Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-22
After Many Amendments Are Offered and Beaten,
 Entire Measure Tabled.
SENATOR'S APPEAR
 AFRAID OF LIGHT
Publicity Act, Adopted by the People That They Might Keep Informed of Public Business, to Be Resubmft-
 fed if "Keep.It-Dark" Bill Passes.

Little Rock, Feb. 22.-Senates may come, and senates may so but the Wednesday session will remain in history as the most turbulent of any. The fight in the forenoon session when the advocates of university re. moval won out in getting submis- sion amendment tackled onto the bill. served as a preliminary for the af- ternoon general engagement. Every thing from the public utility bill to the motion to adjourn was contested. Immediately after the senate con- vened in the afternoon there was call for the Garrett bill creating the Arkansas utilities commission for the purpose of amendment. The Duty amendment providing for the election Of the commissioners, under con- sideration Monday afternoon, was made the subject for an attack by the Carter substitute making the com missioners appontive by the governor. Senator's Smith, Duty and others soundly condemned the substitute as building a machine aud putting too much power in the hands of the governor. They charged that the author was afraid to trust the peo, pie. Senator Carruth led the fight for the adoption of the substitute. The substitute was voted down. Senator Ruff followed with an amendment to strike out all but one section of the volumnious bill. It was rejected and Senator Ruff offered another attack ing all but one section, and that too was voted down. An amendment was offered by Senator Rogers to cut out the enabling act, and this was de- clared out of order fo: it destroyed the effect of the bill.
 The senate was now in an uproar, and the aisles were crowded with senator's who milled about like cattle about the stampede. Senator Duty, angered at the general attack, moved to indefinitely postpone the bill, for which he was largely responsible. There was opposition and Senator Duty withdrew his motion, wherupon Senator Cabiness moved to table the entire bill. Chairman T. D. Wood of the Arkansas railroad commission, Who was seated in the chamber, wil.1 the others members scattered about other parts of the room, rose at tnls point and advised President Day. enport to permit the bi; to be tabled, and 1t was, by a vote of "A to g.
 Oppose Higher Pay.
 Taking a breathing spell of a min- ute the oil inspection. bill was passed and the fighting was resumed
 along the entire battle front when senator King introduced resolution
 |" pay Mrs. Pittman, who has beeu
 serving as clerk of the bank and
 panKlng committee, and also as as-
 slstant journal clerk, $5 per day.
 senator Goodwin offered as an amend
 ment, that all clerks and stenograph-
 CTS De increased also from $4 to $5
 per day, saying one was as deserv-
 ne as the other, and all have worked
 .au nau. The entire resolution was
 me Bush bill for the resubmis-
 sion s; of the publicity act, and permit
 th .ns the counties which wish to avail
 MenselVes Of its provisions to do so
 %aS passed, and Senator Edmondson
 ;Ss request, introduced a bill creat-
 na ms .ne North Arkansas Road I'm
 hh;;onsehent h;un district, to construct a
 ui,s,nway ui,, from Little Rock to Bates
 1aa 1m,e through Pulaski, Lonoke, White
 '"rhson mh and Independence counties,
 ,r,,a rnen came another fight on reso
 n;oSl rioioh by Senator Adamson, for g
 ans snt session to receive new bills
 unu ~oa 10 pass upon local measures. Il
 tba aS voted down on the ground tha,
 with t senate :1 was far ahead of the house
 nat "Mn US business and the session wa.
 not necessary '- " ~''
 m Road Bill Progresses.
 timn nne carter bill prescribing the
 tntas e TOT the holding of county ins.,.
 resoS,s oI, was passed, and the Johnson
 n.utlon from the house for the s,
 sider ssid.ment 1sI of a committee to con.
 Msm,sne M, me Fort Smith, Little Rock ani
 Senatpanls Spnls highway, was adopted and
 Rus'ors Ruti Hester, Burgess, King
 ter i, g. nAdamson, Jones, Sims, slaugh
 senotn ana vann were named as the
 their' th'e a;a: ;end: the route leading through
 sion rne !C;arruth honorary tax commis
 or I tho olil. bob-tailed by the remova
 tue salary for a secretary. wa,