Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-06-10
NICK" CAN'T MAY
!. GET ATT0RNEYSHIP
Popular Pine Bluff Lawyer
Prominently Mentioned
for District Office.
IS BEING FAVORED
Student Of Law Under McReynOlds
Now Member Of the Cabinet
Friends Are Active.

Hon. y. J. Can't, Jr., member of
the local law firm of Coleman and
CAN'T. is being prominently mention
ed as a successor to Hon. w. G.
Whipple, United States district attor-
ney for the Eastern District of Ark
ansas and the indications are hat he
is most likely to get the federal plum.
The position pays $4,000 year and
carries with it the appointment of an
assistant with another good salary.
The entrance of Mr.. CAN'T into the
district attorneyship contest, was UNI
solicited on his par, and came through
influential friends who have learned
that he is being considered for the
| place at Washington, and they are
now active in his behalf in an effort
! to have the BRILLIANT young Pine Bluff
attorney named. Friends all over the
STATE are urging their influence to inn
press upon Attorney General Mickey
Odds at Washington his qualifications
for the place and his popularity. They
believe that no selection would occa-
sion more general satisfaction
| throughout the safe than that of MI.
! CAN'T and United States Senators
James p. Clarke and Joe T. Robinson
who know him and know of his abil
ity and high standing, are being urg
ed to recommend Mr.. CAN'T for the
place.
l. leaked out in Little Rock a few
days ago, when it was learned that
Hon. J Fl. Harrods name was being
held u,p at Washington as an appli-
cant for the office, that Mr.. Cant,
was being considered by member of
the Cabinet for the place. Upon his
recent visit to Hot Springs Mr.. CAN'T
was informed by prominent lawyers
that he was likely to be named dis
trct attorney for the Eastern District
of Arkansas. Mr.. CAN'T, who had
MOI given the matter thought, was
surprised to learn of the rumor that
seemed to be general throughout this
section. He was urged at that time
to apply for the position and prom
sed to give the matter consideration.
| Upon his return from Hot Springs,
| Mr. CAN'T conferred with friends and
| they urged him to "get busy" and pre-
sent his name at Washington. Not
being inclined to get into politics Mr..
CAN'T did not take kindly to the idea,
but in the last few days, when per-
sstent rumors from Washington told
of his name still being in the list
| there, Mr.. CAN'T was again appealed
to by friends to seek the place, feel
ing sure that he would be centered
on.
| A story comes from Washington
to the effect that Attorney General
McReynolds has made known to inti-
mate friends his choice for the Ark
ansas district attorneyship. 1t de-
veloped now that mick" CAN'T was
a student of law under Mr.. Mercy
nolds, when the latter held a chair
in the law department of the Wander
bilt at Nashville, Tenn, some years
ago. Mr.. McReynolds left the Uni
versity ten years ago. when he was
named assistant attorney general of
the United States. At that time Mr..
CAN'T was completing his law course
and since his graduation he has be-
come quite prominent in legal circles
in this state
Mr.. Gantt's friends feel confident
that he can get the place and despite
the fact that Mr.. Can't is not seeking
it, they are putting his name forward
anyway.