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vote to Scccdc from the state and set
Up little princjpoljtv all its own.
Aside from the subjects cuumcr-
lated, the people will vote as usual
upon the questions Of local option
lin licensing saloons, the sale Of wine
and the road tax. All these things
| will make next Scptcmbcr's ticket
| the longest ever voted in Arkansas,
and will present strong arguments
! in support Of those who are work.
. ing for the short ballot
As for partisan nominees for the
various state, district and county
offices, those OF the Democratic par
ty have been chosen The Socialists
will have but one nominee, c. L.
MikcI, a Hartford coal miner for
| Governor. The prohjbltionists, who
have disintcgratcd as a party or.
gauization, will have no nominees.
The Republicans will probably
nominate a full state ticket as they
have been doing for several years
The choice for governor appears to
lie between A. ! RUSSELL member Of
the last HOUSE from Carroll and h.
|. II Moore, an Ozark drummer
Tbcprcsidcntial contest in the two
dominant parties is just now at.
tracing a great deal Of interest in
Arkansas, and the aIignmcnts are
strong and pronounced At the
present time, there is no doubt but
that Champ Clark is the popular
choice for the Democratic uomi-
nation In the recent county con-
ycntions, SO far as reported, out Of
$50 delegates to the state co0,cn-
ton, there are 23t instructed for
Clark and only 3 for Woodrow VIII.
son, with 333 uniUstruclcd and 10
.unrcportcd,
Hon, Jerry South, Of Mountains
Home, chief clerk in Congress, has
been here for the last month rs man
agcr Of the Clark campaign !
have made a thorough canvass Of
the state said MIR South land !
am just as sure that Clark will get
the states delegates rs ! am Of any.
thing ever undertook to accom-.
plish,"
As a rule the Wilson and Harmon
supporters, realizing that the state
would be largely for Speaker Clark,
because he is a ncighbor, worked for
uninstructed delegations, and will
carry that fight into the state con-
yention, and attempt to prevent in.
structons being given the Baltimore
delegation for anyone They are
contending that while they admire
Champ Clark and would like to see
HIM President, they do not consider
him the most available man, and
that the delegations hands should
not be tied,
On the other hand, the Clark men
are most enthusiastic in advocating
his nomination, claiming that he is
the only Democrat now being men.
toned who can solidily the party
vote, and carry the East as well rs
the South and the West,
The interests of the New Jersey
governor are being looked after by
the Woodrow Wilson Club, Of Little
Rock, Of which Hon, II, lIorrod is
chairman, and June = Wootcn, sec
rctary They and the Harmon men
in the Pulaski county convention
could muster only l6 votes com.
pared with 80 for the MiSsour0n,
State Senator IT. k ToncN of
Pine Blun, is the Harmon manager
for the state and has been OfgOni2a
ing the following Of the Ohio aspi.
rant among the lawyers largely,
They claim u strong support
throughout the state, and declare
that Harmon us the logical candls
date for the Democratic nomination
for President, and the only Demo-
crot who can win against the Re
pubIic0ns in the coming election
The Republicans Of Arkansas are
very much divided, but there is lIttIc
if any doubt that the states dele.
cation will be instructed for TAFT
THE machinery is all for him. and
the machinery consists of and ls con.
trolIcd largely by the office holding
class of the party In the state
committee only two men were found
who would champion Roosevelt,
and in the Pulaski county commit
tee there were 60 for TAFT and only
two for Roosevelt
Roosevelt headquarters are being
maintained here however and will
be kept up until the state conycn.
lion ON May q There are hopes
chat they will be able to stampede
the convention in favor Of the Col
oncl. by the very force Of popular