The Russellville Democrat., 1891-09-17
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
What the State Papers are Talking Abo

What the State Papers are Talking About.
 The papers over the state are a little dull. It will take the campaign of Eext year to wake them up.-- Benton County Democrat.
 All this talk about "the two old parties must go" is the veriest bosh as applied to the Democratic parry. That party has existed for century, i and will be here when the millennium omes.--Sher'dan Headlight.
 Our road law should be made bet ter, as nothing speaks better for 8 country than good roads. Much time will be saved, for you travel faster, also expense in way of pre- venting break downs -Bentonville Sun.
 Ours is indeed a tropical land without the extreme heat just now. This week we saw an old lady and a small boy peidling nice ripe figs about the streets. How are you, California and Florida? Arkansas can raise nearly all the fruits of which you boast, besides our apples have he worlds premium. -Psragould Press.
 Up to date the cotton worms have done no damage of any cons, quence. They have made their appearance in several localities, but not in numbers sufficiently large to cause alarm. The plant is growing we'll yet and is fruiing as rapidly as could be ex pected. The outlook in tie bottoms for good crop is still promising Arkansas City Journal.
 Mir. A. w. Young has retired from the staff of this paper, and for the present it will be in charge of the 'sdeviln who has no friends, but many followers, and if he don't run the concert to suit come up and church him. He is supposed to please everybody. Cor exchanges may step on our toes, but must keep off our corns, or they will not only find the devil at home, but all his imps. Black Rock Republican.
 On account of the Alliance depart ment, which we have been running on our inside pages, being too strongly tinctured with the Third Party movement we have discontin- ued it. We are opposed to any such move, while we do favor some of the demands made by the Alliance, yet we think that there is nothing there but what the farmer can get by working in one or the other of the old parties. s.-Brinkley Argus.
 In our opinion this Alliance scLism is the most dangerous scheme for the South, both financially and polit- ically, that has ever been started, and whenever we hear of its success anywhere we shudder for the future of our country. It is especially dan- gerous because it comes in the dis guise of friend, and it's dupes will not find out the deceit until they have ruined their only hope-the Democratic party. Marion Reform.
 The |. NJ. R. R., rather than put on smokers for each race, has pro- hibited smoking on it's trains except in the smoking apartments of the sleepers or chair cars. We rather think the conductors will have trouble in enforcing such orders. It seems to us that any one buying a ticket cannot be legally ejected from train simply for smoking. An en- forcement of such orders by con ductors will certainly lead to trouble, and litigation. Lee County Courier
 Esquire D. H. Wilson emphaticslly denies the charge against him, advis- ing Jas. Walker to take his name of of the colored Democratic reform clubs book. TLis is little strange, il is either so or not so. We have 1t that he did and we also have it that he did not. It now behooves those who started the report to substantste the accusation or apologize to Will son, which will they dop It the esquire is guilty we want to know it, and also desire to know it if he is innocent. Cotton Plant Arkansisn.