Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-05
LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP
(By Staff Colrespondent.)

final action. Members of the sen- ate objected to several features Of the bill and after a lengthy dis cussion, it was re-referred to the committee for further considera- ton. The senate objected to an amendment which had been placed on the bill by the committee, pro- viding that it should not apply to individuals and leaving it applicable to all corporations. Members of the senate hold that this would be un- just, declaring that small corpora tions that might be composed of two or three young men, might be wiped out of existence by one heavy judgment secured under the law, while it would not reach some large manufacturing institutions tht might be owned by single in- diVidual. Senator Amis offered an amendment making the bill ap- plicable only to corporations and
 
 9 men. This is intended to pro- ! tect the smaller enterprises. The bill as it was reported to the sen ate, was approved by the represen tatives of the various labor organi- cations, but it is hardly likely that it will be adopted by the senate in fo,,,, Iorcn loo already passed fellow-servants bill affecting railroads only, but there is a general desire to secure a law of a more general nature, to ! include lumber mills and industrial ! plants.
 Oppose Medicine Bill.
 Petitions were read in the house l today from residents of Chicot county, Pope county, Conway coun- ty, Pine Bluff, Siloam Springs and Paragould against the passage of the bills pending which seek to regulate the sale and manufacture of patent or proprietary medicines. The petitions declare that the enactment of such legislation would greatly cripple if not destroy, with out cause. the legitimate business of many of the residents of the state. and ask the legislature to enact a law that will follow, but go no further than the national pure food law.
 To Fix Federal Constitution. :, Speaker Hamitar offered a con- current resolution today memorial izing congress to call a convention to consider amendments to the fed erl costitution by which uniform marriage, divorce and insurance laws throughout the United States may be enacted.
 For Full Crew.
 A bill was introduced in the house today by MT. Witt, providing that no railroad company shall eouin it's freight trains with crew consisting of less than an engineer, conductor, fireman and three brake men. The act does not apply to lines less than 25 miles in length, or where trains consist of less than 20 cars.
 Reward for Owls.
 Mr. Andrews introduced bill in the house for the encouragement or the destructions of owls, hawks and crows, by providing bounty of 70 cents per head for the killing cf such fowls.
 Bribe Talk.
 Speaker Hamiter called attention today to the publication in a cer- tain newspaper of an article stat ing that "the public would like to know. has MT. Rhoton Or any of his deputies been directly informed that boodling has been attempted in Little Rock since the convening o1 the present legislature?' The sneaker said the article reflected unon all the members of both branches. eff anybody goes to any member of this house and attempts to bribe you," he said, "tell the speaker and in ten minutes the prosecuting attorney of this district will know all about 1t.