The Russellville Democrat., 1886-06-16

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 \ rIo6teenth ye demaod [ usnry Iax 5hat ch1 6o easily enforced ans that will reach all cIasses so AZ so prevent tho usurious plundering oi Our people under deeds of trust ana mortgages, or otherwises NIneteentl--We demand that the revenue law bc 90 amended as to require schedules of All personal property, and that debts over the amount of ten dollars not returned 'n lthc schedule De ontlawed; in case oi merchandise, the total of invoice to be taken not more than thirty days before the time of assessment; cor poratlons to be assessed at the cost l of construction. including equ'p- mcnts, or at the amount, the prop erty may De bonded and stocked at , fnlie.
 Twentieth We favor change n lthe manner of assessing property so as lo require the assessments to pc made by township officers,
 1 Twenty y-first--We demaud the re. neal of the law by which the convict 1 farms or slave pens were created. 1 Twenty sec0nd--That we oppose the pres scnt system of working the lconvicts of the State, and are op posed to the bringing of convict la- Dor into competition with the honest or legitimate labor of farm, shop and manufactory.
 Commenting on thls document the Gazette remarks:
 About everything of value in the l political Wheel platform adopted by ] the trump convention is recognized as good democratic doctrine. The remainder is miscellaneous assert ment of negotiations, denunciations and absurdities, concocted by the little politicians in the trump to feed the fancy of the watery -brained vis- ionaries of the type who consider 1 McCracken, CarlLee, Tom Owens and Isom Langley colossal statesmen. Bralns will tell. You can't suppress lem.
 The convention ordered nomi- ting committee. This committee presented the following names: John G. Fletcher, for governor; Geo. Thornburg, of Lawrence, for secretary of state; E. T. Mcconnell, of Johnson, auditor: w. F. Grace, of Pine Bluff, attorney general; l. A. Clark, of Carroll, supt. pub. instruct ion; A. c. Jarmin, land commisslon- fer; B. B. Battle supreme judge; w. E. Woodruff, treasurer.
 The nominations of Battle and Woodruff were finally modified into an endorsement only, and Messrs. Sam Murphy, Tolbert and Carter named as q committee to notify them of the endorsement. These excellent democrats tipped their hats and very politely begged to be excused. And following this good and popular example all the others did likewise just as soon as they could get their tongues of, except Col. John Fletcher, who appeared before the convention on Friday night and made the political wheel CTS happy, oh, so happy, by a ram bling speech of acceptance. No wonder lie ramb!ed.
 Solomon. we thlnk it was who said: "Sorrow endureth for night but joy cometh in the morning" This was reversed in the case of these political wheelers, whose joys lasted only for a night, and whose sorrew came in the morning, when Col. Fletcher sent note to them like this:
 To the People of Arkansas:
 On yesterday was nominated by the State Agricultural Wheel for the high office of Governor of Arkansas, and, for the time, thought l was doing nay duty to the people of my native State by acceptingthat nomi nation. the more naturally and readily formed this idea from the fact that from my earliest boyhood l till now I have been more directly and closely allied with the farmer class than any other portion of a people whom have never betrayed, and whose interests have not neg lcctcd, either individually or when official position directly committed those interests to my charge. Ma ture reflection, and full consultation with those whose judgment cannot be ignored by me to the sincere and honest conclusion that would not he doing my duty to make the race for governor against the regular Democratic organization.
 In passing out of all connection with public matters, back into the private and business walks of life, should surely be untrue to myself, II Al I l C