Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-31
ARKANSAS MISFORTUNE.

But it is a misfortune for the best
interests of Arkansas that such cam
paign should have ever taken place
within her borders. in the contest
there appeared to be class issues, and
class prejudicies were too often ap-
pealed to- The interests of the farm
ers and the business men of Arkansas
are identical. What is good for one is
good far the other, and to endeavor to
array one against the other in unnatur-
al alignment of prejudice is unworthy
of a statesman The blue shirt fel-
lows so called, and the "homespun
socks fellows" have a community OF
interests and there is room enough
fer them to get together in the grand
old state of Arkansas on the common
ground of their county's good.
Gcv. Davis will regard his election,
if indeed he is elected. as a vindica-
tion, but where comes in Arkansas,
whose garments have been soiled by
being dragged through a sea cf mud?
1t is best for that state that its govern
CTS should come from men who are
above the reach of vituperation and
compromising charges. and whose per
sonal and private life has been such
as to place them far hey the possi-
bility of a campaign of personal abuse.
But We have great faith in the sturdy
integrity of the people of Arkansas
and we feel sure that out of the cam
ps igr ilot passed much final good may
come There will be a reaction, and
we will predict that the people will
rise in their might and demand that
the next campaign shall be pitched
upon a high plane and that no can
didate who is not above the use or
the reach Ct mud need apply.-Mem-
phis Morning News.
All the News says is true but what
it says should be the true condition
in Arkansas is utterly impossible So
long as such men as Gov. Davis are
able to retain control of the politics
of the state by inflaming class against
class Were it not for the people vic
reside in the cities. and thereby be
come consumers of agricultural pro-
ducts, the farming industry cculd not
proftably exist If the people in the
cities were to engage in agricultural
pursuits. farming would becomo
congested business. and the products /
of the farms would be so greatly in ex-
cess of the demand that there would
be practically no market for those
things produced by farmers. However.
GcV Davis has imbued the great ma
jority of the farmers of Arkansas with
the idea that the merchants. bankers,
lawyers, doctors, preachers, newspa-
per men and everybody residing in TIE
cities are the enemies of the farmers
and but fer the governors incessant
efforts in the behalf Of the farmers
they would be mercilessly robbed and
cities. The majority of the farmers
seem to accept blindly everything Gov
Davis says. Davis is a shrewd politi-
clan. and he knows how easy it is to
excite the preiudices Of the country
peonle. and how TO turn their preju-
dices to his c'Wn profit
The farmers never stop TO investi-
gate the claims Of Gov Davi} They
take il for granted that he speaks tbs
truth whenever ne says that they are
indebted to him for all the blessings
they enjoy, and if there are any bless
ing of which they are denied. and
which Gov. Davis has failed to bestow
upon them, it is wholly due to the
fact that the merchants. bankers, law
yers, doctors, preachers. railroad men
and others who are not farmers have