The Sentinel=record., 1911-09-26
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 Before a man has the right to claim fair and impartial treatment he must merit that claim, and unless he does merit fairness he probably will be very fortunate to receive it.
 Governor Donaghey yesterday aft ernoon at the court house aecredit- ed the opposition he had encounter ed in Hot Springs to spirit of sell fishness. He said 1t was begun De- cause Donaghey was the head of an administration that refused state fair appropriations.
 But that isn't the way he said it here. and 1t will probably be more particularly misstated elsewhere.
 They got mad at me- said the governor. because I wouldn't take the peoples money and give 1t to the people HERE for the fair. "
 That Is false The people of Hot Springs never asked for any money for themselves lhere" They asked sum to be appropriated for the pay ment of prize premiums to farmers and stock growers of Arkansas tnot here") that agricultural and other enterprises might be encouraged.
 Donaghey talked about our selfish ness. drawing an unfair conclusion. that we would have taken bread from the mouths of the insane, the deaf and dumb, the Confederate sol- diers, and other state wards; for sooth to satisfy our state fair here. ',
 What could have been more un- fair? There is no reason nor Is there truth in such conclusion.
 The Arkansas State Fair has cost Hot Springs lots of money, and has done Arkansas a great deal of good It is the most unselfish medium of investment the people of Hot Springs have ever put dollar in. 1t has never had any dividends except in creased expense to the stockholders; 1 other than that dividend 10 Arkan sas which called attention to some | thing of the undeveloped wealth Of | the state. and the opportunity for in- yestment in farming and stock rais ing industries.
 Donaghey is seeing the sunset of | his public career, ana is sour. HIS discourse yesterday was the thread bare attack on the corporations of the state, the shaping up of straw men seeking to rob "the pee-puP | and then the knocking of these straw men down with his big double fists This, after a prologue on the honesty of George W. Donaghey.
 His speech was heraided in the advance reports as defense of the Turner-Jacobson law, which has been referred to the people over his strenuous objections. He endeayor ed yesterday to shaw that the bill would not increase the taxes of "the pee-pul'': no. no. But after discours ing. at length in vainly trying to create the opinion that 1t would de- crease taxes of the pore pee'pul' he pleaded. begged. even prayed for it's approval because the general revenue fund Of the state was empty and the administration was out of funds.
 In brief. Donaghey wants to lessen the burden of. the people CD through | a medium that will increase the gen era revenue fund. The extrayagance of the administration has left the treasury empty. and Donaghey sees little further into the future than some others, in that after his retire ment into oblivion. his dry bones | might later be raked out and ratt,ed down before future generations as the Arkansas Mistake" unless through X some far fetched plan he can get the people to dig down in their pockets. put up their money and furnish enough money to cover up some of the mistakes of the earlier part of 4ha ,nafa aauafrfofraffon