The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-03-26
DONACHEY MEN
SURE OF VICTORY
SEE ENORMOUS MAJORITY
ROBINSON FORCES IN PANIC
AS CAMPAIGN COMES TO
CLOSE.

Donaghey will be reelected beyond
any possibility of a doubt This
statement was given out by Manager
Eugene Williams in the Donaphev
headquarters at the Capital hotel this
morning. The only question now is
the size Of the governors majority" !"
said MI Williams. eve have been
disposed to be very conservative in
our claims, but since the publication
OF our estimates in Sundays papers
we have had messages from MANY of
the counties placed in the Donaghey
column telling us that we had under
estimated Donaghey's majority in
those counties"
Within the past 48 hours counties
that appeared to be certain for Robin
son have fallen into the Donaghey
ranks" Mr.. Williams continued "The
landslide which started three weeks
ago has developed into an avalanche
that has literally swept the opposition
off their feet. The Robinson forces
we're thrown into panic yesterday,
by the ovation given Governor Don
aghey at Pine Bluff, which has been
the main center of Robinson strength
s.nce the campaign opened.
Con receipt of the news of the ire
mendous change in sentiment in JEFF
ferson county, Robinson's managers
telegraphed him to cancel his dates in
Sebastian county this morning and
come to Pine Bluff and make a speech
in the hope of regaining some of his
lost strength.
Little River county is another
county that has been conceded to Rob
inson until few days ago. We now
have assurances from the most relia-
bic sources that Governor Donaehey
will carry it by a substantial major
ity. Crttenden is still another coun-
ty that was not claimed for Donaghev
Sunday, but which will give him at
| 'Ss'Ht 'oN hiIJoiItS.
The recogn ton among the tenn
peranee people that this is straight
out fight between the whiskey and an
ti-whiskey forces has brought to Gov
ernor Donaghey's support thousands
Of the best people in Arkansas, and
Ted in most instances by their minis
ters, these people have joined vigor-
ously in the battle for good govern
ment
"As every chance for victory has
slipped away from them, Robinson's
managers have become desperate and
n their despair have resorted to ev-
ly conceivable means of recruiting
their fast-depleting ranks. The solid
Donaghey phalanXes, however, are
Standing true to theirs and will be
Sreat and overwhelming victory to.
) morrow"
Governor Donaghey spoke to about
900 people at Argenta last night
and was accorded one of the most re
markable ovations ever given a guber
material candidate in the state. ac
cording to the report in this morn
ing's Gazette
Governor Donaghey bitterly attack.
ed what he termed ''the whiskey rinq
and its grip upon the senate of Ar
Kansas and his demnciation of the
convict lease system, which he char
acterized as a "blot upon civilization
for the sole purpose of filing the
pockets of a few money-crazed convict
contractors with gold tainted with
blood, in many instances, of young
boys"
The governor then reviewed his
record in office, and referred to the
money he said he had saved the state
of Arkansas through the use of his
veto. He charged that his enemies
had attempted to bankrupt the state
treasury in an effort to discredit his
administration and keep in power the
"whiskey machine"
He closed with a defense of the
TurnerJacobson bill, and a declara-
ton to the effect that he had rather
sleep in a box car surrounded by
friends than to live in a palace sur
rounded by politicians who only hung
around him for what good he might
be in position to do them.
at is not honor I'm now seeking,
my friends" he said. Nor is it mon
ey. God knows you have honored me
enough, and l haven't as much money
as | had when | first ran for Office,
! but | can't leave the battle now with