Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-01-16
GOVERNOR SUSTAINED
 BY ARKANSAS S0LONS
III Filling Vacancies: Senator Carruth Resigns: Per Diem Bill Passed With. out fIScussiOn.

laeure at 3:l5 o'clock this afternoon following action of the two houses in joint session in canvassing the vote of the recent election and declaring aovcrnor Brough reelected.
 The governor urged the sale of the state convict farm at Cummins, and recommended that in the future conV'cts be used on the roads. He recommended that in the future con- vets be used on the roads. He recom- mended the establishment of an execu- tive budget system and the establish ment of central purchasing agency to buy all supplies for state institu- tons and departments and the crea- ton of an advisory pardon board. He dorsed woman suffrage and urged the enactment of workmans compen- sation act and other laws for the protection of workers.
 Little Rock, Jan. Ex-Governor Brough's right to fill vacancies in the legislature by appointment was upheld by the house of representatives Mon- day morning.
 d committee Recommending that seats ofbe denied Representative Peter Deisch of Phillips county and Stephen Meador of Clark county.
 The vote was 76 to for rejection of the report, those voting to uphold the report being Representatives Boh- finger, Carter of Franklin, Chambliss, Finn, Harrelson, Henry Sullinger and Talbott, two of those voting in the negative having been paired and their votes not counting in the totals.
 Both representatives whose right to seats in the house had been attacked had been recently appointed to fill va cancies caused by resignations. When a message announcing their appoint ment was sent to the house Monday there was immediate objection. A special committee on credentials re- turned report Tuesday morning recommending that the two be denied seats. The report inaugurated spir- ited debate which ended when the matter was deferred until Wednesday morning.
 From 10 o'clock Wednesday morn ing until the house recessed for lunch, the debate was continued. Steps to have the two representatives sworn in were taken immediately after the vote rejecting the report of the committee was taken.
 Representatives Bohlinger and Har- relson spoke for the report and Rep- son of Howard. Chastain, Craig. Doyle and Stevens spoke for it's rejection. MT. Stevens had made the motion to reject.
 During Mir. Joiner's speech he sub nitted the following opinion from the attorney general holding that the gov- ernor has the right to appoint:
 Governor Fills Another Vacancy
 Governor Brough Wednesday morn- ing announced the resignation of Sem ator Hill Carruth of Warren and the appointment of E. w. McGough of Warren to succeed him. Senator Me Couch is a lawyer, member of the firm oi Wilson and McGOagh at War rer. He is a graduate of Ouschita College and formerly was superin- tendent of school at Warren.
 Former Senator Carruth is. a lieu tenant colonel in command of the 114th Ammunition train. formerly a unit of the Arkansas National Guard. He is now stationed at Camp Beaure- gard.
 Lieutenant Colonel Carruth recently returned with his command from France and he thought he would be mustered out in time to fill his seat in the 1919 session. of the senate, but finding that he would he detained in the military service until the latter part of the legislative session, tender ed his resignation as senator. repre- senting the eighteenth senatorial dis trict.
 Per Diem Rill Passed
 The per diem was the first bill pass ed by the house in the Firty-second General Assembly. The bill appropri- ating s75,OOO for tn emileage and daily "wage" of the solons was pasesd Wednesday morning by vote of 77|o, and was read and made a special order for Thursday in the senate.
 Other measures before the house Wednesday were:
 resolution of Bohlinger to pay the postmistress $1 day additional. A motion by Mir. Choate to table was lost B to 31, and the resolution was then withdrawn upon the statement that a caucus is to be held to deter mine the pay of the various employees A resolution by Choate to exclude visitors from the hall that better or der might be preserved was held out of order by the speaker, who said that rules temporarily adopted safeguard the proceedings of the house, although he was in full sympathy with 1t There was considerable discussion o1 the had acoustics of the hall, and the statement was made that an effort be , made to remedy the trouble resolution by Stevens of Colum- bia endorsing the rroposed league oi nations was adopted. resolution by Farrelson of St Francis to have 200 copies of eacf general hilt printed was adopted or tha statement that whenever bill is