Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-01-14
THE LEGISLATURE
 OF ARK. CONFINES
Governor Brough'S Message Was Read soon After the House and Senate Convened: OrganiZntioK Perfected.

Beth branches of thr Foriy-s2cona General Assembly were organized at 1 go o'clock Monday afternoon and the first mea sure introduced Was Joint Resolution No. I, ratifying thA proposed federal constitutional amendment for national prohibition. Representative Doyle of Lawrence county introduced the resolution.
 Promptly at noon Monday both Branches of the 1919 leeislaturc con. vened with Senator John Monchief president pro tom, of the Senate, presiding in the upper house. and Representative Joe Joiner of Column bia county residing as temporary speaker in the lower house
 With the presiding o't'cpr5 and the most important emrlovas al ready decided upon, il Nas believed that both branches would be com pletely organized during thc after noon. and that the Legislature would settle down to it's WI rk Tueg- da" morning.
 Under present plans. Governor BrCugh will deliver his address We'd nesday afternoon, altho ,gh hn ma make a more or less hort and eX- temporaneous speech nctausa Df a prematur2 publication of his fo,mal ! message, which had been given to newspapers Saturday afternoon win requests that it bc Ni;hhold from publication until it was delivered Representative Joiner was chosen as temporary speaker, and Represcn- l tative C.. P Newton was chosen as | permanent speaker at a caucu. =. House members Saturday night while Senator Harry l.. Ponder wn- elected president o' the senate at a senate caucus Sunday afternoon Senator Ponder and representatives Newton and Joiner when nominat ed for their respective offices, had no opposition.
 At the senate caucus Sunday af. ternoon candidates for various posi- tiOns also were voted on the lie cisions to be ratified at the senate session Monday afternoon. Ira Lang ley of Piggot was elected secretary J. O. Jones of Melville, assistant vile. journal clerk; Rodeer Ashley lzard county, assistant journal clerk; Miss Era Lewis, Prescott. en- rolling clerk; Mrs. E. c. Johnson Little Rock assistant enrr,lne clerk; Miss Mamie Brewer, Texar kama. expressing clerk; Miss Ben nie Griffin, Little Rock, assistant engrossimg clerk: the Rev. J. w Sims, chaplain; J. Polk Fancher Berryville, sergeant at arms.
 The House had made tNe follow ing selections in it's caucus ca'ur- day night; Harvey G. Combs, chief clerk; Jim Higgins. assistant ch c. clerk; Claude Jarrett. journal clerk 1 Hal p. Smith, assistant journal cleck 1 Both the senate and the house were to elect janitors and pages Monday afternoon. In addition the house was to elect journal clerks. a pOstmistress and other employees The senate also left one or two O. fices unified. Committee clerks will be elected by the various commit tees.
 Governors Recommendations.
 Chief among the recommendations in Governor Brough's formal ad dress, was the sale or leasing of th state convict farm at Cummins and the sale of the Arkansas School for the Blind, a new school to be erected on state property adjoining the Deaf-Mute Institute. Both institu, tiOns, under his recommendation would be operated under one head Convicts now on the Cummins farm would be worked on roads.
 Enactment of law creating ar executive budget system, creation o an advisory pardon board. remova of the limit allowed n be paid tt Confederate pensioners, creation O a corporation commission. enac:,nen of workmen's compensation law full woman suffrage, a .eh'ening G the bone dry law and ratification o the proposed federal constitutinr amendment, were among other Inn portant recommendations
 Creation of central purchasins agency to buy all supplies for stat, departments and instructions an. various amendments to state as sessment, taxation and healii, laws also were recommended. The nev governor urged submission of a pro
 posed constitutional amendment tt permit cities and towns to issue bonds and urged the legislature rur chase farm for the State Hospita for Nervous Disease.
 Financial Conditions.
 !. In regard to the states financia condition, the message says:
 "An audit of the records as o July 1, 1917, made by our newly el ected created and very efficient au ditorial department, revealed tn
 fact that the deficit on that date wa
 sS11.225. in excess of the S750.00 provided by the note issue act. How ever, I pledged the membership o the last general assembly that ev pen6itures would be kept strictl ,, within revenue and that if the head , of all departments and institution would make an honest effort to sta, within their respective appropria tions. felt we would ta safely on J Continued on page fourl