The Mena weekly star., 1911-10-26
.DONAGHEY OUT
 FOR GOVERNOR
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 State Institutions Crippled.
 Certainly the state was not per
 mitted to do this during the past
 legislature The arbitrary powers
 exercised by the machine which
 was elected, built and run by the whisky men, caused the results oi
 the legislature to be simply start | ling. The state must reclaim her power or go still farther backward
 She must assert her rights or con-
 sent for them Co be forfeited. The
 tactics which the whisky men have
 adopted and are now practicing are
 to promote disputes in both legis-
 latlye and political circles over ey- cry other question than that of the whisky business, in order that 1t
 may be forgotten. This method of procedure has almost put the state out of the running. It has stopped
 the work on the capitol; it has near
 ly closed the doors of the state uni yersity; crippled the stato normal; put the four agricultural schools
 m depressed condition; stunted the feed for the old Confederates pinches the support for the blind; left the deaf mutes to almost care for themselves, and prevented ade- quate facilities being made for the protection and care of the insane. All these things should and would have been looked after had it | not been for the eternal confusion and fuss promoted by the machine under the control and direction of the whisky men. If the whisky men can promote bitter fights among the people over the question of taxa tion, or other political subjects, to |oyershadow the whisky business, and while these matters are being fought out, let the whisky men elect their legislative machine with which to throttle legislative efforts for the upbuilding of the state. They can continue so to depress and weaken her activities that she will be unable to step out in the open and compete with her sister states i'll that progress which is now ev- anywhere apparent in the South; and while she would be thus strug- gling-for her very life, she would be so enfeebled that the possibility of her antagonizing the liquor traffic would be out of the question.
 Opposes Whisky Ring.
 In other words, if the whisky men can agitate lot of corpora lions and tax-dodgers so that they will become almost panic-stricken about the consideration of a ques- ton of whether the corporations and tax-dodgers shall pay taxes or not, and at the same time make the people believe that the proposed law is against the peoples interest. Why, to be sure, the whisky ques- lion will be overlooked altogether. and the possibility of a prohibition law being enacted directly by the people would be entirely forestalled. Under such conditions the whisky men will not only always win, but the state will always lose.
 T am not speaking of the moral side of the whisky fight. l deal only with the conditions which are now strangling the life out of the state and rendering her functionary powers either wholly subversive to the will of the whisky men or else abortive altogether.
 T favor the reference of this question to the people, and if it is referred l shall vote against the liquor traffic. In taking this stand, l wish to state that in no way would | disturb the development of the states vineyards or the legitimate commercial traffic in the products of this industry. We have a vast acreage of land that is we'll adapt ed to grape culture. Our climate is all that could be asked in that re- spect, and in time this branch of horticulture will be one of our great est assets. Besides, the men who follow this vocation are not in the class of those who are now dictat- ing the policy of the state. The men who cultivate the vineyards are producers and builders, rather than destroyers and usurpers. Gen. erally they are men of the highest respect for the law.
 Seeks Lower Taxes.
 The following paragraphs are a brief summary of the things I have done, some l have tried to do, and some l expect to do if you approve my candidacy and elect me again your governor.
 ''I believe that the tax-dodgers and the all-powerful corporations should contribute their share of taxes to the state, as we'll as the small property owners. By the adoption of the plan that will ac- eompllsh this end, at the lowest calculation S300,0O0,000 worth of property will be put on the tax books which has hitherto wholly escaped taxation, and this is not the property of the small taxpayer tor the poor man. The bill known as the Turner Jacobson bill passed by the legislature and now referred to the people for their approval or rejection, was handed to the legis- lature by me at the time I delivered |my message to the extra session. 1 fTsarsoI,IIlended that Il be passed. In |my Judgment 1t Is founded on cor |rect principles of taxation. It may |have some defects. but they can be