The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-17
THE HOUSE.


 Appropriation bills were given the right of way in the House Monday. The bi.l by Senator Rowland appropriating $25,Ob0 Tor the contingent expenses of the Legs lature was passed as was also the Dill for the support of the Confederate Home
 stone dome for the new state capitol building. as q substitute for the copper dome that had been anticipated in former plans, was approved in the House when setting on the committee bill for the com legislative body decided to grant every item just as the Investigating Committee had requested
 bill authorizing the teaching of ele mentary agriculture in the public schools was also passed.
 one new bill was presented in the House the sum of S5,0OO for the use of the at torney general in securing counsel to help prosecute the many cases under the King antitrust law.
 ., After debating the matter for four hours the House Tuesday defeated by seven votes tiop bill introduced by MT. McCollum of Hampstead county. providing for the immediate discharge of Caldwell & Drake, and eorae 9t fhe capitol employing of new men to complete the work on the state house, together with the the labor and the material involved.
 ThN Senate Bill by Judge McDanel. pro vidins for the organization of mutual live stock insurance companies in the state. was passed in the House yesterday morn ing. An attempt to call up the bill by Senator Wingo. modifying the Ross act for the domestcation of foreign corpor ations. for a second reading, failed by 2 large vote. A measure approprating S15,o00 for the establishment of state normal school, by the same author. was on Education
 Other bills passed were
 By Senator Legate, appropriating S1 800 for a geological survey of the state depos. it's Of the state
 By penitentiary Committee. appropriat- ing S6o,000 for the completion of new pen. itentiary.
 The House Wednesday again uefeafed an afftempt on the part of MT. McCollum of Hemp nempstead cad county to have Caldwell & Drake and George Mann immediately dis charged and new men secured to complete the work on the new State capitol On Tuesday tf.a proposition was defeated by vote of 41 to 10, while on Wednesday the defeat was by a vote of 46 to 10.
 The Hunt resolution however, which pro yldes for the discharge of the architect Geofge K. Mann, and the contractors Cald- well Drake. immediately after the com pietlon of the State capitol. and forbiddnc them to. bid on future State work, was adopted by vote of 58 to 30
 bill by Mir. Thompson. amending the iaW relating to bribery. was passed The measure does not increase the penalties, like the bill introduced in the Senate bv Senator Iopo. but defines bribery so as to embrace the giving of presents to an inter ested public official.
 The resolution by Senator Rowland. au- suit against the railroads for the recover of $30,00o taxes due since 1887, war passed by unanimous vote.
 act 1s5. the Ross bill. for the domastioa. tion of foreign corporations which is tha measure which would have had the effect of keeping some of the largest corporations in the country from doing business in Ar kansas. The vote came on an amendnent to the Wingo Senate bill fixing the fees to be charged foreign corporations doing business in the State, offered by AIr. Cole. man of Arkansas county Under this amendment the Ross act is repealed and the Wingo bill takes effect immedately.if ii is passed. and not in 90 days as was pro vided in the Ross bill.
 The Greenhaw pure food bill, copy of the national law passed tn. House with only one dissenting vote. by large vote. Under the provisions of the measure the landlord of a house is lia- ble to fine and Imprisonment if he allows a blind tiger to be conducted On his prop. erty provided that the occupant shall have been convicted twice of the illegal selln ' of liquor. The measure is almost con of the Partain House bill which has pass q the lower branch and is now in ,he Senate.
 The House Friday passed the bill b" Senator Yopp providing that change of venue can be taken only when the cour, finds it necessary to get justice by doing. also the bill by Senator Lee giving cities of the first class additional power to regu'a the erection. raging or repairing of build ings therein
 After several days wrangIing tho House finally approved the Wingo Dill %, having voted down the motion to ra- consider the vote by which the Coleman amendment was adopted Thursday.
 After three days of hard fighting the House Saturday night by vote of D to 3S. killed the bill introduced by the Joint Committee on State Capitol. aDjpropriatll three hundred and twenty five thousand dol lars for the erection of a stone dome on the state house and fixing the marble work in the structure.
 The defeat of the measure marked fhe culmina ton of controversy that has been thrashed out on every h& ~ing in the State @nd leaves the date of the completion O the state house some time in the indefinite tuture
 Among the bills passed at this session were:
 By Senator Goodwin requiring railroads to use ssearchlights of 1.3oo candlepower,
 By Mr. CarlLee. repeating the Patterson act fixing standard price to be allowed sheriffs for the feeding of prisoners.
 Hon. John II. Hamilton of Polk county. who has been i'll for several days, was com pelled to be absent from the House Thurs day afternoon. He announced his inab!l- ity to be present in note to the Speaker. MT Dul.aney, who was on the floor speak ing to an amendment to the Wingo bill yielded and Mir IIamiltno's compulsory edu: cation bill House Bill No. 397. was called up and passed number of counties have been exempted from the provisions of the bill but friends of the measure feel tha they have made step forward in getting the law in few counties. They cia m Al, ,,,fth Ia tS t, strate to the remainder of the counties the benefits to be derived therefrom.
 Capt. Willie R. W. Heartsll of Sebastian county has also been i'll. and Thursday was welnigh unable to bn on the floor In the forenoon he was under the care of ply sician. although in the House. and in th' afternoon attempted to sneak to the paSsate e of his county officer salary bill which 7, called up for final action. Ordinarily a vigorous speaker. he was not able to pre- sent his case in his usual forcib,e manner He is somewhat improved, but is stii. far from well.
 From the tone of the debate in the amendment by Mr. McColum to drop con tractors and architect for new state cap itol the resolution debarrirg Caldwell X Drake and George Mann from future state work will pass by unanimous vote.
 The House adopted a resolution Monday offered by Mir. Quinn recognizing the efforts of the State Fair Assoclatlon ot Hot Springs to bring into publicity the resources of the state, and endorsed the work that had been undertaken.
 Mr. Hamilton of Ouachita introduced a resolution in the House Monday tender ing congra tulations of the House to Mir. Martin. of Yell. who was married last Sunday. The resolution was adopted in a general shout of approval
 The Holland insurance bill. already pass ed in the Senate, which prohibits discrim- ination in the matter of life poiciesf was up for discussion before the House com tad pro Inc on nn 10 rna A