The Brinkley argus., 1907-03-22
LEGISLATIVE fiOTE3.

,,,'. ,'.s s''e, af numerous local measures: ,sa ileusr has adopted tactics that VII seon result ia evening matters vS.m ps'.s.dex Se, fhc business of the two bodies- AVnu"s MI he devoted to lecai measures iuesuas will be devoted as usual Co the consiue,.a oa,, , tion of Senate business, and Meunesua! s'',! asan will be siven to loca n nsdhs.s ahs general leclsiation ia this manner VIII keep uvwn floor confiic,s ana the House will soon nave the calendar cleared for the more Import. ant measures.
 constitutional amendment Is proposed in q resolution offered by Mir. simpson, III iEc House MonGay. which provides TOT yf,riur machi.,rs i elections. restricts the t;ial lift afions ef voters. follows fhc<ilnc "l the famous grandfather clause oi , .ne South Carolina law. and gives women t"A -As payers a right to vote where qnes,iom 1, ol taxation Is directly involved. Tae reso iutiop was received within bit or dlsap prevail .irnifying that It will nave stormy Iassage when taken up TOT hnai acticn.
 The following. counties, were ,, exenpsed6 ed from the provisions of the Arnola ,;snn uso"' Carroll. Asl@ Dcsha. Boone. Drew Coi- rInbia White. Cleveland. nion. Cnlco.' Stone. sharp st. Francis. Ouachita, Jonn- son. Van Euren. Cehurne. Randolph Jacx- suo. Montgomery Izard, Little River. Grant, i IJoI Spring. Bradley. Arkansas. Lawrence, 1 Ferry. ce Dallas, Conway Marion, FoPe, Baxter and Clay.
 When the Amis insurance bill was De- ] fore the Senate Committee on Insurance 1 some representatives of insurance compan- ] ly result in the withdrawal of number 1 of lifp insurance companies from Arkan- lsas 'rhis the majority of the Senate d.d not believe. and it was pointed ont tna. aI { frerc are just good secnrities Tn th's 1 sfate as in any other in the Union.
 
 The Confederate veteran camp of Little Rock ct recent ] meeting atc passe and leSDar Car. i-iack for inc support they gave the measure l increasing inc tax levy for Confederate pensions to such an extent that eacn per ,,. | ,d by inc Pension Board. Senator Legatc 1 is Republi; an and Senator Carlock IS a 4 fconfederate veteran.
 l One of the most important measures to he urcsented before this legislative session 1 is fl resolution by Mir. Wells which seeks to submit to the voters pr"p"sen pydina a'fha ths, l Ecprcscrtatlycs and Senators shall be elect ed for four years. and that Tn the future; The legislative sessions shall be quadrennial 1 instead of biennial, except on the cal oi the governor,
 i Hon x. Q. Pindall of Arkansas City I bas been elected to the Senate from the Seventeenth district, composed of Desha l md Drew counties. The election was to choose n successor to the late Howard Rohb who died during the second month 1.,l ,,2 1i pTera .He one me. Mr. 1'indall vii also be . me Inber of the senate in 19od I Waiter Parsons. assistant chief clerk Tn the House. received message Saturday Iannonucfng that his mother was very low and uot expected 10 live through the night Alf. Parsons left for his home In ,IonesDore l on the night irain. accompanied by Secre I fafy George Trerathan of the Senate
 The Rector antI-futures and anti-buck ct shop bill. enc of the most drastic tha' sl has been presented in the present Iegisla ture was acted on favorably In the Senate committee Thursday afternoon after It was learned that the Ilouse hsd passed thu Moore. lieartlli Diil.
 A bill introduced in the House Wed nasdav by Air. Meade which. If 1t become: q law will mean that all trust and suret, eomranes in the state organized under tl' and siust e0nline their business to tha of bankins,
 : trhe nrst fifteeB minutes sf the Hlornin;
 session in inc iIonse Tuesday was devote, to the reading of petitions and telegrams nearly~sl of wlicls were against the Eas
 sage of the Black patent medicine bill. I HoR, Iiaryie Jordan. president of tn
 Southern uosta9 Assneiaton. addressed
 both branches of the fiencrql Assembl. Monday afternoon at B o'clock, in rela ton to The Rector anti-speculation bill. Alrs, Ida Sawyer, wife of Representa- tive Sawyer of Monroe county. died Il their country home near Brinkey Thursda. night of pneumonia
 w L. connavey has been appointed b Acting Governor Moore as director of tn 1 Red River levee district. to succeed himself t.. lnx x-in n hQpfa a n board