The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-04-10
EIETY-NINTH DAY.

cOnS1Q6r. Mr.. Baxter maze q brilliant
speech for his bill, pointing out that
the question at issue was inferior to
none which had come before the SEN
ate. In private affairs, said the SEN
ator, it was we'll enough at times to
take ones bearings. The time has
arrived to take its bearings and see
where it is drifting In 1772, he said,
Tennessee produced the first charter
on the American continent and yet it
is the only State, except one, which
has not changed it's constitution with
in the past twenty years.
"a constitution is not an iron bar
to be placed about young tree, to fin
ally cut off its vitality he said. 1--WE
are not Medes and Persians, who must
live under fixed laws" The speaker
thea briefly reviewed the constitutions
al history and told of the conditions
among the early settlers which pro-
NOTED and demanded a desire for self
government He reviewed the Subse-
sequent changes made in 1853 and
again under the Brownlow administra-
ton, AID passing on down to the con-
vention of 1870, he spoke at length
on this subject.
He said the system of taxation
should be revised. The judiciary
needs renovation. He declared that
by a change in the judiciary saving
in one year would amount to twice as
much as the convention would cost.
He declared that public education de-
manded change in the present con-
stitution.
Mr.. Norfleet said that the gentleman
from Davidson had given to the SEN
ate complete history of the evolution
of the constitution aad true history
of the resources and wealth of the
State He said to revise the constitu-
ton of a State is to put in its body
new life and blood. 1t is an inexora-
BILE law that "if we do not go forward
we go backward" the present consti-
tuition, with a few amendments, is the
same as that of 1896, as every lawyer
knows. 1t s-necessary that the or
ganic law of the State should keep
pace with its progress. He hoped
the senate would not refuse to submit
this question to a vote of the people.
He, for one, was more than willing
to leave it to the people. Mr.. Ledg-
erwood agreed with the author of the
bill that nothing which has been or
can come before the senate is of equal
Importance to this question. He rec
Ognized that the time has come when
constitutional convention should be
called so that a constitution in keep
Ing WlIn abreast VI Tic Cdh
be written. There were a hundred
valid reasons why the people should
have a constitutional convention. He
attacked also the present court system,
which, he declared, should be regular
and uniform.
Mr.. Rice called for the previous
question, and it was sustained. The
vote resulted 15 to Is.
Pension Bill Disagreement.
The senate declined to concur in
the house substitute pension bill and
confreres will have to dispose of the
bill unless the house backs down and
accepts the Cox bill.
The senate passed the committee
bill providing for the better inspection
of Illuminating oils. The bill fixes
the flash test at 120 instead of 112 de-
grees, and a specific quantity test of
! 46 degrees.
Among the new bills were these:
BY Mr. Jones-To amend an act for
pensio1ing INDECENT Confederate SOL
diers.
BY Mr.. Cate of Bradley-To amend
the law relative to employment OF
child labor so as to permit certain
children to work.
BY Mr. Erwin-To allow the sale of
domestic wines manufactured, pro-
vided such wines are not adulterated
or that they are not sold in less than
gallon lots.
BY Mr.. Erwin-To require State in
stitutiols to pay into the treasury
with itemized statements all moneys
received from private patients or the
sale of products.
BY Mr. Adams-To empower the
| chancellor to consolidate causes when
they are on the same subject if they
are all ready to be heard.
In the House.
Under the call for bills in the
house the following, among others,
were introduced:
| By Messrs. Mcclure and Chestnut
To authorize the governor to appoint
commission to fix the boundary line
| between Tennessee and Arkansas.
! BY Mr. Warren-To permit children
of a widowed mother or helpless IA
ther to work in factories or mines
By Mr.. W1lkie-To regulate the tax
| on foreign corporations filing their
charters ranging from $50 for COM
panies of 100000 and less to $3.50
| for companies over $1,000,000.
By Mr.. Lipscomb-To allow pro-
ducers of grape wine to sell same
|
By Mr.. McRee-To allow veterans
to carry arms at reunions or on pa
rade.
By Mr.. Cleage-To authorize the
prison commission to disallow good
time of prisoners.
House bills on third reading:
To repeal the act prohibiting in
suraace companies from attaching the
! three-Quarter clause. RecOnsidered
and passed-ayes 63, noes 10.
To authorize electric railroads to
own parks and to extend their tracks.
| Senate bill passed.
To make it unlawful to destroy wire
fences. Passed.
To regulate the trial by circuit
| judges of cases heard by them without
the Intervention of jury. Passed.
To prevent persons wearing as or
naments bodies of dead birds. Passed
after being amended so as to become
effective on year after its passage.
To amend the act defining the liza
bility of married women. Failed for
want of a constitutio lal majority.
SIXTIETH DAY.
The general assembly took recSss
until next Tuesday in order to give
the committees time to catch up with
their work Neither the report of
the penitentiary committee nor of the
committee which investigated the of
fees of comptroller and treasurer were
submitted today. Both go over until
| next week