Washington telegraph., 1909-03-12
Legislative Gossip

| "NAiCH lfOIn lnN 3 tha Senate.
House to the galleries ol oraI ,nI impress
1t seemed to be the genoasr,irted to
sion the bill would be 'ranjl d mat the
the Senate on the spot anr an nm the
Senate would at once tahG tbo ub bf1l
question of the passage u 'Ai0
orto Finley. representative : from rom
Lawrence county in the House SCI III oiorp i9gD
and 1907 and assistant journal e 9io. as
of the House in 1908, deieaVeu 4his as
candidate for journal clerk al i.,,tiie tna9
session, is now located at LEV oarotary -,
where he has a position Do PIoroitar
and assistant to Allen H. nus il"sS ago
speaker of the House TWO a,isviiIe ea,s
His family has moved 10 Ne" 10 No.
Representative DuLaney OIL a ~ of
River received telegram W IN m,,I a
feet that the firm of PerklIls-puaId aaId
ney. in which he is partner, hau spar spau
100000 feet Of hardwood lulnpet 81
near Ogden. Mr.. DuLaney is one oi
the most prominent lumber speeu,a, Id
tors and dealers in als palt Vi
state. He is now prominently asso
ciated with the new Arkansas invest
ment Company, which is peins ois"n-
| ized.
All communications addressed 70
Governor Donaghey can not pe an, s
swered with satisfactory resulls ioi
the writer's, especially such letters as
one received this week in Whlch tile
applicant asks the governor 10 sup
ply him with a rod when VIII iocaee
lost treasure and minerals. Governor
Donaghey has answered the lettei'
saying the state has run out Oh suGh
instruments and he can not supply
them.
A resolution introduced by Senator
Wingo has been adopted in the Senate
authorizing the finance committee u
call for books, papers, examine VIII
nesses under OATH etc, for the puf-
pose of getting to the bottom OF the
tax revenue proposition OF the state
The committee wants to be able to
draft bill at this session that Will
/ increase the revenue of the state with
out increasing the tax levy.
There was one feature of the pro-
hibition fight g lat certainly did not
appeal to me, "sdeelared a member OF
the House, and that was the occa-
sional kissing of guests on the floor
of the House Kissing, to me, is the
one objectionable sin at any and all
times, no matter who the speaker be
or what his subject, but it was GER
tainly surprising to see and hear
hiss. Similar expressions were heard
from other members,
The extension of the session for &C
!lsyg dsEygg is poSsleae n the PRINCIPAL pGaea sub
is believe de- Senate will concu
with the Houe to extend the session
as there is MT time enough left TO
action on tht state capitol and pro
hibition questions. Several senator
who had expected to request leave o
absence renamed over until this mat
ter is settled since it will require q
votes to carry the matter
One of the amusements of the mem
bers of the House after business hour
Is the game of checkers, which /
played every night in the northeas
corner of the House chamber. Fror
10 to Is lovers of the game of check
ers gather there after supper eac
night and either play or watch som
spirited contest over the checke
board, Several members already hav
regulations as being SHARKS" at tn
game.
Senator Glover succeeded in havin
Senate Bill No. 119, to create tn
Woodson levee distrist passed. TIL
bill was opposed before the roll cal
by Senator Toney of Jefferson. Sens
tor Glover, in defense of his bill, sal
it was monumental cheek" for tn
senator from Jefferson to oppose
leyee bill. On roll call Senator Tone
voted for the bill. The bill affect
the building of a levee in Perkin
township, Saline county, which
about Is miles below Little Roc
on the Arkansas river.
The statement "In concluding" ha
become byword and joke in tn
House Since the fight started owe
the prohibition measures pending be
fore the House some Of the member
who have been fighting the Gam bi
have made some lengthy speeches, on
lasting one hour and So minutes, an
another two hours and 30 minutes
Several of the anti-Gann member
who were speaking against time
cheered the hearts of their opponent
shortly after they started to spea
by the phrase, "In concluding" bu
the conclusion" was always slow i
arriving. In concluding" stated MI
Martin of Yell at 7 o'clock Saturda
night and two hours later he wa
still on the floor.
Major ]. C. Minor OF Hot Springs
major surgeon of the Arkansas N;
tional Guard and president OF th
Arkansas National Guard, is anothe
of the prominent members OF th
guard who keliaves that the offices {