The Monticellonian., 1905-01-19

M q iAAllIi'Ni Ol , 1ei a. tilNla isll hillt5 the means to procure q college educa tion He was graduated from the Southwestern Baptist university of Jackson, Tenn. in 1S93 He again took up the profession of teacher after his graduation. and was for five years superintendent of education of Miller county He was elected mayor of Texarkana in April. 1900. and two years afterwards was reelected for a second term. He had meanwhile taken up the study of law, and was ad- mitted to the bar in December, 1900 Since that time he has practiced law.
 
 House bill No. was introduced by MT Arnold of Clark county This bill provides for the filing of cotton statistics by ginners with the county clerks Of each county Under it's terms every einner in each county should report from and after Septem Der 1 until March |, to the county clerk. he to furnish blanks The gin her is to report the number of bales of cotton ginned, the number ginned the previous year and estimates of the number to be ginned the present year. The county clerk is to record the re ports and forward same to the com missioner of mines and agriculture who is to compile and publish reports not later than the fifth of each month
 The legislature met in joint session at 10 a. m. January II and canvassed the vote of the state election, as fol- lows:
 For governor, Jefferson Davis, 9f.- 991: H. H. Myers 53S9S. Vim F Penrose. 1.346; Wilmans. 2.527. Speaker Cate then declared Jefferson Davis elected for the ensuing term of two years.
 For secretary of state, o. C. Lud- wig. 13S. 114.
 For treasurer, II. c. Tipton. 137.- 999
 For auditor. Avery E. Moore. 137.- 853
 For attorney general. R. L. Rogers. I38o97.
 Seven pages ere selected by the house Of representatives Under a resolution introduced by MT Dulaney the members of each congressional district selected one page each and the boy chosen was appointed by the speaker. Caucuses were held after the afternoon session was over. with the following result First district, Charley Hale of Osceola: second dis trict. Roy Hinkle of RatesVille: third district Jeff Davis of Jasper: fourth district Ed Dandridge of Paris. fifth district Lamar Steiner of Clarksville: sixth district. Hugh Westhr0ok Ded- man Of Pine Bluff; seventh district, EiHon Gaines of Lake Village
 The declaration by Speaker Cate that amendment No. Q to enable cit tes of the first and second class to issue bonds for public improvements, lalied of adoption. dispases of that Tor all time to come The other amendments. now used as a part of the constitution, were declared adopt cd by the speakers of the house
 Senator Pinnix has re-introduced bill regulating mutual fire insurance companies which passed at the last session and went down in the omni- bus veto.
 Senator Thompson introduced bill to allow rabbits to be killed and shipped out of the state. The game laws prevent this
 Senators Holland, Toney and Butt were appointed a committee on rules for the senate
 The senate pages are Lynn WasseTl of Little Rock, P. Kilgorc and Fred Watson
 The first senate bill was introduced by Senator John P Logan of Benton county, providing that on September l. 1905, there shall be transferred from the general fund to the com mon school fund S250.000 and another $@50,090 at a later date The first bill at the last session was the King anti trust bill
 TEe second bill passed by the sen ate was that creating the office Of as sjstant sergeant at arms of that body.
 W E. Walls of RussellvilIc was elected chaplain of the house on the second ballot. receiving 5 votes.
 II. B. 25 PindalD, making the sal ary of the county judge of Desha county $1,250 per annum, was passed Saturday.
 II. C. R (Dudleyl. expressing re grets at the death of ex=Gov. Jas. P Eagle was adopted by the house.
 The hopse committee on rules is PindaH, Keel Fuller. Patterson, Bar ker, Clement and Horton.
 During the first week of the session there were 36 bills introduced in the senate and 62 in the house. total of 98.
 A bill was introduced by Senator lobe to change the name of the Ar kansas Lunatic Asylum to the State Hospital for Nervous Diseases.
 Speaker w. w. Cate of the house was born in Craighead county. Ark. He was member of the legislature in 1895 and 1903 also.
 The first bill passed by the senate was No. 3. the bill appropriating Sl90.00o to pay the expenses of the | general assembly.
 Senator Geo. E. Floyd of Yell coun- ty is ill with pneumonia at Gleasan's hotel in Little Rock.
 
 Mrs. C. R. Aydelott of Little Rock was elected expressing clerk of the house on the fourth ballot.
 
 Senator Holland introduced a bill I amending the laws regulating coal mining. 1t extends the provisions of i the present act to mines employing as | few as ten mon. and goes into more l