The Russellville Democrat., 1891-06-04

l and now ik the time to strike hard 1 agAinst the monopoly Texarkana ] Democrat.
 l The Helena World says it hopes that l the Chickasaw Guards. of Memphis. l will win first prize at the interstate drill at Indianapolis. The Beacon's Ark&n. l aas indignation boils at this, and a
 prayer Is offered up for the suc- cess of the McCarthys and the Flefch- CTS. We want the Arkansas boys to fin-
 ish one, two. Then if the ssChIcks''
 can fall into third place we will have
 no objections to offer.--Camden Bea- 1 con.
 1 Gov. Eagle has issued call for
 state convention to be held In Little 1 Rock, August 5, for the purpose of I starting the ball in connection with & 1 state exhibit at the Worlds Fair. The l Arkansas legislature failed to make an appropriation for this purpose, hence 1 that important duty reverts to the peo-
 pie. The state can i'll afford no repre- sentation in the greatest event of mod
 way Hot Springs Graphic.
 The Uniform Rank should turn their l organization into military company, or rather form military company In l addition to the one they already have. 1 Arkansas has received about $6000 from l the government to aid her state militia, l and Helena might just az well come in l for her share of this fund. Guns could
 be procured from the governor and q fine company formed here with the
 material we have. The boys should 1 talk 1t over.-Helena World.
 The visit of the commercial tourist, June 5, will be incidentally beneficial l to Hot Springs. There are no better ad- 1 vertising mediums than the ubiquitous l grip-carriers. They are essentially
 takers, and the territory they cover is 1 wide. Hot Springs hopes 10 so. entcs~ tain "the boys" that when they resume l their travels the pleasantenst recollee- l tions of the trip here may recur to them and prove an impetus to their influen-
 tial voices.-Hot Springs Graphic. l For a town to have first class base i ball club is q fine thing, but to have a club of this kind and get 1t beat the first dash out of the box, as 1t were, is some thing else. Pine Bluff is suffering just
 at present with the .ssomething else, !" | the Memphis aggregation having done I up iIs pets in the first game of the series. We can sympathize with our
 neighbor. This town has also tasted | the wornwood and gall under similar circumstances, and if we re-
 member correctly, Pine Bluff held the cup. But we are willing to let bygones l go by since its club has been swiped so seriously. Camden Beacon. 1 The country press, some times vul- | garly called .s2x4 tin horns, are treat ing inc Little Rock papers to little | roasting g.-Centre Point Press.
 The Little Rock papers, you may rest assured, fully appreciate any favor in l the ssroastingn line. Turn on the heat. Little Rock Press.
 Quite sensitive, Col. Brown. We | merely called attention to the fact, not
 that we desired to do any roasting our selves or had any axes to grind, so l please do not fracture your linen, my dear sir. We do not consider the game | worth the candle, and the "boy will | not turn on the heat just yet. Mean while the chief-Commerci will at- tend to your case.-Howard County Press.
 The platform adopted by the conven- tion of the Peoples party, held in Gin cinnat last week, contains plank | which demands that the president shall be elected by the direct or popular vote of the people. The convention proba- bly, got this idea from the late Demo-
 cratic legislature of Arkansas, which adopted memorial to congress for the submission of an amendment to the fed- eral constitution to provide for the elec- tion of Unite q States senators and the president and vice president by the di- rect or popular vote. As soon as the Peoples party can get enough mem- bers together to take an observation it will discover that in the march of polit ical reform it is struggling along at an immeasurable distance in the rear of the Democratic party.--Neyada County Picayune.