The courier-index., 1919-06-20
BrOugh WM Call
 Suffrage Session

Little Rock, June l9.-An extra session of the Arkansas legislature will be called to convene the latter part of July to ratify the Susan B. Anthony federal amendment, giving equal suffrage to women, and prob ably for other purposes, it was an nounced yesterday by Gov. Brough.
 The governor said the official proclamation calling the special ses- sion will not be issued for several days, as he is considering including in the call action on a state high way plan, corrective road legislation and soil and geological survey for the state.
 A committee of about 50 women, headed by Mrs. T. T. Gotham, chair man of the Arkansas Equal Suffrage Central Committee, visited the gov ernor yesterday morning to urge him to issue the call for a one-day ses- sion to ratify the suffrage amend ment. Following plea for an ex- eraordinary session by Mrs. Gotham, Governor Brough assured the wo- men that he would issue the call, probably for the last week in July
 which date the women said would be satisfactory to them.
 Governor Brough told reporter yesterday that he had not definitely made up his mind as to the wisdom
 of including other subjects than wo
 mans suffrage in the call, but that
 the session would be a brief one
 and would include a very few sub
 jects. The proclamation probabl!
 will be issued Saturday, it was said
 That a special session to ratif.
 the federal amendment to the con
 stitution, giving women the right t.
 vote, is favored by majority of tn, solons was shown Gov. Brough b, Mrs. Gotham, who said she had re
 ceived letters from "A of the 13!
 members of the legislature declar
 ing they would approve the measure
 The suffragists in some counties an
 nounced they would pay the expen ses of the legislators at a one-da
 session, but it is said they will no accept.
 If subjects other than woman suffrage are to be included in tn governors call, it is considered prob :. able that one will be a geologics
 survey of the state. On the recen , tour of the Arkansas Profitabl Farming Bureau of the Little Roc
 Board of Commerce the governo , heard an address by the Dean of tn , Illinois College of Agriculture, on , of the best known agriculturists ' the United States, who told of tn ? value of such a survey, and it , said he was considerably interested l Jim G. Ferguson, commissioner ( a mines, manufactures and agricultul
 has been favoring a survey since h assumed the office and he said ye F terday that considerable pressuI , will be brought to bear on Governe v Brough to include a survey of tt v state in the call for special sessiol r The last general assembly refused
 make an appropriation for a surve,
 The Arkansas Bankers Associi
 tion is fathering the state highwa
 plan that the governor is considerir t the bankers plan being to create . highway district of the entire stat r and increase the tax on automobile Q This would decrease the tax on re- : estate. The governor is said to fl
 vor such project. The banker s are to meet in Little Rock at a early date to consider plans for u e highway system, and probably wi l ask the governor to include the e measure in the special call, it , said.
 v Whether the proposed new const P tuition for Arkansas will be include p in the call is not known, but it w, Q said yesterday that the governor considering it. The. constitute failed to be, adopted by the recel f session of the legislature through : technicality. The governor is know n to be strongly in favor of it.
 Q Although the suffragists asked tf n governor to call special session ft one day only, should other subjec . be included in the call it is quit c probable that the session will col h tinue the constitutional limit of o days, which would cost betwee : s3O.OO0 and s40,0O according to g estimate of Van B. Sims, assistal V state comptroller. All of the CT f ployes will receive full pay for u z extra session, while the legislato
 will receive only half pay or $3 r. day. ---''---~-------r
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