Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-10
Jefferson Senator Would Add Collection to Duties
 of County Officials.
ACTION ON BILL
 AGAIN DEFERRED
Drew.Desha Road Improvement Dis- trict Goes Through Senate, Which Spends Most of Forenoon Debat.
 ing X.COllcctiOn Method.

Little Rock, Feb. 9.-Ending a warm debate, the senate this afternoon in definately postponed the Waggoner bill to require the county judges O. Arkansas to collect inheritance tax without a charge to the state. Sena- tor Caldwell was the champion of that bill, and as in all his fights, he fought to the last ditch and went down with colors flying His last re tort was that he could take the vote on the bill and go into the county C any member and defeat him for ra . election on this one question alone.
 "We have legislated one man out of fat job," declared Senator Caldwell, referring to former Gov. G. w. Hays who was appointed by Attorney Gen- eral ohm Arbuckle to collect inherit ances on a percentage basis, "an1 now let's legislate another out of Of flee" Senator Caldwell referred to the recent passage of an administra- ton measure for the creation of the office of state inheritance tax at torney
 Senator Moncrief stated that tho state would not receive one-half of the money this way it would from the special attorney.
 Governor Brough is now expected to send a special message to the senate asking them to exclude the widows dover from the provisions of the in- heritance tax law.
 The senate devoted little time to house business, even though it was supposed to be house day. just get . ting started on house business when the dispute arose which took the bal ance of the session. The general hospital bill was passed as amended by the house. giving the school for the feeble-minded, # one is estab- lished, one-fourth of the proceeds from the sale of certain state lands. The Ponder bill raising the rate of interest on the common school funds borrowed by the state was also passed as amended in the house, re ducing the rate from to , per cent. The original bill raised it from 8 70 per cent.
 2ormatibn of improvement districts in Arkansas county was passed: as was the Alexander bill creating Drainage district No. IT in Missis- sippi county, and abolishing the Key. stone Drainage district
 Drew-Desha District Created.
 The Collins bill creating the Drew. Desha road improvement district to include these two counties, was passed, as was another Collins bill to permit the Laconia lcveS district to borrow money.
 Senator Garrett introduced a bill ,o permit wOmento vote in the primarie of Arkansas, and after considerable discussion it was sent to the Judici- ary committee. In the discussion the question of permitting negro women to vote came up and Prevalent Day. enport stated that the recently passed primary bill would care for that.
 Negroes must vote in the party with which they are affiliated" stated President Davenport, "and it is awful hard to convince the judges that they belong to anything but the Republi- can party
 Senator Caldwell introduced a new bill for the one offered by him eari ; in the session for the creation of the Farrelly Lake levee district. and the senate then started in to read house bills until the Waggoner inheritance measure was reached.