The Little River news., 1920-01-10
VIE POLITICAL RUMCR- EkGTCRY w'GRA:HG EGn3 S'i1 They are Coming Out for Goee'- and Other State Giieers, tcc4r3
 ing "2umors' Mostly.

LatIa lock, Jan. 9-(s9ecia9a-rhe political rumor-factory IS working c5lr-tiine these days, It appear, to i he the open season for the rumor ex- Darts.
 One of the most persistent of these rumors is that U. s. Senator joe r. Robinson contemplates an early resi- gnation from the Senate that he may come to Little Rock to enter actively on the practice of law as member of the law firm recently organized by him, Jos. w House Jr., and Chas. T. Coleman.
 The rumer, however, lacks yerifica tion, and although there has been no categorical denial, here is no defin ite information that would indicate there is foundation for it, Practically all that, apparently, justifies the cir culafion of the rumor. is that MT Robinson has formed the law partner ship and that it is presumed that he will be expected ta give some time 10 the practice.
 Senator Robinson will enter upon his second tenn of service March 4, l and doubt has taen expressed tbat he will resign before even entering upon his second term of six years.
 The fact that Senator Robinson in the past six years in the Senate and ten years preceding in the House of Representatives has won for himself place of distinction in the Halls of Congress and in the affairs of the Nation, would indicate that he might | be loath to surrender the fruits of pol tical victory which others strife | through lifetime, and often ineffec tuaily, to attain.
 But, stated purely as a hypothesis, the possible resignation of Senator Robinson would cause the greatest furry in Arkansas politics since the memorable year when he was elected to that high office.
 The interest would aaturally con centrate about the identity of his sue cessOr, who would be appointed by Governor Brough, himself a one-time Senatorial aspirant. His appointee would serve until his successor could be regularly elected, Thnra q cnir9ntc for tho office of Senator, the incumbent, w F. Kirby and T. H. Carraway, at present representing the First District in Con- gress. If Carraway were appointed that would leave Senator Kirby un- opposed unless some one else should enter If an outsider, like Vol Walk CT of Fayetteville, were appointed, it would leave the political situation free to work out along lines already laid
 All such speculations, however, are based upon an unverified rumor, which may be emphatically denied any day, that Senator Robinson has any in- IGnLlOn Ol dll OlilSC Illelt will pay him $45,OOO in the next six year, and keep him prominently in the eyes of the public during period that promises to be the most critical and most important in the history of Am erica.
 In this connection it may be well to recall the political axiom that few Democratic office holders ever die and none ever resign.
 This axiom. Of course, is like all other axiotns, in that it is not strictly true,
 But it opens, up a field for more salk and there is nothing the average American likes more than political gossip.
 There is nothing more than gossip take it for what it is worth.
 Process of Elimination.
 The process of elimination is about to begin in the gubernational handi- cap The opening of the new year will make politics pick up. It's going 
 to be a great year politically in Ark ansas, if by great we mean one of | the greatest scramble for office the state has ever known. Never before, | so far in advance, have there been so l many candidates and nearcandidates | for governor, for instance, From first to last there have been no fewer than thirty-fve mentioned more or less prominently as gubernational timber. | At the present time at least ten Of these are assuring their friends that 4I. to .t nd a