The Harrison times., 1911-06-10
NUMBER 4e.

able that the revised Bradham-
Hurst bill. which has already passed
the Senate by vote OF Is to 8, will
become a law. No measure has
been more thoroughly discussed. 1t
is a complete revision of the tax sys-
tenn of the state. and should il ac-
compli>h what its supporters and
the Tax ommiSSlon predict, 1t will
put Arkansas ION its feet - again
financially. 1t is expected that so
radical is the change it will be
found necessary to amend it later,
but the basis of a more desirable sys-
TEN will be established and the state
NAV again be enabled to live within
it's revenue.
The Leg stature, it appears, will
also pass an enabling act vitalizing
the Initiative and Referendum, the
bill appropriating 100000 to re-
move the state treasury and the
Supreme Court to the new capitol.
the bill approppiating Sl2,5Oo to
appeal the rate cases to the Supreme
Court Of the United States, and
some kind of a bill dealing with the
pcnitentiary management
How DoNAGHEY USED THE Ak
Gov. Donaghey used the AK vigor-
ously on the appropriation bills, be-
ing confronted with the necessity of
making the expenditures of the state
government come within its resour-
ces. The Legislature had made
enormous appropriations without
:, providing adequate revenue, and
this was the only thing which made
an extra session necessary,
These appropriations aggr, gated
= 50, 500, 700 40, and the governor
proceeded to cut down the it~ms to
the amount Of $575, 100, as follows;
Geological survey $500, militia
$72O, reform school, $12,500, Uni
versity of Arkansas $685. ,450, Agri-
cultural Experiment station S2O,-
800, State Normal $4,000. Branch
Normal $1,000, tuberculosis sani-
tarium $23, 900, Board of Educa-
tion $4,000, four agricultural
schools $137,0S9, general bill $lO1,-
200, charitable institutions $31 500.
insane asylum 100000 (for annex J
All the additional clerical help pro-
vided for the various departments
was vetoed, including two men in
the governors s office. There is not a
department or institution Of the
state that has not felt the heavy
hand If the veto, The state land
office lost four men, leaving only the
Commissioner and his deputy.
Commissioner Dye says it will be
impossible to run the office with
such q force but the governor says
he thinks two men enough The
governor says he fully realized that
he would be condemned and critized
for his course, but that a desperate
situation demanded desperate
remedies and someone had to apply
the pruningknic The Legislature
would not, and he was compelled to
do so in order to avert financial
diastcr greater than that which now
f controntS the state with a half
million deficit An effort will be
, made to pass somc Of the :.ems oyer.
the governors veto, a bill having
already beeu introduced by Senator
Dill to provide for the University.
The Grand Jury investigation Of
the charges of bribery in the Senate,
, started by representative Little of
Mississippi county, was resumed
: this week, a large number OF wit
. nesses having been subpoenaed. 1t
is understood that Mr.. Little's test
imony did not Yield anything very
definite upon which to base criminal
proceedings. 1t is further under
stood that more definite informa-
tion has been secured from others.
There is little probability, however,
that any indictments will result
from the present investigation, for
it appears that there is very little of
a tangible nature upon which to
predicate actionable charges of cor
ruption.