The Monticellonian., 1907-01-17

] departments owe their lives to the Gonstitu l ton they Ire bound to il in their ailegi= | anee; nor is there a word In the t1nsti= tutius which authorizes. any department to eonaerf its astruefioB There you 1 will tnd this plain extraordinary power is reserved to the people Yon cannot aei. The power belongs to them. II is a reserved power It may be exereisesi only oF the people ua on government beeomes de structfvr of the ends for which 1T WAS designated The General Assembly has the power to pro, ose amendments. Aud If 1 there nothing else nor explicit in the | Ccnstitluion. res.rving thls power to the people. rhs parti- liar gram of power to the General Assea bly by implication fex eluaes from your authority the power 10 | initiate revolution Ii is true. I grant. the people in their poliEical capacsFy may add 10 your general pow ITS the sr.seial power to call convention; but this They have not done. In the iah election ife subject was not dis,,Issed, and therefore you are not commissioned to cf II convention. ' THE RECENT QUARANTINE AND IJs COST.
 There was .sralable, gentlemen, for the purpose of defns ying thu expenses Of this quarantine. ont of the app reputation hereto fore provided the sum Of <1 ,i56.2S. TBis sum was found t. be entirely inadequate. I applied to the ntfionnl government for aid in a financial way. and reserved from then the sum of S27 TOO 9s. S16 556 DO of which
 was due the State Guard snder an Act tf Congress providing for tiEe equipment and annual eneampnent of the National Guard of which our militia k part This snn of money was also used to help de. fray the expenses of sighting tile yellow fever making a stun total expended for this parpose both from ihe State and the national government. of 3.3S.s57 .2s- The amount of money received from the ne stienal
 lT..r.= to Us as our regular allotment for campfnent purposes. viz S1i .36I 0S. was given to me in the nature of a loan. with the express understanding that when your honorable body should meet the sum would be refunded and l am sure that if will b. your pleasure to pass speedily pos sibie an appropriation bill refundng this amount so generously advanced to Arkansas by the national government In addition. gentlemen. there yet remain unpaid bills amounting to S3275.70. making the quar- antlne cost us in round numbers I.133.O5. These unpaid bills are miscellaneous Items, together with small provision accounts, m itemized account of which can be furnished by the military department to any com mittee having this matter in charge I trust. gentlemen that no delay will be had in paving not only the national govern ment for the money borrowed but also these unpaid bills.
 BUCKET SHOP EVIL.
 One of the greatest evils that exist iu | our State, today. gentlemen is what Is known as the bucket shop. It is nothing | more or less than a simple plain gambling | device by which men permitted to | gamble in the products of the soil. and | which largely determines the price of the l products of labor. This is more especially | true of the greatest commodity of the | Snt1fh liam tN-da H. lers of the soil, gentlemen, making a gallant fight against this evil Will you help them set an example for the other Southern State?
 CORPORATIONS.
 At common law corporations were char tered for specific and definite purpose. |; They could not be authorized to do any act not with,n their charter provisions. and were limited to singieness of pur pose would therefoce suggest that sections S3T to s71 of Kirby's digest be amended so as to limit the charter provi-