The Monticellonian., 1907-03-28
THE HOUSE.

Ky Mir Van Hook An act appropriatz | ing the sum of S9.uoO for the building up and encouragement uf farmers institutes te be held in the several counties Of the ststs. ! the sum being divided equally between the counties where institutes are held
 The bill ly Senator Ipe prohibiting the l receiving of orders for into1lcants in any nrohibted district in the state. passed the any newspaper or publication In such tef 1 ritory carrying an advertisement for T l liqHor house assuming that this Is a meth nd of soliciting business
 The House also passed the bill hy Sena= tor Patterson, hxlng a uniform charge of | i1 cents per day to he charged by each prisoner
 The bHl by Senate Rowland. making railroads responsible for damage hy fire re snftlnS from sparks from engines passed ! the House did also the bill hy Senator Thompson preventing railroads from obs structing crossings for more than five min utes
 The Stevens hilt. which added per cent tax on purchases of intoXicants in the state. and further requiring that All purchasers he recorded properly with the county clerk under penalty of heavy fines. was killed in the House Wednesday by vote of 39 to 4+ after ono of the hardest floor fights of the session. Advorates of the bill made a gallant fight bni were met at every point by those who believe that the regular license system is sufficient and that further taxes on the business of handling liquors should he placed by rais= ing the state licensp. or not at all. IL was | further eontended that the passage of the bill would only mean thai thc liqunr dealers of the state would ia driven from business and that the dealers at Memphis and other | poigtS across the borders would reap the harvest. while the state would receive nO revenue whatever.
 | Al this session bill was introduced by 1 Mi Quinn authorizing the turning over of | lhe capitol building to commission com i Posed ot four men and three women 10 he named hY the governor. the commission l Ia have the custody of the building for his tnric exhibits and headquarters for char. itable and patriotic organizations.
 Almost the entire day in the House Thursday NaS consumed with a discussion of the Black bill restricting the sale of patent medicine in thr state. No concln= i sion was reached, and by agreement the dis eHssi0n will bc renewed Friday after roil call. after which q vote will be taken.
 There k a sentiment developing in the ] l1ouSe to devote more time in the future to Senate bills, which are accomplishing l rapidly on the clerks desk Amotion was made that Senate business be contia ned throughout Thursday Friday and Sat utlay. to the exclusion of everything but | special orders.
 The House defeated the Black Patent Medicine Bill by vote of 51 to 2a. Fri. day after one of tho hardest lights in the present session This bill held the at | tentiOn of tho House. nearly all of Thurs | day. and carried until Friday morning when the vote was taken at :43.
 Mfr. Mcdaniel introduced bill for tha complet ion. furnishing and maintenance of l the reform school. The bill carries s3a, ,0oh
 The bill by Senator Browning, to in | crease the school tax levy from 10 T mills fin line with the constitutional amend ment. was taken up for amendment to coll foxn fo the new tax levy The amend ments were adopted and the bill was mads a special order for Tuesday
 The House passed the bill bY SenAtar Rowland prescribing the duties of the pen itentiary physician He k required h make frequent inspections of the pentten= tiary quarters sec that proper food k giS.n prisoners. keep q record of admissions iato the hospital, etc.
 The bill by Senator Rowland for tho ma intenancp of the Branch Normal al Pine RluT contains the following appropriations First Salary of teachers .Sl .Seti Third Fnel for shops and buildings Goa Fourth Repairs for buildings ...--- 3no l Fifth Insurance 3th' Sixth Desks and Seatines 5...... 100 Seventh Addition 10 hulding .... 6.ooo Eighth Contingent expenses. sup
 piics for shops drayage, postage
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 In speaking of inc Edmondson- Rector bill for the abreeaiian of the Dickinson l contract. Senatnr Patterson strongly op posed the proposition of allowing eonvicts to act as guardS over their comrades. He 1 did not believe that the ahrogation of the | contract waulG remedy this deplorable con dition The SenStor from Woodruff de. | cared that 1T the contract was eanceed i the prisoners would be hired out to tho railroads and the same conditions would prevail He was strongly in favor of elim mating the lease system altogether.
 The Joint Committee on Public Charities Wednesday took under consideration the ap= propriation bill for the support and main | tenancc of the Arkansas Asylum for Nor vouS Diseases. Superintendent Stinson was present before the committee and explain ed the various items AS they were taken ID | Patients at this state institution have in creased in number about one-third since i last year. The snm for general expenses asked for last year was s2oa.ooo, and with | the increase in attendance the snm this year Is S243.ooo. which the committee has deemed reasonable and will favor without change. There are number of other items which were taken ap and on which decision was reserved until another meeting of the committed. which will be held during the week.
 Al session of the Committee on Edu. cation of the Senate Monday Senator Wingos bill for the establishment Of state normal school was favorably acted upon and was recommended for passage 1 T1e bill appropriates the sum of SEQ. GOO for the establishment and conduct of the school for two years. The manage ment Is vested in state board. com. posed of tho superintendent of public in. | struetion. the state auditor, state treas urer and four others to be anpointed bf l years and the board is given full authority over -he school and the employment oi teachers
 In the confusion that rrsned w,lc the vote on the Stevens prohibition bill was | being taken Wednesday the name of Mr. Monroe was omitted from the call Mr, Monroe voted against the bill =! live in dry county and We expect it In stay that way. said Mr Monroe yesterday. but | vote my own individual sentiment on | | ipet hat fs sented. and never dodge an issue voted against the Lee bill Tuesday and this bill yesterday because did not believe either was good legislation
 K Q. Pindan. who was elected last wces to succeed the late Howard Robh in the | Senate from Desha GountF. indacted 1 into otiicc Friday Later in the day he announced that on next Thursday he would l address the Senate the life and work | of his deceased predecessor
 l Prof. <. A weltner of Nevada, Mo, de 1 liverrd an address Friday night in the hail i zens of Little Rock and members of ,he l t;eneral Assembly The subject was Pow l or of Mind" The trend being to subStantiate the theories of suggestive therapeutics | Speaker Hamiter entertained seven of tha i eight pages of the House at luncheon rt 1 Forster's Friday. They were John T. Id | rngton, Peyton Thomas. Hugh Dedman, ] Manning stone. Jed Davis, Grady for:y l and Fat Clark.
 " L. Connavey has been appointed hv J Acting Governor Moore as director of the Red Rirer ievrc district 10 succeed himself l he having been meSber of the board Tor i three years.
 Hon Harvie Jordan. president of the l Southern Cotton Association. addressed l hofh branches of tho General Assembly ] Monday afternoon al 3 o'clock in rea ] tioa 10 the Rector ant speculation ttll.
 The House did not work Saturday ac- ] o-1.ILr-. la 1nntIan nf Mr killnt !. car.