Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-05-11
LEGISLATIVE DAYS
ARE NUMBERED
House Refuses to Change the
Management of the State
University
BILLS ARE TABLED
Governor Disappointed When House
Tables Measure to Condemn Pro-
perry In Front of Capitol

Little Rock, May 10.-With only a
day and half of the Legislative ses-
sion left, there is little chance for
anything to be accomplished Of ere2t
moment in these remaining hours.
All of the appropriation bills are in
good shape, and for the most part in
the hands of the Governor, who has
twenty days after adjournment for
their consideration.
Hundreds of bills will die on she
calendars of the two houses, but SOME
of them are being tabled Or otherwis
killed Since yesterday no new bills
can be introduced, and Saturday fore
neon is. not expected to be a day for
the transaction of-any great amount
of business. Nearly everybody is
weary with the long strain Of tbs
protracted session, and even the Re
union will be insufficient ID induce
many to stay over next week
The House Tuesday afternoon re-
fused to table bill by Davis, of co'-
umbia, Il, change the management OF
the University of Arkansas, and tnan
defeated the bill by vote Of Sc ayes
AZ noes. Mr. Hurst supported the bill
and incidentally defended President
Tillman from ihsinuations that had
been made in Mr.. Titles celebrates
speech that the President had beer
influenced by the liquor interests to
stop making prohibition speeches. H..
said Mr.. Little had been misinfoTned
The bill was opposed by Messrs Grant
end Ragon. Mr.. Grant declared that
the bill was introduced for the sole
purpose of making a thrust at Hen.
Gus Jones, CT Jackson county, men,
Der Of the present board Of trustees.
The bill, providing fer the aprnfnt-
ment by the governor of board .'on-
sisting of one member from each con-
gressionsi district, and its true pur-
pose, said Mr.. Grant, is not TO take
the University out Of politics but to
enable five members to expel a men,
Der.
Tie House tabled bill appropriate
ing $500 for the purpose of main
tanning a correspondence course in
agriculture at the University.
BY majority of one, the House
tabled a bill for the condemnation and
purchase of the two blocks of ground
in front of the new capitol, to be add.
ed to the capitol grounds. Later,
Gov. Donaghey expressed deep regret
at this action of the House, and said
that he would be one of $50 men to
donate 800 each toward the purchase
of the property.
Only the cpportune adjournment in
the midst of great eXcitemen. pre-
vented the Keel bill providing for the
levying of taxes for the state govern
ment from being tabled. Intense Up
position to the bill was manifest to-
ward the bill as soon as its number
was called, although the supporters
Of thu measure were az parently as
rumerous and certainly as earnes: IN
fighting for j.r passasa TIL, ell
III administration measure au:1 III
ing the State Auditor to certify out
such levy of taxes as may be neces-
sary to raise the required revenue,
was offered as means of partially
solving the financial problem. Mr..
Ragon moved to table.
The House passed bill by Mr.. Nc
Laughlin requiring dead hogs to be
burned or buried in Garland county.
In the Senate, the bill for the COM
pletion of the state capitol took ZIP
the afternoon, in committee of the
whole without much progress except
the development of considerable op-
position. Numerous amendments were
offered and voted down, the friends
CT the message declaring that at this
late date. an amendment meant tse
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