The Nevada County picayune., 1907-03-01
in the field. His rule was, however.

 to take mp the broken thread of the states development, forget animosities and work for the good of the people.
 Powell Clayton was elected in 1S6o. During his time much important iegls' lation was accomplished. Arkansas law makers established the Deaf Mute Institute removed the School for the Blind from Philadelphia to Little Rock, and greatly improved it, pledged state aid to railroads, improved and extended the public school system, and established the University of Ar kansas.
 From this time on the development of the state was not to stop. There were incidents and settlements, such as the Brooks and Baxter difficulty but the people knew the value of peace as a forerunner of prosperity and the prosperity of the state ard welfare of its people was now of chief importance
 Among the wise and able men who occupied the place of chief eNecu- tive following this time, was Augustus II. Garland. During his administra- ton. Arkansas made her bow 10 the world at the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia At this her first expo sition, Arkansas won a number of awards, one for her building and oth. CTS for her cotton and corn. No better work was ever done for Ar kansas than was done by the legisia- ture in making this appropriation.
 Governors Churchill, Miller Hughes, Eagle Fishback. Clark and Jones, with the legislatures Of ttcIr terms were active in securing for Arkansas the best in the way of material. educa- tional and moral advancement One of the leading acts of 1851 was an ap- propriation of $15o,00o for a state in sane asylum. One of the important acts of the legislature in Gov. Berry's term was the appropriation of sum for an Arkansas exhibit at the Cotton Centennial at New Orleans. At this fair. Arkansas Mn over twenty awards of the outside eat1 fnr the first time During the term = simon !. Hughes, one of Arkansaz Ecst governors. q considerable sum of money was re covered from the railroads as the re- suit of a movement To collect taxes During James P Eagles time. Arkarl- sas was a feature at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago and gave the state q wide hearing The exhibit made there. was the best ever at tempted. Women were on the board and for the first time were recognized as jurors.
 Under the administrations of Cover nors Clark, Fishback and Jones, a number of constitutional amendments were adopted, temperance laws were extended, other expositions were held the formation of local banks was be gun. educational work was extended and in many ways long strides were made, marking better era for great but undevelOped state.
 Gov. Jeff Davis, without pre- cedent, held the office of chief execu- tive three terms, after which he was elected to the United States Senate, being succeeded as governor by Hon. John s. Little.
 The Beth General Assembly now in session Is a body of mon looking well to the educational as well as the business development of their differ ent sections. The sentiment of both bodies is strongly against intemper ance and many bills have been intro duced to strengthen the protection of the home against the inroads of the drink traffic Gambling in it's different forms is also greatly in diSfavor. and bucket shops and race tracks are alike condemned.
 Probably no state in the Union has furnished longer list of statesmen than has Arkansas. Among them are the names of Albert Pike, soldier, poet and statesman; Augustus II. Garland, who entered President Cleveland's s cabinet in 1885, as attorney general; Powell Clayton, Ambassador to hexi co Clifton R. Breckenridge, Ambas- Sador to Russia; and Judge L. M. Rose, easily the most distinguished iHdH Ill lDe Stdtf tOubN, i~IhHSt Ol his place on the Hague Peace Com mission.
 In the long list are names of soyer- nors, senators. soldiers and statesmen dating back from the days when chiy- airy and profound learning combine with the progressive spirit of the age to make the statesman of the day
 Within the walls of the old State House, five constitutions have been made, those of 1886, 1861, 1864, 1868 and 1874.
 There is now talk of a new consti- tuition The discussion of it's need calls for two opinions, but this with other matters of importance to the growing state, will be settled inside the walls of the splendid new struc. turc now being erected as d monument to the progress of a people
 Mrs. Bernie Babeock, Editor Sketch
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