The Little River news., 1916-04-08
GREAT THINGS
 ARE EXPECTED
Smoke of Battle Cleared Away After Hard Fought Campaign; Next
 Excitement, Legislature.

thing else for a while. It will not take long for the Democrats to dispose o the Republicans and the Socialists g and the next exxcitiment will Je the Legislature.
 There are many interesting deGuc- tions to be drawn from the recent election, ono of the most evident being q disposition on the part of the people to defeat the Ins, and elevate the Cuts. A change seems to have been the demand of the people in county district, and state, and a change is what they got. Even in the race for Commissioner of Agriculture, man named Gardner, from Union county, whom no one seemed to know, who entered the race just thirty days be- fore the election, and made no cam paign whatever, CT published any ad- pectable vote against John H. Page, who was candidate for third term. Gardner's vote exceeds 30 ,U0O. Mir. Page was never at any time in Gan- ger. but the vote against him was simply in line with the general senti- munt for "new deal"
 This did not apply to the Co7gr sionai races, since there has been no break in the delegation. Congress- man Taylor and Goodwin, who re- mained in Washington while their op- ponents were campaigning and mak- ing personal appeals for votes, won easily, by even increased majorities. Mir Wingo, who came home late in the campaign, put in some telling licks to- ward the last, and received more than twice as many votes as his oppo- nent Mr. Oldfield of the Second was the only one who really had a close call for his re-nomination.
 The election of pr. Brough was very early conceded by all except Judge l.. c. Smith, who continued to hcdd out against unofficial returns of 16,- 900 and more plurality against him. It was never very clear upon what theory he considered that he had even a ghost of show with such lead for the Fayetteville educator. That he should have run second is considered by many as tribute to his running ability, when such a seasoned cam raigner as Secretary Hodges, with all his advantages, was pitted against him.
 After a campaign of bitterness such IS the state has not witnessed in years Secretary Hodges very early after the returns began to come in Wednesday night saw that he was defeated, but he and his friends held out until Fri day. when he sent a manly letter of consr atulations to his victorious oppo- hent. The rancor of the campaign had passed, and remarks then made in the heat of controversy were for gotten, apparently since Mir Hodges wrote to Dr. Brough:
 "I congratulate you most heartily, and I shall be found working for the success of he ticket of your admins tration as well, and for the best inter- ests of Arkansas and her people"
 In this letter was revealed the cali Der of the true man whc. could accept defeat without sulking, and shake hands across the bloody chasm of political animosites
 Great Things Expected.
 Great things will be expected of Gov. Brough. For the first -titaie in the history Of the state a>fnan of his type will sit in the gGvernor's chair He is an educator, One who has de voted his life to a study of ecouomle and governmsntal questions, Du, wht has never Before held office. Ills 1rlends predict for him that his admin / /istration will be constructive and pro gressive, and that great things will D' accomplished for the advancement 0 of the state. Dr. has put in the cam paign a large part of the savings C lifetime, as he had an ambition t serve his state as chief executive H and Mrs. Brough put their life int the campaign, and the result has nat urally been most gratifying to then and to their friends. All the unpleas antness of the campaign will now D forgotten in the interest of the com mon good, factional lines will De wip ed out as nearly as possible by me who, like Earle Hodges, are willing [ join handy with those who have erst while been his political opponents, an work f4r the good of all
 Speaking of campaigns, one of tn most remarkable was that of J. I Boyd and J. W. Kuykendall for Stat Superintendent. They are persona fyfend. and the campaign did no. caus hnd severance of the pleasant relat-- /inas between them. No word of oa / terness was spoken by either agains