The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-04
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THE SENATE.

Monday Five of the advocates OI Ine bill including it's authoF' changed tha negsfiye sfF5 with the idea of calling the bill up Tor reconsideration The chief objection 10 the measure was that the amount ol lhe Appropriation was nearly twice that lasl made but 1t was explained that the money would be needed for the erection of many new buildings.
 Senator Arnolds initiative ana relere., I.'.t, dun measure was voted down by a vote of 13 to S. .,,
 Senator Edmondson introduced a bill preventing the subletting Of 'conFlcts e euI- and providing for fine of not less man I s1 GOO nor more than $10000, as well as the forfeiture of the contract, should la borers be sublet.
 The Senate spent a very dull day Tues day A number of House bills were con sidered and disposed of. senator Ihoup- sons appropriation bill for the JnlVefSitS of Arkansas was brought up for reconsld- erariou. and was made special order Tor Wednesday morning.
 The anti drumming bill. intended 10 pre- vent hotel and doctor drummerS rom plying their .ocaton on trains was passed and needs only the governor signature 10 become law.
 The Thompson appropriation bill for the University of Arkansas passed the Senate Wednesday by vote ot 2Z to c z after having been trimmed to about oo oo pc. cent of it's original dimensions. Inc original bill called for more than StoV- GOO but was reduced to S401, ,334.9l, the friends of the measure having agreed that it would be necessary to cHp OH many of the items in regard to new buildings before the measure could e De passed Senator Toney saved the item Tor the library. which amounted to SloooV through a motion providing that this sum should be expended for books alone. The Senate passed several bills at the morn ing session mostly local bills requiring the stoppage of trains at different towns Among the bills passed were ~
 By Senator Patterson, authorizing the state auditor to employ a stenographer
 By Senator Oldham. permitting the re porter of the Supreme Court to practice law in connection with his other duues
 By Senator DeRositt, providing for the working of convicts on the public roads
 New bills introduced were
 By Senator Carlock, giving the assignee of vendor the same right of lien as the
 6y Senator oldham. providing for prose cutiOns against insurance companies when
 By senator drowning, a bill similar in some respects to the Ralch bill, but chang ing its attitude toward anti trust laws.
 When the Senate convened Thursday morning. acting Gov. Moore annoqnce99 for the selection of acting presidents. and since some dissatisfaction had become apparant In this method, he asked Ihe scheme of selecting presiding oflcers. After lengthy debate the Senate con. cluded to continue the present system ol naming the presiding officers.
 The feature of the days proceedings was the passage of the Browning insur- ance bill. the first see tion of which IS a copy of the Balch bil recently defeated in the h.u.p. and wmch repeals the ln- surance clause in tho antitrust law. The second section of the bill specifically pro vides that 1t shall not repeal the anti ' The deItat of the Moore bill, provid- ing for the headquarters for the Arkansas capitol in case the building was converted into a historic museum was due 10 the fact that it carried an appropriaitlon or or S6.400 and. according to the ruling or the chair had to have a two-thlrd Vote to insure. its passage. The vote was lo ayes to 13 noes asylum appropriation bill It carries s350, 900 which is an increase Of Sl9'ooo
 The bill prohibiting contractors from sub,etting convicts was passed. II De comes effective after the expiration of the present contracts.
 livered his eulogy upon the late Senator Robb former senator from the seven. teenth district, whose seat IS no" neg ro us tor Pindall's address the Senate adjourn ed for the day.
 By unanimous vote the Senate Fri day passed the Parker Demurrage Bill as amended by the Railroad Committee. The amendments do not change the provisions of the bill materially: but merely strength en certain features of the measure.
 The Martin bill for the repeal of the screen law of 1905 pasesd the Senate oI o3 a vote of 20 to 10. Senator Wingo lea the fight in behalf of the measure, while Senator Holland was bitterly opposed to the repeal of the law, which he put on the statute books two years ago. The con troversy between the Senator from Sevier and the gentleman from Sebastian took on a personal aspect. charges of bad faith being made both sides.
 House Bill by MT. Rowell. authorizing municipal corporations to require railroad companies to pay their pro rata of local improvements when the latter are using the streets of the city for right of way, passed the Senate
 A message from the Governor announced the appointment of the following trustees for the University of Arkansas:
 Gustave Jones of Jackson Senator W, s. Goodwin of Warren and Frank r, Hall of Fayetteville. The appointment or Senator Goodwin from the Seventh Con gressional District is made under the pro. visions of the Mckenzie act approved March 12.
 The House Committee on Railroads gave
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