Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-29
(By Clio iIarper)

Complete returns from all counties.
which give the choice of the people
for the Legislative session of 1917, dis
close some inert sting facts The first
of these is the comparatively few
members of the house to be returned.
There are only II members of the
1913 session that will serve next year,
but as Is members of former sessions
succeeded in convincing the voters
they would be of material assistance
in county salvation, there will still
be quite nucleus from which a
speaker may be chosen. The nsw
members arc not so modest as those
of former sessions in this respect. for
already a number of those who have
had no previous legislative expert
ence, are letting it be known that
they will accept the speakership If It
is thrust upon them.
The interest in the senate of 1917
was apparently not SO keen over the
state, for three of the newly elected
members had no opposition. Nine OF
the recently elected senator's have had
previous experience in law making IN
the house. Twenty-Five members OF
the senate are lawyers, one is a ply
stefan. and one is preacher.
Tho house shows in its list. several
new members who have previously
served in the senate.
1t has been intimated that the at
titude of members in 1915 on the Saw
yer racing bill, had considerable to
do with the failure OF many to re-
turn. This is hardly possible, though
OF Tie II who come back, only three
voted in favor of the bill. 1t is also
claimed the ballot of others on the
statewide prohibition bill also caused
many to be among the missing in
1917. Those who circulate the report
allege that the people resent the pas
sage of THE bill, but most of those
who came back voted for the bllll as
we'll as against the racing measure.
1t has always been that the house
was friendly to the governor. The last
session came nearer to seeing Y
break bctwe n the executive chamber
and the house. than a any previous
session, and this was due largely to
interest in the racing bill. The SEN
ate is often cross ways with the
governor, but check of the 1917
members shows Gov. c. IL. B.ough
will have a good majority who will
endcavor to carry out his policies.
The roster Of the two houses will be
as follows:
Senate
First district-Richard Whitaker,
Knobel.
Second district-H. l.. ponder. Wal
nut Ridge.
Third dist lei Elmer o. Owens,
Yellville.
Fourth district-*lvinson c. Bur-
CESS. Russellville.
Fifth district-B. H. Greathouse,
Wheeler
Sixth district-*Wm O. Edmondson,
Mountain View.
Seventh district-*Sam \. Vann,
Vanndale.
Eighth district-Thos. II. Rogers,
| Paris.
| Ninth district. S. Utley. Benton.
Tenth diStrict-*Geo +. Jones, Lit
tie Rock.
Tenth distyict-#Wm. c. Adamson
Little Rock.
Eleventh district Greed Caldwell
Pine Bluff.
Twelfth district-#Samuel C. Sims
Hazen,
Thirteenth district. W. Moncref
De Witt
Fourt enth district-W l.. Ward
Mariana.
! Fifteenth district-*John l.. Carter
l.udora,
Sixteenth distriet-Gso Il. Brown
Rison
Seventeenth district-*Robert L.
Collins. Wilmar.
Eighteenth distriCt-R. Hill Caruth
Warren.
.Nilneteenth district = *Archibald
Hamilton. Camden.
Twentieth district. 0. Bush
Prescott.
Twenty-first district = *Walker
Smith. Magnolia.
+ Twenty second ict--Andrew j
| Cabaniss. Nashville.
Twenty third district-Elbert God
win. Mountain Home.
Twenty-fourth district Lemuel B
Kendall. Alabama.
Twenty-fifth district-Lee G. King
Peter Ponder
Twenty sixth district-*Horace +
Ruff. Heber Springs.