Woodruff County news., 1903-04-09

c. M. Rix, president of the Arkansas National Bank, Hot Springs, testified that he had never seen the defendant intoxicated; that his demeanor on the bench he regarded as good Witness said defendant was now indebted to his bank
 Col E. W. Rector, lawyer. of Hot Springs, testified that he had never seen the defendant intoxicated that the bar regarded him an excellent chancellor and that the supreme court had invar- iably sustained his decisions.
 Dr. Keller of Hot Springs testified that he had known the defendant for years and had never seen him under the influence of liquor; his reputation among members of the bar was good.
 Dr. Sanders was the family physi- clan of defendant and had known him for eighteen years; had seen him take social drink but had never seen him drunk; had heard members of the bar speak complimentary of him.
 MT Bryan, a grocer, testified that he had never seen Judge Leatherman drunk; had never loaned him money. but had cashed checks for him, which had always been paid
 J. A. Smith, real estate dealer, had known defendant number of years; had never seen him intoxicated; his standing as a judge he regarded as good.
 Judge TeaRue IoStlneQ that ne ndQ practiced in defendants court and re- garded him as an able chancellor.
 A. J. Murphy, an attorney, was the next witness. rad never seen the judge drunk. Witness was the attorney in the case against the Garland Novelty Company; defendant had nothing to do with bringing the suits. which were brought at the solicitation of citizens of Hot Springs.
 The defense announced that several witnesses had been unable to reach Lit tie Rock and an adjournment was taken till Wednesday.
 The House.
 Fl. B. AS, prohibiting non-residents from trading horses without paying s100 license in each county in which they do business, was passed.
 raising the fees of each janitor 50 cents per day for extra services. The resolution passed-33 to 30.
 MT. Vim introduced a resolution proposing an amendment to the con stitution requiring all railroads to furnish passes to officers and members of the general assembly.
 MT. Campbell of Pulaski called up S.. B. No. l, the King antitrust bill. An amendment offered by MT. Holland ex- empting labor unions from the provis- ions of the bill was recommended by the judiciary committee.
 Messrs. Poole and McGuigan opposed the amendment. MT. Campbell of Ran dolph opposed ali amendments, as he thought they were offered to kill the bill Messrs. Merriman and Toney urged the adoption of the amendment. The amendment was adopted-ayes A, noes S2. An amendment by MT. Burk that no provision of the bill be construed to | 10 aXiStanCn societies was rejected.
 The next amendment taken up was the one offered by Mir. Campbell of Pulaski, exempting insurance compan- | ies from the clause prohibiting rating l bureaus. The author of the amend ment argued that as the bill stood the old line insurance companies would be forced to withdraw from the state. as they could not afford to quit business in other states where rating bureaus exist.
 | Mir Chambers spoke against the pro- posed amendment. An insurance trust was as bad as any other trust MT. Cate stated that he had been commended by his constituents for his | efforts to prevent the shutting out of insurance companies. He made a strong argument for the amendment
 MT. Toney stated that the first effect of shutting out the old line companies would be to deprive the state of over | $26.000 annual revenue; he was op- | posed to disturbing present conditions. | Mr. Du Laney argued that the in- surance companies admit they are in a trust when they threaten to leave the 1 state if this bill becomes a law I On call of the roll the amendment was defeated by vote of 46 to 26 | MT. Campbell of Randolph moved to reconsider the vote by which the amendment was rejected and to lay that motion on the table. Carried.