The Sentinel=record., 1915-03-07
GORDON OF SERGEANT GUARD ALL AVENUES TO
 CHAMBER.
ONE APPOINTMENT HELD UP
Were in Session All Day and It is Be lieVed All Other Appointments Made by Governor Hays During Past Two Years Were Confirmed
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Special to The SentinclRecord Little Rock, March G.-The senate held an all-day executive session to consider confirmation of the appoint ments made by Governor Hays since the last legislature adjourned. nclud- ing the recent appointments 10 the new state charities board.
 So close was the secrecy main tained about the senate chamber that a cordon of sergeants-at-arms was thrown out for 100 feet in front of the entrance to the senate chamber. all corridors and cloak rooms being # cleared, as well as galleries. and not even the highest state official al lowed to approach the senate cham Der on pain of being cited before the senate for contempt
 At o'clock this afternoon the ex- ecutive session finally ended but with positive orders 10 all members and attaches not 10 give out anything on the results until the same are off, cialy announced Monday afternoon
 All records Of the senate, bearing on executive session. were declared private property of the body and locked within vaults.
 About fifty appointments. including members Of various agricuItWai school boards, and other state inst.tu- sl, ..t boards. etc, were considered, but the greatest interest centered in the ap- pointments to the new charities board, as it had been rumored fiaht would possibly develop against tho confirmation of some Of the members
 While every senator is. therefore sworn to secrecy. and no announce ment made as to the contirmations or reiections, it is believed practically all appointments were confirmed ana that the main fight developed over the confirmation Of l.. l.. Coffman. former state auditor as a member of the state charities boarS
 Mir Coffman is as much in the dark as anyone else, and inclines to the opinion that failure to notify him that he was confirmed is an indication that ue l IS been refused confirmation. Ii is understood that charges of seri- ous nature were filed with the senate against Mir Coffman by his former deputy, o. s. Beiff. among them being alleged that he levied tribute on clerks in his office to help pay his campaign expenses in the last pri- mary, but no copy of the charges has been filed with MT. Coffman. Just why the announcements are held up until Monday afternoon, whether for the purpose of giving Coffman an op- portunity to answer the charges or for other reasons is left to imagination of the public
 MT. Colfman was state auditor until his resignation Thursday to accept the place on the charities beard lie was succeeded by Dr. NJ. F. Dickinson, former secretary of the state high way commission
 During a brief Hull in the executive session today the senate finally passed the appropriation bill for the state hospital for nervous diseases. carrying approximately $690,000.
 The house rejected a resolution by Representative Reigler, asking Presi- dent Wilson to stand firm in the policy of an embargo on arms to the warning nations of Europe. The re- jection was based on the belief that Wilson and Bryan will take care of the situation without the legislatures suggestions"
 A resolution by Representative Dowdy for a commission composed of representative from the federal de partments of education and agricul- ture acting with the state board of education. to draft a uniform course of study in higher education in all in stituttons of the state met a stormy protest on the ground that it would trench upon states rights to deter mine it's own educational policy. The resolution is still pending
 The house adopted a resolution for hang over" committees and clerks to wind up the unfinished business, after the adjournment, and to receive the regular per diem until April TO- The resolution includes the speaker and