Show A POPULAR politician rim nw kado governor elect eit or of A canama ansho can sma william meade fishback the democratic governor elect of arkansas i ia a virginian by birth and is about sixty two years old lie he received his education at the university of virginia and read law in richmond lie he removed to Arka arkansas in ia 1858 and lias has resided there rince in 1801 he was a member of the state constitutional convention elected as a union union man and was faithful to the union cause luring during the war in 1864 1804 he was elected to the united states senate as a champion of the union opposed Z WILLIAM MEADE to the reconstruction measures of the republican administration he became identified with the democratic party in 1807 and lias has stood upon its principles since he has served with credit in the state legislature during the last general campaign he wrote a history of reconstruction in arkansas which had a wide circulation throughout the country mr fishback has been quite prominent in the movement for a deep water harbor on the gulf coast is well known in in business circles in many parts of the north and east cast and it is believed that his election will result in the investment of a large amount of capital from these sections in his state his candidacy has perhaps been more popular than that of any man in the state since the days of ex attorney general garland |