The Monticellonian., 1907-02-14

 the prosecuting attorney of the Ninth iudl. eial district to appoint general drPuty
 Senate BiH No. 42 Montgomery, to eA tablish tevee distrtct in Miller eoIntg.
 Mr Simpson gave notice that he wlg.d move 10 reconsider the vote by which Sen ate Bill No. 9J fHolandl. 10 regulate The safe of liquor in Sebastian county res@d tho House
 Among the bills introduced Tuesday va, one hv Mir. ilamlter 10 appropriate 4ae for q state exhibit at the Jamestnwn HApo zitlon. and one by AF. Blafk of Marion for an appropriation of S25.0oo for the maintenance of the Arkansas Hospital for Nervous Discases until March Fl Mr7 Black explained the bill by saving tuat me appropriation made two years ago tnr the support Of the hospital would be exhausted til abaHt len days
 The House Wednesday. by a vote of 4t tn 22. tabled the Smethers resolution Tor invest ieaiieH Of thc controversy between Senatar elect JeH Davis and Prosecuting Attorney lewls Hhoteu The members were of the opinion that the grand jury should
 Tie biii appropriatiug se5.0Os to supply deficiencies at the state insane asylum was passed hy vote of CT to $.
 Among the bills introduced st this ses- sion were:
 Ey Nr. Van Nook To increase the state liquor tax from $500 to s1oo per annum,
 By Mr. Newton: To make certain changes in fees allowed netaries public.
 E, Mir Hancock: Allowing county judges authority to work persons convicted ot  creasng the fines.
 By Mir skaggs Requiring railroad sta ton agents to keep register Of all stock shipped from their stations.
 By NIT. Thompson To make tax lew for general expenses of the state govern ment l . mills on the dollar instead Of l 3-f mills, and to make the tax levy for the support of public schools mills on the dollar instead of mills.
 By Mir. IIollahauEh To prevent the sale and manufacture of aduiterated and mis- branded drugs or articles of food.
 The following bill was passed
 House Bill No 1oS fDaYls of Deshal to require that the trains of nil railroad companies at stations or functions whore two or more trains depart daily shall de part only from the station or station hen7e, and that railroad companies shall employ q each station or junction a crter to an nounee the departure and destination of
 House BiH No. ros GIln for the or ganizatlon of the Datto special school dis- tEict in Clay county.
 Mir Eoweli WIS elected Epeakef pro tem on account of the absence of Speaker iiami
 The House spent the greater portion Of the day Thursday considering the contest ease of ". w Cartwright ys. John W Webb, from Stone county. The majority of the committee reported in favor of Webb Tho committee report follows
 We, the majority If vnur temmittee. md and report that John N. Webb was legal iy elected representative from stone county al the election held on thc 3a day of Sep tembcr, 1906. and since he has already been properly certified tO this house and sworn in as a member herewith. we hereby recommend that he be permitted to retain his seat AS such member. and that the con test of W ". Cartwright be dismissed
 Mir Abererombe of Saline nled a min erity report In favor Of Cartwright tDeml The reports were still under discussion when the House adjourned.
 The judiciary eommtNee ot the liohse submitted an adverse report on the bill providing for the segregation Of the school
 New bills introduced were as follows:
 House Bill No ITO fCoieman1. to regu late freight transportation- II Is a de murrage measure with provisions for S5 re of discrimination against interstate ship ments. Read first and second times.
 House Bili No. 1S0 tCommlttee on Edu ca ation). to make the tax levy for school purposes three mills instead of two mills Read first time.
 The Amis nti-poolng selling bill came up again in the House Friday and caused stormy two hours discussion In that body. in which personalities figured largely
 Under the regular order the bill was read the second time. and Immediately af- ter the reading was finished motion to re fer to the Committee on Judiciary. 10 post poue consideration until Tuesday and tc place 1t on its third reading and hnal pas sage were made Fhe question finally set tied on the motion to suspend the rulps and have the bill read the third time, which was made by NIT. Run. After q lengthy debate II 43 noes To carry the motion would have re aulred T votes. a two-thirds majority The vote cannot be taken as a test on the nnai passage of the bill because there were some members who voted against the motion to suspend the rules who have stated that they viii vote for the bill on final passage. How eyer if taken in the light of test vote It indicates that inc bill will be passed in the House, as the f3 votes the motion reeeived gere significant when 1t Is consid cred thai the House has almost steadfastly aft .t.p vaneement of bills of general nature
 At the morning session lae House adopt cd resolution by Mir. Walls for the ap pointment of joint committee of seven four from the House and three from the Senate. to investigate charge made by an Agreuta paper that bribery has been attempted since the covening of the legis- lature-
 Bills passed st this session were
 Senate Bill No. 40. tn amend an act of 19o5 creating Red River I-evee District No i in Lafayette county Senate Bill No 15 requiring Iron Mountain to establish depot at Wideman. Izard county and Iiouse Bili No. CT, to prohibit killing of squirrels in Monroe, Lee, Phillips and St Francis counties between December l ana May l.
 The House of Representatives was the only body of the General Assembly in ses sion Saturday and fl adjourned at noon until Monday. The most important basi ness was the making of the Cartwright Webb contested election ease special order for Thursday morning. When the contest
  majority report WAS absent and in deferen.e to him tine matter WAS not taken up.
 Representative Hoyle's bill te make pub lic ginncrs public weehers of cotton was amended as to apply only to Bradley Ashley. Drew. Calhoun, Nevada and Wood ruff counties
 The House in Committee of the Whole considered the hill by Mir RobY 10 reIm purse Ashley county and the town of Ham burg for money expended in enfore,ng the yellow fever quarantine in l9oJ, and by vote of 54 fo 31 decided to renIn the bill with the recommendation tnat it pass.
 Only on bin WIS passed that of MT Poster requiring the Cotton Belt to cstab fish depot at kedron. and 70 stop one passenger train daily each way al Draughan, bath stations in Cleveland county.
 Four hills were introduced at this ses sion They were
 By Mr White. changing boundary of fencing district No. 2 in Logan county by Mr RHIiion establishing tho Tupeio drain age district in Faulkner county: By Mr. Black repeating an act Of 1909 relating 10 salary and fees of clerk of Marion county. by Mir. Abercrombie for altering opening and vaeating of streets Tn in eorporated towns.
 Before adjournment Tuesday Speaker Ifamiter announced that urgent business Re- ressltated his absence from the city Wednes- day and designated Mir Rowell to act as Speaker during the morning session and Mr. Killough during the afternoon session Insurance men representing the life com.