The Mena weekly star., 1908-01-16
George W. Donaghey Believes People Should Have Power to Make and
 Repeal Laws By Direct Action.
BANK DEPOSIT INSURANCE
Says Kirby Spends All His Time Run ming for Office and Neglects Duties
 He Is Paid for Doing.

Tor governor of Arkansas, ad- dressed good sized gathering of voters a the court house Thus day night. The speaker was intro- duced by Hal l.. Norwood in a complimentary manner, Mir. Nor wood, however, disclaiming any desire to take part in the fight for governor.
 MT. Donaghey makes no at- tempt at oratory. His delivery is quite rapid but his enuuciation is good and no effort IS necessary to understand his meaning at all points, even though at times his thoughts seem to come almost too fast for his power of expression. He referred to the fact that his opponents had made a good deal of fun of him because he could not make fowery speech, and said that he had not felt disposed to laugh at them because 10 one of them could correctly figure the cost of million-dollar building, place five-ton block of stone in position on top of high build.
  ing, blow a row of cotton. split rails, or employ and handle sue cessfully a thousand men strung up and down big railroad, all ot which he was entirely able to do.
 MT. Donaghey spoke of the-- complaint made by the other can didates that he would not go with them on a joint canvass. He said that, in the beginning, he always believed is studying pretty carefully any move hIs enemies, iu this case political only, wanted him to do, for fear he would be playing into their hands. And, knowing that he was not a match for them as public speaker and orator, he did not care to be placed at disad- vantage. Besides that, he wanted to finish the canvass, and feared if he had to sit on the same stage and listen to some of the things they were saying of him, his Irish would get the upper hand and the arrang ement come to a sudden close.
 Mir. Donaghe made strong talk iu favor of the insurance of bank deposits, as suggested by w. J. Bryan. saying that such a step would give a much needed protection to the people and woald increase business and main tain prosperity by bringing out of hiding and into the banks much money that was now idle.
 Reference was made to the fact that under the carpetbag govern ment as administered by Powell Clayton and others the people were oppressed by the heel of des po;ism and the last penny of taxes squeezed out of them that they could bear, but that a reference to the tax receipts would show the taxpayer of to- day that he was paying identical ly the same rate, GA mills, as paid then, despite the fact that the taxable wealth was now more than forty times as great. He insisted that there was something wrong with the political manage ment of the state or this would not be.
 The school system and educa- ton were as dear to his heart, said the speaker, as to Hinemon or any other man. He told how he had worked to get the little schooling he had, and insisted  that he had and would do as much for the schools of Arkansas as any man. He particularly ad- vocated the esta blishment of four more agricultural schools, point ing to the fact that 80 per cent of the interests of Arkansas were either agricultural or dependent thereon.
 Mir. Donaghey referred to Hinemon's proposal to exempt $250 in personal property from taxation as uujustitied and wrong on the people. He said it would wholly exempt 98 per cent