The Prescott daily news., 1921-01-15
THE M'RAE INAUGURAL
Arkansas Democrat)

Vas good document, well prepared and iam-full of honest doctrine-was the figure of the man himself, Thos. c McRae, Arkansas new governor.
 Armed with none of the tricks of oratoro, with none of the easy v,ace of a leader accustomed to win 4he support of men by moving elo- esence. this sturdy veteran in the ppblic service stood squarely before fhe Assembly, without whose coop eration his administration can hope fo accomplish nothing, and reading from manuscript, reiterated the sweeping program of reform, of economy and of governmental effic iency which had been his from the bpening day of his primary cam paign.
 There came from those lips no breath of compromise. Nowhere in those eyes, beaming brightly behind heir heavy spectacles, was to be lound any hint of intention or will ingness to enter the political marts Tor -honored purposes of barter Ind trade There was in this sea- ,oned and vigorous frame, swinging is gnarled and knotty hands in em- vksis, or in this bulldog jaw, which Mapped decisively on occasion, no Mggestion of encouragement for Bose who had hoped for an admins Ration that spoke bravely but hit bft. Nothing in all this rugged Igure, in action, speech or manner, leld the slightest promise for those rho had desired above everything lse, to see dampening of campaign rdor, a cooling of the crusading pirit which carried Thomas c. Me lac to victory in the great primary F August, 1920.
 There remained no doubt in the linds of those who felt the elemental ,eat of this vigorous personality, as Apcentrated upon the message of the
 r, that Arkansas will get the
 W Deal she has sought or there
 be a governor in the executive ces in Little Rock politically as l as was ever the most thorough Y epudiated of executives.
 Ar there is to be no mincing of
 ds, no camouflaging of issues. 3omas C. McRae will accomplish xe reforms for which he believes the eople elected him, or the people pIomptly will be apprized how, and tay what means, their purposes were sgnstrated, and the issues of policy Ed responsibility speedily joined in salortal political combat.
 pa aXbat, then, was the essence of this br& &ong figure as it impressed itself q Ion the joint session Wednesday --Ternoon, not so much through words ss hough the words were therd -
 [ Through those subtler media of lrsonality
 EOf the words themselves, of the ftailed program of legislation out bed in the inaugural, much already hs been said, in the primary cam Mgn, in the general election, and in he weeks that have intervened.
 here is perhaps little that might be
 aded. Representatives, senators,
 Id the public, have weighed the Hious issues carefully, and doubt
 fs opinion largely is crystallized.
 Either the program will be put
 Hough, or it will not. Those who
 lily love Arkansas; those who want
 Nsee her freed from waste, eXtrava-
 Ance and inefficiency; those who
 ant to see the burdens of patient
 W long-suffering public frightened,
 p1le government is made more re-
 pnsive and more efficient in the
 Fvice of the people must be for \ program. Those who seek only self and selfish interests, who still to fatten at the public N lust be against it.
 MY 2 will be no middle ground 1NAIwill be honest differences over XXM-there are those, and this tNT lper is numbered among them,
 SAl gard the proposed annihilation h&lN corporation commission as a