Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-20
House Measure Increasing Liability of Stockholders
 Is Adopted.
BITTER FIGHT ON
 CALDWELL MEASURE
Plan to Create Commission on Chari- ties and Corrections Makes No Progress, Despite Request for
 Its Passage from Governor.

Little Rock, Feb 19-Two bills gov- erning banks of Arkansas were passed by the senate Monday, one ] making each banks guaranty it's own deposit, and the other a general de- pository bill. The first had already passed the house, but the second, by Senators Duty, Hester Bush and Gar rett, which passed in the afternoon, did not get immediate tranformance to the house. because it could not carry motion to "reconsder the vote by which the bill carried and to lay that motion on the table, The senate passed the absentee voter bill, from the house, an admin istrative measure and received a bill from Senator Bush to repeal the publicity act by submission to the voters at the next general election.
 Charities Bill Under Fire. Governor Brough sent to the senate special message asking that it pass the Caldwell bill creating the Arkan- sas commission of charities and cor rections, but it came just in time to see the bill wobbly under the upper cuts and body blows of the opposition. This bill followed the fight on the banking bill, and found the senate on it's mettle. Senator Caldwell asked that it be considered as a privileged bill. The senate went into com mlttee of the whole and adopted the section appropriating 5000 to carry on the work of the commission when Senator Jones began to kick un a fnCS 6n01orod hot Lo first place was not for a privileged appropriation, and also that it create1 new state office and he was not in favor of it. This brought others to the front and the bill had a rocky road to travel from that time on. A motion to report the bill back to the senate with a recommendation was followed by substitute that it be re- turned without recommendation. Neither carried and the senate final ly voted to "raise. report progress and beg leave to sit again." It was stated that the bill could come up on call at any time, as it was not priv ileged, and although it had been con- sidered as such.
 Bank Guaranty Causes Fight.
 The bank guaranty fight was de- bate over the good and bad features of such system. Some claimed that Arkansas had a banking system which was protecting the people, say ing there were less failures under it than in the states where they have the guarantee. Kansas and Oklahoma were frequently referred to. but Sena- tor Goodwin called attention to the fact that neither had a banking com missioner like Arkansas. For an hour the senate debated the bill and then voted IF to 16 on it's passage. All senators were present, but Senators Carter and Smith failed to vote. The vote was as follows: Aye-Alexander, Brown, Bush. Cabiness, Carruth, Duty. Edmondson, Emory, Garrett, Greenhouse, Hester, Jones, Rogers, Sims Utley, Vann, Ward-17.
 Nay--Adamson, Burgess, Caldwell, Collins, Goodwin, Johnston, Kendall, ] King, Moncrief. Owens, Ponder, Ruff, Slaughter, Smead, Whitaker, Mir. President-16.
 l The motion to reconsider and lay o nthe table then failed. Just before adjournment the Gar AClI UA1I C1CdCAIS Iuc AIkduSdS puUllC | utilities commission was called from the committee and the senate began amending it. All the utilities now controlled by city council were ex- empted, and the provisions of the bill made effective after January 1. The question of making the commissioners elective or appointive was under dis cussion when the senate adjourned until Tuesday.
 The senate voted down a resolution for night session.
 l Among the new bills introduced in the senate Monday afternoon were: i By Adamson, to prevent a teachers license being issued to one suffering with tuberculosis or contagious dis ease.
 By Ponder, to create the Running Water Levee district in Lawrence county.
 By Caldwell, creating the Rob Roy and Reydel road improy ement district in Jefferson county
 By Ward, to enlarge the power of
 county courts to condemn railroad
 rights of way for levee purposes.
 By Ponder, for creation of Cave
 City special school district in Law
 renee county.
 A brillion and permanent green can