The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-27
EORTY-THIRD DAY.

The senate passed the house bill to
prohibit combinations in restraint of
trade. Mr.. Ledgerwood explained that
there was already such a law on the
statute books copied after an Indiana
law. The law had been declared un-
constitutional by the Supreme Court
of the United States because of a Sec
ton eXempting farmers from its opera
tions. The new bill is copy of the
old, but leaves out that feature.
Following new bills were offered:
By Mr.. Peak-To divide the coun-
ties of the State into election pre-
cinctS
By Mr.. Stewart-TO license BARRIERS.
By Mr.. Parsons-To repeal the act
placing attorneys-general on a salary.
Bills on third reading:
To prevent adulteration of foods
(the Morton bilD, baking powders,
etc; rejected, but motion to reconsider
entered.
The resolution indorsing Brownlow's
$20,000,000 public roads bill was adopt
ed. although Mr.. Norflef1et deprecated
further raids upon the Federal treas
ury.
To raise the standard of illuminat-
ing oils; tabled to make way for a
committee bill.
In the House.
Mr.. Mcdonald introduced a bill to
punish violation of the election laws
by both a fine and Imprisonment of
$1,000 and five years, and Mr.. Mcclure
one to provide for the inspection and
regulation of mines.
The revenue bill was then taken up
in committee of the whole. Mr.. Col
lier offered an amen dment, making the
tax, which had been fixed at SIS on
bookmakers, 500 in counties over
100000 and s75 in others.
Mr.. Laughlin opposed this as dis
elimination against Memphis.
Mr.. Collier urged the amendment,
saying he was endeavoring to save his
county revenue.
Mr.. Aberlathy asked the difference
between a race track in Nashville and
race track in Memphis, and Mr.. Col
lier said that the difference was that
Memphis gave twenty-one days of rae
ing and Nashville only seven. Fully
$4,000 people went to see the derby
at Memphis and not that many people
attended the races in Nashville duri / g
the whole meeting. In answering the
argument that Memphis paid over dou-
BILE the revenue that Nashville did, Mr.
Alternately said it was because the
members of the legislature attended
the races in Memphis and contributed
a large portion of their per diem and
mileage to the bookmakers. Mr.. Col
lier'S amendment failed.
The item imposing tax on saw and
planning mills was retained after hard
fight.
The tax on sleeping car companies
was raised to $4,000 on Mr.. Golfers
amendment.
Pension RiII Debate
The pension committee sat for three
hours at night and listened to speakers
on the Confederate pension bills.
There was a good deal of fire in some
of the speeches, but the committee is
still unable to reach a decision.
Gerrymander Rumor.
There is more or less commotion
among Republicans of the Second con-
gressional district over -well-defned
rumor that the Second congressional
district is to be gerrymandered. The
plan, it is stated, is to change Bloult
and Jefferson counties from the Sec
ond to the First, Monroe from the
Third to the Second, Scott from the
Second to the Fourth, and Granger
and one other county from the First
to the Second. These changes, with
the application of the election laws to
all the counties, would make the Sec
ond district doubtful in fair show
down, and with the right sort of elec-
: tion officers the district would be safe
ly Democratic.