Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-03-17

at that meeting was the revocation of the contract which gave the Dickin- son firm the services of two hundred and fifty conviets That when the superintendent went to the camp to get the convicts he was restrained by an injunction issued by the chancery court in Little Rock. The governor instructed the superintendent to take possession of the convicts and assur- ed him that he would pardon him f he was prosecuted. The conyicts were secured and returned to the penltentiary, and although the super intendent was fined $500 the su- pfeme court sustained the governor and the authority of the states of- ficers.
 Governor Donaghey pledged himself that Ii he was renominated that he would have the legislature pass a law to forever prevent in the future the leasing of convicts, and instead would have a sufficient number en- ployed on the state farm to produce enough food to pay for the keeping of all the convicts, and that the re- mainder would be employed building good roads throughout the state without additional tax upon the peo- pie.
 The governor discussed the Tax Commission and showed by figures that S50,000,000 had been added to the general assessment of the state. Of this increase $13 900 came from city lots, s15,00O,0O0 from the rail- roads, $2,500,0OO from the banks, and $1,0o0,O00 from stocks and bonds owned by private citizens. He argued that in most instances there Was no protest against the increases, while others acknowledged that the increases were proper and should have been made years ago.
 Governor Donaghey paid his re- spects to the Little Rock ring and declared that from the first hour of his occupancy of the state capitol he has been fought by the politicians of that city, because I would not be controlled by them'
 He discussed his reduction of the appropriations made for the state university and the elemosenary insti- tutions, and argued that he had sav- ed over one hundred thousand dol lars to the taxpayers while maintain ing those institutions better than ever before. He pledged himself to further economize in the manage ment of the state institutions should he be reelected governor.
 The governor laid particular stress upon the new state capitol building, contending that upon that question his first election was chiefly due. He exhibited photographs of the defec- tive work done by Caldwell & Drake, the contractors whom he had dis charged, and claimed that this work was so dangerous as to endanger the lives of the people had the state capitol been accepted with this bad work still in the structure. He claim ed that he had saved $50,O0O of the $175,O0O appropriated by the legisla- ture for the tearing out of the de- fective work and replacing it with proper construction. He also claim ed that the possession of these photographs by the state would for ever prevent the deposed contractors from recovering one penny from the state, as they furnished indisputable evidence of the misconduct of Cald- we'll & Drake.
 Governor Donaghey urged the ne- cessity for the people having a gov ernor who dared to tell the truth and do things according to the dic- tates of his conscience and his best judgment He deplored the reck- less manner in which campaign slan- ders had been scattered over the state, and challenged any man to point his finger to any specific act of his which would be dishonorable to either private gentleman or governor of Arkansas. He said that he was not seeking second term because he was entitled to it, accord ing to precedent, but because he conscientiously believed that his work and accomplishments during the first year of his first term mer- ited a second term at the hands of the tax payers.
 . Gov. Donaghey paid a tribute to the girls of Arkansas, pleading for the four agricultural schools which he had established, and showing that through them the boys and girls would be properly educated for farm life and imbued with de- ...a, +o ror,oir 0on thn farm /"