The weekly soliphone., 1915-07-09

u1bo+ .ct within the bounds of all creation could h.ya hoen more befitting-more in keeping with the Hazv po!ca mists which have enveoped the state TOT three years-than that the supreme court shouio oe- cline to express positive opinion in matter affecting o,r esteemed Chief Executive? As the child learns from it's parent to do those things that are done Tn US even so do those who witness the acts or Great and Good Man learn to follow In ms 1ootsteps. Creatures of environment that we are ts put natua that we should seek to emulate the acts of our supeof
 Therefore it is not at all surprising that measure of much moment to the people of the state, havlng nassed through the hands of Gov Hays should make its in the supreme court in such condition that
 positive declaration of policy would not be necessary Indeed the idea of anything positive havng o11gna1eo with or having been considered or touched py the gen tenan from Camden is at ludcrous and so 1of- eiqn to the imagination of schooed in modern states manship that the eternal fitness of things would nave been ravished in most dsgraceful form had the su- preme court felt necessary to say yes or no regard the Hot Springs racing bill.
 Without doubt our hope for political posterity lies in the fact that Arkansans who now serving time III the political kindergarten presided over by the Honor able George w. will long be grown tall Tn matters or statecraft and will be in position to take their places at the helm and guide the old craft through the bayous and the shoals with that same sublime faith in Tomorrow that is exempifed by Him in Authority for when that time comes all will be Harmony and Peace, Brotherly Love and Devotion.
 It has been the purpose of Gov. Hays to promote a spirit of fratealism among the various warning ele- mens in the democratic party He has been kind of "Get-Together Haleujah Glory-toTom Jefferson ele- men and one cannot but that he has devoted sleep less nights and toisome days to thoughts of harmony Strong as the Ark of the Covenant in his belief in pie steadfast as Crusader in his determination to do things both ways ever faithful to the fellows with large vest pockets where marked ballots sleep sereney dis tinpushed figure at banquets and camp meetngs moo
 oF oII preat deal more-this remarkable man has been enabled to erve" his native state driver of the hearse tor +bree successive years while all about him have played the political factions which formerly at war NO" they are so meek submissive to the Master Mnd tha tbev walk LID boldly and take nutrment from his ungoV ed palm.
 No longer is it expected that court must look tor hidden motives or unrave intricate of legal tech nicaities when it easy to do as the Governor has done and pass important questions by immaerla No lonper is it incumbent upon tribunals of justice to Haunt
 r findings in the faces of the High Priests of Democ racy and say this that in matters that have og mated with the chief eXecutive or as has been hls poll cy since that memorable occasion when Philips came to the Rescue whatever the Governor touches is produc tive of at least two meanings either of which is assedy neeatve and neither of which could by any reasonable stretch of the imagination of genius be considered pos tive Pondering these things; taking into account the well known efforts of the Governor to do all things Tn such manner that one can be offended and all can be peased-in a way which guarantees Peace and Har mony and Joy Everlasting, Amen-we rise to congrat1 late the supreme court upon the very learned and very reasonable decision handed down in the case of the Ar kansas State Fair Association, appellant Earle w. Hodges Secretary of State, wherein it sought to compel Mir. Hodges to advertise the so-called Hot Springs Racing Bill among the acts of the legislature valid law
 The case referred to, it will be remembered, had it's inception in the efforts of the gambling element of Phil
 lips and Garland counties to pass through the general assembly an act legaizng horse racing and betting parnutue machines. By the enamel of the moars the