The Sentinel=record., 1912-11-19
THE LAST BLOW.


 ever was shown within our common wealth during the six days of the past week, when all Arkansas except him self was paying homage to an insti- tuition that has done more for Ar kansas even in it's feeblest infancy than any self seeking politician ever could do, George w Donaghey came to Hot Springs Sunday and sunk the hobnails of his heavy heels as deep into the flesh of the Arkansas State Fair as it was possible for him to do.
 The Arkansas State Fair had closed an exposition and fall festival the spirit of which had entered and buoy ed with patriotism the hearts of al the people of Arkansas except those hearts calIoused with jealousy of a neighbor's success, or corrupted and shrivelled through fanaticism inher. tied and brought down from the days of Calvinism when progress and sci. ence and advancement were handcuff- ed at the altar of narrow bigotism.
 Automobile races had been sched u'ed for Sunday afternoon within the State Fair enclosure. Exhibitions of the speed that science has made pos sible were to be given. Those who cared to attend were invited. Those who did not could remain away.
 George W. Donaghey, who as gov. ernor once insulted the Arkansas State Fair by not appearing to open it formally, as he had been invited to do. and who is So shriveled in his conception of public life that he can not distinguish between the duty of a public man and the petty opportun- ity for vengeance that lies within his scope. through all the success of this Arkansas State Fair Donaghey was an absentee, but he came to the city Sun. day morning. He first ordered his head of the state militia, Adjutant Greene, here as his official Tepresen- tative to stop the auto races. Then as if in doubt if such an order would be executed, he came personally.
 Donaghey stubboGnly demanded that the auto races be called off. The State Fair officials presented their side O. the cause, but to pTejudiced mind. The result was that the admissions were called off, and the races run.
 The State Fair officials probably made a mistake They should have told George w. Donaghey that be could take his tinseled head of the state guard and together they coulI attempt whatever their inventive minds suggested they could get away with Donaghey left on the 1:30 tTaia for Little Rock before the crowd gath- cred at the state fair, He should have been forced to face that crowd Con- sultations should have been denied He should have been left with his bluffing hand Donaghey and Green may have gotten away whole from the Arkansas State Fair grounds, and they might have not. It should have been left to them, after they started their interference, to go through with it.
 At any rate. and under any circum- stances, this blow delivered by Dona- ghey at Hot Springs and the Arkan sas Sttae Fair is his last He will soon be a private citizen His health isn't bad, so he won't need to make visit here with the other healta seekers. His ideas are foreign to the ideas of our people as to local policies and he certainly will not make se. turn engagement as a pleasure seek CT Hot Springs doesn't intend to make itself a quiet city adapted for such an individual seeking rest, 80 fbat will not furnish him excuse for visit. He has no property here, and therefore no business interests. The flying visit he paid to Hot Springs when he bluffed and got away with the bluff. should be cherished by him as his last. and kept as a mementol of another of the incidents of his public life when with his hands or the brands Of the burning he got away 
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