Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-13
SENATE FAYORS PAYING DEBT IN
 EXPO. BUILDING Adopts Duty Bill Appro- priating S23, ,3s4 Advanced
 for Exhibit.
NO OPPOSITION TO
 NEW BANKING BILL L
Utley-POnder Measure. Passed 96 to Q, Increases Liability of Stockholders of Each Bank, Thus Eliminating
 General Depository Plan.

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 devoted to the Duty bill. making an
 appropriation of $23,33S to repay money advanced by citizens to make
 the Arkansas building at the Panama
 Pacific exposition possible, and for
 supplies furnished after it was , opened. Oratory flowed for two hours, one side contending that it was a debt of honor and the others de-
 clarlng that it was 3 debt not au-
 thorized by the state, and made after | a legislative appropriation for this l purpose had failed. Senators Mon
 crief, Emory and Utlcy led the fight
 against the appropriation. while Sena- tors Caldwell, Duty, Alexander, Great
 house and Adamson supported it.
 When it came to roll call the sen 1 ate voted 13 to II for the bill, but
 President Davenport declared two thirds vote was necessary. A motion was then made by Senator Goodwin to reconsider the vote, by which the bill passed to lay that motion on the table. , This was defeated, 12 to Ii, and the ! question was then raised that the bill was then on it's reconsideration, as
 two motions could not be put in one, the only motion that was voted down being that to lay the reconsideration on the table. President Davenport stated that the joint motion had been made since parliamentary proceedings first came in vogue, and it would con-
 tinue as long as he was the presiding official of the senate. The matter
 ended here, and the bill is subject to reconsideration if it can get the as sistance of one who voted against it. All Favor Banking Bill. Without argument the Senate then took up the Utley-Ponder banking bill and passed it, 26 to O. without com ment. This measure is one of the most important of the session, and has
 the backing of the Arkansas Bankers association. It makes each bank re- creasing the liability of the stockhold- CTS, and does away with a general depository plan.
 The general fish and game bill, coming from that state commission,
 was passed the first thing in the morning without dissenting vote. Senators Alexander and Utley intro duced the bill drawn by the special committee to comply with federal reg
 ulations so as to secure part of the appropriation for the construction of state highways. It was referred to
 the committee on roads and highways.
 Fight on Capitol Claim.
 The senate began the afternoon
 Monday apparently in a good humor,
 but this soon passed away when the
 Slaughter bill appropriating about
 $15,G00 to pay the expenses of the
 commission which passed upon the
 Caldwell & Drake claim against the state was called up in a committee of
 the whole.
 The first fight was on the payment
 of a fee of $5,COO to Federal Judge
 Jacob Trieber, Chief Justice E. H.
 McCulloch and J. V. Walker, the com
 missioners. Senator Edmondson of
 fered an amendment to reduce the
 amount to $2.00O, and when this was
 voted down Senator Ruff offered an
 amendment to make it $2,500 each, but
 this went the way of the Edmondson
 amendment and the section was finally
 adopted
 The next section provided $5,000 for
 John Ike Moore, c. w. Mckay and
 Steve Carrigan Jr., the attorneys rep
 resenting the state. Senator Moncriei offered an amendment to cut down the
 appropriation for the two young at
 torneys to $2,000, but after lengthy debate it was defeated and the section } adopted as in the bill.
 No effort was made to further re- duce the appropriation, and the bil } was finally passed with only five dis ohni 1,ol ,,lrCn Cnr that it would take "A votse to carry the bill, but it had 26, so there was no question as to the legality of the , passage of the bill.
 The senate heard the argument fol and against the Alexander bill. appro praiting $2S,000 to complete pavins about the capitol and on West Seventh } street. The vote on the bill was 2l .. to ', after Senator Alexander. who . was informed tWo-thirds vote waf : necessary to carry it, had changed from aye to nay. Senator Alexander , then gave notice that he would move for reconsideration on Tuesday morning. He afterward stated tha , he would contest the ruling that { tWo-thirds vote was necessary, as thf; . appropriation is for necessary worl on the capitol grounds.
 At adjournment the senate was dis . cussing the Brown bill to give thu state tax commission the power tt order reassessments, but it went ovel . until Wednesday morning without ; vote being taken.
 Honor Lincoln.
 The only bill introduced in the sen ate Monday afternoon was one b. t Senator Kendall to regulate the fee of officials in Madison county The senate concurred in all kind 2 ! of house amendments to senate bills and was discussing the Brown bill t P permit the state tax commission to or ! der reassessments when Senate