The Nevada County picayune., 1920-03-25
THOMAS C. M'RAE CANDIDATE FOR
 GOVERNOR

With the kindest of feelings toward l the several young gentlemen who may aspire to the governorship of Arkansas at the August primary. and without any apology to the professional poll ticians" who may seek the distin- guished honor of serving as our states ! chief executive, may we hope their ambition be denied them at this critical time. when the call of a distressed people is asking that a seasoned states man be permitted to untangle the un- fortunate state of affairs existing ill our beloved commonwealth.
 Arkansas needs no further "eXperi- menting' in the matter of electing governors.
 Our good ship of state has drifted out into the troubled waters of reck- less extravaganza, whose wild waves threaten to engulf her in whirlpool of accommodating debt out of which she may not be able to emerge for half q century.
 The greatest menace to the peace and prosperity of the people of this state, are the professional politicians" who play the game for personal gain, and who are now .tampering" with the deck in desperate effort to draw the
 high card" at the August primary. God grant that they do not succeed. But unless the people arouse them selves to d sense of supreme duty, un- less the bread winners" of the land assert their power at the polls, then we cannot expect or hope for anything more than a continuation of misguided justice, as the pardon attorneys and useless army of state house employees settle down once more to their lucra- tive labors at the growing expense of the over-burdened tax payers, and in utter disregard of the welfare of the state There is a ray of light. an un- broken word of promise to which we would direct your earnest attention. It appears in the person of Hon. Thos. C. McRae, the veteran statesman of Nevada county.
 He has been tried and found as true as steel He is growing old, and for that reason and that alone, the oppo- sition declares he should not be elected governor of his native state. Grow ing old" that is the single charge against him; growing old in the honest faithful service of the state whose every citizen he loves, whose every interest appeals to his tendcrest thought, whose past he helped to make glorious. whose future he hopes to help guide Growing old, but looking back over his lfes busy trail and searching each day of the departed years. there is not found a single blot or blemish" against the lovable charac- ter of T. C. McRae. We need such man for governor; his experience in affairs of state, his rugged honesty his loyalty to the principles of Democracy, all serve to make him the logical man to place in the governors office at this particular time He has no friends to reward, other than to give them the benefits of an honest, just and eco homie administration for which the masses are clamoring; no foes to punish. except those who would under take to further mismanage the busi- ness of his beloved state. With no ambition 10 serve ether than to round out his public career solely in the inter est of the whole people, and with the knowledge that Arkansas must halt the mad stampede of extravaganza if she would longer hope to enjoy prosperity which iS rightfully hers, Mir. McRae offers to you his candidacy for goyer- nor, and respectfully invites the sup port of the good citizenship of this state Randolph County Democrat. -----O---------
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