Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-12
LEGISLATIVE NEWS. WEEKLY REVIEW OF PROCEED INGS OF THE LEGISLATURE A Scandal Said to Be Brewing Rela- tive to the Management of
 Insane Asylum.
Special to the Graphic.

islature is now getting down to solid business. and are getting away with the work of the session in record breaking time. The past week has been particularly lively in the House. A half-dozen bills to regulate the pen sions of Confederate soldiers have been introduced, and it seems to be the concensus of opinion that some in increasing the appropriation for Confederate pensions will pass.
 Representative Bowling has intro duced bill to change the time of paying taxes until fall. We believes this bill meets with general approval and the chances are that it will be- come law
 \ bill has been introduced to com pei the railroads to pay the salaries and expenses of the Railroad Commis- sion. There seems to be an idea prev alent among the law makers that the Railroad Commission is purely or namental body, and they are, or many of them are, in favor of doing away with the commission altogether There will probably be a compromise in a way that will compel the rail roads to pay the salaries
 The old bloodhound bill, which was defeated two years ago, has passed the House with probably two-thirds of the counties exempted from the provisions of the bill.
 Senator McNemer's house of cor rection bill is now before the House in printed form, and it is pretty sure to receive a good majority of the votes of that body.
 The railroads are having pretty hard sledding in the House All kinds and conditions of bills are being in- troduced to regulate" them Many of them possess real merit and others are positively ridiculous Bills have been passed to compel the Iron Noun tain to stop it's trains at all stations in Clay county. and at other points on that road. The Kansas City road has been requested to stop the "can- non ball' at Mammoth Springs through the medium of a bill intro duced by Senator Short Wright, of Independence, persuaded the Iron Mountain to run daily passenger train between Cushman and Newport
 The senate has gone on record as being opposed to a board of par dons.' and Gov. Jeff will have to wag along without assistance
 Brooks pure food biIl is liable to cause trouble It is most drastic measure, and if put in operation would benefit the high=priced baking powder concerns more than any one else. The average Arkansan buys his baking powder at Joe per can of one pound, and appears to be perfect ly satisfied with the quality. This bill would drive all the cheap pow ders out of the market and compel people to pay from 40c to soc per pound for the pure stuff"
 Chestnut, of Fulton, has introduced bill appropriating $25000 for an ex- hibit at the Worlds Fair at St Louis. While it has some opposition We are of the opinion that our resources will be properly advertised at St. Louis in 1903, and that the Chestnut bill will become a law.
 Toney, of Jefferson, made a gallant fight on his proposed amendment to the constitution eXempting manufac- turers from taxation for a period of seven years His measure was de feated, but the author went down with colores flying
 Look out for a scandal in the in sane asylum. We get it from mem- Der of the committee which is investi- gating that institution that instead of being oyercrowded there is room in the asylum for at least fifty more pa tients. It is also intimated from the same source that several head of COWS purchased by the state for that institution are not used there at all, but are now on the private farm of one of the officers; and that surplus supplies are being diverted into pri- vate channels.
 Senator Browns bill to regulate the milling business of the State should be entitled bill to prohibit +bo oro.+;o,, f 1,:,