Pocahontas star herald., 1912-03-15
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DONAGhEY, THE TAX D0DGER
What a Citizen of Conway, The
Governors Home Town,
Says of Him

Judge P. H. Prince of Conway
is man of integrity. He has
served the people as county Judge
and representative from Faulkner
county. In the Issue of the Ark
ansas Farmer, published in Con-
way, of the date of February 80,
1912, Judge Prince has the follow
ing to say of his townsman, Mr..
Donaghey, who is runlng for gov
ernor for a THIRD TERN:
Editor of Arkansas Farmer:
"Donaghey, the Tax Dodger::"
His agent assessed his personal
property for 1910 at $4,000. He
had the SO, 700 taken off, leaving
only a poll tax, that he paid in
Faulkner county IN 1911; and paid
taxes or 81, ,52O in personal proper
ty, In Pulaski county. While he
had $40, 0,5l9.ll in Faulkner county
warrants and other personal proper
ty, at that time, in Faulkner county,
amounting in all to at least $50, 900
lie has his real estate in Faulkner
county now, assessed unknown, al
about 20 per cent of It's value He
has failed to put his name, as the
law requires, opposite each tract Of
land. Parties not knowing hi,
land can't find how his lands are
assessed.
He has go acres in Conway, ad
joining me on the west, with a
$40, 900 house thereon, that has
Just been burnt-all assessed al
only S., 900, The property was
worth at least $25, 900.
lie had the law passed in 1909,
creating the Arkansas Tax Com.
mission; and under that law, he
appointed three commissioners to
hold their positions for six years
each, at a salary of 2,400 each.
per annum, with their expenses and
the "trimmings," and under that
law he ccn remove those commits
sioners at his pleasure.
Now, after the Board of Equal
ization of Faulkner county had
raised our assessment and Judge
Lee had reduced the raise back to
where the assessor had put the as
sessment, Donaghey sent his Tax
Commission up to Conway, "to set
informally" and the people met,
and l told them that Donaghey had
sent his commission to raise our
taxes. The commissioners said
thev were insulted-"Gltes said he
had quit good job paying $500
per month, and took the job as
commissioner at 5000 per month
Just because be loved Arkansas so
much," and Brown said, "he did
not know whether the law he was
acting under was constitutional,
still he was going to raise the tax
es by raising the assessment;P and
this Donaghey commission said
they were going from Conway and
raise the assessment on six other
counties; that they were going
right from Conway and raise these
other counties. All of which was
false, for they returned to Little
Rock and raised the assessmant of
Faulkner county, and failed to
raise any other county in the state.
Why did Donaghey have Faulkner
county raised, and no other county
in the state? / answer, for two
reasons: First, he owns now 80,
269.ll in Faulkner county warrants,
and wanted the taxes raised so as to
pay off and redeem his scrip; second,
because be is playing politics by
saying to the other counties, see
what a just man am. | raised
my own people because it was right.
Donaghey says he is the father
of the T.-J. bill, which is a law to
raise our taxes. That man Gates,
one of the tax commissioners, said
In his speech that he got up the T.
j. bill for Donaghey.
/ The whole law il vprv drastic