Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-28
Riggs Measure, Granting Partial Suffrage, Passes
 the Senate.
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 FOR UNIVERSITY
nayis Bill for Establishment of Sys- tenn of Public Warehouses Passes With Little Debate-St. Francis
 Board Can Issue Bonds,

Little Rock, Feb. 27.-The senate this afternoon by vote of 17 to 15 adopted the Riggs house bill, granting women the right to vote in primary elections. The bill was argued for two hours by Senators Jones. Great house and Emory, favoring the bill, and Senator Smith against. There was nothing new in the arguments, they being along the customary lines, one side declaring that the women will purify elections, the other that she will be forced to place herself on an equality with the negro women vot- CTS, and, lastly, that it is unconstitu- tional.
 The senate voted down an effort to place the bill back on it's second read ing for amendment, and then took a roll call on it's passage, which resulted as follows:
 Ave-Adamson, Brown, Caldwell, Carruth, Emory. Garrett, Goodwin, Greenhouse, Jones, King, Moncrief, Owens, Ponder. Ruff. Utley, Whitaker and MT. Presidential.
 ay-Alexander, Cabiness, Carter, Collins, Duty, Edmondson, Hester, Johnston, Kendall, Rogers, Slaughter, Smead Smith. Vann and Ward-15.
 Not voting-Bush.
 Niven Hotel Inspection Bill.
 Senator Emory endeavored to have the Niven bill amended so that the fees of hotel inspectors would be re- duced. The Niven bill prescribes an inspection under the state board of health, and hotels of less than 10 rooms pay $3 per year, with the same fee for restaurants. The fee for larger hotels is $5, up to 16 rooms, and 10 cents per room up to $20.
 The Emory amendments sought to cut this practically in half, and to give 75 per cent of the license fees to the cities of the first class, collected in them, and have the inspection done there under the local board of health. He explained that this bill would serl- ously affect Hot Springs, and would require the payment of $3,500 annually in that city alone. He sought to have Hot Springs control it's own lnspec- ton. All his amendments were tabled.
 The Alexander bill creating Road Improvement District No. 3 in Jack son county; the Kendrick bill, provld- ing stock law for portion of BaX- ter county; the Eureka Springs com mission n-manager bill; the Scrimshlre bill, to give to county courts the rlght to pass upon stock laws by petltlon' and the Osborne bill, to fix the time for holding circuit court in Sebastian county, were passed.
 Senator Ward introduced the only bill of the afternoon session, bill to regulate the posting of notices in law suits.
 No "Pep" in Morning Session.
 There was absolutely no pep to the Tuesday morning session of the Ar kansas senate. Quite few general bills were passed, but they were per mltted to go almost by default. and oratory seemed to be in the process or charging, or storing, as storage pat lery is charged.
 There was bit of discussion on the Davis bill creating a system of ware houses, but the senators favoring the olll in a few words satisfied the ques- uoners, who seemed to be more after information than to oppose the pas sage
 The Joseph bill creating the school TOT the feeble-minded, and setting sslde certain state property to be sold :" defray the expenses of the build inss was passed with even less dis cuSsion, and when the roll had been called President Davenport announced Aas a home for legislators.
 me Willis bill permitting the St
 ancls Levee district to issue bonds ~ ne extent of $1,500,000 was passed auo the Gentry bill to repay to Mrs