The Russellville Democrat., 1878-08-01
THE COUNTY CANVASS.
From our special corrcspondent.l

DEAR DEMoCRAT: According to In structions of the "boss,' ] placed myself on the hurricane roof of an old gray horse ("come tearing out ol i the wldernesn and hied myself te the classic shades of Old Clark te witness the Commencement of the great sweep stake race for U. 5. Sen
 ator and for county offices, toe numerous, here to mention, and af. ter fighting musquitoes, gnats and other insects, we brought ourself IT to the place appointed for the great political combat, where we found q greot many of the sovereigns in at. tendance to witness and partake oi the feast of reason, that was then and there to be 'dished' out to them by the giants and aspirants for office, and you may imagine how your reporter trembled and exhibit. ed signs or fear, as the combatants prepared for the battle. In my fright | was endeavoring to quote Shakespeare and got sLay on Mac duff" and d-n Duff all mixed up, and as the first candidate arose, found myself repeating aloud, "The boy stood on the burning deck" &c., and as soon as could straighten myself, and as the preachers say, Gall in the wanderings of my mind, friend at my elbow called my at tention to the fact that Judge N. D. SLinn was occupying the stand and stated emphatically that he was q candidate for representative--whlch was not news to your reporter He done as every man in Arkansas IS bound to do, gave h,s views on the Finance question, and as all of them are, he was in favor of paying the just and opposed to paying the un- l just debt. MT. s. stated that he was opposed to changing the term of State and county officers, as adveca ted by Mir. Howell, from atwo-to four years; he was also opposed to chang ing the law regulating petit and grand larceny; and was opposed to establishing court of common pleas in the county, and was in favor of making change in the statute reg ulating mortgages. He mentioned another fact of which your reporter was well informed, that he had once represented Pope county, and anoth- CT fact that the memory of man
 runneth not to the contrary" he had acted as County and Probate Judge
 for six years and had snatehed Pope county as ''brand from the burnlng' leaving her without any debt when he "slidn off the bench. He also stated another fact, that he was a farmer, and your reporter endeavor- ed to have a committee appointed to see fl the Judge had a 'nubbin" Tn his pocked. And after q great many other remarks which were all point
 ed md well timed, took his seat amid the waving of trees and the ap- plausc of a noble set of electors.
 And would you believe It, the
 next horse that was entered was Il. Clabe Howell, and announced that
 he was candidate for representa- tive---a fact of which your reporter was well apprised. Mir. Howell stat
 ed that he mad been citizen of Ark.
 for p years, and was a merchant and "sorter" winked at Judge Shinn
 as much as to say that Che would at some future day give him his views on the subject of. farming and the evils of candidates carrying 'nub-
 blns' in their pockets. He said he
 was Tn favor of changing the terms
 of election of State and county off
 eers from two to four years, and showed by actual calculation that it would be a saving to the State of $l25,000 per annum; he favored the reduction of the salaries of State of ficials, as follows: Circuit Judge
 5000 against $2,500 the present
 salary; Pros. Attorney nothing ex- cept his fees; governor, $2,5O0 against $3, ,500 present salary; he fa-
 yored consolidating the office of Land Commissioner with that of Auditor, and also was in fayor of abolishiDg the office of adjutant general; he ia, vored q change ln the exemption
 law, andsspoke in unmeasurcd terms of report in circulation against him, that he had taken the benefit of the bankrupt law, and said that it was false. He also stated that the report connecting him with the buy ing of any scrip of Pope county, was false. He favored a change in the statute in regard to petit and grand larceny. And he said another thing that they all said, and told their neighbora to say, and declare the same from the house tops, that he would be very much obliged to them for their support at the coming election, and MT. Howell "sot" down.
 And after music by the "band, which we omitted in our report of all the balance of the candidates, Capt. James w. Russell mounted the ros- trum and said that same old thing that he was a candidate fer Repre- sentative. Capt. Jim is the best looking man that is aspiring to the office of Representative and blythe