The Forrest City times., 1899-03-03

Little Pock. March I.-T14c B1ckner bill. to
increase salaries OF state officers wus taken up,
and Senator Buckner spoke in favor of the
passage OF the measure.
Senator Hardy also spoke in faycr Of the bill
Senator Kmbell favored increasing salaries
OF certain state officers, who were not being
paid enough, but opposed a sweeping increase
in salaries
Senators Lawrence and Carlock also spoke
against the bill, which failed to pass by a vote
OF to %
S. b. 1873 (Quarles), to fund the debt OF Ar
kansas. was read third time and passed by a
vote OF 50 to2.
Senator Collins moved a reconsideration of
the vote by which s. B. 52 to amend the pri-
mary election law. failed to pass. The motion
was adopted and the bill took its place on the
calendar.
The house railroad commission bill was
taken up. After brief debate the senate rail-
road committee was instructed to return the
bill to the senate March Sd.
The following bills were introduced:
Douglass (222), as to fees to be paid by for
eign corporations for Hing papers in the Sec
retary of states office.
Smith (223l, TO grant certain state lands to
the Little Rock q Gulf railroad company.
Collins (e2D, to place county officers on sal
aries and fix the same thereof.
South (225). to punish persons practicing
medicine without authority.
Witt (226), to define the rights OF married
women.
Lambert CesT. to amend sections 1906 and
1924 of the digest
South (22s), to grant railroads right of way
across state lands.
Hall (229) to make an appropriation of s75.-
600 per annum for maintenance of ex-Confed-
crate soldiers not inmates of the home
Ferguson (s30). to provide for repairing the
floor of the supreme court library.
Quarles, t23l). to dispose of certain lands and
to place same upon tax books
:. b. POS (Wilson Of Clark requiring passen-
ger trains to stop at all functions in this state
Kimbell (s35), an act regulating the salaries
of the chancellors OF the Third and Fifth chan
Gerry districts.
Hardy (23i), to amend section 6575 OF the di-
gest
Douglass C232), to regulate transfers for
passed.
s. b. 81, (king), to authorize the purchase OF
blood hounds by county judges, passed by a
vote OF IA to IL.
The House.
Three new bills were introduced In the house
today. as follows:
No 80. to prohibit the sale of intoxicants
within five miles of Drew Normal Institute at
Wilmar; 81 CNorton) to prohibit school di-
rectors from employing teachers when there is
no money on hand to pay salaries; 3i2 (Foster),
TO require insurance companies doing business
annual net receipts.
Mr. Parkers bill, regulating charges OF ex-
press companies. was taken up and read third
time. The bill likes the following rates with
an addition of one-third when packages are
expressed over more than one road. For less
than 10 pounds, is cents; less than so pounds
and more than 10 pounds, 20 cents; less than IS
and more than 80 pounds 25 cents: less than 100
and more than rs pounds. 80 cents.
Messrs. Sullivan and Brooks spoke in favor
of the bill, which passed with only three votes
in the negative
Mr. LETTERS bill amending the law In refer
ence TO pensions for ex-Confederates was read
second time and made special order for March
sth.
II. B. 1875 Cratum) to protect employees and
guarantee their rights to belong to labor organ
izations, was read third time
Mr. Tatum explained the objects OF the bill.
citing cases where men had been discharged
and blacklisted, preventing them from procur-
ing employment elsewhere, simply because
they joined some labor union.
Mr. Taylor said he heartily condemned the
practice of blacklisting. but there was no way
OF compelling an employer or corporation to
tell why man was discharged; they could
always give some other reason than the one
that the discharged one belonged to a union;
the bill was useless. and would not benefit any
one
The bill passed-ayes "A; uoas s.