The Sentinel=record., 1912-11-19
GOVERNOR HERE
 AFTER THE FAIR
CAME WITH ADJuTANT OF STATE GUARDS TO PREVENT AUTO
 RACING ON SUNDAY.
Only Effect of His Visit Was to Cause Admission Price to Be Taken Of and Incident Cost the FaiF
 About S2,5oo.

Governor George w. Donaghey, who has never been considered friendly to the Arkansas State Fair, or to Hot Springs, paid visit heuTiedly to Hct Springs Sunday morning that cost the Fair Association something like $2,- 300. After auto races had been ad- Sertised for Sunday afternoon. the governor came with Adiutant Green of the state militia to stop the event, and the compromise was that no ad- mission fee would be charged at the gate.
 There were about 1000 people pres ent on the occasion, and there might have been more. The receipts would probably have reached s4,000, and the State Fair would have gotten lib eral per cent of the money. As IL was nc admission was charged, and hats passed through the audience took in about $500, which hardly paid the expense of the meeting.
 That the governor would interfere here was not. known until after ] o'clock Sunday morning when he gave a statement to the Gazette in Little Rock that he would stop the racing here. He then sent telegrams to Sheriff Williams, J. B. Wood. and others stating that he had informa tion the laws were fiagrantly violated during the fair, and that racing was to be run Sunday, and he would stop | 1t.
 He said the information came through the state meeting of the Ark anses Baptist Convention, which was in session here during State Fair week.
 Governor Donaghey wired Adjutant Green to be here as the head of the state militia to carry out his orders. He also came himself.
 At the Arlington hotel he sent for the State Fair officials and the county officials, and gave his orders. Deputy | Prosecuting Attorney Wilmington in. formed the governor that all viola tions of the law reported to his office Ihad met with prompt action. He wanted to know who furnished the information on which the governor acted. and on what specific instances Donaghey attributed the comp aint tc the Baptists, but had no specific in
 stances to cite.
 | Mir. Wilmington then informed him | that it was unprecedented that a gov
 ernoT should bring his militia into ac- tion without first calling on the loca officers. and after some controversy the governor left on the l:30 Rock l Island for Little Rock, accompanied
 by his body guard. Adjutant Green.
 The incident is net the first n which Governor Donaghey and the | Fair Association have clashed. To begin with there has been feeling here against Donaghey for making unpopular appointments 10 fill vacan
 cies, and refusing the people the right
 of eecting their officers as the law provides. Then Donaghey was invited | to open the State Fair last year, and | it was presumed he would be here
 until about 24 hours before the open ing. and then when he was phone9 'f
 10 know what train he would arrive
 on. said he would not come.
 This year the State Fair did no'
 depend on Denaghey particularly af
 ter the last campaign, in which he
 was overwhelmingly defeated for of
 fee. in which Garland county joined
 with a large majority for Joe Robln
 son. his opponent.
 Hon. Champ Clark speaker of the
 national house. and Joe T. Robinson
 the goYernor-eleet. and a sturdy friend
 of Hot Springs, were the guests oi
 honor, and opened the Fair. Senator
 Jeff Davis was here. Donaghey and
 other officials were invited, but Don aghey did not come.
 One cf the things that is believed
 to have occasioned a renewal of the | feeling between Donaghey and the
 State Fair was tine picture at the
 opening ceremonial. Behind the
 speakers rostrum was a latticed work
 covered with chrysanthemums and autumn leaves It was beautiful ln | the center of that lattice was scroll of the great seal of the state of Ark
 ansas. so large In its proportions that young ladies typihed the characters of eMercy" and Justice" This was patriotic At the right of this effect was a great ten foot portrait of Hon Champ Clark. and over that portrait were the words "OUR GUESTS" Al ihe left. and the same size of the DOT trait of Hon. Champ c ark, was portrait of Hon Joe T Robinson, the governor elect, and over that were the words JOUR GOVERNOR"
 Of course the people of Arkansas viewed this splendid scene, and they applauaed it. It was declared to pc the prettiest formal ceremony that ever graced any state fair. Rep-esen tatives of three of the largest moYina picture film manufacturers in the world we're present and they took pic ttires of the opening ceremonial, and