Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-05-13
GOVERNORS PLEA
TO MEMBERS
Calls Representatives Into
His Office and Strongly
Criticises Actions,
WANTS BILL PASSED
Legislature Has Passed No Revenue
Bill and You Have But 4S Hours
Left" He Says.


Little Rock, Ark, May 12-"In the
name of God Almighty, men what do
you intend doing?
what do you intend shall become
of the state? This bill is the states (
only salvation
Governor George W. Donaghey
used emphatic language yesterday
afternoon when he called the MEM
bers of the lower house of the Ark
ansas legislature into his reception
room to urge upon them the necessity
Of passing the Keel revenue bill.
"nhere is absolutely no revenue law
passed By this Legislature, the gov
ernor said, "and you have only 4s
hours left The entire citizenship of
the state is awaiting your action on
tomorrow. The maintenance Of the
insane asylum, the state university,
the normal seh}ool, the agricultural
schools, the Confederate veterans
home depends upon your action. The
only measure which can possibly as
sist, I understand, has met with scant
courtesy at your hands. 1t has been
told me that the bill escaped tabling
yesterday only by your adjournment.
This morning you refused to- advance
the bill to its third reading.
;. "This bill is absolutely the only
salvation The Senate has no other !
revenue bill pending and the house
has no substitute Do you intend ad
journing without making provision for
the revenue of the state? It is in
my power I know, to call an extra
session, but it would be absolutely
useless to do so if you refuse to pass
the Kel1 bill tomorrow I am abso-
lutely powerless to act if you defeat
that measure, but if you do defeat it
I shall cut every appropriation to fit
the revenue. | give you my word of
honor that I shall leave this office
forever before I consent to put the !
state on a scrip basis
49, Governor Speaks Plainly.
The goveI NOR commended the action
of Attorney Dave Gates in working
for the bill declaring that he was in
the interest of the state and an agent
Of the state.
He condemned the action of the
house in the rapid tabling Of some of
tho last measures and said" "A man
told me only today that he had voted
to table bin without knowing what
1t contained. This is no time for ac-
ton like that. Some Of the most i'm
portant legislation is still pending"
Referring to the bill for the con-
domination of the two blocks in front
of the capitol which had been tabled
in the house the day before he said,
J ''Whi1e this bill was not of the utmost
importance, it would have been of
great value to the state. That land
would have been an extremely good
asset. Had it been purchased in five
a dollar and half for every dollar
Of the purchase price. 1 have not in
sisted upon it, and had it passed, if
I had found after a careful considera-
ton of the finances that the purchase
was not advisable, I would have
vetoed It,"
The governor then declared his ap-
peal ended and asked that anyone in
doubt of any provisions of the bills
ask information. Attorney Gates, who
had drawn the revenue bill together
with the governor, answered several
questions from the legislators as to
the working of the measure, after
which the meeting broke up. The
Keel bill is on it's second reading and
will have to be read twice today for
passage. A motion to advance it ty
third reading yesterday was voted
down.