The log cabin Democrat., 1907-03-14
STORY OF DOKAGHEYS FIGHT
Graphically Described in St.
 Louis Paper.
His Vain Contention for Open Hearing Be- fore Legislative Capitol Committee
 Errors in Construction Accounted.

Sundays St. Louis Post-Dispatch contains "front-page" article
 written by a special correspondent sent by that paper to Little Rock, descriptive of the long fight which George w. Donaghey of this city has waged against the state capitol commission and the present con- tractors, on account of their alleged 1nismanagement, boodling and graft.
 A portrait of MT. Donaghey ap- pears with the article, and under heath the picture is printed this statement: 'Mr. Donaghey has been prosecuting his charges for two years at great personal ex- pense. He indignantly denies the charge that he is acting as disap- pointed rival, strongly contending that his position is that of Cham pion of the Taxpayers. Mir. Don aghey's friends say he will be a candidate for the Democratic nom ination for governor before the next primaries
 We republish below the article in full as it appeared ill the Post Dispatch of Sunday.
 Little Rock, March o.-Spurred on by the charges which have been made and reiterated during the past two years by George w. Don aghey, a contractor, who lives at Conway, Ark, but who operates extensively throughout the state, joint committee of the Arkansas General Assembly has begun an investigation into all matters con- nected with the building of Arkan- sas' new state capitol, which has been in process of construction for the past eight years, and which is still far from completion.
 The new state capitol has been bone of contention among poli- ticians of the state for years and its progress has been marked by repeated charges of boodling and mismanagement. During the past two years charges of faulty cou- struction work have been added to all the others by Contractor Dona- ghey, and these are now occupy ing the chief attention of the in vestigating committee.
 In spite of the great interest that has been aroused throughout the state in the charges, the investi- gating committee has determined . to hold star chamber sessions and members of the committee have re- fused to give out any information ! in regard to what has transpired at any of the sessions already held. Senator Kie Oldham, chairman of the committee, announced that any information that the committee desired to have made public would ! be contained in statements which would be given out by him as the Investigation proceeded, but none of the promised statements has yet |appeared.
 Donaghey the First Witness.
 At the first star chamber session the committee summoned before 1t Contractor Donaghey, who had re- |peated his charges against the con- tractors and capitol commissioners |so consistently that he forced the committee to call upon him first to give evidence.
 ' Donaghey asked to be permitted to file formal charges along the pine of those which he has been making openly on every possible occasion for the past two years, but this request was refused by the |capitol committee, as was also fequest that he be permitted to em- tPloy counsel to represent him be- lore the committee.
 Donaghey suggested that, inas- |1nuch as there are eight lawyers |on the committee, he would be placed at considerable disadvan tage if he were denied the right to be represented by counsel. He was assured by the com fnittee, however, that the members flid not propose to oppose him, but flesired to work with him and that fhey would protect him throughout he investigation.
 Neutral Contractor Says Donaghey.
 Donaghey then asked the con-
 llttee to employ some competent Contractor to go over the building With him and prove or disprove he charges which he has made re-
 arding the faulty construction of