The Green Forest tribune., 1914-03-20
Fuller Far in Advance Of Congress-
 ional Race.


 ponent, and that he will be nominated.
 It IS case of the entire field against Fuller, and he is first or second in every locality. All of his opponents, know. ing this, center their attacks on him but are unable to weaken his following They resort to that old political trick ot saying Fuller is losing ground, but are unable to show where he loses a vote. On the other hand, he has scores of in. fiuential, loyal and true friends, who never cease to advance his cause. His friends are, as he says, bound to hin by hooks of steel
 No man ever had more united ol enthusiastic support from those who know him best, than MT. Fuller, anc he deserves it. Some men run better when not known so well; not true with him. To really know him, his ability, loyalty to friends and duty, and his true manhood means real live Fuller supporter.
 No one of any information doubts he will carry Benton and Madison coun- ties. We know he will carry Carroll county by an overwhelming majority, and predict he will carry Newton and Boone by big pluralities and at least break even in Baxter and Van Buren both of which his friends loudly claim
 He will get 90 per cent of Bratton' s loss in Marion, and run Tillman d close race in Washington county. All over the district we hear of odds being offered on Fuller against the field, and no takers found. The1ast grand and petit jury of BentoR county were prac- tically all for Fuller, as was the Madi- son county jury as shown by poll. Three-fourths of the jurors in the Eas- tern district of this county were for him.
 The editor of the North Arkansas Star is his personal enemy and his op- ponents have copied in other papers ar ticles he writes, as they do from the Mt. Air, the editor of which Mr. Fuller convicted of slander.
 Practically all the influential Demo- crats, lawyers, and county officers of this judicial district are for Fuller
 From the Harrison Times we clip the following:
 ''1n Boone county he numbers among his supporters, many of the political leaders of our county and because of his extensive acquaintance and his knowledge in farming and stock rais- ing, his ability as a campaigner, and from what we hear from all parts of the county, we think there is little doubt but what Boone county will be carried by Fuller with ease in the March primary.
 From what we can learn he will carry Carroll, Madison and Benton Ec9nnrties r,ti s V we are in close touch with Newton, Searcy and Marion, our neighboring counties, and we are con- fdent from all reports that he will car ry Newton, run second to Bratton in Searcy and second to Hudson in Marion.
 It is the writer's humble opinion that when the results of the coming pri- mary election are announced that Hon.. Claude A. Fuller will will be found leading hls five opponents by hand some plurality. The result of the pri- mary practically settles the question and if our Democratic friends want to be found on the winning side, it ap- pears to be the logical thing for them to register their votes for Claude A. Fuller.
 Coin Harvey is taking great deal of Tillman's support which together with the fight on him by his home people is rapidly eliminating Judge Tillman.
 From a leading newspaper, we copy the following which explains itself: Fayetteville, Ark, Feb. 24. Judge J. N. Tillman, who has been in office all his life, is desperate and seems to realize he is booked for defeat. His university record is too big a load to carry. All of the county officers of his home except one, and several of the city officials of his home town, many of the lawyers of his county and district, and most of them close to and associa- ted with him in the past are support ing either Fuller or Harvey and are fighting Tillman vigorously, saying that he is not true to his friends an6 will not do to tie to. He has harC race to carry his own city and county, which is not a good recommendation for him in the rest of the district His opponents in joint discussion, backed by the records, have accused him o1 spending S3, 700 of the poor boys labor fund to write history of the univer. sity and boosting himself, and $8,00( of the same fund to build race track for the rich and more influential pu- pills thereby depriving about 100 pool of the opportunity of attending the university. He does not attempt to answer the discussion except by say ing that the people knew his record 1T connection with the university. H. is attempting to obtain the vote of the prohibitionists, but is not very success ful in this in view of his own liquor record in Fayetteville and Eureks Springs while prosecuting attorney The writer is informed that recently while campaigning in Newton count.