Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-17
Legislative Headquartcrs-Gossip of Past and Coming Weeks Proceed ings-lnyestigations are General Amis Bill Yet Unsigned.
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Special to the Graphic.
 Little Rock. Ark, Feb. 16.-The capital city was practically desert- ed today, many of the legislators taking advantage of the full holiday provided by the adjournment of both bodies of the General Assem- bly, until Monday. This is the first time during the session that the house has adjourned on Friday un- til Monday and it is not likely that it will be followed as general rule. The senate, because of it's fewer members, can transact busi- ness so much more rapidly than the house that it is able to take things easy, and besides adjourning early many days in the week, that body always adjourns on Friday noon until Monday morning. The house is too busy to idulge in such long holidays and generally remains in session at least until Saturday noon. Senators at the Races.
 A number of senators went to Hot Springs this morning to spend the day and most of them intended to attend the races at Oaklawn this afternoon. Senator Amis, the ~f cn11in0 hill was invited by Senator Milan to be the latter's guest at the races and he accepted the invitation. Sena- tor Milan told Senator Amis that he wanted him to see what a good thing he had killed. Much inter- est was displayed by members of the legislature here today in the announcement made by the racing interests at Hot Springs that the Amis bill would be attacked in the courts. It was declared that attor- news had assured them that the bill was defective in two clauses. The supporters of the bill declare they are confident the bil1 will withstand the attacks in the courts, but that if they find out that it is defective in any particular. before the pres- ent session ends, they will endeavor to have thee defects corrected
 An Investigating Legislature. of lature is apparently to be chiefly one of investigations and If all the reforms which are demanded by those responsible for the investiga- tions are carried out, the present session will be one of the most mo- mentous in the history of the state. The investigation of the state cap1- tol is the first to be started. Chair man Kie Oldham of the joint capi- 1 tol committee this week appointed three sub-committees who will take ,,p different branches of the 1nves- tigation. One will determine Whe- ther or not the work has been done 
 according to the plans and specifi- cations, another will investigate the validity of the present contract and bond and the possibility of the con- tract being abrogated by the state, and the third committee will ex- anime the books of the capitol com mission and the contractors. These l committees are ready to begin work and the investigation will soon he under way. The committee an- nounced that it did not desire any suggestions as to how it should pro- ceed and that if it needed any out side assistance it wo id make the l fact known. This is construed as a very strong intimation to certain persons who have been most active in the movement for an investiga- tion. that the committee proposes to conduct it's business in it's own way.
 State Pen and Convicts.
 Another investigation which promises to produce results is that