The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-01
JEFF DAVIS OF ARKANSAS.
AN ENEMY OF THE OCTOPUS WHO
TRhVEL ON HIS NAME

The Picturesque Btatosman of tho SOM
brero style Whom Texas and Arlsan-
sas Declare To BE the Coming Mana
Legend That He Campaigns with Mule
Branded &c. o. A."-His Great Popularity.
sr. LOUIS, Sept 23-At the conference of
Governors and Attorney Generals in ST. Louis
to thwar and throttle the trust octopus JEFF Davis
Of Arkansas preeminently the picturesque
figure He II Attorney General now and he
means to DO Governor after the next election. As
type Of the Southwestern politician, tho states
man Of the sombrero style, OF tho Bailey brand.
he lowered among his compeers like Cheops among
It's brother pyramids He overtopped them all,
physically at any rate. The politicians from
Arkansas who were at the conference declared
Davis to be the coming Of their State and those
from Texas, which vast Commonwealth reg ards
AYkansa ono Of its counties Of the same
opinion. From Hot Springs TO San Antonio
they call him JEFF. and in that region such
familiarity is q Sign Of political eminence.
In the lobby Of the Planters Hotel the man
who bears this historic name a centre Of in
terest all the week. He came in Monday morn
ing and at once began TO circulate The seven
Governors Of sovereign States were dimmed by
his radiance; for this JEFF Davis has not the lean
and hungry look that characterized the former
bearer Of the name, but 10 q man Of portly build
and bsbe-like oountenance sparkling with good
nature ana Rcu1AIty. IL IL QlmCut 70 oooCflDe
his personal appearance He has round, full
face like Congressman Bailey Of Texas but lacks
the Texans babe-hke innocence Of expression.
This face Is that of mischievous infant prodigy
that learned 70 soy papa" al seven months old
and sprouted tooth al SIX. No reelection upon
his intellectual abilities h intended when II is said
that Mr.. Davis very much resembles Con MONEY!
tho pugilistic trainer who jumped into the ring
and spoiled the Corbett Sharkey fight Tone
down McVeys prominent nose, infuse the fine
lustre of quick intelligence into his eyes and you
have a picture of the portly Arkansan
JEFF Davis wears a suit Of gray clothes that
might have been made from o we'll preserved
uniform OF Confederate Colonel His expansive
white shirtfront is the only sort Of expansion he
believes in and the low collar and black string tie
proclaim him Southwestern politician without
reference to his pedigree. His hat is gray like
wise, cross between the cow-punchers sombrero
| and the battered campaign hat seen in campaign
pictures Of Gov. Roosevelt
Attorney General Davis did not stop at the
| Planters Hotel with tho rest Of the conference
members; his name on the register OF the
| Lindell Hotel and thereby hangs tale. Though
the Planters is the biggest hotel in St Louis, it is
| not big enough 70 accommodate both JEFF Davis
| end Gov Daniel W. Jones Of Arkansas at one and
the same time The Governor and his Attorney
| General are at outs. The executive head and the
| legal head OF the State al oggerheads be-
| cause, like the old man and Betsy, they have
| agreed to disagree. Gov. Jones AYERS that the
| cause Of the estrangement is THAI JEFF Davis re-
| fuses To construe tho Arkansas Anti Trust law "a
the Governor thinks il should be construed: and to
| be divided upon tho question Of the great octopus
| in to be divided indeed II Is the unpardopable
| sin OF politics in the Southwest. So Jones and
| Davis con never get together again unless the
| octopus is patched up
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