Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-02-05
'NO RESURRECTION l DE CAPITOL MATTER Only Two Senators Vote to Go Into Caldwell & Drake
 Controversy.
HILLS FEE AT $25,0O0
Proposed Payment of $50,OOO for Con- ducting Rate Case Cut in TwO-GO- @s $ ing Calls Up Newberry Bill to
 Correct Clerical Error.
Little Rock, Jan. 4--tso definite was

Little Rock, Jan. 4--lso definite was the stand taken by the senate this Afternoon against again going into the Caldwell & Drake controversy, a resolution offered for that purpose being defeated 29 to 2, that it will handy come before the senate sec ond time this session.
 .' The balance of the afternoon ses- sion was taken up in the, considera ton of the amendments to the Moore and Calvert bill appropriating $5O,- GOO to compensate Judge Joseph M.' Hill of Fort Smith for services rendered in the rate litigation. The Ruff amendment to reduce this figure to $10,O00 was lost, after which the Burgess amendment fixing the fee at $25,000 was adopted The bill was then made a special order for Mon day morning.
 As though determined not to per init a day to pass without some de- bate on the liquor question, Senator Going just before. adjournment called for H. B. 22S, mystic words which bring all senators to attention" This is the Newberry prohibition biz Senator Going stated he only desired to amend the bill, as it was amend ed Wednesday,. and for the first time in the session, the prohihitionists were on the defensive. Senator Going explained that he was not try ing to take advantage of anyone. but "a clerical error had been made in the amendment. of "Wednesday, so that the secc1d section of the bill alone was changed so that the, bill became eff fective Jan. i, 1916 instead of June 1, 1915. Permission was finally given for the withdrawal of the Wednesday amendment and the adoption of one which changes the date through the entire bill.
 The only bill introduced in the afternoon was one by Senator Harris creating a road improvement district in Monroe county to construct ma cadam road across the country to be- come a part of the Memphis-Little Rock highway.
 The Agriculture committee of the senate returned favorable report on . the Eedmondson bill to require newspapers to state the price of printing under act No. B. at the head of the article.
 The senate had one other little clash in the morning over the Bunch hill providing for change of venues in corporation suits. This bill per mits the plaintiff to take change of venue in order to get a case away from the county in which the cor
 poration is a resident. It was argued ] that this would create great hard ,ship on the small corporations and would burden the. dockets of the rural courts until the costs of a ses- sion of court would bankrupt the
 county Ihe object of the bill is |,
 get the case out of tne county where ! the corporation, has great influence as in stfeet railway cases, which are .fiiow tried in the domicile of tsf corporation. The bill passed wit! {; only four dissenting votes, two o them being cast by the senators from Pulaski county.
 The senate, passed the bill b. Z Senator Smith of Union setting aside 7 S55 O0O of the funds collected 1T January and February from insur- ance taxes, for expenses of the leg islatiye session The effect of this < bill is to prevent the insurance coz paniss from paying their taxes II 2 swnrrant5 issued OH tue generaT rsve sa,ie fund. which warrants have besz sssijj,dIgehaaed At a discount, and sreal