Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-02-02
lAPbEST DAILY CITY CIRCULATION,
0NLY 4 COINCIDENCE.


 The Fort Smith Times is a warm supporter of the candidacy of Judge Bryant for Supreme Judge and to this no one can find fault. In its Sunday issue it copies from the State press several articles very laudatory of the Judge and we do not object to this. The one thing noticeable, however, and which may after all only be coineidence,is is that the two strongest endorsements of Judge Bryant cone from the Helena World and Pine Bluff GRAPHIC, the two rankest and most ran tankerous gold bug sheets in the State. The World is edited by Billy Neal who has said more mean things about the advocates of free silver than any man in the State, designating them as "cranks," fools, <" "popn- lists" and like endearing terms. The GRAPHIC is edited by Jimmie Adams who was Breckinridge's campaign manager in 1894, when Breckinridge was candidate against Judge Lit tie, stumping the district against the Judge. He is rank gold bug and does not hesitate 10 write and speak his sentiments on all occa- sions. Judge Bryant has been ac- cused of being a gold bug, but this he denies and says that he is bimetallist, but at what ratio is not disclosed so far as we have seen.
 As we remarked before, the fact that both the Helena World aud Pine Bluff GRAPHIC are support ing Judge Bryant may only be CO incidence, built is evident that they do not want man of such pro- nounced free silver views as Mir, Jos. M. Hill.-Greenwood [ ddcr.
 In the first place, the editor of the GRAPHIC denies that he is @ gold bug in the true and original meaning Of that term. The editor of the GRAPHIC is bimetallist, but not of the Is to 1 or bust variety. He be- lieves in the bimetallism of the Con stitution and as laid down by the National Democratic platform of 1892-th use of both gold and silver upon such terms and conditions as will insure the maintainance of the parity of the two metals and the equal purchasing power of every dol lar in the market and in the pay ment of debts.
 But as to Judge Bryant's views on the financial question we are not in formed; neither do we care. Judge Bryant is a candidate for Chief Jus tice of the Supreme Court, and we have yet to learn that candidates views on the financial, tariff or any other purely National question, have anything whatever to do with his qualifications as a lawyer or Chief Justice We do know, however, that Judge Bryant is one of the ablest and most brilliant young men in the State-br brilliant as man of letters, an orator and a jurist-and that he is in every way pre-eminent- lv qualified for the position to which he aspires, and that his decisions would be legal classics. Therefore the indorsement of his candidacy by the GRAPHIC and Helena World was purely coincidence. We know, furthermore. that Mir. Hill, Judge Bryant's opponent, has never sat upon the bench, and that he is en- tirely inexperienced in that line. Judge Bryant has been tried and he is known to be pre-eminently quail fled; Mir. Hill has never been tried and his abilities in that direction are yet to be developed. That's the plain English of the situation, and if the people of Sebastian county want to claim the next Chief Justice of the State, they will have to come before the Democratic State conven- ton with candidate whose past record is sure guarantee of his fitness for the position.
 
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