Woodruff County news., 1909-03-11
Legislative Gossip

rAouSe eo Ine galleries Of the Senate It seemed to be the general impress. sion the bill would be transmitted to the Senate on the spot and that tha senate would at once take up the question of the passage or the bill Orto Finley, representative from Lawrence county in the House in 19O5 and 1907 and assistant journal clerk
 of the House in 1903, defeated as candidate for journal clerk at this
 session, is now located at Lewisyille where he has a position as secretary
 and assistant to Allen H. Hamiter speaker of the House two years ago His family has moved to LewisyilIe Representative DuLaney of Little River received telegram to the eff
 feet that the firm of Perkins-DuLa.
 ney, in which he is partner, had sold l2,OOO,O0O feet of hardwood lumber
 near ogden. MT. DuLaney is one of
 the most prominent lumber specula-
 tors and dealers in his part of the
 state. He is now prominently asso- clated with the new Arkansas Invest
 ment Company, which is being organ ized
 All communications addressed 10 Governor Donaghey can not be an- swered with satisfactory results for the writers, especially such letters as | one received this week in which the applicant asks the governor to sup. ply him with rod which will locate lost treasure and minerals. Governor Donaghey has answered the letter, saying the state has run out of such instruments and he can not supply them
 A resolution introduced by Senator Wingo has been adopted in the Senate authorizing the finance committee to
 call for books, papers, examine wit | nesses under oath, etc, for the pur.
 pose of getting to the bottom of the
 tax revenue proposition of the state
 The committee wants to be able to
 draft a bill at this session that will increase the revenue of the state with l out increasing the tax levy.
 There was one feature of the pro hibition fight that certainly did not appeal to me-" declared member of the House, and that was the occa- sional hissing of guests on the floor | of the House. Kissing, to me, is the | one unpardonable sin at any and all times, no matter who the speaker be
 or what his subject, but it was cer- tainly surprising to see and hear hiss. Similar expressions were heard | from other members.
 The extension of the session for 50 days is now one of the principal sub | jects of discussion in the Senate. It is believe dthe Senate will concur
 with the House to extend the session as there is not time enough left fC
 action on the state capitol and pro hibition questions. Several senators
 who had expected to request leave of | absence remained over until this mat l ter is settled since it will require 2S votes to carry the matter.
 One of the amusements of the mem | bers of the House after business hours | is the game of checkers, which is | played every night in the northeast | corner of the House chamber From | 10 to 15 lovers of the game of check CTS gather there after supper each night and either play or watch some l spirited contest over the checker board Several members already have regulations as being sharks" at the | game.
 Senator Glover succeeded in having | Senate Bill No. 119, to create the l Woodson levee distrist passed. The | bill was opposed before the roll call l by Senator Toney of Jefferson. Sena tor Glover, in defense of his bill, said it was monumental cheek" for the senator from Jefferson to oppose a levee bill. On roll call Senator Toney | voted for the bill. The bill affects | the building of a levee in Perkins | township. Saline county. which is | about 15 miles below Little Rock l on the Arkansas river.
 The statement Tn concluding" has
 become a byword and joke in the | House Since the fight started over the prohibition measures pending be- | fore the House some of the members | who have been fighting the Gam bill
 have made some lengthy speeches, one
 lasting one hour and 55 minutes, and | another two hours and 30 minutes l Several of the antiGann members | who were speaking against time | cno6roQ the hearts OI lHelT OppollCHV' shortly after they started to speaK | by the phrase, Tn concluding" but
 the conclusion" was always slow in | arriving. "In concluding" stated MT Martin of Yell at o'clock Saturday,
 night, and two hours later he waSI | still on the floor. Major J. C. Minor Of Hot SpringsI
 major surgeon of the Arkansas Nal
 tional Guard and president ot the|
 Arkansas National Guard, is another
 of the prominent members of the
 guard who believes that the offices ol l adjutant general of the state militia : and private secretary to the governor
 should be separated "l believe, TOT
 the next two years at least, we shoui9 | have a capable teacher at our heau
 as adjutant general-say some retlreu
 army officer like Jackson of the Arka- 1 delphia school. We have good men
 in the guard association who are ca
 pablo all right, but none who can al,
 ford to devote his entire time to tue