The Prescott daily news., 1917-11-21
CONVENTION MAY
 SOON ADJOURN
Several Resolutions Introduced For Immediate Adjournment After Committees Have Been Appointed.

Little Rock, Nov. 21.-The constitu- tional convention is preparing to ad- journ. That it will adjourn is already positive, but just what day that action will be taken, or to what time it will recess, is yet to be determined.
 Half a dozen resolutions with that end in view were introduced yester- day and referred to special commit tee consisting of Delegates Head, All dredge, Webber, Sellers and Galloway, who will report today.
 All of these resolutions, while they differ in minor details, look to an al- most immediate adjournment after committees have been appointed for the purpose of considering such mat ters as may be referred to them.
 One of the resolutions, offered by R. F. Foster of Cleveland, provides for a subcommittee consisting of Delegates Tom M Mehaffy, o. R. Breckenridge, Thomas C. McRae, A. | B. Banks, John M. Elliott, John Ike Moore, J. D. Block, E. G. Mitchell, J. proposed constitution. ? ..bffi,. ietaoin, | V. Walker, A. s. Hays, J. F. Sellers, J. H. Evans, J. w. House, Clay Sloan and J. R. Wilson to draft a proposed constitution to be submitted at an ad- journed session of the convention to reconvene the first Monday in July ! 1918.
 A resolution by Alldredge of Pu- laski provides that the convention con- tinue in session until Dec. 4, when it shall adjourn until the first Tuesday in June, 1918.
 A resolution by Delegate Rector of 1 Pulaski reaffirming the allegiance of the state to the nation in this world crisis was adopted with only one op- posing vote. E. G. Mitchell of Boone. declared that he was in favor of the spirit of the resolution, but as it was written there was an element of in- sincerity in it. He declared that the convention should show its faith by it's works in adjournng sine die and going home, and offered an amend men to that effect. The president de- clared the amendment not germane, whereupon Mir. Mitchell declared that he was opposed to the resolution, and kept his seat while all the other dele gates arose in it's support.
 The following additional officers of the convention were elected: Journal clerk, Thomas H. Ward, of Logan county; assistant journal clerk, Rob- ert Ragsdale of Pope county; chief janitor, Louis Repetti, of Little Rock; who's erved as chief janitor of the House of Representatives in eight sessions from 1883 to 1917 inclusive; assistant janitor, s. R. Gray of Pu laski, former state senator from the 26th district.
 Miss Lula Scruggs of North Little Rock, offered her services free as postmistress, after the convention had stricken from the rules provision for the election of such an officer, and after the duties of the position had been assigned to the sergeant-at-arms but the convention declined to accept her services.
 A proposition by Col. McRae of Prescott, to amend the rules by pro- viding that the personnel of the com mittees be selected by committee of five members, four to be elected by the body, the president to be chair man, was declared out of order by the chair, after a motion to adopt the re- port of the committee had been made, and MT. McRae declined to appeal from the chair, although invited by the president to do so