpid, and a torpid liver brings on
diseases which may put you on your back for a sick
spell if not corrected. The sensible course for sallow
people is to get the liver back to its work as quickly
as possible. The right remedy for that purpose is
HEROINE
A Cleansing, Strengthening Medicine
for a Torpid Liver
Herbine is composed of fine medicinal herbs which
are known for their beneficial effect on the Liver,
Stomach and Bowels. They are more powerful and
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lasting in their effect. It puts life into a torpid liver
strengthens the stomach, helps digestion, sweetens
the breath, clears the complexion of sallowness, and
restores the clear ruddy hue of health. Try it for
sallowness or any disorder in the stomach or bowels.
It does the work.
Price 50 cents
JAS. r. BALLARD, Prop. ST. LOUIS, MO.
FOR SALE BY THE NEWARK DRUG CO