Pocahontas star herald., 1910-02-18

cratic votes. Of course we would
all prefer to see some good Demo
crat In this position, however the
minority party in Arkansas has
always been given recognition in
public affairs, which is exactly
right, and if 1t was crime for Mr.
Donaghey to place H. l.. Remmel
on the Capitol Commission was II
not crime for Senator Clarke,
when he was governor, to appoint
this same Remmel 10 similar po
sition? Yet nobody has ever thought
of censuring Senator Clarke for bis
action in that matter. Everybody
knows that Remmel is one Of the
best business men in the state and
the fact that he was placed on this
commission does not hurt the Dem,
ocratic party, nor does it benefit the
Republican party one whit.
Another charge brought by the
opposition is that Mr. Donaghey
has greatly mis-managed the con-
struction or reconstruction of the
new State Capitol. Now, if our
people remember rightly, Mr.. Dona-
ghey made this question a great
issue in his campaign, telling the
people that if they would elect him
governor that he would complete
the building and get that eye-sore
issue out of politics and the fact
that he is doing that very thing is
more than the Little Rock ring
can stand. Donaghey is making
good on this proposition, it on no
other. The Capitol will be com
pleted under his administration and
it will cost the people of Arkansas
no more when COMPLETED than
it would have cost to COMPLETE
it under the Caldwell & Drake con.
tract.
Mr.. Kavanaugh charges further
that Gov. Donaghey made a great
mistake in cutting down the appro-
priations for the state charitable
institutions land this was about the
greatest mistake, in the minds of
the people, that he made)yet it is
gratifying to know that recent
statement from the superintendent
of these institutions show them to
be in a better condition financially
than they have been for years. These
institutions have not been crippled
and the governor evidently knew
what he was doing when he cut the
appropriations down, thereby put
ting a stop to lot of needless ex-
travagance. A great deal of oppo-
sition to Mr.. Donaghey on this
particular point comes from the
banks and big trust companies of
Little Rock that would have profit
ed greatly should the appropriations
have stood as they were, thereby
exhausting the states finances and
forcing the government to go upon
a scrip basis.
Another great trouble with Ksv.
anaugh is that he can't find out how
Mr.. Douaghey stands on the pro-
hlbition question. We have Mr..
Donaghey's statement in the last
campaign, stating that he favored
submission and would sign a bill
for state wide prohibition if 1t was
the will of the people. The charge
that Mr. Donaghey has acted DIS
honestly in this matter is all bosh.
The endorsement of bis home
people when he lost only about 1870
votes out of more than 5000 in his
home county in the last election
proves his standing as an honest
man at home. Two years ago he
was known as "Honest George
Donaghey" and no one dared
dispute it. Isn't it little unreason-
able to think that a man of his age
and standing would depart from the
faith so soon? The fact is there is
nothing to these charges and the
people should pay no attention
whatever to them.
The foregoing are the principle
charges brought against Mr.. Don