The Daily soliphone., 1902-05-17
Arkansas Republicans Almost Sure to Nominate Him
 For Governor.
He and Jeff Will Cross Swords Dur. ing the Dog Days and Make
 the Welkin Ring.

Harry Myers is a gentleman and a scholar and will be the republican nominee for governor of Arkansas. unless the signs of the times are grossly deceiving. Harry is a ''kid- dish" {" looking young fellow. but he is about as good man intellectually and morally as the republicans can put up. He is lawyer and busi- ness man and big hearted fellow who numb bers hls friends by the score among all classes of people. irrespective of party or creed.
 He is worthy of better cause than heading the forlorn hope of Arkan- sas republicans, but the c. o. F. must lead some lamb to the sacri- fical altar everyltwo years in,sArk- ansas and it would look like the irony of fate to victimize Remmel again, and Whipple got tired of the job long time ago. So there is nothing for Harry to do but to march up and let the foggots be applied.
 If Harry and Jeff take the stump together the fur will fly and there will be fun for the lovers of political debate.
 Of course Harry knows that he had as we'll try to close the mouth of a Beaumont oil gusher with an oyster can as to close Jeff's mouth on the stump or to beat Jeff running for governor, but the powers at Washington may reward him for the sacrifice in the sweet by and by.
 A Little Rock special says:
 "A majority of the Republican county conventions have instructed for Harry H. Myers for Governor and the nomination of Myers at the republican state convention on June 26 in Little Rock is foregone con clusion.
 The convention will be controlled by the political followers of General Powell Clayton, United States Am- bassador to Mexico, who represents the dominant or organization wing of Arkansas republic anism. The faction led by exPostmaster Ben M. Foreman of Texarkapa is ap- parently making no fight for dele. gates to the State Convention. On his last visit to Little Rock Foreman announced that he and his friends were satisfied with the result of the fight against the reappoint- ment of Internal Revenue Collector H. l.. Remmel and United States Marshal H. M. Cooper. A rumored movement on the part of the Fore. mau faction to nominate seperate State ticket has not materializsd d | yet.
 The organization repu 5licans are m manifesting unusual activity. They are getting out county tickets and urging Republicans to pay thelr poll tax in order to be qualifs'i to vote at the State election in ;, t,sember, General Powell Clayton .> still in Arkansas and attended the Carroll county republican convention at Berryville Saturday. He made speech ard was enthusiastically in- dorsed in resolutions, witch dubbed him ''the essential and sustaining factor in Arkansas republicanism. " Gene ral Clayton s home is in Carroll county. He will return to his dip. lomatic duties in Mexico in few days.
 Indications are that the customary course of joint stumping tour be- tween the democratic and republi- can candidates for Governor will be followed during the summer. The democrrtic state convention at Little Rock on June 10 will renomi- nate Governor Jefferson Davis, and it is probable he and MT. Myers, the probable republican nominee, will devote the month of August to a joint canvass of the state."