The Mena weekly star., 1921-03-17
LEGISLATURE ENDS BUT MUCH UNDONE
No Appropriation for Board of Con- trol and No Constitutional Amend
 ment-McRae's Program Wreck
 Little Constructive Legislation.

Little Rock, March 10.-Forgetting at least one necessary appropriation, failing to untangle it's internal row and submit any one of the several pro- posed constitutional amendments, the 1921 legislature, after backing up on its impeachment charges against Cir cult Judge John w. Wade, but adopt ing resolution severely censoring him, late today adjourned sine die. 1 The house let ..le appropriation bill for the board of control, which has charge of all charitable institutions, die on it's calendar, after having re- called the bill from the senate, where it had been sent after being tabled by the house for reconsideration.
 Legislative leaders in both branches were frank in confessing that the 1921 legislature will go down in his- tory with less constructive legislation to it's credit than any previous legis- l lature.
 Among measures which died on the calendars were all bills aimed at the actuarial bureau, bills to abolish the board of control, tax commission, in- heritance tax attorney and numerous other offices and also the measure to provide a building program for the University of Arkansas.
 | Governor McRae's general program, as whole, went to pieces on legis- lative rocks when only fragment of it had been enacted. About the only measures which he strongly advocated, which were enacted were abolition of the penitentiary commission and the corporation commission, and he was forced to accept compromise on the latter. He accepted railroad com mission when his platform insisted that there was no necessity of one. l Another administration plank, an | investigation to ferret out the many wrongs charged against the old pen itentiary management, went to pot on the last day.
 The special committee, which made such furore during the early part of the session on what it was going to show up, made its report covering three pages, in which it completely ex- onerated all former members of the penitentiary, said the institution and its management had been used by Dol iticians as political football by which they hoped to gain votes, and that the faults the committee had found were due to faulty system rather than ad- ministration of the system.
 For five hours committee appeared in the senate and announced it had been appointed by the house to prose- cute Judge Wade and asking that the senate fix a date for commencement of the impeachment trial immediately. There was a furry. 1t was thought the house was baking, a thought which came very nearly being correct.
 About that time Judge Wade was steered to the senate and given the courtesy of the floor. He took the presidents stand and in perfume tory way read his testimony which had been given before the governor Wednesday, He had been applauded vigorously when he entered. There was scattered applause when he left. Then he was escorted to the house, where the program was repeated.
 A resolution in the house to with draw the impeachment charges was introduced and a furor started. The house decided to keep the row fam fly matter and promptly went into executive session.
 sat until o'clock. The hour the sine die adjournment passed. The senae did not know what to do, for it could not adjourn unless the house withdrew it's impeachment charges, pending then on the senate's calendar.
 The house came out of the execu- | tive session with the impeachment spirit whipped but by the narrow mar