The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-03-17

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GAG LAW.
me for itself as a stamping ground for
tuliar legislative measures, but Kansas
Is now plenty of rivals
Sober old New York, which has found
hch pleasure in the past in jeering at
hnsas, takes its place in a bound at the
bad Of the crank procession. Senator
Ellsworth of Lockport, the president pro
km. of the New York senate, has intro
hced bill in that body which has at
kacted more widespread attention than all
be freak legislation of the so called
Ewoolly" west.
III Senator Ellsworth views with alarm the
liberties which the bright young artists of
Rhe metropolitan press are disposed to take
hEith the features Of public men, and pro-
poses to stop caricaturing and the publica-
fion Of unauthorized portraits. His bill
provides that mo person, firm, partner
ship, corporation or voluntary association
Shall print or publish in any newspaper,
periodical, magazine, pamphlet or book
Rny portrait, or alleged portrait, of any
person or individual living in this state
without first having obtained his or her
written consent to such printing or publ
Gation
The bill makes violation misdemeanor
punishable by fine of not less than 81, 600
and by imprisonmentfo for not less than one
year
Mr.. Ellsworth certainly had no personal
cause for complaint, for his picture haQ
been printed only once before he introduced
his bill. Now the artists are after him
with their keenest pencils, and he is being
meTcilessly cartooned throughout the
length of the Empire State. But the
pictures of Senator Ellsworth.
Senator Ellsworth is not solitary among
the legislative freaks at Albany. Senator
Martin wants to have the department
stores declared trusts, and Assemblyman
Andrews has introduced bill to tear down
all the billbOards in New York city.
The Missouri legislature is quite up to
qate IN the matter of freak legislation.
representative Hood of Barry county is
opposed to railroad employees flirting with
women passengers, and his opposition has
laAen the form of bill making such con.
Guct illegal. The bill prohibits all con.
UCucCors, engineers, fremen and brakemer
from flirting in any way with women on
(he trains, and makes them subject to 9
IlHe OF $50 if they attempt to play the
d agreeable, whether the woman in the case
oetrays willingness or not.
DuO Mr.. Rebo of Clark county holds the
pam Tor bills Of an unusual nature. Mr.
Itepo does not believe in running the risk
y ~ being tossed by an angry bull. So he
= .los introduced a bin calling for the de
49, A. Ing OF all bulls at an age of 2 years
sne Ulhe at which most Of them show tn,
ssbiIi+r 10 vi d ulStasto for red rags and al
n o - 10 remove the offender.
u IN line with these bills is one introduced
~, IN, representative Wamslev Of jackson
SIuii 1Vproyidos that railroad companie,
80 Oe prohibited from using wooder
,,o ,Ilo 'snu lying them with a string. The
noseJ ' "a, "'!acaed Tor violation of the pro
1,n 49, "a" IS $4,000 fine. Of course it i.
t unuerStood that the bin must he in some
~ %" I,,i intended as joke But for all thai
WI go through the regular routine.
of 80. .n0 Kansas legislature fully so billl
'-,ls Sort have already been killed BY
nov lOIees during the present session, ant
oi5 are under consideration. A bill
, against boomers, another to prevent the
49, 3 Oh corsets and others of a like ma
a ,,aV INV. nave been done away with. There
''T several still left. however.
10. rouOh Carolina II bill has passed the
"N'cA 'he legislature recurring