JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<a  id="myNext" href="javascript:alert('clicked');"><span class="txt_purple"></span><img align="absmiddle" src="http://www.adaptivedevelopment.com/wordpress/images/home-page-slider/all-arrows.png"  border="0" /></a>

JavaScript

var elem = document.getElementById('myNext');
if( elem )
{
    var event = document.createEvent("MouseEvents");
    event.initEvent("click", true, false);
    elem.dispatchEvent(event);
}