The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-05-14
CALLS EXTRA SESSION
Acting Governor Hamiter Gives A.
Reasons the Needs of New Capt.
toll and Status of Revenue
Laws.

Little Rock, Ark.-Acting Governor
Allen H. Hamiter Monday night is
sued a call for a special session Of
the state legislature. He calls the
legislature to meet in Little Rock at
noon Monday, May IS, for the purpose
of taking up the matter Of completing
the new state capitol and also to ar
range for the monthly payment Of
state tax money into the general rev.
enue fund in order to prevent deficit
In that fund. a condition of affairs
which has been threatening under the
present arrangement of tax payment
for some time.
Governor Hamiter and his friends
claim that Acting Governor X. o. Pin
dali, who is now In Washington, D.
c., and whose place as governor OF
Arkansas was assumed by Governor
Hamiter during his absence from the
state, cannot revoke the call for the
special session, and that nothing can
prevent the extra session.
Following the issuance of the call
Acting Governor Hamiter named three
new members Of the General Assembly
| to take the place of legislators who
have either resigned or died since the
| last session. He appointed Henry
Stillwell as representative from Ash
| lev county to take the place of w.
A. Roby, resigned. He also appoint
| ed Scott Harris as representative from
| Clark county to take the place Of R..
G. McDaniels, present state corpora
ton clerk in the secretary Of states
Office, resigned, and Arthur ]. Johnson
as senator from the Sixteenth sena-
torial district, to take the place of
| Senator Amis, who died short time
| ago.
In a statement made Monday night
| shortly after the issuance of the call
| for the special session Acting Cover
| nor Hamiter outlined his reasons for
| calling the legislature together. He
| stated that he thought it best to have
| the new state house completed at
once, assigning several reasons for
| his belief, among which was that the
| present state house building is IN
| healthy and unsafe and that it Is
| unwise to allow the new state capitol
building, partially completed, to stand
| open to the weather. He also stat
| ed that the condition of the general
| revenue fund for the past several
months has made it necessary for the
| legislature to pass some sort of an
| act that will prevent future deficits
| in that fund.
Who will be president of the Sen
ate and what will Governor Pindall
| do are being asked on every side
| since the issuance of the call for the
| special session.
John Ike Moore will be president
| of the Senate" the acting governor
and his friends say. They hold that
under the provisions of Section II,
Article Of the constitution. Mr..
Moore, who was elected president OF
the Senate at the last session of the
| legislature, is still president of that
body and will continue to hold that
office until the expiration of his term
| in September.
According to their views, Governor
Pindall will be member of the Sen
ate, but not president
The question as to what Governor
Pindall will do remains unanswered.
1t is believed he will lose no time in
returning to Little Rock, probably ac-
companied by George w. Donaghey
of Conway, Democratic nominee for
governor, who, in statements made
heretofore, has shown that he did not
favor a special session. What the
governor will do when he returns to
the state is only matter of conjec
| ture.
Some prominent politicians are OF
the opinion that Acting Governor Ham.
! tier and his friends will attempt to
! keep Governor Pindall from resuming
his place as governor, although Meth
er Governor Hamiter nor his friends
as yet have stated that they had any
such intentions. They have refused,
however, to make any statements on
the matter, and their silence is con-
sidered ominous. 1t is believed that
they will claim that John Ike Moore
Is the rightful acting governor.
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