Show FROSI it is estimated votes were polled in arkansas monday ot which the democratic ticket received abe republican the iet and the prohibitionist 2000 this gives jonap the democratic candidate for governor a plurality over the republican nominee of and a majority over all of nearly the the largest majority in the history of the state vermont even with its goldbug eat goldbug tickets is not to be compared with arkansas as a record breaker the forces wore thoroughly organized in alie south and an army of speakers were rushed in there to battle for gold the results are eo conclusive that there is no mistaking what abe southern states will do on election day even the negroes i voted the democratic the wiping out of iho populist strength is significant ant and goes far to prove that the southern populist voe was principally strong silver sentiment which during administration could not find expression in abe democratic party alabama is another instance of this turning of abe populist tide back to democracy from whence it sprung one thing seems clearly aroen and that is a southern republican will remain with his party and a southern democrat cannot be induced to be a republican bourke in which he referred to the farmers and slave owners haa been circulated extensively in the south and is having marked that after all tho man who replied to Bryanb nt failed to answer him succeeded in bracing abe silver cause and to him is in a measure undoubtedly due some of abe democratic majority rolled up in Ark areas in this connection it is well ti recall the bluff made by babcock of taft republican educational committee when he eaid bryans speech in new york would make good republican campaign literature after cockran made his spread eagle reply the democrats announced that ihly would circulate his address and they did eo and arkansas is where abe airet consignment performed its work |