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materially in the passage of the "Anti-Free Pass Bill," 

 and the ' * Three Cents a Mile Bill. ' ' He was also a strong 



supporter of the Balch 

 railroad bill, which was 

 also killed in the Sen- 

 ate. In July, 1887, 

 Mr. Featherston was 

 elected President of the 

 State Agricultural 

 Wheel of Arkansas, 

 and unanimously re- 

 elected the following 

 year. He now holds 

 the position and dur- 

 ing his entire adminis- 

 tration the Order has 

 prospered and he has 

 filled the position to 

 L. P. Featherston. the satisfaction of the 



fraternity. At the request of the representatives of the 

 independent voters of the First Congressional District, in 

 1888, Mr. Featherston became a candidate for the Fiftieth 

 Congress against Judge Cate, a lawyer and banker, and 

 regular nominee of the Democratic party. After one of 

 the most heated campaigns in the history of the district 

 he was fairly elected, though the peculiar political methods 

 employed in some parts of the district resulted in having 

 a majority turned against him, and the will of the people 

 was defeated. To his friends Mr. Featherston is as true 

 as steel ; to his enemies gentle and forgiving in an unusual 

 degree. He is a natural leader among men. Brilliant in 

 intellect, intense in his convictions, eloquent in speech, 

 the soul of honor, a generous friend and an open foe, he is 

 one of nature's noblemen. He not only possesses the 

 courage of his convictions, but a rarer quality among 



