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cnrc of those Immediately dependent On
Inc lliatic. All OF these amendments
NJ q All Amendments Lost.

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Inc innate. All OF these amendments
were adopted. XII 5S
All Amendments Lost.
Tho next time I heard from the BIZ e
md 1 kept my eyes open, becnlsc, n WI 4
n 1t " on w ne caI po
10 it, that al of those amendments we're
lost. and the original substitute was praac e #
tIcnlly as It was In the Finance Cons
mi,tcc before II was amended. n
The Chairman; And the amendment n IN Of
Mr. Thomas: ll.5lost; gone. Judge
Phcgar ma myself then undertook &c. re-
amend the bill. To- do what had been J. d ',it;
to got in the amendment that exempted 4
past due claims, and ,rn1cr the terms OF
the present law this substitute as pass FL
cd they can 70 PACK and rece % n cSi IN
other words. in the ,rea amendment tnht "c =
put on In the hurry. VIC failed 70 get
in the amendment. hat was adopted py
omptlng estates Of $4,000 and under. from
recovery Of past due claims. J still lslls. y
pcct that0therc WIS something wrong,
disappearing and the bill coming UP in
tho same shape II was In the Finance
Committee before they acted on IT,
went TO acknowledgements Ellyson,
vent to Joe Button and went to Judge
C;ooch and | satisfied them that i wanted
to see that enrolled blll before ~ "i.s
signed. After Judge PhlcEar aiid = nag
ference committee. and Joe button called
my attention to the fact tina tn" con,
ference committee was meeting. q 20 -
report, looking for trouble. detected
that they had changed ! t from ten 70 q
9ilftccn.' That is not all the story:
then When The BIZ r Vas oxer y ano
carefully WITH Judge Phlegar, as,d then
detected they had beat me on my amend
.nfcnt in the committee exemp,inG me .lie. e.
here watching them two weeks. they had
beat me after MI. ! was very much cX.
asperatcd. and ] thought IT better 70 pass
anybody to tnnnper with q bill in this
way. and that's 4thc whole niger IN the
woodpile,'' as farus. 1 know. u VIII pc d
glad to answer any question TO enable inc
c9m aaRe ae K nnk' Shpr the senate
stitu;e IS That the bill whenoi eR ,I'nsss
I Mr. Mr.. III THOMAS M THAT s NY amendmcnt
adopted By thS Tnap8Tf9' c1 pn oo oye-
there and see II the other amendments
you speak of are on, ~? Are az the
amendments you SPEAK os o. OH, t III ere
all the amendments on thcrc, WIN me Hex tA-
Sccption OF this one? 8gs
Mr. Thomas lcxamlnnsl: Yes, i ap-
pears to be the substitute offered ~ me 4
mcnts made by the Finance Committee
are on here with the , s3 OF ! ne
MI, Thomas: Yes, sir Here is the
amendment they beat us on, Except no
claim shall be en- forced oracolieetca , Wmrn
the estate is worth less thar. ne amour
necessary for the supper. OF his or licr
'' NJ Gregory: You got that back IN
NV! M Thomas: No. don't think i did
MI Gregory: Yes 1t is ..
Mi Chapman: Let me read YOU sect r,a,1
conference committee (section = Of piil
eu Mr. Coleman: 40. Mr. Thomns's amends
men: was as to pa st due claims.
MIR Chapman: This says due OF 10
become due.
Witness examines III! rs passe',d, "a after
Said bill ms finally passed read as iol-
lows. QIerc comes copy of bill)
Mr.. Thomas Mistaken.
Mr.. Thomas: That's rlsht,ll am mis-.
.Phsgar lied me into That error; lie said
that, there was no provision IN y tliaL
would 50 back. II desire to say that
the omission Of thatsnmendment Is con
cerned; was mlsled by the sra cement
of Judge Phlegar that there was no:hins
claims, and ! was relying upon, his co'i-s
The fet Is that the si,hsttute bll pass.
/, .Sa, 0oo exemption etc In tho bill II WAS
originally $1,000, and the word Ton" D., l,s-
he o Wo an he wora t uSar Gwtten
above same) was substituted therefor, IN Y
the handwriting Of Senator Chapman,
ment on the folor or the Senate 10 another
section of the bill, which was adopted By
the senate. and the bill passed with
still In there whnn the bill was xaminrd
by Senator Thomas in the presence OF he
Investigating committee. don suppose
is one Of the amendments which The
MAJORITY committee In Its report states.
(which were or vital Importance, were "
they they we're ucleu upon bY the Senate"
joirlty commuters report, aud don't care
eor1 'se! Were ' made 10 xii Iii The b' iu ts
Scnatc,3nnd have the ! Iowlc hill excmltlns
fnll claims passed 4,
gentlemen of this city, whom have known
be since my hoyhood, tod me thu. they
knew haa no. ho nc omyth ~ Nv WrnnG
ter In the papers. the impression made
on their minds was that had changes!
M rGpn after has me- Been '9m n Ssn n nv
friends, Just Imagine the Impression That
has been made on The minds q me
have been placed. say 10 each ana
every one Of the members signing tho
majority report, II they have any, regard
honor and integrity OF a fellowman, that
they reconyene and set me right N the
eyes OF the public and initle Journals
OF the Leglslature,p and ! Respectfully
submit to the public. from the. above facts.
If am not entitled to this ylndcation at
MA! March sii'i %, 1906 = toRbWAY FULLER,