The courier-index., 1920-09-03


 of the last house. Mir. lobe is one of the veteran lawmakers of the
 state, having served in the house in
 1899, 1901 and 1913 and in the sen- ate of 1903 and 1905. He was
 nominated this time by vote of ETA to 725, the largest majority,
 1t is said, ever received by anyone
 in the county. Mir. Parnell and MT.
 Hill were among the recognized
 leaders of the 1919 sessions and
 each has a strong and loyal follow
 ing. MT. Joiner was elected speaker
 of the special sessions of 1919 and
 made a splendid record. MT. Dick
 son is a prominent attorney at Lew | isville and says that he proposes to
 make vigorous campaign.
 It is probable that there will be other aspirants for the speakership
 as teh game is young and it is known
 bers in the body. Among those
 as probable candidates for the speak
 ership is R. K. Mason of Ouchita. | One of the oldest members of the
 house in point of years as we'll as legislative experience, will be James
 B. Wood of Marianna, one of the representatives of Lee county.
 "Uncle Jimmy" as he is famiarly
 known, served in the senate from
 the 14th District in 1901 and 1903.
 He was then an old man, but he
 still retains much of the vigor that
 made him a powerful leader on the floor of the senate twenty years ago. Another of the old time statesmen grown grey in the service
 of his state, is the venerable R. J.
 Wilson of Fayetteville who will rep
 resent 9th District in the senate.
 The records reveal the fact that | Bob" Wilson made his appearance
 in the Legislature in the house of 1887, thirty four years ago. In 1893 he was elected to the senate from the 5th District and served in the upper house in the sessions of 1893, 1895, 1897, 1899, 1901 and 1903, having been elected three times and was president of the senate in 1901. He and Colone
 Wood are probably the ranking
 members of the legislature in the coming session.
 John c. Lonsdale, prominent New York banker and financier does not think that the country i!
 on toboggan and that wrecl is inevitable. MT. Lonsdale, wht was several years ago we'll knowr citizen of Little Rock and before that time of Hot Springs, has beer . conspicuous on Wall Street fol many years. A recent issue ot { the Chicagos Banker features al article by MT. Lonsdale, "Presen g Banking and Business Situation a! T I See It." In this article MT; Lons l dale says:
 e| q think I may safely say tha l I am by nature an optimist; at any !. rate I know that I am optimistic . enough at the present time to be :, lieve that the corrective measurs :: being taken will prevent any severe I financial and commercial crisis Blu, on the other hand, I do think :. that we shall have-are already . having-a pronounced commodity
 price decline. This started, as might have been expected, in luxuries, but
 will sooner or later, as supply
 matches demand, affect practically Il all commodities. Now, we are go ing to find that some of our peo II pie, our banking patrons, who are Il slowest to recognize the possibility ' of decline, will be the quickest
 to become panicky and want te Il throw everything overheard. There II is a saying in Wall Street, where | many men make their living by 1 knowing how human nature, will re
 act to given conditions, that there is no "bear" like a scared "bull : II in other words when a man wht | has followed the "bulP' side of tht 1 market is suddenly scared into be | lieving he was wrong, he becomes | the most reckless seller of all. Ant | there is another Wall Street aphor
 ism to the effect that, when , Il "bulP' market is in progress, al | the news are ''bull' news, and vic' versa as to bear market. There T fore, when commodity prices ar | rising, all the news indicates-be | cause it's a rising commodity marke | which is sought to be explained | that all the factors tend to furthe increases; and the opposite will b | the case when the decline gets vel II under way. Therefore, unless Il moderating influence is put fortl II from some quarter, we might hav a veritable commercial stampede. II "Well, how much did you con II tribute to the $15, 5,000,000 slus II fund?" was asked a prominent re Il publican politician the other day M "One hundred dollars" he re III piled; and all that fear is tha II they will not be able to get tn II whole amount for if they do ther II will be no question of our success. II Probably the most satisfied cit zen of Arkansas with the results i the recent primary is Colonel s Brundidge of Searcy. It is not S II much the personnel of the executiv family selected in the primaries, a II the workings of the Brundidge cleo H tion law.
 II "Col. T. c. McRae will make u A~l~x 11