The Nevada County picayune., 1915-03-19
F|L|BUSTER ENDS
 HOUSE SESSION
BEESON OF CONWAY TALKS TO DEATH" BILL TO RESULTANT
 ACT NO. 3.
CLOSING HOURS IMPRESSIVE
Both Houses of Fortieth General As sembly Adjourn at Time Fixed
 By the Constitution.
Little Rock

The Fortieth General Assembly of
 Arkansas has passed into history II
 is conceded to be the most construc-
 tive session in many years. Singular i ty enOrgh. the House this time is rec ! ognized as the conservative body, l whereas that distinction usually be.
 longs to the Senate
 During the session 754 bills were i introduced. Of this number 272 were Senate bills and 4S2 were house meas ures. The total number of bills passed 1 by both houses was 340. Of these 12G
 N ere introduced in the Senate and 214 1 in the house. A total of 13S bills had i been approved by the governor when 1 the Legislature adjourned. The mum ] Der of bills passed that will become laws will be 33S unless some are ye- toed. Two of the bills which passed both houses. the racing bill and the 1 St. Francis levee election bill, ve- toed. and another. the state capitol ap- l propriation which passed both houses l but failed to become a law because l the house refused to accept the report 1 of the Conference Committee to rec l ommend the reCeding from certain ] amendments in which the Senate re ] fused to concur, chief among which vas the abolition of the present Capi 1 tol Commission.
 Of the bills approved, 55 are Sen ste and N3 house measures There are vet 206 bills passed to be approved or ! vetoed R the governor
 Representative Beeson of Conway i county. president of the Arkansas i Press Association. was the hero of the i Dramatic incident which closed the 1 business session of the House. It had
 cen agreed that the House would at l II o'clock conclude the consideration of bills and begin the closing exer- ises.
 At fo;40 o'clock Representative l Creswell of Stone called up Senate l iill No l39, by Edmonson, to resIe6
 it to the people the Publicity Act No 3 It was a general bill, but there ap.
 cared to be a number of the mem hers that were in favor of the pass
 ga Of the bill. and who were clamor- 'ng for a roll call. MT Beeson secured he floor and held it against all ef- forts to dislodge him. until the Speaker tapped the gavel at II o'clock and de- dared that the business session was | closed And the bill died" on the | calendar.
 The closing exercises in the Senate md House were extremely interesting and at the same time impressive. Just before adjournment both houses sang God Be With You Till We Meet Again, after various farewell speeches by retiring members. and ad- dresses of presentation of gifts to of tcials. employees and members Per laps the most affecting scene was in the Senate. when ]. Monroe Smith Of Ftnion county delivered his farewell address, which on account of his fee. tle condition. was read by Senator i Greenhouse. Senator Smith is an old Confederate Veteran, and was pre-. sented with gold,headed cane by ad. 1 iniring friends in the Senate The
 
 ent good will which prevailed among the members of both houses after the stormy debates of the session, in which personalities were freely in- duiSed in.
 Gov. Hays, within a few hours af- ter the adjournment of the Legisla ture, vetoed the bill providing for the 1 election of the Board of Directors of ; tho St Francis Levee District, and the reduction from 24 to 16. He said:
 ''l am in favor of the election by the people of directors of the St. Francis l bill would be one that could be ap. l proved by me, but after strenuous oh i iections to it were made, l called upon one of the bond attorneys in the city ] Of Little Rock. and also the attorney general, and their opinions, which CO., ] incided exactly, caused me to veto the measure.
 They said if the present bill be- came a law, the bonds of the St Fran. cis Lcvee District, amounting to $465,- i coo, authorized by this legislature ! could not be sold. for the reason that no one would have authority to issue or sign the bonds"
 l The bill was supported in the house l by eight of the nine members from the district and in the Senate by Senators
 Vann and Slaughter Senator Going 1 I>---~> ~-~--~--~---~7----~----~--