Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-05-31
TONEY GOES AFTER
 THE GOVERNOR Makes Speech In Senate And Says He Owes Dona-
 ghey Nothing
TRUE TO HIS PEOPLE
Pine Bluff Friends Are Urging His To Come Home, He SayS-G0yer.
 nor Comments

ment of the Senate as it Was Monday afternoon.
 It all came up over resolution by Covington to adjourn sine die at noon Thursday, June 1, a resolution which condemned the call for the extra session as useless and with beneficial results
 Senators Covington and Toney bit terly attacked the governor for hav- ing called them back and impugned his motives, injecting more politics into the situation than had come so the surface before.
 Senators CarlLee and Turner led the opposition, defending the gover 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 greater honor could be given him than the censure and condemna- tion of Covington and Toney.
 Senator Covington, dissecting the call for the extra session, declared thas the convict lease system had been abolished IS years ago. He said the governor wanted to get off the peni- tentiary board so that he could con- plete his political power by naming board himself, but he had never asked to be relieved from any 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. s'The governor" said he, lis the most expensive political asset the state has had since 1536, and he has called us back here at enormous expense to enact laws that will only gratify his own personal ambition. The call for the l. & R. enabling class he denounced as bom- bast, and said the governor was i'm consistent because every bill he 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 governor himself and defeat Donaghey for a third term. "There never was a more useless and need less session than this, and from ev- erywhere comes the call, 'adjourp and come home.' It is an outrage being perperated in the name ot duty. He said the bill for .he completion of the state capitol is for $747,000 and not $672,ooO, as always printed ='i-+l 4'sz5
 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 coma home He said that his hand s in fhe peoples pocket for $S a day, but he did not put it there and is ready to withdraw it He said that he had vo.ed for the governor $75.. 900 bill for heating the capitol, but said he. T challenged him to point to single thing he has ever done for me l am not here to retaliate upon the governor bu. to serve the people. owe him nothing and he owes me nothing. I never asked him for a favor and never will. would not hit back although he made all unwar- ranted attack upon me as president. ! want this resolution passed to kill two bills, one taxing notes and mort gages. which I understand the gov ernor wrote, and is most tyrannical bill. The other is the revenue bill which will take from the people tie last vestige of their rights in tax col lections. This is the most unpopular session that has ever assembled on face of the earth and we should ad- journ and g, 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. 'ionly to give the governor more political prestige
 Senator CarlLee opposing the res olution, accused those who had spok- en for 1t, of dealing in cheap, dirty politics rather than attempting to solve the problems that concern the people The lack of corresponding benefits in the session is due t, the tactics ci those who violate their responsibilities spend $2.70oooo without provid:ng he