Woodruff County news., 1907-04-18
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

LEGISLATIVE NOTES. The Committee on State Lands favor
 ably recommended 'Lne Du ny .,enator Me- hniSht pfonlDlJlng rOrelKners from own Ing land III tne state. me lnlenC of the nll assure is to prevent any man wHo Is nor
 ctHen oI the IuIIeu Seales and does not i've in this country to buy up land in
 AI kansas anu keep II unImp,ovtu waltlpE Tor rIse in Value. lie uccIared UnaC many square miles CT land were held in Ar AahsaS lh this manner aud lne progress or entIre communities was retarotd by tho rel usal of these persons to improve the land or to seIt It 10 those Wac n 0uld a req sonaDIe price.
 Senator Rowland s bill providing that no per urm be pa,u apsent melnDers wenG
 ene Nay ol an Duls That nave Tor Ineir am the rruuctlOn oI the salaries the leSlS- IatofS. Inc buI Was called up IasL Tues uay Tor nnal passage, naa was Knied by tne largest kInu of q maJurlty. even tempt on the part oI tue gentleman rom Doohe to luaKe Ine Dill apply 10 ms own sena alorlal ustrIcL was ueIraleu A similar measure in me House suntred the same Iale.
 That the seventeen circuit judges of me "tdte are not get certain of oOVo d year voted IO tnem by the senate oa HtuuesddS was etIuencrd py notlVc sNeh by senator AhIS Inutsuay that he NOuld move tU IeLuIaiuet tue vote by when the Harrison Dal passed, on the sruuud mat ue anu Seuat tur montgomery nau voted on the lntasutC Ill me DeIltL that the satalles Wee u be oniy S-,Dvo per a4luuln. AS tue Dlh passed by only rev Fotes in the nrst p..s.e F, 1t Is oDyl- ous that ti-e hOtloH u Ieoonsluer wall pre- val
 Legal opinions were presented before the 1lOuac Ct-lulIJLte oil Insu. dItye N euueSQay | nIsnt tu whether tue l,roMnlug-l4ee Dll N ne ftttgN I-t n lAlnS auti-ttust laW. Judge hemingway stated as lis positive op.nlon lnat the 1'rON nlng-Lec blu Wuuid IluI render lnOper- l alivc the antl-tfust laM. thls opihlon "aS OhStt by JuuSe IarrUd, Wlo expressed IL as niS opinlvh lnoL IL the BroWhnS-i-ee U,ll nas btssru 1t WOula nsl ahHui tue anu trust iaN,. DuL lu cNemplng tuc Insurance eompaAtes It Wouiu Ienuet il lnoperatiye-
 The Moore HeartsiH biI, which prohibits spccuIauon m lutuies. i,ue nsu DetsI passed U5 UVtH legIslatlEe uouIeS several WeekS eso. Was siAHeu Dy Acuug Governor Moore l lnursaay. me bnl. Mnlea haa been doe t"ted alter It's psryIot,s paoaage through tLr legislature. na5 CaretHllT gone over by Mi. oiIbpson O. the uouse rnronlnS committee, and was In ils correct form when It was signeu. 1hefe ls no chance of error in this caSc, as ali due precauuion mas been takyh in the progress o1 the bii through botn Legislative braucnes.
 Most of the members from both House and Senale who went a committee to attend the funeral ot Senator James W. Thompson at Fayetteville, have returned to the capital. In speaking of the funeral il was stated by one member of the com mittee that no more sad event had ever been witnessed. Thompson had been ex tremply popular with his people, and many references were made by saddened hearts to Honest Jim ThompSon's private and public career.
  university appropriation bill will be taken up. and probably three days devoted to its discussion. The bill was trimmed from ST0O,O00, to about $400,00 in the Senate, was delivered to the House. received two readings. and is now on the calendar ready
 to be taken up when the House is dis posed to pass on it. In this line also is the bill for S52,0 deficiency in the univer- sity during the last two years.
 Senator Mcdaniel of Fayetteville, the successor of the late senator Thompson
 was sworn into office Monday, and he i'm mediately got to work. He introduced q bill an hour later and made a speech on another measure The resolutions regard ing the death of Senator Thompson presented Tuesday morning and Judge Mcdaniel made few remarks on the life and work of his predecessor. The Lackey general depository bill is stiI bone of contention between the Senate
 and the House. MT. Wilson of Perry in
 sists that his county does not want a county depository while Senator Oldham declares that Perry county wants t0 remain in the bill The matter is now in the hands of a conference committee. and it iS expected that the difficulty will be adjusted in a few days.
 Judge E. s. Mcdaniel of Fayetteville was Saturday appointed by Acting Governor
 the Senate caused by the death last Thurs day morning of Senator James W. Thomp- son. Thc certificate of appointment was mailed and the information conveyed by wire He arrived Sunday in order to take his seat in the Senate Monday morning.
 After the roll call Wednesday morning Acting Governor Moore announced the ap- act with a similar committee from the House to investigate the alleged tampering
 that was done with the Moore Heartsill
 antifutures bill Senators Amis Arnold.
 Holland and Carlock.
 The feature of last week was the repeal of the screen law of 1905. The bill was introduced by Senator Martin The repeal of the law leaves the matter as IL three years ago when the miners and the operators handled the coal according to 1 contract
 kansas county bas been quite indisposed for | the past week. and has gone to his home | in Dewitt where he will remain several | days to recuperate.
 Speaker Allen Hamter addressed the stu dents of Hendrix College, at which institu- ton he received his education, Sunday afternoon
 Louis and the Rest of Us. Louis XIV had an idea that the
 world would come to an end when he
 died The difference between Louis
 and most other men is that he said it out loud.
 France and the Birth Rate. In all the great and little countries