The Monticellonian., 1907-05-02
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

Tho twocent rate as aRpIird ta the l Memphis gateway Is siviug rr5iGenfs "I east
 Ca tHat the cotton i;eit had taken ad | vantage of the fact that ii, 1eNafk kama station is just across the stat" itua and 1 in IeNas, has refused 10 apply the tNe | tent fare, t Is feared that after the Leg l i~lltWe has adjourned every road tO Inc | East that goes through the Mempht, sat @aN will consider Memphis the deSttua i tuu ius!ead ot Bridge Junction to which tickets haye been formerly sold, and re | Iaife three Cent fare Under the con | tracts the railroads hold with tho bridge | 'aTPofatian the fare for crossing the bridge i Is -1 cents. and the bridge corpora Hon | ollects if, making the actual destination 1 n Fridge Junction as far as railroad farc 1 Is concerned Bat baggage i5 ehe ked | trough fa the Memphis dcpots, or on fur | ther as the ticket may read An tnVest= 1 sattpn of the probable result ts tn hr | made. and if 1t is believed that the rail roads will have an advantage at the hem- 1 phls gateway a bill is to be drafted and 1 presented which will require a station at 1 this end af the bridge. that the Arkan
 sas passenger tariff may be demanded at
 least tu that point
 In pursuance of settlement of mat
 ters of difference between the United States
 and this state arising out of the swamp
 land grant of 1sao, and other grants which ratified by concurrent resoiu+
 ttons March H. 1Sa7, there was due the | United States the sum of Sto2.p155a5 from
 the state. There not being this sum in the ! staIe treasury te Inc credit Of the general
 revenue fund, in order To raise the sum. | by act of the General Assembly approved | June l, lsD7, Governor Jones as governor | ef the state executed his notes. one to the | International Improvement Fund and one | to the Swamp Land Fund for this sum. | and the money was paid into the United l states treasury from these funds settling l the difference between the United States and the state. The situation has been | That these notes have been in the treas
 nry since and the bill by the Ways and | taa B.a A.ftf rll l was introduced that the state might pay l the sum from these funds into the sink l ing fund eancelling the notes. tnder the l hiii the levy for the sinking fund Is t0 i put oReeighth of mill for the four years
 In speaking of m extension of the Legis- l iatUfe. Senator oldham said
 .I will say that the Joint Committee on l Capitol have not considered the ma ter of i an eEffnsion of the present session i Want il understood that the committee l has not given the matter a thought. and l at the present time wc do not know i personally Wonld favor the taking Of 1 recess for about 2o days at the end nt 1 ihe sssioa. One of the best lawyers in i the State has declared that Governor l Moore will hold office until the regular | governor, John Little. returns Other good 1 and able lawyers. on the other hand, hold 1 that the term of John Moore in the exc Cattve'S office expires at the same time l that his tenure as president of the Senate l does. In that case. in order to be on | the safe side. il would be a good idea to 1 take the recess and give Acting Governor l Moore chance to sign all of the mea 1 sures that have passed the Assembly II | We took recess there would bc no doubt 1 of the legality of the acts, for John Moore
 would still be president of the Senate
 X bill was introduced in the House Frl- | day repeating that section of The 19u3 1 law which authorizes the sale of the old ,iate capitol grounds and 6nithmg The | [ tod hsr Mir Ia arHf 10 | defeat of the Quinn bill. which sought
 ia save the property by turning ii over
 tn the Arkansas Historical Society, was i interpreted by many to mean that the old gapitol grounds would be sacrificed to l sale but this Idea is eombated by the 1 warm reception the killongh bill received. disposed af said Mr kIlongh, but they | arr nat ready yet te turn fl over tp any
 Sariety, Just so we protect the property l fE1m sale within the next two years Is all that is asked In that time there will have developed well defined idea as to
 how the property should be kept
 When fl became known in the House | yesterduy that The Senate had under con l siae8ation a resolution e extend the ieSiS | latixc session there were many expres | si8nS of regret that the natter had been l taken ID. There is q strong opposition | il the luwer body te extending the sess l sion further than May II. X great ma l jority of the members believe that the l appropriation bills should be given every riinate of time until they are finished and l in that event the unfinished business oh | May IL will not be of sufficient import 1 antf to hold longer 10 dispose of. For this reason the House Monday devoted
 many hard working hours to the bills be | fore it. and there was not that eiamor | to supplant tha appropriation bills with
 local measures that has been in evidence l heretofore.
 Vrile the clerk was calling the roll on
 q Senate bill next up Wednesday the House
 was disturbed by second personal con l hiet of the session. In this Instance MT. | Foster ot Cleveland was again one of the l belligeHents, and AIr. Calaway, represen- l tatlVe of the Democrat in the House Was l the other Members of the House inter 1 vtncd as soon as possible and the light
 was stopped Speaker Ilamiter an
 nouneed that gent lemen with fighting l prorlivties should be removed from inc 1 raon but the stir soon subsided and the l participants were brought te peace I'm l trouhie k believed te have grown out of | an AterNieW concerning the diThcuity be-
 tween Mir Foster and Mir Quinn on l Tuesday.
 + Is estimated that the present Legsla tIre will cost the state Slao,o0o. before l the Legislature convened there was sim
 of S95.ooo left over from the a2propria | tioE for contingent expenses of The Iegis 1 laturc of tw1 years nsn. bill was passed | in the early days of the present session l applupriatiug S1ooooo Tor contingent eA- 1 Denses of the present session. These funds
 
 about SD GOO of the Sl2J.ooo left 10 be | paid out before second contingent appro | nfiaflon is necessary Under estimates this l sum will he insufficient to meet the expense until the end of the session. and a second appropriation will be necessary
 The election of a lieutenant governor in 1 the closing days of he present Legislative
 ssiun promises to become further compli-
 caied since the opinion Of Judge |. NJ. Rose
 ta thu effect that Acting Governor Moore | shaH remain as acting governor, and the | ifauI,nant governor eleefeh shall bp Presi-
 dent of fhe Senate The complication arises | fFnu a question as 10 who shall sign the l last hi!ls as president of the Senate. and
 aS ta when the term of John l. Moore as president of the Senate is concluded,
 Eff4 of q general nature in the House will most pVebably be sacrificed. ihere
 are more than one hundred local meas
 urss on the calendar of the House and
 9ypfy one of them represents something l of importance 10 the member who intro
 duad il. There is seldom any coatenlon l oyer thse local measufes. but to gain rec 1 ognitian and get q roll call is no easy thing fo accomplish when almost one hundred l other men are asking for the same priYi- lcGr.
 one important measure that the Senate will take mp during the week Will be the i bill asked for by the bankers of the state. The bill introduced and read twice in the Senate last week has the approval of the haniers who were assembled in annuai eon- | ycnfion here last week There Is little probability of any fight being made made on the mea sure, and fl it is not crowded Gnt there is every reason to anticipate q
 now general banking law from this Legis-