Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-04

;! the vote stood 37 for the substitute and 51 against it. The substitute was declared lost and the vote recurred on the original bill providing for four schools, with an accompanying appro- priatlon of s160,000. which was adopt cd in committee Of the whole. and, in turn. adopted by the house on the rec ommendation from that committee. It is made a special order for Thursday morning and will unquestionably. be passed.
 1t was admitted, however, by num- Der of those supporting the bill that there is little show for it's passage in the senate, and the advocates Of the substitute measure are jubiiant over the showing made in the vote in the house.
 The fight this morning was stub- born OH both sides, Mr. Bellamy again leading the opposition to the substi- ute, as he is the author of the orig inal measure. Mir. Holt, of Hemp stead; Mir. Heartslll, of Sebastian, and others spoke in opposition to the sub stitute.
 MT. ToIef, Of Grant; MT. Cartwright, of Stone, and others spoke for the substitute measure, and MT. Du- Lancy, who introduced it Monday, closed the debate with a strong argu- ment for it's adoption, declaring that it was no political fight, no playing politics, but businesslike and log ical plan to secure tho very end sought in the original bill
 The greater portion of the morning was given over to the discussion of the measure, and both friends and opponents of the substitute admitted that the free discussion of the matter would result in arousing keener in terest in agricultural and industrial education, whether one or four schools were secured, Or even if none was provided for.
 During the discussion large nun1- Der of senators were interested spec tators, in view of the fact that they will in very short time have to deal with the measure.
 In addition to the adoption of the report fayoring the original bill, the house. just before the noon recess. passed the bill by Mir. Jones, of Pu- laski, requiring the Iron Mountain and Rock Island railway companies to construct a steel viaduct over theil, lines on the Nineteenth street via duct.
 The Senate.
 In the committee reports of the morning the judiciary committee re- ported Senate Bill No. 132, with rec omme endation that 1t do pass, and 113 that it do not pass.
 The agricultural committee report ed House Bill Mo- S5, with recommen- dation that it do pass.
 Argue Judges Salary.
 Senator Toney's bill No. 31. to in- crease the salaries of circuit judges and chancellors to s3,000 per year.
 Senator Logan moved to place the bill back on it's second reading, but the motion failed.
 Senator Toney spoke ill favor of the bill, arguing that the judges were all underpaid.
 Senators Turner and Hamiter joined him in eloquent pleas for the Ipassage of the bill.
 Senator Holland said he desired to Ispeak for the chancellors, who were also underpaid saying that all judges served their districts at a financial sacrifice.
 Senators Mcknight and Watson op- posed the bill, believing that ths Judges and chancellors were now suf- ficiently paid.
 Senator Patterson supported the bill. saying that the judges of the state were serving from spirit of patriot ism alone.
 Senator Henderson said If the leg islature did nothing except to raise the salary of it's judges it would have done we'll.
 Senator Montgomery said the cir cult judges earned s3000 every year. but did not believe the chaneellors earned more than $500, He believed however, that the circuit judges sal
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