Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-02-06
Bill Introduced By Rainey to Pay Pfeifer S.one
 Go. Is Tabled.
USED ON THE CAPITOL
Senator Moore Opposed the Bill Saying ii il is Paid Caldwell and
 Drake 'inSt Ike Paid.

Little Rock, Feb. 1.-The pralihi nary heat in the Cal(lNell X Drake handicap was run Il the Spna'e this afternoon, and Senator John Ike Moore, who is also m mber of ,le State Canjol Commission, came out victorious by he indefin tc post ponement of further eonside at on nf the D II inu oducel by Ser3tor Ranny Bat esyille a balance due of $6,975 75 for stone furnished for use in the Capitol building.
 Senator Raney stated t,se bill had been introduced by him by request, and thought it ought go to a com m tee to be considered ill full. Sen ato4 Moore announced this was but an opening wedge for the claim to be presented Ly Cal'INell X Drake for an alleged balance due for work on the Capitol and if the State paid the Pfeifer claim, it would have many other Caldwell & Drake debts to pty. He moved an inlefin te postpone ment and Senator Covington offered as substitute that lse Moore motion | be tabled.
 COyingtOn Fay0rs Payment A lengthy and mpassioned speech was made by Senator Covington in which he asked why the sta%e had not sued Caldwell & Drake upon ts bond, and stating that the contractor, had been denied the right 70 com plete their contract by man who has since been repudiated by the Deo- pie of the state. Senator Covington con; ended that an individual would be forced to pay his debts, and tae State should do the same. He sa d an in definite postponement meant the turn I ing of deaf ear to the claim of the Pfeifer Stone Company. Senator Coving.on pleaded for an investigs- 1 tion, saying he wanted to see what Harmon l.. Remmel and George w. Donaghey of the State Capitol Com m 'ission had done. He said he was not i'll favor of anyone having any thing from the Stato not entitled to, but he would like to see the state pay 1 its obligations.
 Senator Jacobson stated that the Caldwell & Drake claim had not been ! left to the board of arbitration sltg- gested by Gov. Donaghey dur ng the 1 legislative session two years sgo be- cause he desired to name the Board and then require the contractors to file a bond to abide by its decisions. He claimed the sYate had held back $69, ,OOO of the money earned, by the contractors, and had ssued vouchers for $19 9,0OO which were never cashed. The Senator stated he felt as though he was threading on stolen property every time he entered the Capitol building. He read at intervals from a prihmphlet, and when asked what it was, admitted it was a. statemer
 which Caldwell & Drake intended to place before the Senate. In this is statement that the contractors had to mortgage their private property 10 pay claims for labor performed on the State Capitol.
 Limitation Act May Bar Payment
 The statute of linn tations should run against the Pfefer claim was the contention of Senator CarlLee, who stated the state was in need of prOtec- tion along this line more than the in- div dual. He stated the stone con i tractors claim was against Caldwell
 & Drake, and not against the State and that. it was not offered to the legislature two years ago. Senator Moore asked if the contractors were not paid on the material every 30 | days, and Senator CarlLee admitted this was h s understanding, by which question, Senator Moore inferred the contractors had received payment for this stone, furnished six years ago. Senator Covington asked if Senator CarlLee would present claim at a time he knew t would not be consid cred. and Senator Jacobson asked that if it had been presented and act | .-~