The Prescott daily news., 1917-01-23
AMENDMENT CHANGES
 REPRESENTATION
Increased to 114-Bill IntrO- duced to Prevent Cotton Seed Oil Manufacturers Owning or Controlling Cotton Gins.

and listened for an hour or so to dry figures on the Emory bill to create a uniform text book commission and erect state printing plant to supply them, and at 5 o'clock voted to ad- journ, 21 to 12 in order to keep down another executive session which threatened.
 The Senate did not convene until 3 o'clock in the afternoon, due to an ad- journment at for lunch. The leng- thy noon session, in which E. w. Cha rey and A. w. Hall were rejected as members of the Board of Directors for the First District Agricultural school, did nto leave the Senate in much of working mood when it reconvened, so the text book bill was as good way to pass the time as any.
 The afternoon session opened with a bill by Senator Sims to require the appointment of county registrars to gather vital statistics under the State Board of Health. This being a com mittee measure, coming from the Public Health committee, it was left on the calendar.
 Senator Ponder introduced a bill to make more eXacting the laws govern ing the formation of improvement districts, and Senator Smith proposed three amendments to his constitution convention bill, all of which were adopted.
 The first amendment changes the representation in the convention, in- creasing it from no to IA. This leaves 100 to be elected as the mem bers of the House of Representatives are now, and IA delegates at large, two from each congressional district. Senator Smith explained that under the original bill, all ten could have been selected from one district. The second amendment reduces the age limit from 30 to 25 years, and the third merely specifies how the sec retary of state shall certify the names x of the candidates at large to the coun- tv election commissioners.
 Senator Ward introduced bill pro- hibiting cotton seed oil manufacturers owning or controlling gins, or selling bagging or ties. This was referred to the corporations committee.
 Gov. Brough announced to the Sen ate that he had appointed W. l.. Banks to succeed A. w. Hall, re- iected by the senate as member of the First Agricultural school board; and R. E. Lee Wilson to succeed E. w. Clancy, whose vacancy was caused in a manner similar to that of Mr. Hall. There appointments will later have to be confirmed by the Senate.
 The Emory bill was then called up and Senator Emory spoke for an hour more upon it's good qualities, and what it would save for the taxpayers of Arkansas. He was followed by Senator Carter, who for half hour made strenuous opposition. A mo- ton was then made to adjourn, but this was opposed by those who wanted to go into an executive session to consider the confirmation of z. M. McCarroll, member of the Board of Control, and H. l.. B'Shers, member of the Penitentiary commission. Knowing that the big fight was to be made upon these, the majority of the Senate voted to let it go over to am other day.
 It is stated that there were sosme stormy scenes in the executive ses- sion Monday, and that some strong charges were made against at least one of the rejected members of the First District Agricultural school board.
 Those confirmed by the Senate Mon- day were: H. A. McCants and N. D. Harrell. Red River levee district No. 1 directors; E. w. Frost, W. M. Paup, Floyd Thompson, directors of Miller levee district No. 2; P. s. Black, di- rector St. Francis drainage district; I. W. Kuykendall and W. E. Lemon, members of State Board of Education; L. s. Dunaway and A. L. Hutchins, members Board of Trustees, Arkan- sas State Normal; Hamp Williams and I. D. Southard, members board of trustees, Arkansas Tuberculosis Sani- torium: R. D. Hill, director Second