Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-05-08
CALLED JEFF NAMES
s--0RNEY GENERAL ROGERS DE.
ID NOUNCE5 GOVERNOR
#8 DAVIS,
ss sco,s3nor Vetoea Bill to Pay Salary
of Rooers' Assistant. ard It
4 Caused Some Trouble,

Il Caused Some Trouble.
DENOUNCED AS DIRTY ACT
u Little Roctl. May -fSpecia!1--
&stt was 4 mean, lowdoWn. coWardlv
sczptemptibl4 trick is VIVA Attorney
General Bob Rogers said about the
action of the governor in vetoing the
Aitam ia the general appropriation bill
Jeroyiaing for the salary of Sl.500 fer
Gsa assistant t. the attorney general
I4is action is being generally cor
Il emned even by his friends a. a piece
gof nnwarraatable spite work The
Il creating the place was vetoed by
It, governor and then passed over
b. veto. New tha, The salary pro
Vision Is vetoed some arrangement
sN III be made t. meet the salary and
stfust to The next legislature 10 pro,
svide for il in the deficiency bill The
st9tament is made that ". G. Hen
scrcl<s. the assistant wilt continue in
It. Office withstandirg the veto
The following IS a Little Rock spe-
stial printed in the Commercial Appeal
Il Sunday:
Attorney General Rogers met Coz.
Davis tonight il the hall Of the state
erapitol near his efiee. and denounced
! i'm in unmeasured terms There was
l1to one present at the time but the
s,Wo principals. and nothing further
Iean be learned regarding tha occur.
4 enee Attorney General Rogers re-
fuses te discuss the matter except to
;rn AXE the statement that ha met t4o
governor. as stated and denounced
Itim 10 his face
The encounter is the outcome Of j
Ititter personal fisht which has hear
Iwaeea betWe@.2 the two FOR some
time. It arose ever the action of Gov
lernor Davis in geteing bill appro
'pr;ating 3 sum o. money t. pay the
salary Of Attorney General Rogers
3ssists1nf The apDtIr3~i;t-i5n was
then passed over the govarnars vet9
being allowed in the general appro
rriation bill Gc,v. Davis claimed that
the legislature did not legally Dass
the matter ever his veto aud again
called the turn On the appropria ton.
The attorney general. 90 being asked
regarding Gov Davis action IN veto
ing this item in the appropriation
bill. said:
my assistant will continue. Toe
action OF the governor was purely
matter &c perso1ll spite against me-
[ regard it as a dirty, cowardlg act.
His motive was not the Interest 0: tho
state, but merely the spirit Of j. moD
grel trying 10 avenge himself waen
lis superior has gained recognition E"
Several Bills Vetoed
Gov. Davi, issued several DroClama.
tons this avening Netoiag several
oils and items n the general appra.
priatiou bill passed by the legisla
ture. The first was a veto IF The sal
aries of every perjtentiary ofcial
from tae superintendent Of tae inst
tuition down t. the secretary o. the
penitentiary board.
He also vetoed the item appropriate
,ng $500 for compiling the state niue
II. pector's report, He says the legis
iature had no righ5 to aDpropriata
money t. pay salaries Of peptentiary
officials as the Black hli provides
that the Institution must be self.sus
tainine few minutes aater he is
sued another Proclamation vetong
the $4,000 item providing for the
support and maintenance Of the paui
tenttary Until it could be put on .. self
sustaining basis, as provided by the
Black bill, recently passed. In this
proclamattcn he also vetoed the
browning bill, appropriating $4,000
Tor state aid for public high schools
Of Arkansas.
The third proclamation vetoas the
following two sections Of the state
university appropriation bill.
'sThat no county shall have the
right to substitute studen as bene
fciaries to attend the university s1r
ti'Sse allowed from any ether county
which does not send the full number