Newport weekly independent., 1903-03-20
PREPAY, MARCH 13.

In the house the King antitrust bill was postponed for one week by a vote of A to 39.
 Judge Holland introduced a resolution in the house cepsuring MT. McGuigan for the statement made by him to the effect that a certain sum of money was raised two years ago to defeat the Will son antigambling bill.
 After explanations the resolution was withdrawn.
 The senate transacted but little busi- ness adjourned till Monday.
 The Senate
 A number of bills were passed by the senate, but most of them were of a local nature
 Senator Short called up S. B. I'll, re- quiring the display of a yellow flag on any house wheresmallpox or any in fectious disease exist. The bill passed with only one dissenting vote.
 H. B. 1914 to provide a state board of arbitration to settle differences between employers and employees was made a special order for the following Friday.
 The House.
 After roll call and reading of the jour nal, Judge Holland moved to recon slider the vote by which the house re- fused to return to the senate $. B. 60 (Mears), which fixes the rates on short railway lines. Judge Holland declared that the house showed discourtesy to the senate by refusing to return the bill
 MT Cate urged the house not to re- consider it's vote. Messrs. Thompson and kerwin spoke in favor of retaining the bill. On the roll cali the motion to return the bill to the senate prevailed
 The statement of MT. McGuigan in the house Wednesday to the effect that m of Hot Springs to defeat the Wilson anti gambling bill in the house, was brought up.
 MT, McGuigan started to speak but was Interrupted by MT. Holland who said that he would object to the gentlena n addressing the house except for the pur- pose of retracting his statements
 Judge Holland introduced a resolution stating that the remarks of the mem Der were undignified, and should never have been made, and asking that MT McGuigan be censured and reproved by the house
 MT. Fuller contended that MT. Me Guigan had withdrawn that part of his language construed as reflection on any member of the house.
 MT. McGuigan said that he meant to say that S17,000 had been sent to Little Rock. and he did not intend to say that any part of it had come into the hands of any legislator.
 He said that if he had cast any re- flection upon the present house he was sorry and would retract.
 Being asked for a further retraction, MT. McGuigan stated that he withdrew everything which he had heard except what he knew personally was true, and that was that the money was sent to Little Rock.
 Rather than make any more retrac- tions," he said. T will say that if the house wants my resignation I will hand it in'
 Judge Holland was then permitted to withdraw his resolution, and the matter was dropped.
 On motion of MT Holland, the Mears bill was ordered returned to the senate MT. Keel called up s. B. No. 1, the anti trust bill.
 MT. Campbell of Pulaski moved to postpone the bill for one week. and MT Toney moved to amend by postponing for two weeks.
 MT. Keel asked for immediate con- sideration of the bill.
 MT. Perry spoke against postpone ment. He said that the house would be- and ought to be, censured all over the state if it failed to pass this bill
 MT. Campbell of Pulaski said he was in favor of amending the bill.
 The motion to postpone one week pre- vailed.
 SYM