The Russellville Democrat., 1878-09-26

At the recent election the voters of Pope county decided by a large majori ty to remove the county seat from Do- yer, but faIled to locate it elsewhere. Russellyille lacked only 30 votes of get ting it. 'Rah for Russellville anyhow congratulations, Bro. Batteniield. -fOzark Democrat.
 Thanks, Bro. Colburn, thanksi
 We last week made the antebel- lum school system of Arkanas the subject of few remarks, reproduc- ing at the same time, some remarks which the Little Rock Democrat had made upon the same subject. The Little Rock Democrat of last Friday re produced our article and prefaced it with this hattering compliment to our paper--a compliment, for which we make our most polite bow, and which is all the more highly appreci ated coming from such an excellent newspaper man as the editor of the Little Rock Democrat:
 The Russellville DEMOCRAT is one of the livest, most progressive, as 1t IS one of the best weekly papers in the State.
 We are happy we have won at last the cornmendation of our cotemporary or the Russellville DEMOCRAT, and we are happier still that we were able to do so | A x,N .f inn fr or of principle. Always endorse the right, friend Battenfield. and we will always be together.---Gazette.
 Thus says our esteemed city con- temporary, the Gazette, upon read ing our article in last weeks DEMO- GRAF endorsing what It had said up- on the Pulaski county election. We can assure our contemporary that it always has been our aim and intent to endorse the Right, and it ALWAYS shall be our purpose to continue, as God gives us to see the Right, to endorse and espouse and promulgate the Right. Still we may not always be able to he together, for we are all liable to err in judgement, and we may often disagree HONESTLY by looking at questions which we dis- cuss from different stand points; so we cannot admit, brethren of the Gazette, what might seem to follow, by implication, from your last sen tence, that WE are ALWAYS necessari- ly FAILING to endorse the right, when we fail to AGREE with YOU.
 The inflexible purpose of the present management of the Gazette will be nev- CT to permit its duty to the public to give away, or in any manner to be con trolled by it's private interests. We well know the vast power of a widely circulated newspaper, and we also know the great temptations to which 1t IS subjected to misuse that power for sordid purposes. But we shall always content ourselves with the small but sure profits that flow from duty con scientiously discharged and faith with the public honorably observed.--- Gazette.
 This is a high and noble standard of action which the Gazette has professed to be governed by. It is the true standard. May it always have grace and moral courage and resolution to adhere unswervingly to 1t; and may the whole press of the State and the country adopt it and adhere to it. When it becomes the ruling motive of the newspapers generally, then, indeed, will the press be the bulwark of liberty, and the palladium of the peoples rights.
 THE SPEAKERsHIP.-- Hicks, of the Lonoke Democrat, is saying clever things every day. He always blows through Democratic bugle. He has named w. W. Reynolds, of Benton Co.,, as speaker of the next House of Repre- sentatiyes. We will be equally clever, and suggest the name of Hon. J. T.. Bearden, of Ouachita, and Col. J. c. Wright, of Union. Springs Tele- graph.
 The name suggested by Bro. Hicks would be one eminently worthy of the place, but just as it happened, Mir. Reynolds will not be a member of the next House, because he failed to get enough votes at the recent election. The two names mentioned by the Telegraph are good ones. An other good one has also been put for ward by some one--Dr. w. H. Barry, of Garland County. We now add to the list still another name--one possessed in an eminent degree of all the qualifications necessary to make good Speaker-Hon. w. M. Fish back, of Sebastion County.
 Newspaper men who ran for office at the last election did not generally come out first best. We believe all were elected to stay at home except Dr. Hobson of the Star of Hope. So the fraternity will look to you, Dr. to | do it honor-as we know you will.-