Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-25
Senator Caldwell Opposes Plan on Ground That h.
 stitution Not Needed.
INDUSTRIAL HOME
 FOR GIRLS FAVORED
Edm0nd>On Only Senator to Oppose Plan for Establishment of GirFs Home rbitratOrs Capitol Row
 to be Paid 5000 Each.

Little Rock, Jan. 24.-The Arkan" sas senate this afternoon went at it hammer and tongs and fought it out along old time parliamentary lines, and at times it seemed as though ;i bit Of tabasco of another variety was to be injected into the prodeedings. The passage of the state general hos pital bill, carrying with it an appro- priation of $200,000, the money to be derived through the sale of state property being the feature. It passed with only four dissenting votes. The bill was then rushed cn over to the house for a reading before the close of the days session.
 The next fight turned out to be no fight at all. 1t was on the Mon- crief administration bill, to issue evi- dences of indebtedness to the extent of $75O,000 for the purpose of caring for the states indebtedness. and put ting the state warrants at par Senat- ors Caldwell, Hester. Whitaker and Slaughter spoke in it's favor. Sen ators Brown, Bush, Garrett and Ed mondson opposed the bill but few joined them when the vote was taken
 Among the new bills introduced were those by Senator Alexander, ap- propriating $1S,160 to complete the paving about the capitol ward, to per. init the St. Francis leYee district 10 issue $1,5O0000 in bonds; Ward, or ganizing an improvement district at Marianna to ereH bridge across the N,sov nSc V.sN priating $1,650O00 for Confederate pensions, Davenport, curing defects in White and Searcy county road dis trict; Carter, creating uniform text book commission; Burgess. phohibit ing public service corporations mak- ing minimum charge; Alexander fixing time for payment of St. Fran dis levee district taxes; Hudson, ere. ating Repositories for Yell, Lincoln Phillips and Cleveland counties
 Among the bills passed were those by: Josephs Red river bridge district; Copeland, for working roads in How ard and Cleveland counties; Burr, election of road overseer in Perry county; Hudson, Yell, Phillips, Lin- coin. Cleveland depository: Bush night operator at Prescott.
 The ssenate was invited to visit Conway on Friday as the guests of the citizens of that city.
 Senator Alexander introduced memorial to the late F. H. Britton president of the Cotton Belt railroad which was adopted and ordered spread on the journal
 Industrial Home for Girls.
 Appropriation measures donsumed the time of the senate Wednesday One of these was passed tc purchase a site for new Reform school for boys, and to turn the old site over to the Industrial School for Girls. Only one senator opposed the bill, Senator Edmondson, who was placed in the chair to consider it in a committee of the whole, and who was thus forced to report back to the senate favorably upon the meas ure. The senate adopted this bill 32 to 1. This bill does not specific ally qarry an appropriation but does state that not more than $24,0OO can be expended on the new reform school. or $12,O0O on the school for girls.
 From Senator Slaughter came bill to pay the commissioners who heard the evidence in the dispute of Gala well & Drake vs State, and recently in it's findings. The com Chief Justice E. H. McCul- looch. Federal Judge Jadpb Trieber and J. V. Walker are to receive $5000 each, as also will the three attorneys
 The senate passed the Goodwin bill appropriating $1,000 to buy medals Tor the members of the Arkansas Ma. tional Guard, which is on the border
 Senator Bush introduced a bill mak- ing an appropriation of $50,000 to pur. chase six blocks of ground adjacent to the state ohpitol, for the purpose of
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