The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1913-02-27
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toward the preservation of the old
state house; no provision is likely to
be made for the participation of the
state in the San Francisco exposition
in 1915. No radical provision of the
laws of taxation and assessment is
probable.
The state capitol has cut less of a
figure in this session than it has for
10 years. The Caldwell & Drake con-
troversy did not make its appearance
until the fifth week of the session.
when an arbitration bill was introduc-
ed in the senate, providing for an in
vestigation of the whole issue between
the state and the former contractors
by the supreme court. Caldwell e.
Drake claims the state owes them a
large amount, while the state has a
counter-claim that more than bal
ances.
Senator Moore has introduced a
bill appropriating nearly half a mil
lion dollars from the capitol fund, al
ready in the treasury and being col
lected, for the purpose of completing
and furnishing the building( and an
effort will be made to put this
through so that the capitol commits
sion may proceed with its work.
There has been some agitation of the
purchase of the two blocks of ground
in front of the capitol to be added to
the grounds, but no bill has been in
troduced yet for that purpose
One of the hardest fights yet made
is to secure the enactment of an ade-
quate game protection bill Several
have been introduced, and all of them
have been frowned upon by the COM
mittee. Numerous local protection
bills have been passed, for the protec-
lion of fish, squirrels, quail, etc, in
various counties, but no general bill
has gotten beyond second reading.
The McIlheny bill, the most careful
y prepared of them all, has a linger-
ing chance of success, since it has
been amended to provide that it shall
De absolutely self-sustaining, and that
40 obligations incurred under it shall
De a claim against the state. A strong
effort has been made to convince the
members of the necessity Of the de-
)artment, but there has been an abid-
ng prejudice on the part of many, be
'ause they imagined its only purpose
vas to create a job for some one.
1t is now almost certain that
state banking department will be ere
lted. After a fight lasting over half
A day in the senate, the association
ill, introduced by Grant of jackson
md Colvin of Perry, was passed, af-
er the defeat of the Davis, Baxter bill
which carried the guaranty feature.
n the senate an effort to amend the
Grant Colvin bill by adding the guar
lnty feature was voted down, and the
ill is in fair way now for passage
md approval The effect of the law
will be to standardize banking, pro
yide for a thorough system of inspec-
ion and cut out the wildcat institu-
ions which rob the credulous custom
sr, and are a menace to the honest
But the guaranty feature will not
Town so readily. 1t was defeated by
4 very close margin in the house.
Former Representative R. S. War
neck of Magnolia, himself president
IF bank, is one of the most ardent
advocates of deposits guaranty in the
state. He was present when the Dav-
s-Colvin bill, which is really his own,
was defeated and at once announced
MS purpose of taking it to the people
next year under the initiative. He de-
,lared that he is determined the peo-
pie shall have voice in the matter.
Last year he initiated the bill with
over $4,000 names, but it was not sub
mitted to the people because the petit
ton was held by the attorney general
to be defective, as the full text of the
proposed law was not printed on ev-
cry sheet in the petition. Not only
does Mr.. Warnock say that he pro-
poses to initiate the act again, but his
friends are urging him to become a
candidate for governor, so that he
may advocate it on the stump as one
of the principal planks in mis- plat
form. He has taken this under con
sideration.
Thomas Brooks Fletcher has haan