Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-02

with the views or the governor, but do know that it is in accord with the views of the people of Arkansas. It is high time we did something to- ward completing the capitol
 Senator Arnold said he wished to resent the statement that anyone was being influenced by the executive. "1 am not in favor of this bill, but want it to come up and be defeated fairly"
 Senator Wingo said it was settled that the present state capitol com mission, Caldwell & Drake and Archi- tect Mann could never be retained on the job. As for Senator Patterson's bill," he said, T think the senator from Woodruff sang the funeral dirge of his bill yesterday when he asked that it be corrected and sent back to the senate for concurrence.'
 Carlock Memorial.
 Senator Carlock called up his mf- norial to congress for the perpetua- tion of universal peace and The Hague Tribunal. 1t came up as un finished business from yesterday and the senator from Madison continued his address of yesterday in favorsof the resolution. He gave a vivid ac- count of the ravagCs Of war and the eventual! downfall of all Wailike na tions, quoted tise scriptures iberall.' to support his views, and answered many serious and several near-ser, ous questions regarding the memorial.
 Senator Simms moved that the lengthy preamble be stricken out .2nel the brief resolution at the end adopt ed The preamble, which consisted of q number of Bible quotations. h., said, were superfluous. Our repre- sentatives in congress has Bibles on their desks and they can read these things for themselves" he said.
 Senator Wingo said the scriptures were too sacred to be banded about in political resolutions and he fay orcd cutting Out the preamble.
 1. Senator Keel, however. believed that little scripture would not hurt some of the national lawmakers, and he was seconded in his remarks by Senator Patterson. The resolution, was finally passed ih it's original form.
 By tabling, an amendment offered to the anti-lobbying bill in the hcu4< this morning. the whole bill was shelveI as effectually as if t had been killed outright. When a,.iend- ments began to come ill those who had favored the original bill objected. and finally voted to table the entire affair MT. Rowe sent up the first amendment exempting labor unions and farmers union from the prov lsion of the bill. The amendment was adopted after a hard fight Mr. Brown, of Cleveland then sent up a:l- ether amendment to exempt repre- sentatives of the good roads assocla- tioG and of the temperance organize tions Evidently fearing that amend mentst would continue to come until everything was asked to be exempted. Mr. Shafer moved to table the Brown amendment which carried with it, c. course, the main bill The motion carried and things will continue to operate as before. The main proys- ion of the bill, according to it's advo- cates, was to keep the paid lobbyists from assuming the privileges cf the floor and taking up the time Of menl bers of the house during the delioera tions of the body.
 The introduction of the Eill by the penitentiary committee, providing for a change in the management of the state penitentiary, was another feat ure of the morning session. The bill was introduced by MT. y Warnock. chairman of the house committee, and was read twice and referred to the judiciary committee.
 After disposing of the Morris anti lobbying bill the house put in the re- mainder of the morning discussing the Hurst bill, providing for revis ion of the tax assessment system. Mr, Glover continued his opposition to the measure. ,, declaring among other things that he believed it would build up a political machine that would make the office of tax assessor seiF perpetuating MT. Combs spoke for the bill, urging that the system had been tried in Madison county and had given satisfactory results. He urged that tha wealthy ara those most pD-