{Senator Platt says he cannot be
buncoed any longer. Are we te
understand by this that lie ha;,
monopolized the bunco business?
DKMO( ’HATH) ()PPOKTlJN 1TV
Mr. Bryan has announced
through the columns of his paper,
the Commoner, that the principal
cause of democratic defeat this
year was that the men who secur
ed control of the party organiza
tion at St. Louis sounded a retreat
when a charge should have been
ordered all along the line, lie in
sists that conditions demand radi
cal action, and that the people
want something definite upon
which they can rely. The Com
moner, lie announces, will carry
on a campaign of education, advo
cating tariff reform, the over
throw of private monopolies, la
bor legislation, municipal owner
ship of public utilities, public own
ership of railroads anil telegraph
systems, an income tax. the elec
tion of federal judges by the peo
ple, the election of United States
senators by popular vote, direct
egislation, and the selection of
Histmasters by the people whom
ley are to serve.
It, will be necessary to regain
>ntrol of the party organization.
5 do this the friends of reform
toughout the entire country
itst work together. A demo
tic paper of national scope of
, the best means for carrying
his work, and tin* Commoner
tpies this field. The cam)align
location and organization
Mr. Bryan announces will
ried on through the Corn
will not only be interesting
structive, but every demo
and independent thinker
I receive the Commoner reg
- so as to keep in touch
the progress the reform
i are making, and to fortify
If with facts and arguments
■ 5
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Was. Merc. Co., /
I /.
■ Store With %
pt Prices.” %
p " — i
[ - Arkansas. $
to convince his republican neigh
l>or that the democratie party of
fers the surest relief from class
legislation and trust domination.
The low rate which Mr. Bryan
lias quoted us on his paper enables
us to send you the ( ommoner and
I lie Journal both one year for
*1-60. (iet your neighbors to join
you in circulating democratic lit
erature. ayd the election returns
in luos will not call for apologies
or explanations.
\ SENATORIAL CAM RAKIN'.
( Advises from Little Rock, as
‘ stated elsewhere in our news eol
i uiiins today, indicate that there
!.I "'ill be but two enterics in the sen
j atorial campaign which will open
: next summer.
Governor Davis and Senator
Berry, it is stated, will be the only
candidates. ('onyressman S. Brun
didge having decided that lie will
not be a candidate.
The Journal had hoped that Mr.
Brundidye would enter the race.
In our opinion, he would be the
| most acceptable man in the state
! for the position. His several
year's service in the House espec
ially qualities him for a seat in the
Senate, and lie is yet a youny and
1 vigorous man, fully capable of
i takiny care of the interests of his
constituents.
Between the two avowed candi
dates The Journal has no choice.
M e do not consider either of them
the proper man for the position.
As for Senator Berry, hi- is a yood
man, but has yrown old in office,
haviny been in office continually
j for nearly 30 years, and has, we
think, about outyrown his useful
ness. A man should not attempt
to perpetuate himself in office, and
it would lie a yraeeful act upon
Senator Berry's part to step down
and out and allow some younyer
man to fill the position.
Governor Davis is entirely un
lit for the position because of his
arroyant and autocratic nature.
I Judyiny from his history as yov
I ernor, he would not be in the sen
ate one session until he would not
lie on speaking terms with half his’
colleagues. He is too much on
the order of Senator Tilman of
South Carolina. But even Tilman
has many advantages over Davis.
Tilman is a broader, more intelli
gent and better educated man
than Davis, and as an orator he <
greatly outfapks Davis. Tilman
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OUR LINE 01
Fall and wil
CLOTHI
Is I he Host Complete
I o=Date To Be Found
County, and the Prij
= HADE TO FI
YOUR pocke:
We Can Fit You Up
ter Shoes, Hats and
For Your Entire Fj
Come in and Figure]
GRIFFITH & MOl
Newark,
i
FOR HARDWARE GO TO
C. T. ROSENTH
•BATESVILLE, . A .
Prices are right. Assofyjite
as can !>e found in the state,
attention is called to our line o
Heating Stoves and Cook
On these we can offer extr^
Your patronage respectfully solici
C. T. R
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can. in emergencies, make friends
with a man whom he has wounded
with the fire.v darts from his un
bridled and unconquerable tongue,
while Davis cannot; or at least he
never has, and he is today not on
speaking terms with at least half
of the state officers. The most of
these men whom the governor does
not speak to are equally as good
men as he. They have never been
known to defraud the state out of
anything, and their reputation for
honesty and integrity compares
favorably, and in many instances
is far above that of the governor's.
Notably that of the lamented ex
Governor Eagle, than whom no
I)iirer, honester or better man ev
er trod the bosom of mother earth.
Vet Governor Davis did not speak
to this grand old man a man
whose services has done more for
the betterment of Arkansas than
Governor Davis ever lias or ever
will do if 1h> should live to be a
hundred years old.
l'nen there is ex-Gov. Dan \V.
•Jones, Congressman Hrundidgc,
ex-Senator .1. K. Jones, and a
number of others with whom the
governor is not on speaking terms,
having himself broken oil friendly
relations with each of them be- j
cause they happened to disagree
with him on some trivial matter.
1 lie Journal does not believe j
that a man of this disposition is a 1
suitable man to represent Arkan- i
sas in the highest law-making body
in the greatest government of the
universe.
This is a matter, however, for |
the people to settle, and The Jour
nal has never* yet failed to cheer
fully abide by their decision. We
3xpe«t to again abide by their de
cision, but in the meantime we
diall express our opinion freely
and frankly, independent]
j er faction.
We do not consider
them the proper man for
* ion, and we shall, theivf*
port neither of them until
t.y mandate compels us to|
FIRE IN CALICO R<
Calico Rock, Dec. -6.1
Imildings were deotro.ved j
in ('alien Rock at thefflj
hour Sunday morning. '*jf
originated in a defective fiue |
S, H. McNeill boarding hous
east side of Main street, fun
building, with two adjoining^
one of which was occupied
A. Schenck & Sons’ general a
and the other by the (’alien
Progress and a doctor’s of
were soon in ashes.
Part of the furniture was
from the hoarding house,
of the stock of merchandise
saved, and the printing plant
safely transform! to anotj
building. There was no insurt
on any of the above.
Ik W. Alexander, a negro B
tist preacher, was shot iby Jar
Lott, another negro, at Brink!*
last Thursday.
LOCAL MARKE
Carefully corrected eltery
day afternoon.
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fEPORT.
Tlmrs*
Apples, dried, per pound... .04 |
Beans, dried, per bushel_2.25 t
Butter, per pound.20
Eggs, per dozen.20‘
Corn, per bushel.42
Cotton, lint, per pound.Off
(’ot-ton seed, per ton.10.00
Molasses, sorghum, per gal. .45
Potatoes, Irish, per bushel.. .00
Potatoes, sweet, per bushel. 1.00
turnips,.per bushel.. 50
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