Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-02-26
Opponents of Sawyer Meas ure Remove Last Obstacle
 to Enactment of Bill.
TREAT VARSITY WELL
Efforts of EdmOndson. Going and Other Senators to Greatly Curtail Appropriations FaiI-HarrOd Els.
 state Will Receive $55,OOO.

Little Rock, Feb. 25-Removing the last obstacle, the proponents of the Sawyer Hot Springs racing bill this afternoon put through an am endmenr 10 the rules under which the senate has been working, by which the majority rules on all subjects, and today this bill is due to pass. Supporters of the measure declare they have Is sure votes, which is a majority, and may muster p by the time the roll is called. It is admit ted that the bill has majority, even by it's opposition. There was no de- bate on the resolution either, and is was adopted 21 to 12
 Practically all of this afternoon 'n in the senate was consumed in the consideration of the University of Arkansas appropriation, four sec tions of which were adopted in committee of the whole without amendment The battle axe brigade was there, but it came from strange quarters, Senator L. C. Going lead ing, with Senator Edmondson kick ing in with strong bass on the chorus. Senators Smith of Union and Hamilton of Ouachita were also with the wielders of tfe pruning knife.
 On the first item, $10,000 for coz lege of arts and sciences Senator Ed mcndson proposed a reduction to $500O, and was voted down. The maintenance item for the school of education and department of philo .sophy, $1,600, and for maintenance of the college of engineering, $14,000, were adopted over opposition from the carriers of the battle axes.
 The first item in Section 5, ap- propriating S1,500 for improving the campus, building walks and mainten- ance, met with most determined op- position, Senator Toler joining with the others to lead it. After the ef- forts to cut out entirely had failed, an effort was made to reduce to $1 ,O0O and that too failed. The ST. GOO item for engineer, fireman and helpers survived an effort to reduce to $5,OO0; and the whittlers then tried to make $10.O00 worth of fuel do, instead of $15,000, but they failed again. The $1,500 for salary of matron of boys dormitory; $500 for assistant; $1,200 for matrOn of girls dormitory, and $500 for housekeeper; $500 for furniture and maintenance at the girls dormitory, $1,000 for the same at the boys dormitory, $7,O4o for insurance and $2,0O0 for lnffrm- ary equipment and maintenance, went by easily, with Senator Ed mondson advocating them all.
 The fight was renewed on the item for library, books and magazines, s2O0O, and those who argued that the budget committee had cut to point where there could be no fur ther reduction, won out. They showed that the appropriation asked was some s1S,OOO less than that of two years ago, and thought the assembly should be willing to let it go at that. The battle axers fought the $1,3O0 item for catalogue, $2,OO0 for print ing and stationery, $500 for girls gymnasium, but let the $500 for mill- tary department pass un-opposed.
 Senator Edmondson said he was Ill earnest when it came to opposing the $1OO0 travelling expenses for profes- sor of secondary education, but the senate adopted it. He passed the Sl'- 800 for secretary to president ana endeavored to reduce the $llO,OOo salaries for college of arts and scl- ence. college of engineering ana school of education, to $7o,o00, los- ing as usual. He sought to r2duce the $1,20O postage fund to $500, to strike out the $12,O0O student labor fund, to cut to 5000 the repair" and carnenter fund, and strike out en- tirelv the $2,000 for the summer school. but changed his tactics, alter heinz voted down on all of them. en- deayoring to increase the Y. M. C. A. fund to $2,OOO instead of $1oO. lie was vanquished again, as was Dr. H. E Ruff, who undertook to increase inc Y. w, c. A. item from $7oO to s1 GOO. senator Calvert undertook to make an additional appropriation or 5000 for boilers. but fallea. Ins ne only change made was to reserve the student labor fund for resldent s'u- dents of Arkansas, ...
 Senator Bush announced the Wlth- drawal of his libel bill.
 The senate this afternoon also nassed the Yam bill legalizlng the re-issuance of bonds i'll the Wni'e river levee district, concurred Tn the amendment to the Harris Monroe county road bill, and refused to con chr in house amendments to the Bush bill requiring the Iron Noun tain to remove switch tracks from the streets of Prescott.
 Taboo Long Debate. Long winded debate was barred from future sessions of the senate Thursday morning through the adop- tion of the Going resolution limiting the length of speeches to ten 1nsnu- tes The res .,ution sought to pre- vent an extension of the time. or the
 privilege of speaking more than once on subject. unless unanimously agreed to by the senate. 1t also woulo liInaite the debate to two on each side 'By amendment the portion prevent. inc more than one speech by an! ' senator on single subject, was rs moved. and the majority rule substi Ntuted throughout. ,,..;,, The debate upon this resolutlot
 (yas lengthy, and while all agrsef
 l,at K. majority should always rue