The Mena weekly star., 1916-11-02
 FOR ARKANSAS
Resides Five Proposed Laws, Voters will Signify Choice for Officers From President of the Nation to
 Oyerseers of Road Districts.

The official ballot that will be handed to the voters of Polk county next Tuesday will contain the names of candidates for State, District, County and Township offices, and in addition there will be two initiated acts and three constitutional amend < ments. and the road tax. The gen. # era provisions of the amendments and acts are fully discussed else- 4 where ill this issue. and in advising VI the voters to vote for or agairst any # particular Act or Amendment, The # Star is actuated solely by what it # believes to be the best interests of q the state.
 The candidates that will be pre- # sented for the choice of the voters # are as follows
 For United States Senator. ". F.. # Kirby Democrat, and H. l.. Rem X mel Republican. For Presidential electors there are nine Democratic candidates and nine Republican candidates, and in addi- ton there is one candidate for the Socialist pary and one of the Pro- hibitiOn party.
 For governor. there are three can didates, Chas. H. Br0ugh. Democrat, Wallace Townsend. Republican, and William Davis. Socialist. For Secretary of State, Tom J. Terral Democrat, is unapposed. For State Auditor. Hogan Oliver, Democrat, is without an opponent. For Attorney General, John D. Arbuckle, Democrat. is the only can didate.
 For State Treasurer, R. G. McDan- iel. Democrat, has no opponent.
 For Commissioner of Lands, High ways and Improvements. W. B. Owen, democrat, is the only candi- date.
 For Commissioner of Mines Man. ufacturers and Agriculture. John H. Page, democrat, is without an op- p0nent.
 For Superintendent of Public In- struetion, ]. l.. Bond. Democrat. is without an opponent
 For Associate Justice of the Su- preme Court, Carroll b Wright, Democrat. and Durand Whipple, Re- publican, are the nominees.
 For Railroad Commissioner there are three candidates, and all of them are to he elected. They are Herbert R. Wilson. T. E. Wood. and Walter G. Brasher, all Democratic nominees.
 For Congressman of the Fourth District, Otis Wing0. Democrat. is the only candidate.
 For Proseeutihg Attorney for the Ninth Judicial Circuit, A. D. Du- Laney, Democrat, is the only nomi- nee.
 For Chancellor of the Sixth Chan cery District, Jas. D. Shaver, Demo- crat is without opposition.
 For State Senator of the Thirty third Senatorial District, Ben H. Johnston, the Democratic nominee, IS the only candidate.
 Coming down to the county ticket, there is more opposition to the dom- inant party.
 For Representative the candidates are Charles Burnett. Democrat, and William Casey. Socialist.
 For County Judge. the voters will choose between A. E. Wear, Demo- 'crat, Phil. T. Stevenson. Republican, and R. B. Lane. Socialist.
 For Sheriff, Il. W. Finger, Demo- crat is without opposition.
 For Circuit Clerk. w. l.. Parker, the Democratic nominee, is without opposition.
 For County Clerk. Will Alexander. Democrat, is the only candidate.
 For Treasurer. w. F.. Anderson. Democrat, is unapp0sed.
 For Assessor, ]. A. Hughes, Demo- crat. and R. G. Byrd, Socialist ask for the suffrage of the people.
 For County Superintendent, J. D. Holman. Democrat. and w. Homer pigg, Republican. are opposing can- didates.
 For County Surveyor, there are two aspirants, W. B. McVey. Demo- crat and T. P. Davis, Republican.
 For County Weigher. there are three candidates, Albert Robertson. Democrat R. B Walston. Jr.. lnde- pendent, and Robert l.. Andrews. So- ciaiist.
 For Coroner. C. L. Baker. Demo- crat, is without opposition.
 In Center township there are three candidates to be elected for Justice of the Peace, as follows. s. H.. smith, Democrat Arch Ellsworth, Democrat, and L. N. Burnett, lnde- pendent. Joe Emerson, Democrat, IS the only candidate for Constable ln Center Township and J. H. Rlteh- le is without opposition as candidate for Road Overseer of District No. l.. in the other townships of the coun- ty, there are to be elected two jus tices of the peace, one constable and one road overseer. and in some townships there are no nominees for any of these places. while in others there is a lively contest.
 This is the longest ticket evef voted in Arkansas, being the first election in the state in which the voters were asked to choose men for every office from President of the United States to the smallest town ship offices.
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