The Prescott daily news., 1915-03-10
HOUSE AND SENATE
 TANGLE ON AMEND-
 MENTS YESTERDAY
Shouse Bill Permits Supreme Court to Recommend igestor-Debate on Robertson St. Francis Le-
 wee Board Bill.

triangular debate between Senators Going, Vann and Slaughter, the three members residing in the district the Senate Tuesday afternoon voted to make the directorships on the St. Francis Levee Board elective, then reconsidered the vote by which the Josephes Blue Sky bill failed to pass, and passed it, and ended good af- ternoons work by accepting bill from the House to make an appropria- tion for the maintenance of the Med ical departure of the University of Arkansas.
 The scrap of the morning session over the Wood bill to make the general law governing the organization of improvement districts more perfect, and efforts of President Lundy to plaster it with amendments were de- feated. President Lundy then failed in his motion to table the bill, which he had sought to indefinitely postpone in the forenoon. The bill was then made special order for Wednesday. President Lundy remained on the floor to have the Condray bill making it unlawful to conduct campaigns for office from state offices read twice and made special order for Wednesday. He also forced the reconsideration of the Josephs bill which broadens the present Blue Sky laws.
 The House and Senate tangled themselves on amendments, and the House, refusing to recede on the amendments tackled onto the appro. priation for the maintenance of the State Capitol building, chief of which was one to appoint a new commission, and the House asked for conference to decide which should back down. The Senate graciously receded from it's amendment to the Shouse bill for the bill now permits the Supreme court to recommend the digestor. The Sen ate concurred in the House amend ments to the Slaughter bill for an appropriation for the maintenance of the Branch Normal at Pine Bluff. This amendment requires the trus- tees to sell the property in Pine Bluff for $50,000 before the school car be moved to a site in the county, which will be donated by the City of Pine Bluff Senator White presented letter signed by prominent citizens of Pine Bluff placinging the value of the property at from S20,000 to $50,- 000 and stated that he would not op- pose the amendment. saying the Sen ate was well able to judge whether or not it was a business proposition.
 The Senate passed the Robertson bill amending the state depository laws the Garter bill for the Central of Chicot county drainage district the Hawkins bill to pay for the Magnolia agricultural school heating plant, and adopted resolution to permit em- r}oyes to remain for twenty days to complete the records of the session.
 For an hour Senator Clyde Going argued against the Robertson bill to elect the members of the St. Francis Levee Board. He declared that the bill would not stand the legal test, saying that it was crudely drawn. He ,,-o,.tcl tbot la ,.aprecap+a1 -IO 0OO acres of the ,600,0 acres in the dis trict, and 4500 of the white voters of the district, or more than the com bined strength of the other Senators of the district. He stated that his peo- pie did not want the directors elected, and sought to place an amendment upon the bill to refer it to the proper ty owners of the district.
 Senator Vann, supporting the bill, stated that it was not his bill, but the bill of the people of the district, de- claring that they had risen up in arms against the Board and demanded of the Governor a special session to make the officers elective. He as serted that he intended to run for the legislature until his head was white as snow or pass the measure. Senator Yam referred to the politi- cal power of the Board and the part it had played in the Brundidge- Davis campaign.
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