The log cabin Democrat., 1907-05-09
THE HOUSE.


 will be renewed when the bill is again talk en up in the House and an effort made 10 restore the appreciation. but it Is freely admitted by friends of the university ti-l the action of the House in committee IS
 most likely 10 be duplicated by the House in regular session.
 ure. Item by item 1T was passed upon;
 with few being approved in the original
 form in which the bill had come to the
 House from the Senate.
 Speaker Hamiter reversed a former rul-
 ing Monday 10 the effect that every ap-
 propriation item in every bill must be passed
 on in Committee of the Whole, before be
 ing brought up in the House, and under
 this reversed ruling there may be more progress made in the future in disposing of these bills.
 For the first time during the session the House called to order at go in the morning. and there was no quorum. Ali ter about fifteen minutes of waiting the sergeant-at t-arms had organized delinquents
 sufficient to begin the proceedings. half million dollar issue of bonds was authorized by the Legislature Tuesday vixen after one of the hardest floor fights of the session the House passed the Harrison Dill. authorizing the St. Francis Levee Board to float bonds in this sum for the improvement of the levee work in the St Francis levee basin and to take up bonds that are now due.
 Single handed, Mr. Killough of Cross fought against the passage of the measure. not objecting over seriously to the issuance
  but attempting to delay 1t until other legis- lation could be enacted which would re- quire that ro member be allowed to serve on the board having in hand this bond is
 sue who had not for period of 90 days previous to his appointment been land owner in the basin affected
 MessrS Lasey. Moore of St. Francis and Hazel spoke for the Harrison bill They de clared that the people of the St Francis leyee district were satisfied with the board at present. and that there was no reason for ch q grievance.
 During the afternoon session the House finished the university appropriation bill
 acting in Committee of the Whole The
 Branch Normal appropriation bill was ad
 vanced by receiving two readings.
 Following the passage of the bill Tues day which authorized the St. Francis Le-
 vee Board to issue bonds in the sum of SJO0, 000 the second levee fight of the
 session took place Wednesday morning over
 The House took time before noon g ad- iournment to listen to the report of the
 committee on the Moore IIeartsill bill. In
 der the report no blame was fixed for the
 ,doetoring'' of the bill, but Chief Clerk Ed
 in handling the bill, and for having it en
 rolled by the expressing clerk when the
 enrolling clerk was the proper one to
 The greater part of the afternoon sion of Wednesday devoted to con tinuance- of the discussion of the Bishop bil which had been taken up in the fore noon.
 The House adjourned in an uproar of excitement over the third reading of bill for working convicts on the roads.
 The appropriation for the preparatory department in the University of Arkansas, which has been the subject of attack in
 past Legislatures, is to be abolished under
 bill which passed the House Thursday if the bill becomes a law. The bill was
 introduced by MT. Black of sebastian. and ,In If oh much of which had been covered formerly when the appropriation bill was being p"l1 The sum sum of S50ooo is appropriated for the establishment and maintenance of State Agricultural and llorticultural School, under a bill that passed the House dissenting vote The bill is endorsed by the agricultural organizations of the state night session was agreed on. at which
 time only local bills should be consider ed.
 The report of the Joint Committee on State Capitol, on which the members pl ihe committee have been working since the De ginning of the session. was read ln the up per House Friday morning. but no action
 will be taken until next WeeS, wheh n 'he memhers of the Senate will have had chance to study the testimony that was presented to the committee and consider their recommendations. ,,,, - The Mckenzie anti-ciSarette Dill occn- pied the attention of the House through pnt the greater part of Friday morning and after a prolonged discussion was p'11 The reading of the report of the Joint Committee on the State Capltoi lhVeSt- pation occupied more than an hour ana half of the Friday afternoon SeSSloh At ire close Mr Hunt submitted resolution which was read twice. and which prohibits the present architect and contractofs rom heno interested in any manner m lutufe appropriations. The resolution Is as lol-
 "Rc it Resolved by the House of fepre- snntatiyes of the General Assembly or AT ronsas the Senate concurring theren mat inc Eocrd of Commissioners of me new state capitol building are hereDy ullttteu ' to complete their contracts on salu Duildne and that said contractors and the architect he then discharged and not permitted 10 make bids the additional Woih pro vided for by this Legislature
 The second attempt made within the week to secure the appointment or .oiLi % mittea from the Legislature to Vlslt GoH nlnor lnI,or iobn $ Little at Corpus Christi. Tnx was frustrated Saturday i'll the House; when a resolution to this erect ar inHoe by Mir. White of Logan county; %as wa n ,,3 niteIv postponed by vote of 39 to - Tho resolution asked only for the appoiIl ment of a committee of three rom tnt House the Senate being eXcinoeu' slh'v ~ had exnressed it's distaste for the pro nosed investigation the day before ny Il vote of 2S to 2 Under the Whlte @ nleaS a.,i v; tb ecommittee was to proceed 10 Texas anu investigate the mental and physlcaa o1h, tho nitfnn of Governor Little and report the results to the Legislature; , c++o
 The approprlaion otoG bill for xHico thG staie car
 Hospital for Nervous n Diseases nassed wssd the Iionse F minutes after it had been placed
 in Committee of the Whole .u. oo,n
 A bin by Mir. Scrimshire of DalIas Iia,or eoun, in tv making it 8 felony to sell hquor III
 tseimnerance territory passed by vote or 40 to 8. , o,,,.a Inv
 The walker bill and the measure pa Nr hamilton of Polk, both designed 10
 nforin attendsnce in the public schools
 effGISe eq the state ast by all children between the
 ages of and i4. were both considered cred to. itS
 gether and 1he House decided to s,rfi niltnn o
 M sFpP"Tkt ok !% %eary 40 counties were exempted froms the provisions of the bill mostly oy the black belt representatives who were op- nosed to forcing education on the negroes ,l,hn climax of nolitical activity in the