Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-01-08
LEGISLATURE 10
 OPEN MONDAY Toney to be President and MilWee Speaker-Other
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ELKS CONVENTION
Little Rock, Ark, Jan. 7.@The Thir-

Little Rock, Ark, Jan. 7.-The Thir- ty-eighth session of the General As sembly of Arkansas will meet at hign noon next Monday and immediately go into joint session to hear the read- ing of the message of Gov. Donaghey. For a short time Gov. Donaghey will turn the reins of office over to Sen ator James Robinson of Marianna, who is President pro tenn of the Sem ate. Senator Robinson will also pre- side until the regular president, H. K. Toney is seated. F, E. Brown, speak CT of the last House. is in the city assisting R. F. Milwee become speak CT of the present House, and he will assist in governing the body until the chief clerk takes the gavel from him and president is selected. Nothing will be done Monday but hear the reading of the the message of Gov. Donaghey, which will require several hours. This will be followed by some caucausing, but there will be no Of ficial business transacted The sec ond and probably the third days will be taken up with the balloting of les ser officers, but this will be hastened through with as much dispatch as possible in order that the legislators get busy on an appropriation bill which will take over the sinking fund and provide something out of which they may draw their mileage and per diem. Before the General Assembly convenes Monday, Gov. c. w. Don2- ghey, Attorney General Hal L. Nor wood, Secretary of State Earle w. Hodges, Ire asurer J. w. Crockett, Auditor John R. lobe and the mem- bers of the Arkansas Railroad Com mission will take the oath which will give them office for the ensuing two years. The deputies of these off cers will then be sworn in and the
 
 ness.
 ''Cinch' For Toney and MiIwee.
 Just as predicted weeks ago, there Will be but one ballot cast by the House and Senate in selecting the Speaker and President, Judge R. F. MilWee of Clarendon being the sue cessful candidate for speaker, and H. Kemp Toney of Pine Bluff the Presi- dent. The other candidates have given up the fight and if there is any opposition when the balloting begins Tuesday morning, it will be merely prefunctory. The signs began to show Friday morning that the opposi- tion to the leading candidates for the highest offices in the gift of the General Assembly was wobbly and could not last. The crowd was all ways about the headquarters of the leaders and the rooms of the other candidates were practically deserted. It remained this Way all day, the headquarters of the losers being gradually deserted. The first straw to blow up was when overtures went from one of the two minority candi- dates to the other, offering to throw Influence for the presidency of the Senate to the other, or to pool inter- eStS The overtime was reiected At 4 o'clock in the afternoon Senator John White of Logan county, led his followers to the headquarters of Sen ator Toney on the opposite side of the Hotel Marion and expressing regret that he could not win, Senator White congratulated Senator Toney on being the next president of the Senate. This insured Senator Toney 27 votes out of a possible 35. This settled the race beyond doubt. Overtures have been made to Speaker Milwee from one of the other camps, where defeat was conceded early in the afternoon. Ad- vice was given from all sides to give up the race and join Speaker Mil wee in making it unanimous, and this course will be followed. The i'm terest now is in the race for secretary of the Senate. The influence of Gov. Donaghey against George Treyathan is being felt, though the secretary