The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-23

the district where the magistrate was
elected, and makes it unlawful for
magistrate to certify bills OF costs
for offense committed in magisterial
district other than the one for which
he was elected.
Senator Caruthers' bill relating to
practice and pleading in the Circuit
Courts seeks to amend the law so as
to have suits brought on petition In.
stead of declarations and plead1ngs.
Such a law would provide for more
speedy trial of cases.
At the afternoon session Of the
house the bill making Imprisonment
compulsory in pistol-carrying cases,
instead of discretionary, with the
criminal or circuit judges as at pres
ent, was rejected, 54 to Al.
HammilFs bill repeating the dog
law of 1901 passed almost unanimous
ly.
A bill for the improvement of high
ways in Montgomery passed.
A bill authorizing Meigs county to
issue 100000 in court house bonds
passed.
eleventh DAY.
At a meeting of the house commit
tee on railroads the consideration of
the bill to compel street railways to
provide separate apartments in their
cars for whites and blacks was post
po1ed for a week in order to give
advocates and opponents of the bill
a chance to be heard.
Mr.. Edgington introduced bill in
the house by request seeking to COM
pei the Cumberland Telephone Com
pany to exchange messages with the
Memphis Telephone Company on the
ground that the Cumberland Company
is a common carrier.
In the senate the joint resolution
providing for the appointment of a
committee to inquire into the expedi-
ency of purchasing or building gov
ernor's mansion was lost by a viva
voce vote, but after speeches by
Messrs. Baxter, Garrett and Jones, the
vote was reconsidered and the reso-
luton adopted.
Money Question Aired.
The money question was the subject
of lively debate growing out of an
amendment by Mr.. Thorp to the Knox
vile bond bill striking out the words
gold bonds" wherever they appeared
in the bill and inserting payable in
any lawful money of the United
States" MIR. Ledgerwood of Knox
said he was a bimetallist, but he tec-
ognized that it would be impossible to
float any except gold bonds. Several
other senators opposed the amend
ment, and the bill was passed without
it-24 to 7.
The senate also passed the Dyers-
burg bill, authorizing the issuance OF
100000 in bonds for waterworks, elec-
trio lighting and sewers.
The senate rejected the bill regu-
I,%; oh in nnT--
tain criminal cases.
Adams Bill Reported.
The senate committee on education
reported the Adams bill, extending the
provisions Of the four-mile law to
towns of 5000 population and under,
for passage, and the senate at once
made the bill the special order for
next Thursday. Both sides are al
ready hard at work, AID while the in
dications favor the temperance peO-
pie, the vote is bound to be close.
The vote On the bill in committee was
as follows: For the bill, Messrs. era
ham, Rice, Bowden, Tharp, Jones, Ad-
ans, Mcfarland and Cate of Cooke,
8; against the bill, Messrs. Worthing
ton, Cox and White; excused, Mr..
Woodbridge; absent, Messrs. Baxter
and Ledgerwood. Although he voted
IN opposition, MT WOrJnlnSIOn is III
derstood to be pledged to the meas
ure.
1t is rumored that the Republican
senators, except Cate Of Bradley, I'M
der the leadership of United States
Revenue Collector Mccall, may op-
pose the bill unless those Democrats
favoring it agree to certain amend
ments to the election laws which the
Republicans are demanding. The
State Republican convention, howev-
er, declared for this legislation in
it's platform, and advocates of the
measure do not see how the Republi-
can senators can go with the opposi-
ton. The bill must have at least
three of the five Republican senators
to win. There is no question about
its passage in the house, so its friends
say.
In view of the determination to
bring this bill up next week the An
ti-Saloon League sent out an appeal
to all the churches in the State to
pray for it's enactment.
A number of bills of minor impor-
tance were introduced in both
branches of the assembly.
Soldiers Home Accident.