The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-15
Editorial Correspondence Omaha Bes.

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 Editorial Correspondence Omaha Bse.
 Little Rock is not only the capital, but the commercial metropolis of Ar kansas. With the exception of Att lanta, no other city in the cotton states can boast such substantial growth. At the close of the war Little Rock had 8 population of about 5000; to- day she has fully 36,000, with fair prospect of even more rapid increase during the next ten years. Located in the very heart of state that now contains over million of people, with unrivaled facilities by rail and water to make large area of Arkansas trib- utary to her merchants, manufacturers and capitalists, her future does not de- pend on the incidental patronage of state legislatures or state institutions. A bird's-eye view of the city of Little Rock, with the charming landscape presented by the Arkansas river and valley in all the shades and colors of this season, sketched by true artist, would make a romantic picture. Sketching and painting are not in my line, however, and a commonplace de- scription of the brick, mortar, iron and lumber, which constitute the material out of which our cities are built, would not be very interesting. The churches, school houses, stores, ware houses, hotels, factories, mills, railroad depots and dwellings which make up this city, are very much the same as those of other cities of equal popula- tion.
 1 have come in contact with all classes, lawyers, merchants, planters, bankers and editors, with officials high and low, from editor to governor, and from land officers to United States marshal. have freely talked about subjects and issues, past and present, that were most likely to draw out the partisan and sectional feeling of the true southerner, but I have as yet to hear the first disloyal expression from the mouth of an ex-Contederate. To all appearances the widest latitude is given here to
 FREE SPEECH,
 and man may talk and print almost what he pleases on any question with out being molested. l have taken pains to ascertain the physical, civil and political condition of the negro population of Arkansas, but must re- serve this interesting subject, together with review of the local government of this city and state for my next let ter.
 Passing up from the depot toward the business center yesterday, mo- ticed that one of the residence streets is named
 HARD STREET.
 That recalled to my mind the fact that Arkansas furnished Nebraska a territorial governor in the early days whose name was Mark Izard. Upon inquiry at the capitol I find that George Izard was territorial governor of Arkansas in 1925, and Izard county, in this state, is named after him. The first governor of Nebraska, Mark Izard, was his brother. He died at his home in St. Francis county about the close of the war. His wife died about two years ago. Three sons survive. One of these lives on the homestead now. E..
 The Rural Neto Yorker is right when 1t says that the southwest pre- sents a fairer field for the immigrant than most sections of our domain. Good society, schools, churches, spring water, mild, salubrious climate, cheap lands, the capacity for varied productions, are not the least of the many inducements that invite the restless enterprise of the eastern and middle states to seek homes there.
 It is sometimes asked if a man can do his own farming at the south and be respected. Yes, no one is more re. spected at the south than the working farmer. To use the words ofa south- ern orator, "The south has crowned labor her king, and under his rule 8 period of prosperity is dawning." It was not always so, but it is now.
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