The Forrest City times., 1903-07-10
THE CAMPAIGN OPENED.

| t0rlal nOmlnauOn was lOI many
opened at Brinkley, last Friday,
aud the speeches were OF charae-
ter, and incidents thereto were so
calorifc as 10 arouse the fiery pas.
sions of the crowd, "a riot being
narrowly averted and attract wide
spread attention. Gov. Davis open
ed the ball, seeking TO succeed him.
self and break down the tim e-hon.
ored precedent applied TO seekers
after third terms in this particular
Office. His has been q wonderful
career for six years, two as attor-
ney general and four as governor,
and his opponents have ample
ammunition with which to assail
him, and he will be kept entirely
Cd the defensive during the cam
paign. In fact, he is in the race,
as he says, TO vindicate himself.
Speaking of hl, candidacy The
Commercial Appeal of Monday
says be has had turbulent time
of it of late, and spectacular time
of it since entering public life. Be
carried every county IN the state
but one, on one occasion, and all
but five at another time, and un.
less the'unusual happens, he will
tie less popular in the coming elec.
tion. Those who depend on thc
popular vote seldom gain In
strength as the years 60 by, be-
cause the populace is capricious
and notionate, and deserts the OBJ
ject of its widest passion with the
suddenness of courtesan. Then,
too official patronage means build.
ing up 4 political machine, and
this machine becomes an element
of weakness rather than one Of
strength, because the outs are
more numerous than the ms, and
they set themselves to developing
a sentiment Of hostility to machine
methods. The loyalty of his
friends is only exceeded by the
bitterness of his enemies. He has
been most adrolt in his appeals to
the prejudlces and the. passions of
the proletariat and in mourning
the ostensible enn-ity of the
wealthy.
Sanator NJ. J. Manning in his
speech was very conservative, pre-
senting his claims to the people in
a plain, matter-of-fact way
and outlining his course in the
event of lis election. From his
tone and utterances it is evident
that he will not engage in a war
on Gov. Davis or exploit the weak
points in his record and the de.
linquencies Of his stewardship. He
seems TO proceed on the assump.
ton that the people know all
about Gov. Davis and it is Cup to
them" to decide whether they are
satisfied with him or desire to
make change.
Hon. A. F. Vande7enter pursues
a different course. He assaiIs
Gov. Davis and his record merci-
le3sly and his pyrotechnics are
suggestive of the aurora borealis.
Judge Nandeventer is a product of
Virginia and Kentucky, though
born and reared in Illinois. He
came south fifteen years ago and
has held prominent positions in
politics for several years. He is
fiery and forceful and cyclonlc,
and he has propounded questions
and raised issues which the politi-
clans cannot dodge or avoid, but
must answer. He belongs to the
j. B. Foraker school of statesmen
fighters, although staunch
democrat.
Nandeventer has not so far met
with that hospitality and courtesy
which is due him, and this is all
wrong. 1t matters not what his
chances of election may be or why
he is in the race. He is gentle
man and a scholar, and the finest
orator in the bunch, and is entitled
by ever rule OF social and polti-