The Mena weekly star., 1913-01-23
LUNDY TO SERVE
 ON 5 CON|TTEES
Chairman of Agricultural - Neal Gets Resolution Through Memo raiizing Congress to Abolish
 National Forests in State.

Little Rock, Jan. 21.-president Oldham of the senate has complet- ed his list of committee assign ments, and today announced the permanent committees for the ses- sion.
 Senator Elmer J. Lundy of Polk county was appointed chairman of the important committee on agri- culture, and will serve on the com mittees on judiciary, rules, state capitol and education. The ju- dietary and the state capitol are considered especially important.
 The leading feature of the gen. eral assembly Tuesday was the first biennial message of Governor Joe T. Robinson.
 This lengthy and interesting document went to the assembly, men in joint session at o'clock.
 This being his first state docu- ment" to the lawmakers, it was re- ceiVed with unusual interest.
 The United States senatorial pPi- mary resolution, which was defeat ed in the senate by margin of one vote, was not brought up again Tuesday, Notice was given the senate Monday afternoon that a motion would be made to recon sider the first vote at some future date, which was left open.
 Friends of Governor Robinson declare they can defeat the pass age of the resolution if it is again brought forward.
 The Political Fireworks.
 The senatorial situation is still the paramount one among the pol iticians. The Robinson forces de- clare they are losing no ground by the delay
 Had the senate completed it's or ganization on its opening day the test of strength on the senatorial situation would have come at noon today. It will not come until a week from today.
 Tuesday morning opponents of Governor Robinson were declaring they had pulled enough votes" away from him to defeat his elec- ton on the first ballot.
 An opposition straw vote" was reported as follows: Robinson 54; Brundidge, IS; NOrwood, 25; Kirby, 3.
 Robinson people, when shown these figures, smiled and declared they were circulated for effect" All sorts of straw votes" are re- ported, but none of them can be regarded as an actual size up" of the situation.
 As to LaWmaking.
 Several bills were tossed into the house and senate hoppers during Tuesday, Many of them are not of statewide importance.
 In the senate there was quite a debate over a resolution to appoint an additional stenographer at $4 per day, the appointee to act as general committee clerk. One sen ator made a lengthy argument against the resolution, arguing in favor of economy.
 During Monday afternoon a bill to pay newspapers for printing constitutional amendments adver- tised since the last session was in- troduced. It carries an appropria- ton of over S75,000.
 The house Tuesday morning adopted a resolution by Mir. Neal memoralizing congress to abolish the forest reserves in Arkansas, de- claring them to be a detriment to the neighborhood where located and that the forest reserve officers are overbearing, opposed to the settler and anxious to keep the country a wilderness by reporting against all claims, whether good or bad"
 Local bills were passed for the election of road oyerseers in Pope county; to change the date of hold ing chancery court in Clark county; for school fund depositary in Franklin county, and to quiet title to certain lands in Grant county.
 Measures introduced Tuesday morning were:
 By Mir. Beard, proposed constitu- tional amendment increasing the maximum school tax from~7 to 10 mills.
 By MT. Hays, 10 appropriate Sl0,000 out of the auto license fund for silver service for the battleship Arkansas.
 The Texarkana ten-mile law was called up, read once and placed on the calendar, MT. Josephs explain ing that he wanted all parties to have a hearing on it.