Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-01-24
LEGISLATIVE NEWS.
A WEEKS REVIVAL OF THE GEN.
 ERAL ASSEMBLY.
A Scandal Is Said to Be Brewing Rel. ative to the Management of the
 State Penitentiary.

opeclal to the Grapnlc.
 LITTLE ROCK, Jan. 23-The ses- sion of the 33rd General Assembly has barely gotten into working con- dition, but even thus far it has not been without interest.
 In addition to the President of the. Senate and Speaker of the House, Norh Arkansas landed an assistant secretary of the Senate, a clerk of the judiciary committee (Senate) and in the House a journal clerk and as sistant, the chaplain, janitor, en- rolling clerk and a half dozen other positions of less importance.
 First Bills.
 The first bills introduced in either branch of the General Assembly was bill having a tendency to ease the minds and replenish the pocketbooks of the members. It appropriated an hundred thousand to defray the ex- penses of the session., salaries, per diem, etc. Senate bill No. 3 is the fellow servant" bill, which created so much confusion two years ago. The bill was introduced by Senator Lawrence, and we predict that it will be the greatest proposition before the General Assembly, Both sides are lined up for fight, and both sides ap- pear confident of victory in the wind up. In order that every reader of the Graphic may understand exactly the provisions of the bill, we submit it in full:
 Be it enacted, etc.
 Section 1. That any person. com pany or corporation owning or operat- ing railroad in this state (trans. porting freight and passengers for hire) shal lbe liable for the death or injury of any employe caused by the negligence of any other agent, ser want or employe of such person, cor poration owning or operating such railroad
 Sec. 2. This act shall take effect from and after it's passage Watch for a fight on the fellow ser, ants bill, for it is surely coming.
 Senator Tom Wilson has introduc ed an anti-gambling bill which if passed will make gambling or the maintenance of gambling house 6 felony. He promises to leave no stone unturned to secure it's passage. and Senator Tom has a faculty of getting nearly everything he goes after
 The Republican member from Searcy is entitled to the honor o1 first blood in the house. Monday morning resolution was introduced expressing sympathy for the Fiipi nos. On motion to table. the count of noses by the Speaker showed that the resolution was lost but Jack was pregnant with an oratorical effort and the time of delivery was at hand He made tip top Republican cam paign speech. supposedly in opposi 1 tlon to the resolution, and after { breathing spell took a second hitch at the subject. That settled it. A rol call was demanded, after an amend ment to include sympathy for the Boers, and the resolution went through by express. Jack had sue ceeded in aggravating the House into passing a resolution already beaten
 Senator D. l.. King C4'King David ) has introduced an antitrust bill which calls for the repeal of the old law and seeks to remedy it's defects At first glance the bln appears to be a splen did one, and one thing is practically certain, the King bill, or one similar to it, will be enacted at this session.
 We hear much complaint over the management of the state penitentiary That a great scandal is brewing is a positive fact. It is openly asserted | that one of our state officers has been living at the pen at the expense of the state for over a year. If such is the case and taking into consideration the character of his services to the state, he has net earned his board. You may guess at his Identity He brides himself on not being a sub l scriber to any paper published in the