The Prescott daily news., 1916-01-05
1916 POLITICAL YEAR
 ALL ALONG LINE
Indications are that Candidates Have Been Needed Out Efforts to Resuscitate Jeff Davis Machine are Futile.
By Clio Harner.

lO, political year all the way up the line,-or down-has opened in Arkan- sas, with the lines pretty well drawn. The cards are practically complete, and at this late day it is very impro- bable 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-fill- ing, pipe-laying,, fence-fxing, side stepping than there has been in Ark ansas 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 we'll weeded out, and that the identity of the next Governor lies among four men who are making thorough campaign of the state, presenting their claims to the people. There will be no further withdrawals, or else the dopesheets are all wrong. And the same is true of the other state offices. While cer- tain good citizens have had feelers out for some of the offices, the fact that they have not yet announced seems conclusive that they have not receiv- ed that encouragement which they consider sufficient support to warrant an entry at this late date.
 AS it appears now,-and this is the ticket that will go before the people March 29,-the lineup is as follows:
 For Governor-T. c. McRae, Earle w. Hodges, c. H. Brough, L. c. Smith.
 For Secretary of State-T. J. Terral Jim Higgins, V. A. Beeson.
 For State Treasurer-R. G. McDan- iel.
 For Auditor of State-Hogan Oli- yer, M. F. Dickinson.
 For Agricultural Commissioner John H. Page.
 For Attorney-g -general-Lewis Rho ton, John D. Arbuckle.
 For Supt of Public Instruction-J. L. Bond, J. W. Kuyendall.
 For Land Commissioner.-W. B. Owen.
 For Associate Justice-Carroll D. Wood
 There are seven candidates for Railroad Commissioner in the South ern District w. c. Brasher of Yell and Oscar Will of Pulaski are candi- dates from the Northwestern District, and Tom Wood is unopposed from the Northeastern district.
 There are some spirited contests for Congress, but Caraway in the First, Tillman in the Third, and Wingo in the Fourth, and Jacoway in the Fifth district are unopposed. In the second district A. c. Gray is attempting to wrest the nomination from Congress- man w. A. Oldfeld. In the Sixth, Speaker l.. k. Sawyer of the last Ark ansas House, and T. Havis Nixon are opposing E. M. Taylor. Probably the hardest fight of all is that being wag- ed in the Seventh, where W. s. Good win seeks a renomination, and is op- posed by w. F. Mcknight, R. s. Warnock, and J. o. A. Bush. Some of the campaigning in this district has already reached the personally vitrio- lie stage, with the prospect of be- coming more bitter.
 All efforts to resuscitate the old Jeff Davis machine have proven fu- tile. As the old farmer remarked about the giraffe in the circus, There ain't no such animal" The machine has been completely disintegrated. 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 J. A. Bradsher are among those who are supporting Dr. Brough Gov. Hays, Judge Jeptha H. Evans and others are supporting MT. Hodges, and still others are supporting Col. McRae, while Judge Smith with his "pot-licker" speech, has appealed to others. As has been said, the Da- wis faction has become a fiction. It was too strong to die suddenly and survived it's leader some time, but it