The Forrest City times., 1907-05-17
THE HOUSE.


 Tuesday the proposition was defeated by 2 vote of IT to 4o, while on Wednesday the defeat was by a vote ef i6 tn "a
 The Hunt resolution. however. which pro Vldes for the discharge of the architect George k. Mann. and the contractors. tald- well Drake. immediately after tho com pietion of the State capitol. and sorbddfrt them to bid on future state work. was adopted by vote of aS te 3O
 bill hy Mr Thompson. amending t6e law relating to bribery was passed. The measure does not Increase the penalties, Ike the bin introduced in the Senate hv Senator fopu. but defines bribery so as to emhraer the giving of presents so an inter ested public official.
 The resolution by Senator Rowland an. thorizing the attorney general to begin suit against the railroads for the seeovrf Of S3u.uao taxes duc since 1sSI. was pa Ssed by unanimous vote.
 Ky vote of 53 to 33 t.e House repealed act lS.. the Ross bill for the domestlra, lion of foreign corporations. which k the measure which would have had the effect ot keeping some of the largest corporations in the country from doing business in Ar kansas. The vote came on an amendment to the Nugo Senate bin fixing the fees to be charged foreign corporations doing business in the State. offered by Mr. Cole amendment the Ross act is repealed and the Wingo bill takes effect immedately.i IL K passed and not in 90 days vas pro Yded in the Ross bill.
 
 the national law passed the House with only one dissenting vote
 The Patterson blind tiger bill was passed hy Il large vote nder the provisions of the measure the landlord of a house is lia be to a fine and Imprisonment if he allows blind tiger to be conducted on his prop erty. provided that the occupant shall have been convicted twice of the iliega! selling of liquor. The measure k almost cop" of the Partain House bill which has passed the lower branch and k now in the Senate.
 The House Friday passed the bill hv Senator Nepp providing that change of venue can be taken only when the coufC finds II necessary to get justice by so doing. also the bill by senator Lee giving cities of the first class additional power to regulate the erection. razing or repairing of build ings therein
 After several days wranglinS tho House finally approved the Ningo bill repeating the Ross law by vote of 6i to 29., having voted down the motion 10 rf- consider the vote by which the Coleman amendment was adopted Thursday.
 After three days of hard fighting. the House Saturday night. by vote of 55 to 3s. killed the bill introduced by the Joint Committee on State Capitol apjpropriatin 2 three hundred and twenty. thousand dol lars for tue erection of a stone dome on ths state house and fixing the marble work in the structure
 The defeat of the measure marked the continuation of controversy that has been thrashed out on every husting tn the State and leaves the date of the completion of the state house some time in the indefinite future
 Among the bills passed sf th.s session were:
 Ky Senator Goodwin rcnniring railroads to use searchlights of 300 ca ndlepowPr.
 By Mr CarlI.ee repeating the Patterson act fixing standard price to be allowed sherifs for ihe feeding of prisoners.
 i,a br y,f nf in passed resolution by MT Foster of Clevr- land providing for the immediate discharge of George K. Mann: and providing further that q supervisor of the work at the state exceed S4 GOO year
 Several bills of more than usual import ance were passed in the House and several more were killed b the refusal of the House to suspend the rules for their first and second readings Among Che latter bills were the Harrison bill providing for n raise i'll the salary of the circuit judges of the state. and the Cloud measure pro vidng for the repeal of tue Lee anti jug bill The bill by Mir. Simpson. apnropria [. ing S5 GOO to assist the attorney general in prosecuting cases in violation of the King antitrust law, lacked about 23 votes of he. ing brought to light and there Is no possi- bility of its being heard of again for two years. The Patterson bill. providing for OK tension of improvement district into the suburbs of towns and cities when requested by the people in the affected territory. was also retired DN inHenHlle post pHntHtul
 The House passed two educational meas- ues of great importance the Ningn bill. aspropriatlng S15.ooO for the e.t establishment of a state normal school. and the Martin bill providing for formulating state series of text books. A measure appropriat' ing S5o. 900 for the printing of the Supreme Court reports was also passed.
 The appropriation measures for the Branch Normal al Pine Rlud and the blind institute were passed. and Inc cnleHdar k absolutely clear of appropriation bills. The Goodwin bill. extending the "1w"rS of the Railroad Commission. was uasse also. the Lee bill, changing the motto ef the state from "Regnant foputt tc "Regnat PoHulus A measure by the ldt ter providing for q parole and m sd"A board whose duty it is to parole well h. haved prisoners and recommend others to the governor for pardon. was pas.'d and Is now ready for transmission to the governor Hon John II Hamilton of Polk county. who has been III for several days. was com prlled 10 be absent from the House Thurs day afternoon. He announced his inahil itV ta be present in note to the Speaker Mir BuIaney. whn was on The floor speak ing To an amendment To the NlDgo bill yielded and Mir Iamiltno's compulsory edu catlop biU House Bill No 397 was called up and passed \ number ef counties have been exempted from the provisions of the bill but friends of the measure feel thai they have made a step forward In gettine the law in few counties. Thee Cla IT that with thIs In work on they can demon strate 10 the remainder of The counties tht benefits ta be derived therefrom.
 capt Willie F W. Heartsll of Sebastian county has also been i'll, and Thursday wnt wpllnigh unable to be on the floor In th' forenoon he was under the care of a phy sician. although in the House. and in the afternoon attempted to speak tn the pa ssaei of his county officer salary bill which h. called up for final action. Ordinarily I vigorous speaker. he was not able to pre- sent his case in his usual forclbie manner He Is somewhat improved, but Is stih fai from well
 The Confederate roster bill was defeated by vote of s ayes to II noes he chali fToneyl holding that it required two thirds majority to pass the bill. Senato of pindall later made a strong plea to the chair to reverse his opinion. but he f clined to do SD on the ground that be an Dropriation was one not required by tba l constitution and he was still ot The opinion 1 that the bill required two-thirds majority vote for its passage
 A concurrent resolution by Mr. DuLaney | thanking the members of the Capitol om mittee for thelr hard work and palustaking services was adopted by unanimous 1 vote in the House Tuesday
 Repres-ntative Hughlett Coleman nf AT | kansas county has been quite indisposed for | tha mast week and has gone to his home