The Sentinel=record., 1912-11-22
DIRECTORS OF STATE FAIR WILL MAKE REPLY SUNDAY TO HIS
 CRITICISM.
UNANIMOUS STAND IS TAKEN
Attack by Donaghey Denounced as Political Demogagosery and Un- founded When the True Facts
 are Brought Out.

The severe and unwarranted at tack on the Arkansas State Fair from Governor Donaghey, will be answer cd in an official manner by this insti tuition next Sunday morning in the press of the state That was the de cision reached through unanimous ap- pToval of the Board of Directors Of the institution, who held a meeting in the Business Mems League, last night and discussed the situation.
 Various opinions were expressed by the directors. All agreed that the action by Donaghey was for the pur- pose of furthering his demagogic pol l itical aspirations to be elected to the United States senate, but they also agreed that the foundation of a candi- 1acy built on such d false structure as the vicious malignment of such an institution, could be knocked from under Donaghey when the light Of truthful publicity was thrown on the situation.
 If there is a defender of the gov ernor, who ignored two State Fairs, and then took opportunity to malign one, he was not at the meeting of the directors last night. If there is a de- 1 iense for his action he will be called on to show it to the people of Ark ansas, and if there is not, Donaghey will be shown up when the State Fair side of the controversy is shown to the people.
 Dr. Holland opened the discussion of the subject, and he believed that l the governor had in a measure been | .purred into his action. through cri- dcism. He stated. however, that the action of the governor was not to be defended, for the attacks on the Fair were unwarranted and unprovoked
 Hon. L. E. Sawyer, representative, favored a calm and dignitied review of the whole of the relations between Governor Donaghey and the State Fair, setting forth without prejudice, but also in plain terms, the attitude of Donaghey, towards the Fair in the past two years
 simon Cooper declared the attack was an insult to the people of this city, to the State Fair, and to the people of Arkansas, and he did not believe words should be minced in making reply. He believed that Dona- l ghey had shown his venom, against a big progressive state institution, and that the truth should be told in unyaTnisbed form to all the people of the state.
 Dave Laser was for conciliation. He | objected to newspaper notoriety and he believed that to pay attention to the attack from DGhaghey would be i, to give him the campaign thunder he was seeking in this matter.
 Mayor Waters who was chairman for the evening, took the unqualified stand that a proper defense of the attack from Donaghey was necessary. lle did not believe that Donaghey should be permitted to make state. ments such as he mad made and 1 get away with them. He spoke of how Goyernor4Eect Robinson and all most all of the members of the legis- l lature, and the state officials. who cape here, were for state aid for the Fair, and that Donaghey had no right to say the Fair should not have it. He also said that Robinson had laud- ed the State Fair as worthy state enterprise. like all others had done, who had attended it, and that to let Donaghey get away with the state ment that it was a private institu- ton, operated for Hot Springs. was too absurd to be considered. He spoke of the good order that prevail ed at the Fair, and how well every thing had been handled
 Simon Cooper again spoke on the subject, calling attention to the fact that Donaghey had never lent aid to l the Fair. had never given it any help and had only attempted to do it in jury, and he did not believe the asso- ciation could be too plain in outlin. | ing it's answer to him.
 Secretary Bedding expressed his sentiments freely. He said every pa- triotic citizen in Hot Springs should stand together in condemnation Of Donaghey for the harm he had done He believed the press Of the city hal been very careful in it's criticism in view of the stand Donaghey had talk en in huaTying here at the eleventh hour with his tinseled head Of the state militia. He believed the peo pie had been insulted, as no othe; people had ever been by public off eial, and he did not propose to stand idly by and let Donaghey get away | with it. MT. Belding reviewed thu coming here of Donaghey last sum mer. and his visiting the Moose loag, py invitation, and stating there how