Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-06-18
NEWS NOTES
FROM THE CAPITAL

only as fevered dream, it is still
drawing upon the depleted treasury
of the state to the extent of 1912 IA
day, and will continue to do so for
20 days after the date of adjournment
Of the extra session on June 10. The
members of the journal and enroll
Ing committees and the attaches of
the Two houses are remaining for
that period to complete the journal
and enroll the four bills that were
passed by the extra session. This
is costing the state Sis a day for
the Senate and 1914 day for the
House. In addition to this per diem.
the state must pay extra 10 cents per
hundred words for the transcribing
OF the journals. The 1909 House
journal cost $902.S5 and the Senate
journal 1884. The journals of 1911
will cost more than that amount.
At the beginning of the regular
session, the Legislature appropriated
100000 for mileage and per diem,
The two sessions cost $4,000 By
the time the hold-overs have finished
and departed for their homes, there
will probably be as much as $1,000 to
cover beck into the treasury.
Politicians Busy.
The echoes of the Legislature have
not died away until we can almost
hear the opening guns of the next
campaign. All the big guns of Ark
ansas politics will probably be heard
at the third annual railroad picnic
to be held on the Saline river one
mile from Benton, June 81. This
picnic, given by the railroad orders
Of Little Rock, has rapidly developed
into one of the biggest things of its
kind in the state.
U. S. Senator Jeff Davis, Hon S.
Brundidge, Gov. G. w. Donaghey, Atty.
Gen. Hal L. Norwood, Congressman
Joe T. Robinson and Hon. Lewis
Rhoton are among those who have
been invited to attend and deliver
addresses and practically all have ac-
cepted and agreed to attend. The
committee in charge announces that
politics will not be barred, and that
no restrictions whatever will be plac-
ed upon the speakers as to what they
discuss. Each man will have full
permission to boost his own candidacy
all he wants to- and there is much
speculation as to whether the Gov
ernor Will have decided by that time
what he will be a candidate for.
There were 10000 at the 1910 picnic,
and arrangements are being made
this time for $4,000.
Compiling Acts.
The Secretary of State is busily
engaged on the compilation and pub
LEGATION of the acts of the Legisla-
ture There is total of 476 acts
for both sessions, compared with AIT
for the session of 1909. The last
book contained 1914 pages, and the
present acts would run at least 1900
pages if printed in one volume
Foreseeing this, however, the House
by resolution of Representative New
ton, directed the Secl etary of State
to print the general acts in one vol
ume and the special and private acts
in another.
Helps Revenue Fund.
The general revenue fund yesterday
received $2SS from one corporation
for en increase in it's capital stock
The H ID. Williams Cooperage Co, OF
Leslie, has increased it's capital tc
$4,000. The amount used in Ark
ansas is increased from 100000 &c
$4SS,000. This cooperage plant, the
principal industry of Leslie, is the
largest plant of the kind in the world
and its produce is shipped to eve,y
nation under the sun.
Governor Economical.
The emergency caluse was not
attached to the bill passed by the
exit q session pIONlulHS LOT luS re-
nloval of the Supreme Court and the
StSte Treasury to the new capitol
1t will not therefore become effective
until about the middle of September
Gov. Donaghey says this amount is
too much, as $4,000 would have been
sufficient for the removal of the two
departments. He expects them to use
The old furniture, just as the other
departments are doing, until such
time as sufficient appropriation may
be made for the complete furnishing
,ef I'll the, departments in keeping
with tie dignity of the capitol. He
thinks * would be unfair to the
others to Sit up these two departments
sumptuolely at this line while the
oilers continue with bare floors and
wsrn.out chairs and Tables 1t is