The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-04-29

.,,,srt5-, as a party, it has always
will continue TO advocate earn
esi,y and TO the utmost OF its abil-
.,y. There has arisen question.
The Times has proceeded eau
Eiar.ly lest it should prejudice the
,iivatc interests of any candidate,
sut deliberately to know the truth,
aud the justice of the grounds
! non which Woodruff county bases
II claim TO he senaiorship from
.a.s district this year
IS between the two candidates
5r the state senaie-Mr. Berry, OF
t'uitcnden, and Mr.. Ferguson. of
Noodruff-personally or individu-
.y. The Times has no choice.
ether. if chosen, will no doubt
ably represent the district. But
- between the two as represent
liz the counties Of Criltenden and
Woodruff, The Times has a decided
preference and it is based upon
what seems TO it an unbiased and
unprecedented study of the facts,
amd Is warranted thereby.
The practice of rotation has OBJ
tanned in this rs in almost every
cher senatorial district in the
s.atc since 1874. 1t has been ac-
enoVledged by common consent
md practice TO be equitable and
The means Of cementing the party
aud preventing an unsecmly
scramble among the counties to
obtain Office for her favorite sons.
Il has been so popular, and so
regularly practiced that it has
grown into A DEMOCRATIC PRINCE
PIE. and all democrats are agreed
that ii should not be violated in
tins instance.
Beginning for The sake Of argu-
ncni, and it is fact, that in 1892,
ander the compact, Crittenden
county's candidate for the senate
ras nominated. In 1886 it became
Cross connty's turn and her favor
tic son received the nomination.
Ia 1890. passing on around the line,
Woodruff, in her regular order,
received the nomination, but her
candidate was defeated in the gen.
craI election. Next in line was St.
Francis county, and in 1894, she
was given the nomination. There
was no thought of Woodruff claim
ing the 'turn" then. st. Francis
county now holds the Office. These
four counties en- brace the district
and Crittenden county is certainly
entitled TO the senator this time by
reason Of being next in line.
From the best advices we can
obtain Crittenden's choice is un.
questionably the choice Of Cross
county, and Gross county through
her press and citizens is demand.
ing that the precedent be adhered
10, and that Crittenden's candidate
have the endorsement of this
county.
The matter seems to rest entirely
with the democracy of this county
There has arisen a dispute in the
household Of the faithful, and il
has fallen to the lot of ST. Francs
county to arbitrate between the
contestants, at the ballot box on
me Tth of May. ST. Francis county
must say TO which county the sen.
alorship belongs. Naturally, as
IN all campaigns, many things have
been brought into this race which
arc entirely foreign to its merits
The compact once understood
and all unbiased minds may be
;y'sily made up as TO the merits.
What is the compact? 1t is for the
democrats of the four counties com
posing tho Seventh Senatorial dis.
triet to alternate the honors of the
democratic nomination. That i,
The whole thing in q nut she'll,
Docs the campact go further than
tho nomination and guarantee an
electiony 1t certainly does not
and could not.
Woodruff county bases her claim
to the senatorship upon the fact