The Russellville Democrat., 1892-04-21
FRIENDLY 10 ElsHBAcK.
". P. wo0TEN,s OPINION OF sEBAs.
 THAN COUNTIES CANDIDATE.
old Pope, He Declares. ia Certain to Roll Upn Very Big Majority
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Upnyery Big Majority
 for Him.
 To the Editor of the Gazette:
 RUssELLvILLE, ARK, April l5.
 Inasmuch as your columns are open for full and free discussion of the gubernatorial question, and as several Democrats have already ex- pressed themselves on this question, I concluded l, as Democrat, and a reader of your valuable paper, have the same privileges to have my say on this important question as others.
 Mir. Fishback is a great man, and the most popular democrat that lives in the great state of Arkansas, and he is deseryedly so on account of the incessant, gratuitous, hard and val uable services that he has for twenty five years rendered the great Demo cratic party of this state. He has been of greater service to the Demo cratic party than any other gentle man that lives in the State to-day.
 Although Mr. Fishback has in the past suffered defeat in his own par ty for the nomination he never was the man to sulk in his tent. or to re solve himself into a chronic grum- bier, but unlike some of his contem poraries who suffered defeat with him for the same nominations, and who abandoned the conflict between the parties by quietly remaining at home in the bosom of their families, or taking a pleasure trip to the Pa cific Coast, while the conflict was being fought between Democracy and Republicanism-I say that Mr. Fishback was unlike his defeated brethren, for instead of withdrawing from the approaching conflict he the front, into the midst and din of the battle, and successfully fought Radicalism, Claytonism and every other ism that presented itself. He went through the State laundering Democracy, Tariff Reform and the peoples rights on every hilltop and in every valley until the day of great victory arrived Thisis the kind of q man that true and tried Demo crats of this great State will swear by and will most assuredly honor with the nomination for Governor when the State Convention meets. While Mir. Fishback is deseryedly | very popular with the rank and file of the Democratic party there are a few fossilized warhorses and mal- contents in the party, wbo look up on his merited popularity with green eyed jealousy, knowing that they dare not attack his record as Dem ocrat, his ability or his statesman ship; they hoisted to the breeze the bloody shirt of the war that was fought thirty years ago; but the bloody shirt and their sickly war whoop has signally failed to detract 90 per cent of the Democrats of this State from persisting in performing duty that should characterize gen uine manhood and unsullied Demo cracy, by honoring the man'who has so successfully fought for and es- tablished the principles of Democ- racy and the rights of the people.
 Who were MT. Fisback's present opposers during these many years ot his arduous labor for the principles of Democracy?
 Did any one ever see line from them in defense of the party? Did any of them ever make speech out side of his township or county?
 think it late in the day, and in poor taste for Messrs. Reynolds, 1 Cypert and others to wait twenty five years to impeach Mir. Fishback's s standing while he has been so prom inently before the people all these years, and at all times leading the van of Democracy.
 Why did they not make this at tack years ago?
 Why wait until now to ostracise him?
 The inference to a sensible man is that there is no sincerity in their warwhoop and bloody shirt, and that Fishback is simply in some man s way, who desires very much l to be Governor of the State of Ark ansas.
 Every reasonable man will admit 1 that Fishack's Democracy should l not be gauged by his war record, and that his Union proclivities, whatever they may have been, do not degrade or lower his standing as Democrat. Consequently, it is all bosh and nonsense for his enc mics to undertake to down him on his war record.
 The Democracy of Arkansas are fully advised of Fishback's history before the war, during the, war and since the war, and have weighed him in the balance and found him fully up to the standard as a true, tried and faithful Democrat, friend to the people and to the State, and they fully appreciate his past valu- able services in the interest of Dem ocratic principles and the people of our great State. They are unwill- ing to let this standard bearer of Democracy go longer unrewarded, notwithstanding few war horses to the contrary.
 Old Pope will roll up a solid ma jority for Mir. Fishback There will be no one else in the race here, and if there is any sign in the expres- sions of the people, and press of the State, there will be no place at our State Convention to even tie a bob tailed black horse let alone run ming one; for Fishback will go in on the first ballot, w. F. WooTEN.