The Prescott daily news., 1917-01-19
1917 ASSEMBLY AP-
 PEARS MOST PEACEFUL
Very Best Good Fellowship Man. fest Tn Senate-SessiOn Ap- pears Free from Influence of Lobbyists.
By Clio Harper.

iiSIiC iNoNhy JdIl. lJ.-MuCu ndS been said about administration and anti-administration forces in the Gen. eral Assembly, but to one on the in- side, looking out, the 1917 Assembly appears to be about the most peace able one in the past decade There might have been lines pretty closely drawn in the organization of the Sen ate, but they were not drawn on ad- mnistrative policies. It is true that the natural opponents of the executive department were lined together, and with them, as nucleus, an effort was made to build a machine to further the interests of certain individuals. The opposition to the administration, always in the minority, willing to make trades, naturally made it's best showing in the contest for the Presi- dency of the Senate. Senators who approve almost all policies of the executive office, aligned themselves with the opposition, being unable to get any sort of pledge from the so- called administration orces." As soon as the President of the Senate was elected, they began to drift back to the fold, and today it is hard to find a Senator who is willing to be termed an -administrationist." All see that Gov. Brough has con- structive legislation ahead, and per sonal feelings have been buried in the desire to build for Arkansas.
 The very best example of the good fellowship manifested in the Senate, and the obliteration of even an imag- mary line dividing that body into fac tions, is written in the personnel Of the committees appointed by President
 w. D. Davenport. The committee
 lists show that when the race for
 President was over, everything was
 forgiven and forgotten. Those who opposed Senator Davenport, although
 slightly in the minority, have been
 honored with a majority of the ap-
 points. Of the 33 committees in the
 Senate, 19 are headed by Senators who supported the opposition, and IS show majority membership given to the Sims supporters. This does not apply to the minor committees either, for such committees as apportion- ment, elections and federal relations are composed wholly of Senators who opposed President Davenport, and all members of the public service corpor- ations, public health, memorial and circuit and inferior courts, with one exception, are from the same faction. But one committee, the judiciary, which is the most important one, shows an equal division.
 Voting on motions and measures, at no time since the result of the race for the presidency, has shown any in- clination to uphold the alleged "round robin" agreement by which a number of Senators were supposed to have banded themselves together to control legislation. There are few Senators who vote alike on all measures, but they are in the hopeless minority, so far as control is concerned, but this little band has shown itself as strong for administration measures as all others.
 It is probable that the Senate will within few days take up and settle hte question of confirming or rejecting appointments made by Gov. G. w. Hays, and with this out of the way, there will be no further reason for a division in the ranks.
 The very. best evidence of admins trative control, is the absence from the Senate cloak rooms, and halls, of the leaders on the outside who endeav bred to control the organization. No session in many years has been so free from the influence of the lobby ist In fact, there are very few old timers about. There are few scouts on hand to look out for labor legisla- tion, and several organizations also have men stationed at the capitol to keep them informed as to legislative action, but they are few in compari- son to the number in past sessions.
 The 1917 session of the General As sembIy has all the earmarks of clean, business-like body, one deter