The log cabin Democrat., 1915-03-02
SENATE WORKS ON
 APPROPRIATIONS
M'MAHON LOSES HIS JOB
DEPUTY LABOR COMMISSIONER TRIES TO MAKE SPEECH
 IN SENATE.

Little Rock, March Whittling here and there almost all day, the Senate cut $42, 1892 from the general appropriation bill Monday, then either put back items or made other changes until the appropriation exceeded the bill originally introduced by S1188. The appropriation recommended by the budget committee exceeded that of 1913 for all departments of the state government by $20o,000, it called for an expenditure of $814,360.
 In the forenoon session, by remov- ing clerk from the office of inc state auditor, another from the office of the secretary of state, cutting S3,- "Zz from the auditors printing fund. 5000 from the printing fund of the state superintendent of public instruc- ton, as we'll as $500 from the postage fund, and $1,500 from two travelne expense fund, the appropriation had been reduced by ,047.
 The afternoon session began by tak- ing a typewriter appropriation of SS5 and $1 ,000 from the printing fund of the tax commission. No change was made in the treasurer's appro- prlation, and the travelling expense fund of the railroad commission was increased $l,000 because the bill pending to prevent them from accept ing free railroad transportation is expected to become a law The his tory commission items were all adopt ed and an additional allowance of $25O for travelling expenses as well
 Then came the big item of the afternoon, or of the week, ending in the discharge of M. J. McMahon as deputy labor commissioner and the reduction of the $2,000 maintenance item of this department to $500 The first item in this appropriation was for $2,400 salary for the deputy commissioner. Senator Greenhouse asked what were the duties of this official and Deputy McMahon, who happened to be in the senate chamber walked up in front of Senator Great houses seat and said something to him. Senator Greenhouse called for the sergeant at arms, declaring that the official had insulted him. A min ute later Deputy McMahon was on the stand beside Senator Bush, who was in the chair presiding over the senate as committee of the whole, and started to make an address to the senate. Senator Moore of Phillips stopped him and ordered McMahon down. A motion was then made to strike from the appropriation the salary of the deputy, but at is was admitted that the motion was aimed at the man and not the office, it was defeated. The maintenance of the office was then reduced from the $2,- 000 asked to $500.
 Instead of general reduction in the state highways department as was anticipated, the salary of the asss- tant engineer was boosted from $2,- 400 to $3,000, and though the salary of four clerks was cut out, two of these were later replaced, and the only reduction was in cutting off 1000 from the postage fund.-
 Commissioner J. c. Clary of the Labor department came into the senate chamber and announced to several senators that he had sum- marilly discharged his deputy and asked that $2,00 be placed in his maintenance fund for stenographer hire. This was not done but he was allowed $1,000. The tax commission was also given back the amount taken from it's printing fund.
 In this form the committee of the whole reported the bill back to the senate with the recommendation that it do pass"
 The senate also considered in a committee of the whole the appro- priation for the medical college of the University of Arkansas, which went through unchanged. The appropria- tion for the maintenance of the tuber- culosis sanatorium suffered only one reduction, a $500 item for road work.