Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-10
JOHN IKE MOORE
 ID BE GOVERNOR Governor Little Wired Him to Assume the Duties of Chief Executive of the State of Arkansas.
MAY BE FOR MONTHS.
New President of the Senate to Be Elected Tomorrow-Son of Goyern- or at His Fathers Side-No News from Greenwood Wild Rumors.

Little ock, Ark, Feb. 9.-(SpeciaD Governor John s. Little last night
 sent message from his home at Greenwood asking President John I.
 Moore of the Senate to take charge
 of the office of governor until he
 could come to Little Rock and as-
 sume the duties for himself. This
 means that on Monday, February II, 1907, Arkansas will have new gov
 ernor for the time being.
 Senator Moore left last night for his home at Helena, where he will spend today with his family, the Sen- ate having adjourned until Monday morning. Senator Moore stated be- fore he left that he would return Sunday afternoon and on Monday would be prepared to take charge of the affairs of state in the govern or's office.
 Paul Little, private secretary to the governor, left last night for his home at Greenwood to spend Satur- day and Sunday with his father and
 no interview could be obtained from
 him.
 Will Necessitate Election. { When Senator John Ike Moore takes charge of the duties of the of flee of governor, the office of presi- dent of the Senate will be vacant for the time being and will necessitate the election of president pro tempore. Several are already being mentioned for this high honor, prominent among whom is Senator J. K. Browning of Clay County. The Senate will prob ably take up the matter the first thing
 Monday morning. President Moore will call the Senate to order as usu-
 al and will preside while the election is going on, after which he will go
 to the office of governor and take charge. Uness Governor Little should recover speedily, it may be that Pres ident Moore will serve as governor during the remainder of the session. The Legal Aspect. In article 6, section 1 of the con- stitution of the state it is provided as follows:
 "The executive department of this state shall consist of a governor, sec- retary of state, treasurer, auditor and attorney general, all of whom shall keep their offices in person at the seat of government and hold office for the term of two years and until their successors are elected and quali- fed"
 Section 12 of the same article pre- scribes as follows:
 "In case of the death, conviction or impeachment, failure to qualify, res- ignation, absence from the state CT other disability of the governor, the powers, duties and emoluments of the office for the remainder of the term, or until the disability be removed, or a governor elected and qualified, shall
 devolve upon and accrue to the presi-
 dent of the Senate"
 Could Not Reach Governor. All efforts on the part of friends of Governor Little to reach his home
 at Greenwood by telephone this morn ing proved unavailing. At Fort Smith
 it was stated that the telephone was taken out of the house at Greenwood in order that the governor might not be disturbed. It is understood that
 this telephone was taken out last
 night.
 A private message was sent to Paul
 Little, private secretary to the gov- ernor, this morning, but up to late hour no word had been received from him regarding the condition of the states chief executive.
 Wild RumOrs AflOat. All sorts of wild rumors were afloat this morning regarding the action of the governor in calling upon Senator Moore to take the office. One rumOr 1 had it that Governor Little had taken
 A turn for the worse, but this is vigor.