The Spectator., 1915-03-05
During the discussion of the ren.~sl

propriation was for 32,4OO salary for the deputy commissioner. Senator Greenhouse asked what were the du- ties Of this official and Deputy McMa. hon, who happened to be in the Senate Chamber, walked up in front of Sena- tor Greathouse's seat and said some thing to him. Senator Greenhouse called for the arms. declar- ing that the official had insulted him. A minute 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 sal ary of the deput; but as 1t was ad- mitted that the motion was aimed at the man and not at the office, it was defeated. The maintenance of the of- flee Was then reduced from the s2,OOo asked to $500.
 Commissioner J. C. Clary of the Labor Department came into the Senate chamber and announced to sev- eral senators that he had summarily discharged his deputy and asked that S2,000 be placed in his maintenance fund for stenographer hire. This was not done. but he was allowed $1,000. Later, after he had been discharged by Commissioner Clary, McMahon ap- nQqrp6 n ently annoyed the Speaker in attempt ing to talk to him on the stand that MT. Sawyer called the sergeant-at-arms to put him out. MT. McMahon left the chamber and few minutes later had an altercation with Sergeant-at-Arms Wooten. who struck him, because of alleged offensive language McMahon used toward him. In the lobby of the Hotel Marion that evening he made of. fensive remarks to Senator John Ike Moore, who struck him with his cane, and McMahon then left the hotel
 M. J. McMahon was appointed dep- uty commissioner in 1913, and Con- missioner Clary says of him:
 MT McMahon was a competent and loyal official. l have nothing to say against him personally I must admit he failed to understand that I was the head of the Bureau of Labor Sta tistics and was responsible for the ad. ministration of it's affairs, Some of my policies failed to meet with his ap- proval. One of them was to permit the legislature to pursue its own course in the enactment of laws for the state. I objected to his lobbying. but he paid no attention to my pro- tests against his activity in that direc- ton. The department represents all the laboring people of the state. It is required to enforce such provisions of labor laws as directed by the acts of the legislature of the subject and there it's function ceases The labor organizations have committee to look after legislation in the interests or labor. and it is no part of the De partment of Labor to do so."
 The house looks with favor upon a bill Introduced by Representative Je- ter, providing for the removal of the State Reform School to a better loca- ton, on tract of farming land not 10 exceed 200 acres It also provided that the name of the institution be changed to the Boys Industrial School or the State of Arkansas The proper ty now being used by the institution i3 to be converted into the Girls In- dustrial School of Arkansas. An ap- propriation of S5t.J00 is provided for carrying into effect the provisions for the Boys School. and S20.0OO for rhe Girls School. Both schools shall be under the control of the Penitentiary Commission. The cottage plan shall be followed strictly. In addition to re- quirements under the present law, now governing the State Reform school. 1t is provided that special at. tention be given by the Commission to the industrial feature of the school to the end that agriculture. science. or some useful trade or vocation may be taught each child, also that literary training be given them. The receipts from the sale of all products in ex. cess of the cost of running the insti- tution shall be applied to the needs of the school. Children may be received from the other states upon the pay ment of a reasonable fee The bill was adopted in Committee of the Whole. and returned with a favorable recommendation.
 Whittling here and there almost a day, the Senate cut $42,692 from the general appropriation bill Monday, then either put back items or made other changes until the appropriation exceeded the bill originally introduc- ed by Sl.1SS. The appropriation rec. commended by the Budget Committee exceeded that of 1913 for all denart