The Russellville Democrat., 1878-10-31

November.
 Let every Democrat in the 4th Congressional District go to the polls next Tuesday and cast hls ballot for Hon. Thos. Gunter.
 The Directors of the State Fair Association are making preparations to insure a perfect -uccess of the State Far which convenes on the 18th of next month.
 The White County Record now enters upon it's 18th volume. The Record is one of tho well established papers in the State, and we wish it q successful future career.
 Judge U. NJ. Rose is mentioned by the Ashley County Times as It's favorite for the U. $. Senate. The Times pays high and well meuted compliment to his ability and worth
 We congratulate our brethren of the Ft. Smith Independent upon the Sth anniversary of that papers exis- tenee. The Independent has fought a good fight and we hope to see it live long and prosper greatly.
 The Russellville DEMOCRAT was the first of our Arkansas exchanges that reached us at this point. It is good paper and always welcome.-- Newport Journal.
 Thanks, Brother Bidding, many thanks.
 The first number of the Newport Weekly Journal reached us last Wed nesday. It is edited and owned by our good friend Jim Bidding, and as he is No. newspaper man, the journal will, of course, succeed.
 -Mr. A. D. Jones is announced as editor of the Pine Bluff Repub bli- can. Mr. J. is kinsman of our distinguished fellow citizen Capt. John K. Homer Scott, and will be well remembered by many citizens of Dover and Russellville.
 A goodly number of the papers of the State have expressed them selves favorable to the enlargement of the powers and jurisdiction of the justices of the peace. We are in clined to think fayorably of the proposition, and believe it would greatly facilitate the adjudication of litigated cases.
 Go to the polls next Tuesday and vote for Hon. Thos. NJ. Gunter. Examine your tickets carefully and see that they are all correct. See thatth initials and the spelling of the name are correct, thus; THOS. Nj. GUNPER. All kinds of dodges may be attempted and voters must be too sharp to be caught mapping.
 We understand that our old friend, Hon. John Campbell, of Sear- cy County will be a candidate for the position of Door keeper of. the next State Senate. If our worthy old fnend wants the position, we hope he will get it. He has served his State in many capacities, and has always demeaned himself with credit and honor.
 The Pine Bluff Press deplores the idea of any respectable minister of the gospel going into any system atic huut, or rather electioneering process, to secure the office or posi- tion ot Chaplain of our Legislature. The Press is right. It IS very un. becoming and demoralizing, and brings the minister of the gospel down almost on 2 level with our common politician.
 In the last issue of the Pine Bluff Republican, the editor of that paper. Mir. Augustus D. Jones, claims the authorship of the consti tutional amendment submitted to last Congress by Hon. Jordan Cray- ons. We had the privilege of read ing Mir, Jones' Manuscript of his True Method' long before Mr. Cravens' amendment was presented 10 Congress, and as soon as we read the so,called "Crovens' Amendmeuto we knew it to be the same as the Method proposed by Mir Jones.