The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-20

l legislature to meet aDouL may l.
 Little Rock, March 13.--Sitting at the press table in the senate Thurs day noon, Governor Brough saw the bill for resubmission of the constitu- tion filibustered to death, and de- clared to newspaper men that spe- cial session of the legislature to enact revenue measure and to resubmit the constitution is now imperative.
 An hour later, addressing the house and senate members iii the house chamber, he reitereated his opinion that a special session is necessary, but said he will not issue call until he has consulted with all members, either personally or by letter, and that if it was called, it would not be called for 30 days or more.
 Defeat of the administration meas ure for a one-mill tax, for one year, to be levied in 1919 and collected in 1920, by adoption in the house of an amendment striking out the levy, 1 plunged the administration into a | deep muddle.
 It was immediately apparent that one of two courses must be followed | to keep the state out of debt--either | to pare from $600,000 to $7O0,000 | from legislative appropriations, or to convoke the legislature for enactment of additional revenue laws.
 Proposals were made to have the tax commission increase the basis of | assessment, but Governor Brough | pointed out that such a course would levy much larger tax, with propor tionate parts going into all funds, whereas only the general revenue fund will need funds.
 The last special legislative session was in 1911, when Governor Dona- ghey convened the assembly to con sider the Turner-Jacobson revenue measure. In special sessions, legisla- tors can consider only those measures specifically mentioned in the call, and serve on half pay.
 Wild Scenes at Close.
 While a filibuster was on in the house Thursday morning, Represent tative Hill had a concurrent resolu- tion, drawn by senators and sent to the house for introduction, for an ex- tension of the session. He never got chance to introduce it, however.
 Wild scenes marked the last ses- sion of both houses, due chiefly to the resubmission measure. Filibusterers in the house finally were beaten, and the house passed the bill, 52 to 40 It was rushed to the senate for concur renee in the house amendment for submission by sections It stumbled into another filibuster. by Senator Brown, directed against reconsidera- tion of the bill for second experi- mental farm, to be located at Scotts This held it up until 12 o'clock when Senators Greenhouse and Brown with drew their objections to the farm bill il and it was passed.
 Related Postponement.
 Legally, the senate died at 12 o'clock. but clocks had been fixed" and apparently it was only 11:30. The was resumed and at 1:30 a | delegation from the house, which had waited thirty minutes hoping the sen ate would vote, came in. announcing adjournment of the house sine die. President Ponder immediately an- 1ounced the senate adjourned.
 1t had been planned by the admin stratlon leaders to have the senate 'efuse to concur in the amendment, 'eturn the bill to the house, and have he proponents of resubmission, which were in the majority, compel the louse to recede from it's amendment, hus passing the bill in original form.
 Many Measures Die.
 Hundreds of bills died on the legis- ative calendar, among them the Hes CT bill for two trans-state highways, which passed the senate only to die in he house; the 2-man crew street ear pill; the anti-race track bill, aimed at Hot Springs, and the bill to create state finance board The Few bill, a H lrastic morality measure, also died with the legislature, it is said, altho il 1t had passed both houses. The senate had adopted motion to reconsider | the vote by which the bill was passed, and then left the bill in that status. There the bill died, senate leaders i say.
 The Evans bill, fixing county sur veyor's salaries at S750 a day was | tabled in the house. Bills passed by | the house included.
 By Evans, to fix the salary of depu- ty prosecutor in Logan county; by Me- 1 Cough. to prohibit persons related to attorneys in cases to sit as jurors; by Vaughan, to permit county judges to fix salaries of probation officers.
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