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 To fhie view the LIsfle Rock Dem oeem dissents and ossFs lev remarks f0 show The error of oar propositions In fbe first place our esteemed eosemparary proposes te judge Alr Fishbasks strength sF what he has accomplished in Ais e0utests for office We admit that in the paat tbe party has isseu dis pos Q use his time and money satheg freely without adequate a. know ssageDent. but in the prsssIss race h. seems to be running pretty well and this ls fhs rule he is to be judged br his strength seems e t.e equal to fhe occasion Ae so ilis peculiar fitness fo be pitsed againsi fbe republican candidate our still esteemed eotemFOrary saFs '-tbere are many democrats in our opinion who aFe much better qualified to cope with the opposition candidate The party leaders do n0f happen to share tie Democrat exalted opiD ion Of the many other democrats else fney would have selected suzne one Of them instead Of Mr Plsnback for presidential eleetor in lsS4 to
 meet Mr. NOrw0o6 in 1888 and Mr Flzer in 1880 Mr Fishbaek was thought to possess admirable fight ing qualities then and we beliege tue Little Rock Democrat gave him as much credit as anybody for his splendid achievements in those nOta- bIe campaigns. gf be possessed the ability then 10 meet aud Fanquigh the opposition. why mol now U he vas unable to cope with the enemy fhen why was the interests Of the party Jeopardized by placing him practically in charge of those eampaignss Brother Mitchell further says ~Flshbaek is the man above all others the repub- lieane would like to see nominated.
 We do not know how # is in Pu- laski. but here in Pope and we have some members vho stand pret- ty near the throne in the councils .of the party they are hg no means anxious for his nomination. They know that DO greater calamity could befa3 them Fishbaek knows too much to suit them and has faculty of telling it iu q most unpleasant way Bro Mitchell concludes oy saying he does not think Mr Fish back tue logical candidate of tue democrats for the reason that in his opinion tbe opposi tion to him in bis own party will make his nomination iuadFisable. There has never been a contest, in recent years at least in this state. in which there has mol not been s bitter eonteet for the nomination, aud during the canvass more opposition developed against each candidate through the zeal of the friends of some other candidate, than is nOw manifest against Mfr Fishbaek, yet as soon as the convention selected its standard bearer, opposition ceas- cd aud harmony prevailed iu tue ranks IL will be so in this instance. and all iDtimations 10 the contrary are inpolitie gratuitous and without the shadow of d pre- cedent for basis. Mr Fishbaek WOULD prove very strong eandi- date, tue very one to pit against the opposition, and from every point Of view stands conspicuous as the log icsl candidate Of tue party this year