The Monticellonian., 1898-02-18
WADSWORTH'S CLAIMS.
MR. EDITOR

ion of his friends all over the State, has decided to enter the ace for Commissioner of Mines, Manufactures and Agriculture, we lesire to say few words in be- half of his candidacy and to set 'orth his claims for the office to which he aspires.
 In the outset we claim that this office should, according to all rules of political fairness, be con- ferred upon South Arkansas man. All honor to Col. Nincenheller and his efforts to promote the material development of the State. All honor to his predecessor, Col. Locke. But 1t will be remember ed that both these gentlemen hail. ed from the same section of the State, the Great Northwest, while the Southern portion of the State has never had q representative in that office. Another fact in this connection is worthy of especial notice. The Commissioner of ag- riculture is also a member of the Penitentiary Board and this section of the State has at present no rep resenative on the Board.
 The bill creating this office was introduced by Sen. D. E. Barker of Drew, and Mir. Wadsworth, who was member of the Legis- lature at the time, did as much as any other man to secure it's passage. Throughout his legislative career he has ever voted and labored to advance the material and agricul- tural resources of the State.
 While Mr. Wadsworth was born in Alabama, he has been a citizen of Arkansas for the past twenty three years. He has wor- shipped at no other shrine but that of true Democracy. His in- terest in the great question of pop ular education is evidenced by the fact that he has served his school district for nineteen years in suc- cession as Director and Supt. Tor- dan will readily testify that MT. Wadsworth could be relied on to put his shoulders to the wheel, when the educational interests of the State were involved.
 Mir. Wadsworth's standing at home is evidenced by the fact that the people of Drew county have thrice elected him to represent them in the lower House of Legis- latures, viz in 1887, 1889 & 1897. Mr. Wadsworth was one of the leaders of the last House and was member of nearly all the inn portant committees, being Chair man,of the committee on Rules. He received very flattering notices both from the Little Rock dailies and from the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
 It seems to us that if there is one office in the gift of the people that belongs to the horney handed sons of toll 1t is that of Commissioner of Agriculture, and that this po- sition should be bestowed upon one who farms not with his mouth but upon one who puts his own hands to the plough and turns up Mother Earth, one whose knowl- edge of Agriculture comes not from the theory alone, but from theory and practice combined. Such a man is Yancey Wadsworth. He owns a plantation consisting of several hundred acres, running in connection with it large gin. He sets an example of the thrift and enterprise to all his neighbors and Is in every sense of the word, a practical, successful farmer. No pentlup Utica. confines his powers, 7" but he Is public spirited, pro- gressive citizen, who would see not only his own neighborhood and section advanced, but also the entire State elevated to that posi- tion among her sister states she so we'll deserves.
 MT. Wadsworth has been for several years stockholder and of fcer of the South East Arkansas Fair Association, and has done much to make that institution the most successful Agricultural Fair in the State. He is member of the NJ. E. Church South, and has always been a liberal contributor to both schools and churches. In