Washington telegraph., 1909-01-22

single bloom in the lapel of his over
coat.
r. r. Parks, representative from
Lafayette, is considered to be one OF
the leading authorities on parliamin-
airy law in the House.
Ed Lucas of Ola, chief clerk of the
House two years, has returned home.
He has been here this week assisting
in the clerks work at the opening
of the House.
The first commission issued by Gov
ernor Donaghey was one making Paul
Little the retiring secretary to the
governor, captain of inspection OF
small arms in the First Regiment.
Senator Bush of White left Little
Rock on an early train Friday morn
ing. On motion of Senator Rasco
leave of absence was granted Sena-
tor Bush, as his wife is ILL.,
Just before retiring from the Office
of acting governor, Jess NJ. Martin,
president of the Senate, granted an
additional pardon, making "A during
the three full days he acted as the
governor.
The legislative committees of the va
rious labor organizations Of the state
are in Little Rock and the majority
of them has opened headquarters and
announce the intention of remaining
as long as the legislature is in session.
Senator Patterson of Woodruff will
probably not bring his entire family
to Little Rock TO live during the ses-
sion. Mrs. Patterson and daughter,
Eloise, arrived Friday and will spend
several days in the city. Eloise was
a mere baby two years ago and was
called the Baby of the Senate
While many of the senators call
upon various stenographers 10 get up
their clerical work, Senator Logan OF
Polk is his own stenographer lie
has a typewriter on his desk. Win
this he attends to his correspondence
and prepares the bills or resolutions
he submits from time to time.
of the legislature Friday resulted IN
a general exodus of senators and rep
resentatives last night. II Is prob
able the House will hold seven ses-
sions a week during the remainder oil
the General Assembly, and it is also
probable the Senate will adjourn tof
the week every Friday at noon.
On account of the infirmity of deaf
ness, Senator Simms of Chfcot has te
pay close attention TO all proceedings
He has called the attention of his fel
low senators to his deafness and has
asked them to speak as distinctly as
possible when talking on any measure
in which he may be particularly in
terested.
- ss...-s.4ss1,s 4xsvuesar fIaI l.. NORWOOD
Saturday rendered his opinion in re-
gard to the authority of each house Of
the General Assembly to provide for a
committee cierkship by resolution, the
clerk to receive his pay out of the
contingent fund, holding that each
house had that right and that the
auditor should issue the warrant for
the pay of such clerk when a certln-
cate properly signed is presented to
him.
1t is thought probable hat some at
tention will be paid during the pres
ent session of the legislature TO the
divorce laws of Arkansas. Governor
Donaghey in his inaugural address de-
clared that he believed the laws on
this subject now in force in this state
are too lax. He recommended that
the legislature make a careful inyes-
legation of the matter and pass such
laws as will make it more difficult
to secure a divorce.
Senator Montgomery has prepared a
State banking bill modelled after the
Oklahoma law, which he expects to
submit TO the Senate soon. The law
is regarded in Senate circles as a
good one, but the members expect the
bill to be seriously opposed by lead
ing bankers of the State. The princi-
pal objection lies in the fact that
every bank guaranteeing depositors'
money places all on practically the
same footing, making weak banks as
safe for depositors as the strong ones.
The youngest page in the Senate
is Bennett Burton Patterson son of
Senator Patterson. Burr, as his faith
er speaks of him, was named after
Aaron Burr, a man whom Senator
Patterson thinks was lily used. The
lad will be 10 years old his next
pA Jhudy, DuU ne has IedSOuluS pow
ers not to be expected in one of his
age.
Senator Keel of Jackson is one of
the apt story tellers of the Senate. In
defending his newspaper and stamp
bill he told a story in substance as
follows: When he was a member of
the lower house, one of his consttu
ents wrote and told him that in the
distribution of garden seed he had |
been missed Thinking the voter had |
been overlooked by his congressman,
Mr.. Keel informed him that the seed |
would probably arrive in due course |