The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-01
'DONAChEY IS OUl FOR U. s. SENATE eYya1ns z ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY Conway Man, Formerly Governor. Will Seek to Succeed Joe
 T. Robinson.

As he had indicated to Conway friends some months ago, former Governor George W. Donaghey will be candidate in 1918 to succeed Joe I. Robinson as United States sen iator from Arkansas. A definite for nal announcement to this effect was made. Saturday by Governor Don laghey at Hot Springs, where he and Mrs. Donaghey are spending few weeks.
 l That Mr. Donaghey will have the support of his home county almost as solidly as in his first and second campaigns for governor is indicated by expressions of many Faulkner county men who opposed him for a thlrd term as governor, when he car ried the county by less than 100 ma Drlty. In his first race he swept Faulk- ner county by almost a unanimous vote and his second race was similar. The third race, however, brought about local opposition. and the coun- ty was caught up in the landslide for Robinson, though it was finally car ried by Donaghey. In his race for the senate local political leaders be- lleve the former governor will have practically no opposition in Faulk- ner.
 Senator Robinson, it is understood. will be a candidate for reelection and Smead Powell of Camden has in tlmated that he will also be in the race. Judge w. F. Kirby, it is stated, will not run for the senate in 1918. but will seek to succeed Senator Clarke in the election of 1920. For mer Congressman Stephen Brundidge of Searcy is also regarded as pos sible candidate to succeed Senator Robinson.
 A statement issued at Hot Springs by Governor Donaghey Saturday fol- lows:
 Il believe l am in a position to do Arkansas more good from a business standpoint than Senator Robinson. have an ambition to do the state a service, and if l cannot do the state more good in two years than Senator Robinson has in all his official life, I will quit then and come back home. Senator Robinson has been in the service of the state for about IS years, and l shall ask him to show the people of the state wherein he has done single thing that has redound- ed to the credit of the state. That he makes very good appearance and Ipleases audiences on the Chautauqua platform, we will admit, but when we listen for his voice in behalf of Ar kansas in the halls of Congress we seldom, if ever, hear it.
 "l shall begin my campaign about the first of next year l shall invite and demand that Senator Robinson go with me and let us submit our claims before the people, and while he may be greater orator than I, if I can not prove by plain facts and simple statements that l am more entitled to the office than he, I shall ask the peo- pie to vote for Senator Robinson.
 My experience has been with Sen ator Robinson that when he would discuss my public service he always stated it in way not to reflect it's truthful merit, but in this campaign, which will be bear fight, shall be present when he makes such state ments and shall defend myself be- fore the same audiences he addresses.
 "The people of Arkansas have all ways known where I stood on ques- tions that concerned their welfare, and they shall always know in the future where l stand on public issues. It shall be my aim to present un-