Woodruff County news., 1903-03-26

of arbitration was considered in the senate but final action was deferred. The senate adjourned at noon until Monday morning.
 The Senate.
 Senator Flenniken called up his bill providing for statues for the capitol building at Washington, and moved to amend by inserting the name of Gen. Patrick Cleburne for that of Albert Pike. The amendment was adopted. s. B. S7, to better define certain pub lie nuisances and provide for their sup pression, was passed.
 H. B. 194, providing for a state board of arbitration to settle differences be- tween employers and employees was read third time. On motion of Senator Mears action on the bill was postponed until the following Friday morning. Senator Mardis called up H. B. 324, to enable the owners of swamp and marsh lands to drain and redeem them when the same cannot be done without affecting the lands of others
 The bill was read twice and referred to committee on levees.
 H. B. 239. reducing the fees of off, cers in certain counties, was taken up. Senator Covington moved to indefinite ly postpone the bill Senators King and Short opposed the motion
 On motion of Senator Cotton the sen
 
 day morning.
 The House.
 S. B. No l, the King antitrust bill, was announced as the special order. MT. Toney asked leave to call up H. B. 296 the appropriation bill for the school for the blind.
 MT. Campbell of Randolph moved that the bill be postponed until Mon day afternoon.
 MT. Toney spoke against the motion. Further consideration of the bill was stopped by the arrival of time for the regular order.
 up s. B. 1S2. giving chancery courts the power to remove disability of mi nors.
 MT. Cate spoke at length against the bill.
 A point of order raised by MT. Parks that MT. Cate was using dilatory tac- tics, was sustained
 The bill was passed, ayes 65. noes IT. MT. Cate called up s. B. 270. to pay certain teachers of the deaf-mute in- stitute amounts due them on contract. MT. Campbell moved to postpone the bill till Tuesday morning.
 Messrs. Cate and Chapline asked that the bill be disposed of at once.
 The motion to postpone prevailed.
 S. B. No. 1. the antitrust bill, was again taken up.
 MT. Toney moved that the bill be postponed for two weeks, and spoke in favor of the motion He said there was a disposition on the part of some members to railroad this bill through the house. Several motions to adjourn were lost At several times during the consideration the point was raised that no quorum was present. and the ser Seant at arms was called upon to bring in absentees.
 The motion to postpone the bill two weeks was lost
 Mir. Cook moved to postpone the bill one week. He spoke in opposition to the bill and declared that parts of 1t would be unconstitutional.
 The motion to postpone for one week was lost.
 MT. Parks moved that the bill be read
 MT. Toney offered as a substitute a resolution that the bill be returned to the senate for such corrections and engrossment as the law or rules re- quired. He said there were interlinea- tions in the bill and no one knew how they got there.
 MT. Parks said the interlineations were the work of the author of the bill MT. Cook asked if the governor had not said in his message that he wrote the bill
 The substitute offered by rToney was defeate
 MT. Parks motion to read the bill prevailed
 After the reading a motion to refer the bill to the committee on judiciary prevailed, and at 3:25 the house ad- journed until Saturday morning. after being in continuous session from $50 in the morning.