The Sentinel=record., 1915-03-10

Little Rock, March g.-Speaker Sawyer of the house and other suD- porters of the racing bill which Gov ernor Hays endeavored to veto last night, said tonight that they will make no effort to re-pass the bill in the legislature. Speaker Sawyer last night declared the bill passed on the ground that the governor did not veto il within the constitutional time limit. He said the matter probably will be tested in the courts.
 The fate of the bill continued to be a topic of much interest. growing out or the conflicting rumors as 10 whether the governor did or did not originally approve the biu. Several men say they were in his office and saw him sign the bill as approving it and that they congratulated him on this act and Senator Clyde Going is quoted as saying that the governor had promised to sign 1t.
 To all of these statements Governor Hays replies that he never did sign the bill except 10 veto it. In a state- ment covering his side of the case; Governor Hays says that the very fact that the enrolled bill shows the word "disapproyed" with the dis" scratched and later inserted, shows that his first action vita the bill w1a to veto it, and that he never at any time intended doing other than giving it his disapproyal He says that the men who say they "saw the governor sign the bir' are evidently mis- taken" and that "the only man that saw him write his name on the bill J.. A. Bradsher." and that this was done in connection with his disapproyal of the bli
 Further on the matter, the governor says: "It is true that when l erased the syllable dis those gentlemen (wAo were in his private ofticc) con- graduated me, but, before they left my office that is, the office occupied by my secretary, I told MT Bradsher to go to them and tell them that l would not approve the bill, and he stated to me that he did SO"
 The explanation made for erasns the syllable dis" before approved 70 was to give the friends of the bill @ chance, at their urgent appeal, to try and make another showing for the bill, and, failing to convince the gov ernor, he rewrote the prefix dis be- fore the word approved and sent his message to the house.
 T never had such pressure brought to bear upon me in all my life to do something that l did not feel was igat." said the governor 'I wish co say that l have never tried 10 play both sides of this or any other prop osition, and that made the state ments to Mir Bradsher and to MT Sur ridge long before this bill passed, that had rather have my right arm paralyzed than to sign it. l positively did not say to Senator Going or to anyone else that I would sign the bill. So far as l am concerned, the matter is ended"
 The bill this morning was filed with the secretary of state by Harvey Coombs, chief clerk of the house Be fore filing it Earle W. Hodges asked the attorney general, w, l.. Moose, for an opinion as to what action he should take.
 The attorney general advised the secretary of state to accept the bill and file it, holding tha tsuch action had no bearing on its validi-.
 The Moose Rulinu.
 'I have received a message from you stating that the clerk of the house of representatives now in ses- sion had delivered to~you House Bill No. 25S by Mir Sawyer. commonly known as the racing bill, which has passed both houses Of gthe general as- sembly: and you request my opinion as to whether it is your duty to re- ceive the bill and file in your office. also understand from your message that it is customary for all bills which have been passed by the legis- Iature, whether approved or vetoed by the governor, you should not re- ceive the bin or act, and file the same.
 Tn doing so you do not pass on the validity of the act, as the same should be received by you whether pa sed according to law or not
 "I would not advise you to accept the bill as a valid act of the general