The log cabin Democrat., 1911-05-30
FEELS HONORED
BY DETRACTORS
TONEY AND COV!NGTON
LAMBAST EXECUTIVE, WHO DE-
CLARES HE CONSIDERS
HIMSELF HONORED.

Little Rock, May 3O.-The issue
was never more clearly drawn between
the governor and the dominant ele-
ment of the senate as it was Monday
afternoon.
| 1T all came up over a resolution by
Covington to adjourn sine die at noon
Thursday, June 1, resolution which
condemned the call for the extra ses-
sion as useless and without beneficial
results.
Senators Covington and Toney bit
terly attacked the governor for hav-
ing called them back, and impugned
his motives, injecting more politics in
to the situation than had come to the
surface before.
Senators CarlLee and Turner led
the opposition, defending the COVER
| nor's course and condemning those
who had by dilatory tactics in the
| senate prevented the enactment of
needful legislation.
Later, Governor Donaghey declared
that no greater honor could be given
him than the censure and condemna-
ton of Covington and Toney.
Senator Covington, dissecting the
call for the extra session, declared
that the convict lease system had been
abolished Is years ago. He said the
governor wanted to get off the peni-
tertiary board so that he could COM
plete his political power by naming
board himself, but he had never
asked to be relieved from many other
boards of which he was a member. He
said the governor by holding up the
general appropriation bill, had forced
the employees of the state to borrow
money to meet their grocery bills, as
they had not been paid for two
months. THE governor" said he, "is
the most expensive political asset the
state has had since 1888, and he has
called us back here at enormous eX-
pense to enact laws that will only
crafty his own personal ambition.
The call for the |. and R. enabling
act he denounced as bombast, and
said the governor was inconsistent be-
cause every bill he had had passed had
the emergency clause so that it was
taken out of the hands of the people.
He said that he could run for COVER
nor himself and defeat Donaghey for
a third term. "There never was
more useless and needless session than
this, and from everywhere comes the
call, adjourn and come home 1t is
an outrage being perpetrated in the
name of duty" He said the bill for
the completion of the state capitol is
for $747,000, and not $672,000 as al
ways printed.
He was followed by President To
ney along the same lines. He said
that every one of 200 people at Pine
Bluff had told him to adjourn and
come home. He said that his hand is
in the peoples pocket for So a day,
but he did not put it there and is
ready to withdraw it. He said that
he had voted for the governors $751;
900 bill for heating the capitol, "but,
said he, 81 challenge him to point to
a single thing he has ever done Tor
me. | am not here to retaliate upon
the governor, but to serve the people.
l owe him nothing and he owes me
nothing. | never asked him for ia
vor and never will. | would not hit
back, although he made an unwar-
ranted attack upon me as president.
l want this resolution passed to kill
two bills, one taxing notes and mort
cages, which | understand the COVER
nor wrote, and is most tyrannical
bill. The other is the revenue bill
which will take from the people the
last vestige of their rights in tax col
lections. This is the most unpopular
session that ever assembled on the
face of the earth, and we should adj
journ and go home"
Senator Friedell said the time had
come when they must stop spending
the peoples money and go home.
There is no excuse for this session"
said he, "only to give the governor
more political prestige"
Senator CarlLee, opposing the reso-
luton, accused those who had spoken
for it, Of dealing in cheap, dirty poll
ties rather than attempting to solve
the problems that concern the people.
The lack of corresponding benefits in
the session is due to the tactics of
those who violate their responsible
ties, spend $2,700,000 without provid-
ing the means of meeting it and leave
the state $800,000 in debt. He con-
demned the tendency to criticise the
governor for doing that which they
had failed to do-take care of the
state and save it from bankruptcy.