The Prescott daily news., 1916-04-06
INTERESTING DEDUCTIONS
By Clio Harper.

.,o4 tbe smoke of battle has
 ,'rsd ss away, let us talk about at ;,i s0me+ ne+
 ae'l'1 ' .lsp for awhile. It will not
 ass 'aInS long for the Democrats to to dls- E
 'S 0f J fbe Republicans and the So-
 ,sr,ts, sIi and the next excitement Will
 < s'tl the Legislature ,.,,.
 r,,., are many interesting deduc-
 .... ia' to be drawn from the recent
 s. ',.ton. one of the most evident being
 7 sass, s,po,ition on the part of the peo-
 defeat the Tns, and elevate the
 r', A change seems to have been
 " s'' demand of the people in county,
 r.,,t and state, and a change is
 ss -sst tbey got. Even in the race for
 '.,missioner ' of agriculture, a mar
 .smsd Gardner, from Union county,
 D.om no one seemed to know, who en-
 
 ..,sd tbe race just thirty days before \. election, and made no campaign rh,tever, or published any advertise nspts-even he got very respect ,Is vote against John II. Page, who "a, candidate for a third term. c,rdper's vote exceeds 3O,00O. MT. p,pe was never at any time in dan ,e, hut the vote against him was smuly in line with the general senti- nept for a "new deal"
 This did not apply to the Congress aOnsl races, since there has been no |hssk in the delegation. Congress- / men Taylor and Goodwin, who re- nsined in Washington while their op- Sments were campaigning and mak- : ng personal appeals for votes, won aab, by even increased majorities. ! Nj. Wingo, who came home late in ! ae campaign, put in some telling i hk toward the last, and received more than twice as many votes as his
 opponent. Mr, 0ldfeid of the Second was the only one who really had a dose call for his re-nomination. 
 After campaign of bitterness such x the state had not witnessed in |Ens Secretary Hodges very early after the returns begin to come in Wednesday, night saw that he was de- Heated, but he and his friends held |@t until Friday, when he sent a man. ' letter of congratulations to his |rdoriOus opponent. The rancor of |as campaign had passed, and re- marks then made in the heat of con- |tVersy were forgotten, apparently, Snce Mr. Hodges wrote to Dr. ! Enough:
 ! congratulate you most heartily, nd shall always be found working TOT the success of the ticket, of your anlnlstration as well, and for the |Na interests of Arkansas and her |Nople"
 III 'nis letter was revealed the al0er Of the true man who could sept defeat without sulking, and sAAe !, hands across the bloody chasm |a political animosities.
 ], treat things will be expected of |s', N Trough. For the first time in 1s history of the state a man of his ' gF VIII sit in the governors chair. |-' S an educator, one who has de- " ,.su ms life to study of economic @ governmental questions, but who s ss' never before held office. His s;.i' s4uS predict for him that his ad. ,.i auS'latlon will be constructive and rIsltsslve' sI ! and that great things n... Os accomplished for the advance '. p VI the state. Dr. Brough has \" u the campaign a large part of ], ,s',i ,ssingS of a lifetime, as he had |sr..n. 9''On to serve his state as chief ss;. 'r,e' IT. lie and Mrs. Brough put ,sm,+ ae Into the campaign, and the |i,rn a uaS \, naturally been most grati- Ss : ,' " them and to their friends. All rr Dop, r,p,eaSantness of the campaign t tb. a'W be forgotten in the interest |sD b. common good, factional lines abs Iy <, wiped out as nearly as pos ,rs viIrn men who, like Earle Hodges. sho sa,. a'pg to join hands with those
 'e erstwhile been his politicol