The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1907-12-19
ORATORS GET COLD RECEPTION
Gubernatorial Spellbinders At
tract Small Crowds.

Donaghey Has the Laugh on His OPP
ponents-Little Rock News
Gossip.
Little Rock, Dec. I7-All candi-
dates for governor were in Little
Rock at some time during the day
Sunday, but the stay of all was
short. The star triumvirate, which
has been transforming over the
north half of the state for the past
six weeks had little to say concern
ing the showing they are making,
but it is understood the result of
the joint canvass in anything but
encouraging. Newspaper reports
from the towns in which the joint
canvassers have spoken, show that
only a handful of voters are attend
ing the meetings, and the audi
ences have never waxed enthuSl
astic at any of the one night
stands. At Paragould the fire bell
broke up one meeting, while at
Newport the candidates found a
darkened hall and no fire to greet
them. Attorney General Kirby is
said to have gotten real mad at this
chilly reception, saying he thought
he had some friends in Newport.
In the meantime, George w. Don
aghey, the man who has refused to
join the joint debaters, is laughing
in his sleeve and winning the
votes. The silent canvaser, by
making special calls on the voters,
in their homes, has done more
work in one day than the star tri-
umvirate has in several by waiting
for the people to come to them.
Charles w. Linthicum, state agent
of the Southern Manufacturing Co..
who has within the past six weeks
made trip through every county
III the state, says that ne heard
scarcely any other candidate men
toned as the gubernatorial proba-
bility.
Laborers are going out OF the
Arkansas penitentiary faster than
they are going in. Last week only
seven new convicts were placed
within the wall, while three times
that many went out. This is not
expected to be the result of the
coming week, however, for the
prisoners convicted in the Decem-
Der terms of the circuit courts will
then begin to arrive.
That new board of charities, ap-
pointed by Governor Pindall to
succeed the old members who ia
vored Prof. Lucas as superintend-
ent of the blind school, should it
be declared legally appointed, in
tends to oust Prof. Lucas through
charges of incompetency, grows
more in rumor daily. 1t has de-
veloped that friends of Prof Fu-
trail have written to educators ev-
erywhere that Prof. Lucas taught
school before coming to Little
Rock, in an effort to find some
thing against his character, but
they failed. The fight to get on
the board must be made by the
Lucas Pindall appointees, as James
Yates, the chairman, will not recog-
nize them as members.
Secretary of State Ludwig late
Yesterday announced that he had
appointed Rufus G.. Mcdaniel OF
Arkadelphia, a former member OF
the legislature, as deputy secretary
of state to succeed E. L. MacHa-
ney, who resigned Saturday to en-
ter in the practice of law at Warren
Judge Martineau, has cast aside
the meek demeanor which he wore
when he rose to the distinction o
chancellor of this district, and now
rules his court with stern, though
merciful hand. When he first oc
cupied the bench, he was very len
lent with several who had violated
his instructions and persons di
rected to pay attorneys fees or ali
mony, began to think he was mere
ly jesting when the orders were
given. He gave an example yes
terday afternoon of the way he in
tends to be obeyed in the future
William Berg, ordered to pay t.
the attorneys of his wife, who is
suing him for a divorce, refused tC
pay any attention to the order, anc
was yesterday taken before the
chancellor on contempt proceed
ings. Judge Martineau went righ
after Berg, who claimed he hac
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