The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1917-01-18
HAYS GETS COLD DEAL.

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Little Rock, Jan. LITTLE Ar
kansas senate unceremoniously hur-
proceeded with the inauguration of
| his successor, Dr.. C. II. Brough,
yesterday afternoon. Although a
Joint legislative resolution provided
that Gov Brough should be inaug-
urated at 3 o'clock, the ceremony
took place at 1890. The senate
refused to allow Gov. Hays to file
the list of vacation appointments to
be confirmed by the senate that he
has made since the last session of
the legislature.
Senators who participated in this
|move said that their object was to
Iinvalidate the appointments of the
lretiring governor. Legal authori-
ties are divided as to whether this
lobject has been attained, and a
long legal struggle is threatened.
| Another reason for the hurried in
lauguratiOn is said to have been the
fact that State Senator Hamilton is
at the point of death, and it was
feared that if he should die Gov.
! Hays would Immediately name his
successor, thus endangering the
slender majority of Gov. Brough' s
supporters in the upper house The
| latter also said that they wanted
to stop the retiring. governor from
issuing any more pardons. They
declared the pardons were being is
sued for political purposes. Before
ne went out of office, however, Gov
Hays issued "a pardons during the
day.
Before reading his farewell mes
sage, Gov. Hays rebuked the senate
| for its refusal to file his list of
appointments. He termed the act
one of unusual discourtesy."
In his message he defended his
pardoning record, declaring that he
lhad issued fewer pardons than any
/ Arkansas governor of recent years.
When friends of Gov. Hays at
tempted to oppose the Inauguration
lof Gov. Brough ahead of the sched-
Iuled time, they found that the res
,olution providing for the Inaugural
ton ceremonies had been so adroit-
| ly worded that although it appar-
emily fixed O'Clock as the time for
the ceremony, it really gave Presi-
dent Davenport of the senate the
power to start the ceremony at any
time he chose.
The pardons issued by Gov. Hays
yesterday make total of 149 that
he has issued since Dec. /, and a
total of 914 during the three and
ione-half years that he has held of
flee.
| BROUGH FORCES WIN.
Showing a we'll working machine,
the administration forces of the
lsenate Wednesday morning defeated
any effort at delay in the inaugnra-
ton of DR.. c. II. Brough as COVER
Inor by adopting house concurrent
resolution No L, providing for in
lduction into office of the new gov
ernor on Wednesday afternoon.
a caucus of the majority of the
senate Tuesday night decided to re
lscind the senates action of Tuesday
in providing for the inauguration
on Thursday afternoon, and with
the tap of the bell Wednesday morn
ing they proceeded to put the agree
ment into effect,
The journal of Tuesdays session
had been about half read when a
messenger arrived from the house,
in the person of Chief Clerk Harvey
/ G. Combs, who carried house CON
] current resolution No. l, which
/ had been adopted by the house on
1 Tuesday afternoon. This resolution
provided joint session ut 1890 for
the purpose of canvassing the vote
iof the recent state election and hear
! inS what recommendation the out
going governor might have to make
A second joint session was arranged
/ for ? O'Clock in the afternoon, at
which time the inaugural address
of Gov. c. II. Brough was to be
heard