Woodruff County news., 1907-05-09
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LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

I
 through prolonged applause, and the House
 took a recess of ten minutes that the mem
 6ership might have opportunity to speak to him.
 Senator Berry made a rev remarks to l the House. thanking the body for the cor dlai reception, and for the invitation to ized that the House was busy. "I have
 never in my life" said Senator Berry, at tempted to influence or direct legislation l in this body, and if I were to talk to you
 lines"
 Senator Berry spoke of his experience af | ter the war as member of the Senate, and l referred to the stirring incidents that de
 VeIoped over contests in which Democracy | was in the minority.
 i "l thank this Legislature added Sena | tor Berry, for the unanimous endorsement
 ot my public career that 1t gave through
 resolution on March 1. It means much to me to feel that this House has approved my public work. l have no complaint of de
 feat. l will go out of public life poor
 as l went into 1t, but I would not exchange 1 my past for all the money that was ever | coined. 1 have never brought dishonof to
 my people nor caused the blush of shame l of any citizen of Arkansas to rise for what
 l have done. thank you all"
 The second section of the Ross bill the l one which has proven objectionable to the l foreign corporations which it demands l shall become domestic, was prepared before
 the Senate Committee on Corporations l Sideration. MT. Ross wrote the section and i it was later adopted
 The reason the section was added" said l MT. Ross, was that 1t was believed the l bill would be incomplete without it.. Un- l der the section the foreign companies are l to be under the same control and subject | to the same rules local corporations. l They given equal privileges. therefore i subjected to all the same conditions. To | have left this section out would have left
 q discrimination which might have invali | dated the bill. l would oppose the repeal l of the second section or the bill. That kind l of measure would practically repeal the purpose of the whole affair, and l will op- i pose 1t, and endeavor to have the law 1 stand as the Senate and House have ap- l proved it'
 Mir Ross does not like the suggestion l that his measure passed under false eolorS.
 By vote of 2S to ? the Senate Thurs l day afternoon killed a resolution by Sena- tor Patterson asking for the appointment ! or committee to proceed to Corpus ChrlSti 1 to investigate the condition of the health of Governor John <. Little and to report l to the Legislature whether not he is l able to assume the duties of chief execu> 1 tive The general opinion of the upper | House was that the passage of such resolution would be q reflection on the fam 1 fly of the stricken governor, and upon those l members of the Senate who had Youched 1 that the executive was in a normal Condi- l tion mentally. Senators Holland and Win go both went on record as Knowing that
 the governor was improving and that his ailments were merely physical. Senator Old- l ham declared it was an unWarranted out i rage 10 invade the room of a sick man. lie l believed that the only way to proceed i'll l the matter of mon compos mentis" was 1 to resort to quo warranto proceedings
 Senators Patterson and Milan alone voted 1 for the measure.
 State Senator Walter S. Amis of Cleve- 1 land County, who has represented the Six | teenth Senatorial District in the Legislature | for one term and the greater portion of this 1 session rendered his resignation Tuesday l morning a member of that body, but the | nfNf Cl lon a l and Senator AmiS agreed to serve during | the remainder of the term. Senator AmlS l has extensive mining interests in New Mex l leo and stated to the senate Tn open ses- ! sion that private business would necesSi- l tate his being absent for several days dur | ing the remainder of the session. He stated l that he thought it best to resign at once i in order that some representative might be | appointed to represent the district. The
 statement was received by the Senate in l open session. but after some consultation l among his friends, the Senate refused to | accept the resignation and Senator Aml5
 agreed te serve through the remainder ot | the session. His term of office Will expire
 at the next election.
 The State Capitol investigation commit ! tee appointed by the president of the Sen 1 ate and Speaker of the House. rendered its ! report to the Legislature Friday together ! with a bill carrying S2J00O0 approprla- i tion for the completion of the building. 1 With one exception the report is unani-
 nous. Senator Otis T. Wingo submitting |
 acter of stone and says that the Class B l stone used in the second story is as good
 as Class A. used up to that point. He al ] leges that the thickness of the stone IS | computed upon a minimum basis, and not 1 an average basis. as set out. and that the
 contractors saved a large amount
 1t is estimated that the present Legisla- ture will cost the state S1oO,00O. Before
 the Legislature convened there was sum i of 25.000 left over from the approprla- | ton for contingent expenses Of the Legls- Iature of two years ago. A bill was passed
 in the early days of the present session appropriating $1OO00O for contingent ex- 1 penses of the present session. These funds
 have been drawn against until there Is | about S22. 900 of the Sl23.O0O left to be | paid out before a second contingent appro- l Driation is necessary Under estimates this l sum will be insufficient to meet the expense | untU the end of the session, and a second l appropriation will be necessary.
 At the outset of the morning session | Thursday Speaker Hamiter made another
 special plea for order in the House. He de | ciared that he had never witnessed such an | uproar as the one at adjournment Weones, | day afternoon We should not be forced l to resort to expulsion" said the Speaker l in order to preserve order here. It has | even been ntimated that l have stood in | with certain persons in the matter of call | ing lp bills When l recognized member | here Wednesday before the uproar l did not l know that he was going to call up Dill l but thought he was going to move for an l adjournment.
 The question of taking a recess originated l in the Senate All bills that have been
 passed in this Legislature have been signed 1 by Acting Governor John l. Moore. who has signed them as presiding officer of the
 Senate, and again as acting governor. governor It as president of the Senate completes the
 law, when affixed with the signature ie .S of inc Sneaker of the House, for even if the laws were not passed, signed by the gov
 ernor or any person acting as governor
 they would be legal after five days without
 approval
 The Committee on Public Health held
 meeting Friday afternoon to consider the
 bill passed through the House by MT. Barker regulating the practice of magnetic
 healing and suggestive therapeutics in the state of Arkansas No final report was
 made by the committee. and the matter was laid over until a hearing could be giv- en to Senators Toney and Wingo, who were opposed to the bill.
 The report of the Joint Committee on inc State Capitol will be the feature of
 the weeks proceeding. This is expected l from 70 "