The Prescott daily news., 1917-01-16
SENATE ADOPTS HOUSE
 METHOD OF BUSINESS
Began Monday Introducing Bills
 on Roll Calico Through Roll
 Twice and Find 17 New Bills
 Placed in Hands of Secretary.

Little Rock, Jan. 16-Seldom does Senate adopt House methods of do- ing business, but this session there is a preponderance of graduates from the lower body in the Senate, and House procedure has been invoked in the upper branch of the Assembly in way as to expedite business. The Senate Monday afternoon adopted rule to introduce bills on roll call, and within an hour thereafter the roll had been through twice and IT bright and shining new bills had been placed in the hands of Secretary Langley, and were either sent to committees or placed in position to be called up for passage with another reading. This is the first time within the memory of the oldest legislator that Senate introduced bills on a roll call. 1t has been customary for any Senator who could get, recognition to send up bill, and then start yelling again, with the hope of getting two over within short time.
 ' Many of the bills introduced Mon day afternoon were highly important, and most of them are statewide in nature. The majority of the bills change some existing statute of the Digest, affecting legal procedure. One measure introduced by Senator Brown appeared as harmless as a Holford bond, on the face of it, but when it was taken to the Digest, it developed into measure to permit women to practice law in Arkansas. The bill merely drops he word, male" out of the existing thate law, thus permit ting women to practice in the courts.
 Senator Adamson introduced a bill placing under the control of the Su- preme Court of Arkansas, all eXami- nations for admittance to practice law. This takes examinations from the minor courts of the state, though the Supreme Court, if the bill passes, may make rules, delegating authority to the courts as in the past.
 A bill to prevent the setting aside of judgments on the ground of mis- direction of the jury or improper ad- !, mission or rejection of evidence, was introduced by Senator Greenhouse.
 Senator Owens introduced bill re- gulating the manner in which appeals may be taken from justice courts; and Senator Ponder sent up bill making lawful the contracts between attor- neys and clients for fees.
 Senator Rogers introduced another bill to regulate liens.
 The Senate judiciary committee not having been appointed, the members who have bills referred to this body began to show restless disposition and to ask for bills to be recalled and placed on third reading. Senator Alexander called back his bill simpli flying answers in civil action by per HllItlilg lHc utlSHudhI IO iiAS o SNiiSis'A denial, but decided after opposition de veloped, to leave it with the commit tee. He next asked permission to withdraw the bill and this was given. ! Senator Rogers of Logan had little better luck with the bill introduced jointly by he and Senator Johnson, organizing the 18th Chancery District, l by taking a county here and there ! from other districts. He wanted Perry from the First, Ysll from the 1 Ninth and Scott and Logan from the Tenth. Senators from the districts affected by the slicing off of the coun i ties, objected, and Senator Rogers agreed to leave his bill with the com mittee until all could be heard on the subject. Chancellor Jordan Sellers, of the Ninth District, objected to losing Yell county, saying that if the other chancellors were overworked, he would take on a new county or two.
 Senator Smith introduced in the Senate the administration Constitu- tional Convention bill, which Gov. c. H. Brough has placed before all other bills that he desires to see passed. The bill calls for the convention to be held Nov. 19, with an election of delegates June 26. There are to be 119 members, ten from the state at large, and each county having repre-