Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-06-24
Political Armageddon Now Raging in
 Ark. May Bring Era 0; Good Government BY CLIO HARPER
BY CLIO HARPER

,;ttle Rock, June 23.-The latest .ncensored reports from the front in- a;oate that the firing line extends ..om fayetteville to Monticello, and fnm paragould to Texarkana, cross ;ns in the superheated region of the ao D.ote capitol, where the 42-centimetel s, s"rs of the special investigating con- sIn S,;ttee are bombarding Notifications ..at had been considered impregna- ble. minor engagement is rapidly de- reloping into a titanic struggle along yrontage of several hundred miles and many innocent by-standers are naing forced into the fight. % mat it will be a bloody contest now seems assured.
 nf inc large number of contestants struggling for possession of a suite af nrivate offices with leather-cov- ered couches in the north wing of tbe capitol. it is freely predicted that sll M hui one will be picked off by the onenay's rapid-fire guns.
 It'is further predicted by the same visa prognosticators that the one who is destined to capture the inner radoubts in the beleaguered fortress | is.l.ssss,.4--s, ,1 Unfortunately name de |Msd by. the censor). fi1here would be lot more good heWas, whether true or not, if it were 5ot for the activities of that meddle- Some censor, whose identity will be ,eyealed to the first regular reader Y The Graphic who sends in ten cou- pons.
 At first it looked like a holiday frolic. when the first gun was fired. rhe. first declaration of war came from Secretary of State Hodges, who |sslled a proclamation that it would be only "a little skirmish, and that at Inc proper time he would transfer his base of operations couple of rooms north. and invite the present occu- pant to- resume his law practice in famden,1> @,~ /. ts, =, Then out of the Athens of Arkan- sas reverberating g. through the or tbards of Ben Davis and Arkansas Blacks, came resounding discharge rom pr. >Brough's. Blsy ,Bel;tha.. .s It fas Ia. dfsoordant note in the. Hod dgss' synphony, and the hattle'lWas on: The issue was joined. '3hi
 For while there was only desul- tory firing, while a constantly-in- creasing host of candidates began ase embling on the. firing dine.
 These candidates readily divided themselves into three classes, the an- nounced, the probables, and the men, tiCned.
 One of the interesting features of |this modern Armageddon was that there appeared to be no allies-every below was for himself.
 While the ranks of the probables were being swelled daily by new re- cruits, they manifested disposition to remain neutral as long as possi- ble, asserting that they were opposed to long and expensive campaigns.
 Inside information is that the min- istries of finance have found it diff fcult in several instances to float war loan sufficient to carry on the campaign.
 Lack of funds is reliably asserted 10 be helpful assistant to neutral ityS
 While Brough and Hodges were naneuvering for an opening, Charles Taylor, chief burgomaster of Lit He Rock, tossed a bomb into camp rom his Zeppelin, and it rained fplinters for a week.
 Scarcely had the echoes died away when from the middle south came he bomb of another big gun, whose moke wreaths spelled across the lowering sky the name of Tom Nc Rae
 Thus in sullen silence, having hurl- ed their defies, the four hostile camps arrayed themselves, and be. gal nasty preparations for the tinal lssault the last week in March.
 In the meantime there will be lAny mouth-to-mouth engagements lberally interspersed with type-writ-