The Forrest City times., 1913-06-20

said that he wanted all of his hearers to vote for him that he was going to be elected, and said, "You need have no fear of that, whatever" but the way he said It, and the tone of voice he used, made It plain to large num- Der of his auditors that he did not confidently believe his own assertions. He prefaced nearly every assertion he made with the implied doubt, "If I am elected" etc., and repeated this clause so often that it is now a byword on the streets. There was not even ripple of applause during the entire hour of his speech, until It's close, when he received very liberal hand clapping, and perhaps a dozen men courteously went forward and shook hands.
 We mean to be fair to Judge Hays, and this is the honest impression we received while listening to him. He Is no doubt nice gentleman; he may be smart man; he may be a good lawyer and an able judge; but he did not impress his ability on his hearers. He did not impress us and others that he would set the woods on fire If am elected your governor We want a man in the great office of governor who, "if elected,n will be the governor in fact as well as in name; who will have the courage of his convictions; the executive ability to shape matters of state so that they will rebound to the best interests of the whole state, and keep the state before the world as a progressive and enterpfising peo- pie who put their best men in charge of her affairs; one who will command the respect of her sister states, and place Arkansas in the front rank of states that are progressing, pushing forward, holding their own, and Is a good place to live, and where with the minimum of effort one may receive the maximum of beneft-that is to say, where every man has an equal chance for living and for honors, ac- cording to hls deserts.
 It was freely predicted before Judge Hays spoke that he would probably carry this county, but since he did speak, and disappointed many friends, and others who were not fully deter mined as to how they intended to cast their votes, 1t Is now just as freely predicted that Judge Brundidge will carry the county by at least 200 or 300 majority. It Is frequently as- serted on the streets that Judge Hays would have received many more votes In this county If he had not spoken here, because his speech was great disappointment, and showed him to be man of meager ability; that he Is not brilliant, and that he Is ''a slow coach"
 The election is tomorrow. Go to the polls and vote for Hon. Stephen Brundldge, an able man; a man who will be an honor and credit to his constituency and to our great state; a man who has done big things for his district while In the halls of con- gress, and who will do big things for Arkansas, thereby benetittipg every man, woman and child within It's con- fines; brainy man; a man who can take his place among the big men of the nation at any time and at any place, on long notice or on short mo- tice; a man who will reflect the intel ligence, the frugality, the honesty, the patriotism, the business acumen, the enterprise and the substantially of our citizenship; man who is mak' ing this race at the earnest sOlicita- tion of hundreds of the best men in the state; man who received 65,OOO votes in his race for the United States senate against the idol of the people of this great state, the greatest cam paigner of modern times, the late lamented Jeff Davis; man who is the logical candidate for governor, and
 who ought to have the office by every rule of fairness, benefit to the state, and of compensating unseltish devo- tion to the states best interests from every angle; man who says if he is elected he will serve out his term, but
 who will not sell his birthright for a
 mess of pottage, nor encompass him. calf round about with pre-electtOn