The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1907-12-07
REFORM SESSION HAS
PASSED INTO HISTORY
MEN AND BILLS THAT AIDED IN FEE-CLIPPINC
HOUSE SENATE ACTS ARE EENUMERATEDDETAIIS OF vAp
GUS MEASURES THAT WERE rRoDucED PASSED OR KILLED
DURING EXTRA SESSION-SP EAKER HYAMs SAYS SAVINGS
WILL TOTAL 100000 OYEARLY-LAWMAKERS ADJ0uRN
GREAT REFORM SESSION DEAD OF NIGHT
LEGISLATORS TO GET IN POLITICS NOW

Baton Rouge, La. tThursday) - pro
| The extraordinary session Of the Gen sion
b aral Assembly. convened by Governor TIVE
Newton C. Blanchard November H. law
.diourned for good At one o'clock this s.
morning wy
The Valley train arriving here s,a'
.t ga, brought nearly one hundred
I members of the House and Senate 70
the city From here the country
members will depart this evening Or
Tonight for their homes. The assem- -
blymen were sleepy, tired, and glad
90 .h.,, ton;
~ tion
did not 60 to bed. ,;...
In order that they might get away
from the Capital at six O'Clock this
morning both branches of the Legis-
lature convened at 1920 q. III. There =
were 76 Representatives. and 20 Sen '
ators present No actual business was '"e
transacted the calendar having been
cleared 1T the two sittings at Wed ''
nesday afternoon. During short
session at Ave O'Clock yesterday af-
ternoon the usual resolutions which
mark the close of q session were pre-
sented in the House Representative
~ ,,, | The S
~" -,, ,rho he A
,-.,,a. he $
u"1'' ,,,.,,d1, one Judge
candidate for state Office hurried to
the House to answer roll call before
he combcd his hair.
The Closing Scenes. No.
Speakers Hyams rounded out two )ursin
decades Of service last night, and money
made an interesting farewell speech. ;hard
NJ agreed with Representative Ker- 1906
Z aan Aat the annual savings will be No.
4 - less than 100000. "iatinf
"Whatever adverse criticism m;E hare
tonc relative to this extra session." 9OS.
he said, Il believe one thing Is sure, No
and that 4 Legislature never before and re
IN the history of the State. has, as a SCISSORS
executive body assembled in Louisi-
ana. done more effective work than No
his this one ng 70,
Cond'tiohs nave eA'''eu :" ~" his IL
iaana for years which we have de- NJ
precated especially LII 'ne "". " Of the
ices ana salaries OF puoiic oh''a'' A. b. (
until finally public sentiment became "a. /.
20 crystalized that something had to NV -,
~ uone anu aohe "eh. orleans
"'' Ne'""" gave '"''S on" No.
vn'cn y oeheveo 70 DC correct s"o" 500,
Ing that the State of Louisiana and its o,r. g
several divisions will save annually .or N.
some 5000. which great sum Will M Q
30 into the general funds. for the bet ,r,.t,,
terment Of the pubYic school system ,erso.
and the upbuilding Of the State ,me,dr
Saving Some Money. session.
Out OF the $4,000 allotted to the No. !
Senate for expenses during the ses- lizing Il
ZION. s5.6S1 was saved. and this will States I
% used in refurnishing the Senate Federal
chamber. NO.
Chairman Johnson OF the House Oecembt
expense committee had closing !
not this morning tabulated the ex- )mces cr
penses Of the House. The appropria- NO :
Ion for both houses was s5O. 900; out Driating
u this the printing hill will be paid. Denses o
Governor Blanchard did not send mission.
o the Senate during the extra ses- NO. IL
hon the names of any OF the clerks ing the
Il registration he has appointed for House
'vsr nifty parishes. !, BY M
His failure to send in the names a Port
'Aused considerable comment. II Is three Re
,elieved that had ne done SO their tors. to
on0rmation would have been block es OF the
y Oy supporters OF Lieutenant Gov I
-. oe The su
noe toward the Percy bill. provid- NJ !,
e Tor paying these clerks indivated -
aat the majority of the Senators do ,,as,,,
'"e so'e' Legislaiu
,r.v,...- '"' 'e. N' ~ sion's 20
"Sv'o0s to Q general primary elec- =,
Ion pclng 'a'
No. ..
Fee-CGpping Men. # the Ju
- roll OF honor bears few tute for
II only actual authors are service c.
s-..dsfed; but many members of the State Cou
'.ature have good parts for re- ing a vio
No. 4.
=. the extra session fifty-nve the fees {
Oils. nine House resolutions, No. s.
mouse concurrent resolutions ing publ
!, .'soduced. seeking r.
senate twelve regular bills, barring 8
resolutions. and no "con- State. If
~. we're tossed into the mill. tribunals.
], s q this batch OF miscellany No. IL
ular House bills have be- viding thu
One House concurrent dents sha
hr,