The Mena weekly star., 1911-10-26
.DONACHEY OUT
 FOR GOVERNOR
MAKES FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT AND BLiSTERS THE STATE
 LEGISLATURE.
says Machine Ran Senate-Wants Men Sent to General Assemb- ly Who Do Not Belong
 in oenitentiary.

made this announcement of his can didacy for renomination:
 Tn making up my mind to again become a candidate before the next Democratic state primary for the nomination for governor, have done so wholly because of the evil conditions now existing in matters 0f the state, and not to satisfy any personal ambitions of my own. have been waiting and waiting to see If someone would not announce Tor this office on platform broad and strong enough to take in many things Of pressing importance to the state. The governors office of all offices, should not be place Of simply serving time or salary drawing. If 1t does not mean more than this, then our whole system is destined to be a failure. and our state must continue to drift down tlle direction i'll which too much politics and inefficient legislatures have advanced her.
 Vows Vengeance on Legislature.
 T am going to pitch the campaign on the high plane and principles which believe the citizens of the stale deserve and will approve. As representative of the people, am going to stand for the best of ev- erything as l see it. am going to show that the people of the state are not getting square deal in gov crnmental matters, and why, and how and by whom Instructions to this effect are made.
 T am going to pay my respects to the late legislature and point out it's delinquencie3 in as vigor- ous terms as the proprieties will permit. It is true that there were good men in both the house and senate. In the house there were more good men than bad in the senate more bad men than good. But l am going to show that the machine which ran the whole body was elected for the purpose and set up in the senate; that it was composed of six or eight senators who controlled the majority of that body, and that this machine was controlled by a boss who built it and always stood nearby. I am going to show that the boss was inspired first by his own interest, and then by every other interest which could be made available for the furthering of his own.
 Yes, the government that the people created for Arkansas has been captured by their enemies and is being used to serve selfish ends while the people are paying the bills. l am going to show that al most every measure possessing real merit that went before the late sen- ste met an untimely death at the hands of the boss and his machine, and that, on the other hand, numer- ous wicked vicious measures against the interest of public policy were promoted to the greatest degree by the machine. I have been forced to the conclusion that this machine and it's friends made up the worst enemy the state has today, and thai
 it is my duty as an official, citizer and candidate, to protest with al
 the powers 1 have against it's fur
 lher domination of the state, hel
 legislature and her people. Whiskey Men Run State.
 /! T think that while We are goinl
 to the people with a few things WI had better cover a little mork Iground and go to them with many.
 T have, as everyone knows, beer conservative on the whisky ques> ton. Concerning it, I went into off
 flee on neutral ground. I tried
 remain there; but the situation bet came such that it was impossibl for me to do so. The wheels of thn state government are now almo}
 locked. What is the cause? Whd should we not speak the truth whes8s
 the truth is asked for? I shan simply make a statement of metlpi ods and tactics used which haws caused this result. Whisky ma i ii;a.ase ;.s Q, through legislative methods running the state of Arkansas tcV day. If they were running it rigl. that would be different; but, in stead, they are running 1t. Whe
 speak of whisky men, mean thofz engaged in the whisky businei
 who are lobbying with and bribir- the Arkansas legislature, or COT
 tributing money for the same pufl pose of furthering the whisky buskJ ness. Because of this practice. u
 state. as a state, can make no IuA ther progress unless it be such S will be approved by these men. f.
 nothing will be approved by the5E unless it results to their advantatD and that of their business. Me sages from governors or reasonit
 from loyal representatives of tEE people no longer have any .neanil
 or influence with the legislatuI The situation is an unusual ona. ! is not a question of whether uS state is going to run the whisky i-- teresi out of her limits. but it h-- resolved itself into ths pvopooiii