The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1903-02-07
The Senate.
Senator Wilson called the body to

Senator Wilson called the body to
order at 2 o'clock.
The following members sent up pc
titions protesting against passage of
tn. Keel antitrust bill: Mardis, Price.
Gotham and Fletcher,
Among the bills introduced were the
following:
No. i2s (Pinnix). TO establish a state
i-form school; No 1870 (Adams). pro-
viding that persons subject to ROAD duty
be allowed to pay 81 per day in lieu
of such work; No. 1873 (Butler). to pro-
vide for an annual accounting by life
insurance companies to policyhoiders of
all surplus; No. 1874 (Mardis), to au-
thorize the attorney general to bring
and prosecute a suit in the supreme
court of the United States to settle the
boundary line between Arkansas and
I ennessee at Fowler Island, Mississippi
county; No 1875 (Wlson). to suppress
sale OF liquors in prohibition districts;
No. 1876 (Butler), prescribing the meth
cd for the vendor of personal property
to retain title; No. 1871 (Kilgore), al
lowing prosecuting attorneys the same
fees for prosecuting misdemeanor cases
in justice courts as allowed in circuit
courts.
S. b. 81 (Butler), making IL unlaw-
full to take fish in any manner except
by hook and line in streams of Madison,
Carroll Washington and Benton coun-
ties. was taken up and passed.
Mr. Kilgores bill mo 1877, TO prevent
the destruction of fish, was read third
time and passed.
s. y. 81 (McFerrln), TO repeal act OF
April 10, 1899. allowing county clerks
fee of 10 cents for registering each
| school warrant, was passed--26 to 5.
Tho aftnrnOOn session WAS
devoted to the consideration of Sem
ator Jobe's bill to apportion school tax
| paid by whites and blacks in proper
| tfon to the amount paid by each race.
Senator lobe opened the discussion
| by explaining the measure; II did not
effect the present school system. The
| constitution provides that 2 mills tax
| be voted and devoted to school pur-
poses, but when n community voted
| mills 1t was kind Of private contract.
| and he thought that community should
be allowed to do as they saw fit with
| their own money,
| Senators Killough, Fletcher. Gotham.
Hardy and King spoke in opposition.
and Senators Klgore and Covington in
favor of the passage Of the bill.
Senator lobe closed the debate on
the measure, speaking at length and
quoting statistics tending to show
that the negro race grew more Grim
| inal between 1879 and 1880 by as
much as 25 per cent, and at the same
| time illiteracy decreased by over 10
per cent. For the next ten years 1t
grew more criminal by SO 1-3 per cent,
| and illiteracy decreased by IS per cent.
| In 1890, 25 years after the enamel
patton, the race constituted IL per cent
of our population and furnished 30 per
cent of all crime argued Mr.. Jobe; 81
per cent OF the homcides and 40 per
cent of all assaults, and this, too, In
the face of the fact that we had spent
| In his education 800, 900 900,
The bill was defeated by only two
votes.
Among the bills introduced were a
number OF local measures
Nj Meyers had presented H p. 23l.
an act to provide for reform school
for white juvenile offenders.
II p. 22s, TO regulate contracts Of
| insurance was passed
Mr.. Norneet introduced II B. 232,
authorizing the reprinting OF certain
volumes OF the Supreme Court. now out
of print,
Mr.. Campbell of Pulaski introduced
n. b. 233, appropriatng $1,000 for a
Confederate monument at Little Rock.
Mr. Toncy presented H. ". 1886, for
the protection OF railroads employees.
Several other measures were intro
duccd md read first time.
Mr. Latimers bill (No. 40 amending
the digest. raising the standard OF
| Illuminating oil from 1870 20 100 de-
| grees Fahrenheit, was taken up and
| passed--ayes ca, noes 3,
| H. H. No. s Daniels), regulating the
practice Of medicine and surgery, and