Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-29
SENATORIAL FIGHT 10 BE WARM AFFAIR Donaghey's Announcement Brings About a New An-
 gle to the Race. WILL BE 3-CORNERED Governor and Congressmen Will Try
 to Unseat Clarke, Who Will
 Ask For Reelection,
WILL BE 3-CORNERED
(By Clio Harnar

Little Rock, Oct. 29.-It cannot be said to have been the unexpected which happened Saturday when Gov. George w. Donaghey authorized an announcement that he is a candidate for the United States Senate to suc- ceed Senator James P. Clarke.
 For some ~ae h[ friends had be- lleved such an announcement immin- ent, and his formal entry only serves to advance earlier the gage of what VIII probably prove one of the states most interesting political battles.
 From the carpenters bench to a seat in the United States Senate, the worlds most august legislatie body in the ambition of Arkansas business governor. He has developed into a political fighter unafraid When he first sought the governors chair he defeated strong combination; he was not permitted to secure a second term without a, hard fight, defeating C. c. Kavanaugh overwhelmingly, in the last campaign for a third term, he was as badly vanquished by Joe T. Robinson, carrying only five coun- ties.
 Gov. Donaghey feels that he has still a message for the people of Ar kansas, and proposes to tell it to them at the proper time. He promises to reveal to them conditions of which they are ignorant and to do this he aspires to the highest office in the gift of the people of the state, unfinished by former victories, or undetained by recent defeat.
 Nothing further is said as to his platform, or the issues upon which he will rely. It may be surmised that the governor will spend great deal of his time between this and the primary in March, 1914, in mending his poli- tical fences. And much may happen in that time. Senator Clarke has told his friends that he will be candidate for reelection, although he has made no formal announcement. Congressman Oldfield, of the Second District, who will next week be elected to his third term in the lower house, has an- nounced that he will be candidate for the senatorial toga. Ex-Congress- man Brundidge who was defeated by Jeff Davis by less than 10000 has made no statement of his intention, neither has Congressman Floyd who is to be elected next week to his fifth tenn, with the statement that he will not ask for reelection. Should Sena- tor Clarke, for any reason, not make the race, Governor Robinson would be expected again to measures lances with the carpenter-statesman of Con- way.
 Senator Clarke succeeded James K. Jones in 1908. and his term of office will expire March 3, 1915. He has been in public life since 1886, when he. was elected to the Arkansas Legis- lature from Phillips county. He is recognized as one of the strong mem bers of the Senate, a. statesman of the old school, and was most warmly commended by ex-President Roosevelt in Little Rock.
 William A. Oldfield is only 3s years old, but he has been in politics for the last ten years, beginning as Prosecuting Attorney. He is serving his second term, and has attained great prominence in the House as Chairman of the Committee on Pat ents.
 Between these three is the fight likely to rage. Each is an indefatig- able campaigner. and each has a per- sonal following that will go the limit for their champion. The formal en- try of Gov. Donaghey means that the contest will be one of the hardest fought in the history of the state.
 Bond Amendment Loses.
 The friends of Amendment No. 10 for the issuance of municipal bonds which carried in the recent election by 22,OOO majority. have lost the firs' round in the contest to determine 1ts validity, and Attorney General Nor wood has scored a complete victory in the lower court
 Judge Guy F'ulk on a petition 1oi mandamus brought by Mayor Taylor of Little Rock. against the State Boa-i of Election Commissioners, de cided that. I 1-Only three amendments can Dt submitted at one time.
 2-That an amendment must have