The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-06-13

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seemed to be no idea or principle un.
derlying any vote, but they proceeded
by whims and jerks.
The comptroller's chief clerk gets
81 800, and also finally the governors
secretary. The treasurer gets 81 500
for ex Office services as insurance com.
missioner, and the secretary of State
has little plum of $4,000 to hand out
for making bond register, There
are increases all along the line in sal
aries and special donations. That
million dollars in the treasury is an
awfully tempting thing to dab into
and slssh around and this legislature
has made an awful hole in it,
Lawyers, doctors, presidents of cor
porations and jackasses were taxed $5
each in the original bill, but the Sen
ate changed its mind and left the jack
asses to bear the burden alone.
After passing q bill requiring public
schools to teach the deleterious effects
OF cigarettes, the senate determined
Saturday that they were no more than
any other form of tobacco and took off
the privilege tax.
The centennial received an upper
cut jab in the house Saturday. An
amendment by Mr.. Heiskell to appro.
pirate 100000 was voted down with.
out debate by AZ to 43. A change of
three votes would have passed i. and
it may be done yet, under the prevail
ing changefulness of opinion.
The Peabody normal gets $1,000 to
establish chair of American history
where history will be taught as 1t is
known South. Special attention to
Tennessee history is also to be a fea
ture.
The insane asylums, industrial
school, blind school and all the other
institutions are literally remembered
If the members don't change theil
minds.
At the last moment change in the
mind induced the senate to adopt
Ledgerwood's amendment to pay State
witnesses who live above five miles
away fifty cents day after the first
day.
: The rate Of taxation is reduced only
five cents at last.
The house isn't done yet trying tC
find out what it was that hit the as
sessment bill and where it hit it. Wig
orous effort is made to defeat investi
! CATION. can not imagine why it il
desired to smother it unless there j
something wrong. Mr.. Buford has lee
the effort to pry into it and has sue
ceeded in overruling the speaker
r There is some talk of another extrs
: session to straighten out the assess
} ment bill. This legislature will q
> down as the most careless and ram
r shackling body OF statesmen we hav'
!. had. Nearly everything done need
redoing or undoing.
Mr.. Bartlett offered an amendmen
} appropriatlng $3.50 for every set o
! triplets born in Tennessee, but tn
3 speaker ruled it out of order. 1t wa
' not clear whether he ruled the triplet
r out Of order or the amendment. A
{ any rate. the amendment was still
= born and the triplet industry will hav
v to rely on its own resources.
+ The legislature will get throug
with its bills on time, but it wonld b
a folly to predict now what they will b
J. The senate has passed three and th
is body OF the work Of amending ha
) been gone through with, but there al
u many things that it will be difficult t
a agree over and many changes are
, occur yet.
70 Sweet reader, did you know that v
have had this legislature nearly 81
Is months? And did you know that v
& are getting tired OF you sending u
8, men here to entertain us who are
i. for nothing at homer Try it next ye,
W and pick out either the best man
ID the biggest fool you have. These ha
o. smart fellows do more damage ths
e. good and it is better to haYe men wi
Is can not write bills than to have the
re- bungled by fellows who think the
,e know it all. ELDEE MACK.
"a Cure for Headache.
As a remndv for all forms of Hea