The Russellville Democrat., 1886-03-04

resolved then and there to make
Prof.. Gray, Snpt. Of Public Instroc-
ton.
The Supreme Court has not passed
on the railroad cases yet. The court
in directing certain things after the
argument let drop certain Indications
however, which made the railroad
men look blue.
If the Wheelers should nominate
full ticket, it is thought that Logan
County will furnish the candidate
for governor. But Prairie ana White
Counties will contest this TO the bit
| ter end.
Nothing but the power Of secret
oath can lead the great heart OF the
American farm brotherhood to sup
port men who are confessedly not the
peers OF leaders sought to be de-
stroycd. Ability is power and IT
will be recognized in every commu
nifty acting under normal laws.
The latest organization is the
United League Of Porters." These
are an ancient and most honorable
people and they demand recognition
at the polls. 1t is q singular fact
that this honorable industry has
never been honored with governors
position. They will put full ticket
in the field.
! There is great deal Of hustled
up talk about the great coalition Of
the Wheelers and the knights of La
Dor. There are about seven men in
Arkansas who would be pleased to
see this union were they assured
that the union would elevate them
into seven State officers. Once in,
the union might take care of itself,
just as they had prepared for them
selves.
The farmers Of Arkansas can con-
troll every Democratic County Con.
vention in Arkansas without calling
to their aid the questionable expedi-
ent Of a secret political secretly. II
a third party be formed it must be
formed without signals, grips and
passwords. And to succeed 1t must
stand before the people upon quest
ions which appeal to all people and
with candidates which represent the
people. No class party can win.
! Taxes in Little Rock are. three
dollars and eighty five cents to the
hundred dollars. Yet Hot Springs
has more sidewalks and Fl Smith
Smith better lights. BY the way,
the gas works got in another fat
contract the other day, and for the
next twenty years will continue to
light one third Of the city at three
hundred per cent. In twenty years
from now gas will be limited to aid
ermanic bodies and have no value as
an Illuminating agent.
Some of your young men may be
|ltching to come down to the city and
get start. They might get place
driving street car. This is q
princely business. The fellows who
own the thing pay you thirty five
dollars month to ride on the front
end of their omnibus from four
o'clock in the morning till eleven at
night. don't know just how much
the owners make, but judging from
the big time they demand, the little
wages they pay, the big fares they
collect and the little mules they
drive they must be making money.
History is ever repeating itself.
In times Of great scarcity the bushes
are beaten on ali sides for causes.
And it has ever been recorded that
the laws have been attacked in q ma
ljorlty of cases as the source Of the
evils. Some find the evil in the
mortgage and demand its repeal
Security for debt has always existed
and will exist despite the laws.
Some find it in the exemption and
hurl defiance at this humane law.
Time was when there was no exemp
ton and history is full Of the ills
that lived. No exemption, is step
backwards in civilization. II is one
notch nearer Imprisonment tor debt
and the accompanying barbarism
Any creditor who would take the
bed from under a mother and child
rem would put the father in Jail and
let him rot there. Civilization has
witnessed too many thousands Of
such cases to he hoodwinked by any
such sophistry- Bad mortgage laws
may need correction but the system
cannot be abolished. Unlimited cx-
emptions may need restricting but
they cannot be entirely abrogated.
In all such inquiries the attention
should be turned to individual habits
and not to social cancellations
which mark the wisdom Of ages.
Nipped IN the Bud.