Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-08-14
Generally Expected That
Former Governor Will
Oppose Joe Robinson.
SPEAKERSHIP FIGHT
Indications Seem to Favor Selection
Of Louis .JOSephs OF TeXarkana.
Efforts May BE Made to LpgnliZe
Sunday Baseball.
(RY A. W. Parke.)


who has been literally "sawin' wood
and sayin' nawthin" for the past two
wears who can be counted on two
years hence to jump back into the
arena and create as much OF for0re
as he did eight years ago when ne
jumped from private citizen to chlel
executive 70 Arkansas. 1t would not
take a map of the middle western
states to name George w. Donaghey
as the solution to this riddle. The
carpenter governor of Arkansas is by
no means a political dead one, and
thhugh he has been in retirement for
two years. and will remain there two
more, he can be counted on to fur-
nish much of the entertainment when
the big show is staged in 1916. he
will at that time lock horns a second
time with Joe T. Robinson, seeking
a place in the United States senate.
x-Governor Donaghey has not stated
that he is to cast his hat in the ring
and 90 after Senator Robinson's toga'
but every political sign on the horizon
bears such a forecast.
Gov. Gonaghey has been living two
years in peace. He has returned to
the old life of contractor, putting
up buildings and smoothing out the
ruts worn into his finances by three
strenuous campaigns for state office.
The former governor has been drain
ing valuable farm lands and buying
bank stock, but at the same time ne
has managed to visit around consld-
cradle. and keep in touch with the
people. :,
Political prophets believe that il
Governor Donaghey announces soon
enough that he will oppose Senator
Robinson, there will be no other can
didates in the field, leaving to these
two a second campaign over Arkan-
sas. Times have changed. likewise
conditions, since Joe T. Robinson ov'
erwhelmingly defeated Governor Don
aglfey. who sought third term as
governor. Gov. Donaghey in thai
campaign refused a joint debate. ant
has ever afterwards regretted 1t. fol
he had confidence that he could hole
his own with the oratorical congress
man who sought to be chief executive
of the state. He will hardly refuse
such a tender second time, so thu
dear people of Arkansas would have
a campaign worth looking forward
| to. with at least half dozen candi
dates for governor, too. If join
campaign was arranged all around i
would be an all day speaking or al
candidates could not be heard.
Governor Donaghey was never
splitter of hairs, and his friends o
enemies were for or against hin
strong. There was no half wa,
| ground. Since he retired from offic
( many of his old enemies have becom
his strongest admirers, but the maj
| who beats Senator Robinson will nee
friends, and lots of them. He is no
SO dead politically in Arkansas a
many would have it believed.
| The Speakership.
While in Little Rock recently
Lewis E. Sawyer of Hot Springs,
prominent attorney of that city am
member of the legislature, state'
that he would be a candidate TO
speaker of the house. Louis Joseph
of Texarkana, Sam RoreX of Danville
and Ben l.. Griffith of Little Rock ar
also candidates. Mr.. Sawyer state'
he would not make a strenuous cam
paign for the office, confining himsel
| to a letter to each member, telling Q
his aspirations, and asking for sup
port. Up to this time there had beel
considerable speculation as to wheth
er Mr.. Sawyer would be a candidate
The house, when it convenes mex
January, will be minus some Of it
former leaders. and from the ne,
crop an orator must be found t.
! take the place Of the young giants o
the foolr who have gone before. On
or two of these have passed each yeal
but this time the slate has been wipe
clean. Two sessions ago and tn
house was long on oratory, there be
| ing f. ]. Kerwin Of Pine Bluff; A. G
Little of Osceola, G. L. Grant of New
port, Heartsill Ragon of Clarksville
A. c. Martin of Ola, Abner Hurst Q
Fayetteville, and others. Last session
this dwindled' to Grant and Ragor
with Louis Josephs as recruit, an
Joe T. Hardage called from the floo
to the speakership. This year all G
these are gone, with the exception @
Josephs, who stands an eXcellen
chance of being speaker. in which in
stance the new factions who ar
formed must develop new leaders.
The house is said to be far differ
ent from houses Of the past. too.
is said to be liberal house, some
thing that has been unknown in legis
lative circles for many years, wha
iberality there was about the stat
government usually cropping out i
the senate. 1t is stated that the hous
will show sixty-two liberals and tina
the newcomers to the senate are ais
, men who will not spend their tim
| passing blue laws for subsequent les
: islatures to kill. II this be so som
, of the present statutes will go int
; the discard. and it is not improbabl
that the Going bill will be the one fo
, which the axe is being so vigorousl
: sharpened. A Sunday baseball bill
also a possibility II the house is SUI
4 t3cient1y liberal