Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-08
Caldwell and Others Object
Because Money be Taken
From School Fund.
GIVES COLLEGES
TOO GREAT SHARE
Jefferson Senator Loses in Attempt
10 Enact Measure Limiting Text
Book Publishers in Price
Charged for Books.

Little Rock. Feb. 7.-Quite lively
scrap developed in the Ianate thus
afternoon over the Whitaker bill
providing a millage system for the
maintenance Of he state educational
institutions. This BILL providing a
millage of one-ninth mill for each
agricultural school, one-ninth mill
to be split between the medical der
partment Of the university and the
Branch State normal. one-ninth mill
for the State normal and four-ninths
for the University of Arkansas. The
objection was that the general tax
levy was not raised, and this / IA
mill had to be deducted from the
total taxation for state imposes. Sen
ator Caldwell led in this fight, de-
claring that it was too deep cut in
the general taxation, and would not
leave sufficient amount for the
operation of the Other departments.
He declared himself strong for higher
education, but did not want to Grip
pie all state departments to get it,
The bill was passed, q to 8, with the
members voting as follows:
Aye-Adamson, Brown, Bush, Cabi-
ness. Carter. Duty, Emory, Goodwin,
Greenhouse, Hester, Jones, Kendall,
King, Rogers, Slaughter, Smead,
Smith, Utley. Vann, Whitaker, Mr..
Presidential.
Nay-Burgess, Edmondson, Garrett,
Owens, Ponder, Ruff Sims. Wards.
Aid for High School.
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state aid to rural high schools. called
Up the bill appropriating $4,000 for
this purpose late We lnesday after
noon and sought to have it adopted
in committee of the whole He
argued at some length on his bill,
and objected so strenuously to
amendment that the senate voted to
rise, report progress and beg leave
to sit again, which would prevent any
early action on the bill. When the
bill finally comes uD again Senator
Bush will receive quite a little sur
prise as to the nature of the amend
ment. Senator Collins. who made the
motion for postponeme1t, had in his
hand at the time an amendment in
creasing the appropriation from $780,
600 to $4,000. The bush bill will
not extend aid to high school To-
Gated in a town of 1000 inhabitants
or more.
For Election Pen Commissioners.
A number of new bills were intro
duced, one from Senator Owens, pro.
viding for the election by the people
of the penitentiary commission. The
commissioners are to be elected for
term of six years, with salary OF
$4,000 per annum. but at first the
commissioners will receive six, fou.
and two year terms, SO the term 81
one will expire every biennial period
The one receiving the greatest num-
Der of votes will secure the long
term. The bill was referred to thu
penitentiary committee.
A general measure tassed was the
Smead bill to make the secretary OF
state custodian of the state capitol
and grounds.
A copy of the New York fraternal
insurance bill, favored by the leadiu,
lodges of the state. was introduced
by Senator Alexander
Senator Adamson introduced bill
making it possible for the fire insu:-
ance companies doing business in tie
state to insure automobiles.
The budget committee sent in a
bill making an appropriation of s74,-
900 to care for deficiency in the
maintenance of the University of Ar
kansas.
Senator Vann had read a bill "a
regulate the manner of renewal or
extension of time in payment of
debts secured by mortgages.
Senator Burgess introduced bill
creating two Judicial, districts in
Pope county.
Caldwell Fights for Cheap Books.
Amendments to general bills and
the discussion thereon took up the
greater portion of the senate's tim.
Wednesday morning, but there was
fight a plenty on all sides, and again
1T was Senator Caldwell who did the
charging. Senator Caldwell usually
carries his point, but this morning
he failed in both instances, though
he left the other senators looking as
though they had backed down the Bob
Taylor thorn tree with wild cat
under each arm.
Senator Caldwell made his first
fight on the Moncrief bill to make
an appropriation for the maintenance
of the state highway department.
Gov. G. w. Hays had issued several
deficiency appropriations for the
maintenance of this d department., and
Senator Caldwell doubted that these
proclamations were cared for under
the pending bill, which also was for
the operation of the department in
the past two years. 1t was explained
that the bill had been before the
budget committee, carefully scruti-
nlzed. checked--up and approved, and
that the department had to it's credit
fees in the treasury to care for the
appropriation # made. Senator Cald-
we'll finally withdrew his protest 10
gain time to make an investigation,
but as soon as he took this action