The log cabin Democrat., 1921-02-18
SENATE CONFIRMS
 M'RAE APPO|NTffS
FIGHT ON ADMINISTRATION
Is Suspended by Upper House, After Series of Blows are
 Delivered.

Little Rock Feb. 18.-No opposi- tion was manifest in the executive session of the senate Thursday after noon when the names of Joseph G Walker Joe Hardage and w. E. Floyd as members of the Arkansas Corpora ton were presented for confirmation. The senate was in executive session only a short time demonstrating the lack of opposition.
 Even the most hardened anti-ad- ministrationist baked Wednesday af- ternoon at the proposed amendment to the general salary bill which would have reduced the annual stipend of the secretary to the governor from $3,O0O to $2,250. This amendment was offered by Senator Collins who declared that it was in the interest of economy and the governor having been elected on a platform of econ- omy should start it in his own of fee. After considerable debate, Sen ator Collins agreed to change the amendment and allow the private sec retary $2,500 per annum, the amount he now receives. On a roll call Sen ator Collins was the only one voting for the amendment, and being a good sport, he asked permission to change his vote in order that it be unanimous. Senator Stewart was in a manner re- sponsble for the voting down of the amendment. He stated that the sen ate had taken four body blows at the governor during the day and that the proposed amendment was carry ing it bit too far.
 The senate refused to become calm in it's anti-adminstration manifesto tions in the afternoon session. An adverse report had been made in the forenoon by the judiciary committee on the Kelso-Joiner bill to stay work on all road improvement districts pending a referendum. It was called up in the afternoon session and the debate was as sparkling as any dur ing the session. Senator Stewart was again the champion of an ad- ministration measure when he took the floor in it's behalf. The sentiment against the bill was not caused by antipathy to the governor as the line up was entirely different from admin istrati0n and anti administration measures in the past. The bill was defeated by a vote of 10 to 19. How ever. as it was considered an admin istration measure, it wound up very bad day for the governor in the sen- board of control as well as the pas sage of the Johnston bill to license the sale of cigarettes over his veto, were features of the morning session. l Should a bill which passed the house yesterday by MT. Lamore of Fulton county become a law, serious inroads will have been made upon the act of the 1919 session creating county boards of education and pro- viding for the office of county super intendent of schools in all the counties of the state This bill provides that in the counties of Fulton, Sharp, Un- ion, Baxter, Clay, Nevada, Clark Izard, Perry, Stone, Saline, Grant Scott, Van Buren, Cross, Lincoln Hampstead, Calhoun, Ouachita and Independence, the county boards of education shall not employ another superintendent until the question has been submitted to the people for a vote. It is further provided that 2a per cent of the electors of any of these counties may petition for an election on the question of county superlnten- dency. While there has been consid- erable opposition to the bill, it was passed with only one negative vote in the house, it being considered in- advisable to attempt to defeat the measure since there were so many counties included in its provisions.
 MT. Arnold of Clark on the floor of the house yesterday made amende hon. orable when he arose on question of personal privilege and stated that a charge he had recently made on the floor relative to certain game warden had been d scovered to be unfounded While the fish and game emergency appropriation bill was under discus sion he had said that one of the war dens was a conductor on the Rock ls- land railroad, intimating that he had been drawing salaries for both posi- tons. Mir. Arnold said that upon in vestigation it was found that he had q leave of absence from the commis- sion at the time he was acting as con ductor.