Nevada County picayune., 1888-03-21
ATTORNEY GENERAL.

AT IORN6Y GENERAL.
 Hon. W. E. Atkinson. of this place, has come out for Attorney General, subject to the action of the Democratic convention. His can- didacy is the result of repeated calls and strong solicitations of iniluen- tial friends in different portions of the State. Col. Atkinson is well known in different DOT tions of the State as an able law yer and orator. Although young man, (about the age of Hon. T. C. McRae) he has risen to high place in the law, his profession, and as 2 successful attorney, has few equals. He has great personal magnetism and his oratorical powers are a spec ial gift He has justly earned the title 'The silver-tongued orator of South west Ark" The prospects for his receiving the nomination for the office he seeks. are fine, and his many friends are iubilant over it, as he is especially well fitted for the place, and would fill it with credit to himself and the State. But his friends should use every honorable means to secure the desired end let no work go undone to secure the prize Below we give extracts from the Little Rock papers, of very complimentary nature, which shows his standing all over the State
 Yielding to the solicitations of friends in almost every part of the state, MT. w. E. Atkinson has con. sented to make the race for attorney general. His former announcement appears elsewhere in this afternoon paper. Mir. Atkinson is a resident of Prescott, Nevada county. He was born and reared in that county and spent his life there. He has never held a public position of any kind-indeed, has never aspired tC political honors and has sought only excellence and honorable position in his profession. In this he has wor eminent success. Though a young man. he holds front rank at the bal in the southwest, and i'll this city where the higher courts are held. The office for which he has become [ candidate is in the direct line of his profession and if its duties be en. trusted to him, they will fall into safe and able hands.-Arkansas Press.
 The announcement of Hon. W. F. Atkinson, of Nevada county, as a candidate for attorney general, which will be found in the Democrat of this afternoon, is in obedience to repeat ed calls made upon that gentleman to permit the use of his name in that connection. Mir. Atkinson is q lawyer of thirteen years practice, a gentlemen of high character, good natural ability, fine culture and one of the most eloquent speakers in the State. He practices in all the courts of the State. and is regarded as a capable and successful lawyer. He has never before aspired to office. and has never held any public posi- ton save that of mayor of Prescott. But as consistent, hard working Democrat, private in the ranks, he has always done his duty If the Democracy should honor him with position he will fill it with credit Little Rock Democrat.
 The Gazette contains the annnouce ment of w. E. Atkinson of Nevada county for attorney general. He IS a native of Alabama, but resident of Arkansas since his early boyhoOd. Choosing the law for profession, he soon after admission to the bar bacame recognised as possessing in a marked degree the elements that command success. Through his fine legal abilities, industry and zeal in every labor he has undertaken and the universal recognition of his high personal character, MT. Atkinson has won a reputation at the bar and as a man of sterling personal merits that proves he is eXcellently qualified for the duties of the important posi- tion to which he aspircs. He is one of the soundest of democrats, at all times an active influential cham pion of the party, and several years ago was selected member of the state central committee, a position relinquished only after determining to offer for attorney general.-Arkan- sas Gazette.
 Hon. Thos. C. McRae offers him self for reelection to Congress, and his announcement appears in anoth- | d, ,tx~,,s,