The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-01
From the chicago Journal.

From the Chicago Journal.
 N RKANSAS is going to send to the Wl United States Senate Governor Jeff Davis, who is, like Tillman a 'cornfield lawyer" and proud of it. Staid old Senator James H. Berry has been de- feated in the state primary, and Davis nomination by the democratic party is be- lieved to be equivalent to election He is politician who fiourishes at close range with a constituency that depends upon oral not printed, campaign argu- ments. He has been attorney general once and thrice governor. He is A years old.
 Jeff" as he is familiarly known, knows what turn will please the class of voters which he wishes to reach. The absence of an issue is no bar to him. He is the issue himself. He always has appealed to the "back county farmer and the laborer, playing upon their sympathies and on their prejudices. He is good 5tory- teller and man of great personal mag netism. which he knows how to employ to advantage. In his campaigns Jeff de- voted the greater part of his time to the smaller towns and to the country dis tricts, for here his strength lies.
 In his campaign for governor Davis de- vised an appeal to sympathy which incl dentally proved a great advertisement for a proprietary medicine, and he went through antics that a street falSir could well have copied as an aid to selling the compound. Charges of trickery and fraud were being hurled at him, from which he claimed he was under great nervous strain. He would stop in the middle of vigorous address, the precipitation pour ing from his face, and dramatically un- cork bottle and pour the contents down his back and bosom. He was charged by his opponents with spending more money for this medicine than for his rail- road fare in the campaign.
 His recent race for United States sen ator was devoid of many of the plctur- esque plays which indelibly impressed his personality upon the minds of the people of his native state.
 Do you know what is the matter with those fellows down there in Little Rock?" he would say. ''I can tell you. They're mad They're mad as can be because they're not In office any more l turned the whole set of high-collared roosters out when I was first elected your governor, and put the men from the blow handles In their places
 For all that he had a well-oiled, eff cient political machine.
 In his second campaign for governor Davis wore an old white hat similar to | ba oe tricts which he visited. A pair of home knit white socks could be plainly seen above his shoetops, while fastened di- agonally across his shoulders would be a single suspended strap.
 Those city folks down there won't speak to me-" he would say. I'm not dressed up enough for them," and off the coat would come and expose one gal lus."
 Before his third term as governor Davis made campaign for vindication, So he styled 1t. He had been charged with ap- propriating part of his contingent fund. allowed by the state, to his personal use. He was arraigned before a special com mittee of the legislature, and impeach- ment was much talked of. but 1t failed.
 Davis recently closed all the gambling houses, poolrooms and Sunday saloons at Hot Springs. and appointed a prosecuting attorney. on the recommendation of the ministers of that city, who. he believes will enforce the law. This followed a coolness between him and the Hot Springs officials, who were for Berry in the sena- torial race.
 Davis political promises always have