The Harrison times., 1916-01-08
POLITICAL OUTLOOK
IN ARKANSAS
Line-Up Complete for State Off,
GERS. Lists Fulton Other Lines
Busy Times With Politicians from Now
Until the Primaries-March 10Th.


The wear 1916, political year all
the way up the line,-or down-has
opened in Arkansas with the lines
pretty well drawn. The cards arc
practically complete, and at this
late dav it is very improbable that
any other candidates will appear
for any state Office Never before in
the history of the state has there
been more trying-out, back filling,
pipe laying, ience-hXlug, slde-Step-
piug than there has been III Arkan-
sas since prominent citizens FIRST got
the habit of being mentioned for
governor more than a year ago.
But now the indications are that
they have been pretty well weeded
out. and that the identity OF the
next Governor lies among four men
who are making a thorough cam
paign of tie state, presenting their
claims to the people There will be
no further Withdrawals. or else the
dope sheets are all wrong. And the
same is true of the other state
offices. While certain good citizens
have had feeders out for some OF the
Offices, the fact that they have not
vet announced seems conclusive that
thev have not received that en-
couragement which they consider
sufficient support to warrant an
entry at this late date.
As it appears now,-and this is
likely the ticket that will 90 before
the people on March 9th,--the line
up is as follows:
For Governor-T. c. McRae, Earle
". Hodges, {, H. Brough, l.. I.
Smith.
Por Secretary OF State-T. Ter
raj, Jim higgins, Y. \. 3eeson.
For State Trcasurer-R. t.. Nc
Daniel
For Auditor Of Stato-Hogan
Oliver, NJ. F. Dickinson.
For Agricultural Commissionef-
John h. Page.
For Attorney -General-Lewis Rho
ton, John D. Arbuckle.
For Supt. of Public Instruction
|, l.. Bond. ]. W. kuykendall
For Land Commissioner-W. Il.
Owen.
For Associate Justice-Carroll d.
Wood.
There are seven candidates for
Railroad Commissioner IN the
Southern District. ". G. Brasher
of Yell and Oscar Wynn Of Pulaski
are candidates from the North
western District, and Tom Woods
is unopposed from the Northeastern
District.
There arc some spirited contests
for Congress, but Caraway IN the
First, Tillman in the Third, Wirgo
in the Fourth, and Iacoway in the
Fifth district are unopposed In the
second district a. 6, Gray is at
tempting to wrest the nomination
from Congressman W. a. Oldheld
In the Sixth, Speaker L. Z. Sawyer
of the last Arkansas House, and l..
Havis Nixon are opposing ), f..
TAYLOR. Probably the hardest fight
of all is that being waged IN the
Seventh, where ". S. Goodwin seeks
a denomination, and is opposed by
W. +. McNight, x, 5. Warnock, and
State Senator 0. Bush. Some OF
the campaigning in this district has
already reached the personally
vitrioic stage, with the prospect OF
becoming more bitter.
All efforts to resuscitatc the old
left Davis machine have proven
futile. As the old Farmer remarked
about the giraffe in the circus,
There amt no such animal. The
machine has been completely disinte-
Grated. The members of the Old
Guard, their leader gone, have found
no common ground upon which to
stand, and have scattered to the
four winds. His son, Attorney
General Wallace Davis, Frank Pace,
and !. A. Brasher are among those
who are supporting Broush' Gov;
Hays, Judge Jeptha II, Evans and
others are supporting Mr., Hodges,
and still others are supporting COL
McRae, while ludge Smith with his
"pot-licker" speech, has appealed to
Others. As has been said, the Davis
faction has become a hction. 1t
was too strong to die suddenly and
survived it's leader some time, but It
is no longer q factor in Arkansas