Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-02
SESSION ENDS;
 S0L0NS' LAb0RS
 CALLED USELESS
Cost of Assembly's Meeting is S2O0,000; No Profiteering
 Bill.

noon today, the second extraordinary session of the Arkansas legislature called by Governor Brough to consid or anti-profiteering and remedial inn movement district measures, adjourn cd sine die The net result of the session, so far as the high cost of liv ing legislation was concerned was the adoption of house joint resolution calling on the congress of the United States to give relief.
 It has cost the state of Arkansas approximately $200,000 for the regu- lar and special sessions of the egis lature so far this year, according to figures compiled by Van B. Smis. assistant state comptroller. These figures include the $47,O0O estimated cost of the session which adjourned Wednesday noon.
 Senator Caldwell's two original -profiteering bills, senate bills No. 27 and 28, which had lain on the cal endar since the killing of the code price marking bills several days ago, were brought out on motions of Senators CaZort and Collins and were tabled by the senate.
 The session which closed yesterday noon was characterized by Speaker Newton as "very useless extra ses- sion."
 "We have come to the end of very useless extra session of the legislature and the further we go the more manifest it becomes that it is a useless session." said Mir. Newton. in announcing the close of the ses- sion.
 "We have witnessed in this year the going-to-seed of local and speciaE legislation. do not introduce local bills. I quit it years ago. had thought and hoped that the Alexan- der road law would permit us to avoid so much local road legislation, but it seems that it has not had that effect. The local bill is always su- preme, it would seem, and no mem- Der has any right, perhaps, certain ly he has no influence regarding local bill affecting another members county or district. It is not the fault of the members, generally speaking, but we are the victims of a system which has fastened itself upon our state"
 Just prior to the hour of adjourn ment, MT. Holloway of Lonoke and Mr. Bagley of Pulaski offered a reso- lution pledging the members to sup port constitutional amendment un- der which the introduction of local bills would be prohibited, and which was promptly and with loud acclaims laid on the table
 The resolution follows:
 Whereas, The Forty second Gen. eral Assembly convened in extraordin ary session has been compelled to con- slider 3S2 bills, and
 Whereas, 1t is a physical and mental impossibility to properly and safely consider said mass of legisla- tion in the short time allotted them; and
 Whereas, said system of introduc- ing and placing local legislation is against the spirit of the constitution and ruinous and extravagant in its application; and
 Whereas, The members of the members of the legislature are fore ed by the existing constitutional amendment to make personal pecun- lary sacrifice to remain in Little Rock While the said assemblies are in ses- slon and to hastily and even reckless " consider the matters brought to their attention; and ;, Whereas, We candidly consider the system of local legislation anti quated, ruinous and extravagant.
 We the members of the Forty- second General Assembly, do here respectfully suggest to the voters of this splendid and progressive state to support members to the next assemblies only who are pledged to support proposed constitution al amendment whereby the introduction or local bills into the assembly will pc prohibited, whereby the members VIII be placed on reasonable salary, ana whereby the assembly may be permitted to stay in session as long oell,berately and properly consider each measure on it's merits"