The Harrison times., 1911-04-29

against this increase in taxation
without shifting any of the ia,
burden, and it is not at all certain
that the Friedell bill will pass.
1t does not require an acute OBJ
server to see how the legislature has
been playing into the hands of Gov.
Donaghey. Its course is probabl,
doing more than anything else to
solve the question of his political fu-
ture, and will soon bring him from
his Sphinx.lite reserve He deplores
the defeat of the bradham- Hurst
bill, which, he says, would have pro-
duced more revenue, while placing
no additional burden of taxation
on the poor man. There were provis-
ions of the bill which made it impos-
sible for corporations and rich men
to avoid their proper share of tax
alton.
"As the matter has stood for
twenty years." says the governor,
men who have money and influence
are able to hire lawyers and get re-
ductions in their taxes. This prac.
tice is followed to such an extent
that in most communities of the
state, wealth is not taxed at more
than 20 or 80 percent of its value
The poor man is not able to hire
counsel, and has no influence with
equalization boards and county
judges and has to pay the bulk of
the taxes.
The enemies, however, of the bill,
alleged that it was too radical and
revolutionary and would have
greatly increased all taxes.
No PROHIBITION BILL.
AS has been predicted in this letter
heretofore, there is scarcely remote
chance for the passage of any gen
eral Prohibition bill by this session.
statewide, submission or otherwise
An administration bill was intro
duced last week by Speaker Milwee
and Representative Hardage, pro-
vding for the submission of the
question at the general election in
1912. This may pass the House,
which has already passed the Kersh
submission BILL but even the most
sanguine friends of Prohibition have
given up all hope that it or any
other similar bill will ever pass the
Senate. The upper house has clear
ly defined the position of the major
ity by its action and numerous local
Prohibition measures that are given
scant consideration, and has studi-
ously avoided placing itself on rec
ord squarely on general BILL
Other measures that threaten to
90 into the discard ar, ne Warnock
bills for repositories Of public funds
and for the regulation of banks;
calling a constitutional convention,
encouragement of outside capital,
building of an insane asylum annex,
preservation of the old state house,
repeal of the mine-run law and even
the bill for the completion of the
capitol, carrying 1000 and in
troduced at the eleventh hour, is
likely to have a rocky road to the
Governors desk. And that will be
only another invitation for Gov.
Donaghey to run for third term.
One evidence of the Senate's time
killing proclvities was the pas, age
Of the bill for the reduction of the
number Of representatives in the
House from 100 to rs, when they
knew all the time the House would
never pass it.
Among the measures recently pass
ed by the House are the following:
To appropriate $4,000 for the
reform school; $5S,000 for the sup
port of the agricultural experiment
station; $4,000 for the state guard,
annex to the insane asylum, $780,
600; support insane asylum, $42S,-
900; deficiency bill, $4,000. There
has been hard fight made by the
battle-ax brigade on the University
appropriation bill, carrying $31S,-
go, an effort being made to cut
down almost every item. The phys
les building, electric light plant, one
piano and $3.50 from the Y. M. {. A.
were cut out saving about $9S 600.
By a vote of 81 to 10, the house
Saturday went on record as being
in favor of letting the dead past
bury it's dead when the Russell reso-
luton permitting the G. A. X. of
Arkansas to erect a monument to
it's dead uDOn the capitOl grounds,