{"newspaper_name": "The Arkansas banner.", "edition": "01", "page": "p2", "byline": ""}
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Executive department by depriying the Gov ernor of the appointing power to fill yaean- cies.

 It may be urged that the change brought about by Dr. Gibson's law. Is in accordance with the true Democratic doctrine; that all power belongs to the public. The people are the source of all power; but it does not follow that they are 10 be annoyed by its continual exercise in petty elections. At all general elections, the people are out in their strength and majesty. The writer of this is perhdps as good Democrat as the fra mer of that law. l, for one of the people, am willing to fill such vacancies by proxy. No more safe or suitable proxy for that pur- pose can be found than the Governor, who is for the purposes of his office the repre- sentative of the people, and responsible to omnipotent public opinion for all his official acts w.