The log cabin Democrat., 1907-02-14


 salary of the county and probate judge of Jefferson county at S2500 per annum.
 Senate Bill No. 95 (Holland!. to regu-
 Senate Bill No. s3 (wlngo). authorizing the prosecuting attorney of the Ninth judi cial district to appoint a general deputy. tablish a levee district in Miller county.
 Mr. Simpson gave notice that he would move to reconsider the vote by which Sen ate Bill No. 95 (Holland), to regulate the sale of liquor in Sebastian county, passed the House.
 Among the bills introduced Tuesday was one by Mr Hamter to appropriate SoO,OOO for a state exhibit at the Jamestown Expo sition, and one by MT. Black Of Marion, for an appropriation of S25,0OO for the maintenance of the Arkansas Hospitai Ifn IGr Black explained the bill by saying that the appropriation made two years ago Tor the support of the hospital would be exhausted in about ten days.
 The House Wednesday, by vote of A A to %, tabled the Smothers resolution Tor investigation of the controversy between Senator-elect Jeff Davis and Prosecuting Attorney Lewis Rhoten. The members were of the opinion that the grand Jury shoulu handle the matter. ~
 The bill appropriating s25,0OO to supply deficiencies at the state insane asylum was
 Among the bills introduced at this ses-
 By Mir. van Nook To increase the state
  changes in fees allowed notaries public,
 B. MT Hancock: Allowing county judges authority to work persons convicted of vagrancy upon public highways, and h. creasing the fines. ...
 By Mir. skaggs: Recurring railroad o,a sta, sta, ton agents to keep register or all stoeh shipped from their stations. ,orr
 By MT. Thompson To make tax levy for general expenses of the state govern, 3-4 mills and to make the tax levy TOT the support of public schools mills on the dollar instead of mills.
 By Mir Hollabaugh: To prevent the sale and manufacture of adulterated and mis- branded drugs articles of food
 The following bill was passed nos,., to require that the trains of all railroad companies at stations or functions Whe[e M two or more trains depart daily shall de- and that railroad companies shall employ at each station or junction a crier 10 an nounce the departure and destination Of
 House Bill No 1o5 (Hilp, for, the or ganization of the Datto special school dls- trict in Clay county, ., on M account @DIe of the absence of Speaker Hami ter.
 The House spent the greater portion or the day Thursday considering the contest case of W. w. Cartwright vs. John w: Webb, from Stone county. The majority or
 
 The committee report follows
 We, the majority of your committee; aS ma and report that John w. Wepo wa was dSgtr legai, at the election held on the Sd day Of Sep tember, 1906, and. since he has already been properly certified to this mouse orahu anu sworn in as a member herewith we herepy recommend that he be permitted to retaln his seat as such member, and that the con- test of " w. Cartwright a5n be flsd dlsmlsse1 m,n. ority report in favor. of Cartwright (Dem.l The reports were still under discussion when the House adjourned.
 submitted an adverse report on the Dill providing for the segregation of the school
 New bills introduced were as follows:
 House Bill No 179 (Coleman), to regu- late freight transportation. 1t IS ae murrage measure with provisions Tor So .,n, re of discrimination against interstate ship ments. Read first and second times.
 House Bill No ISo 1se C9n%tefs qHt for on schoo hoo purposes three mills instead of two mills. Read first time.
 The Amis tipooing selling bill came up again in the House Friday. and caused a stormy two hours discussion in that body. in which personalities figured largely.
 Under the regular order the bill was read the second time. and immediately ar ter the reading was finished motion to re fer to the Committee on Judiciary, to post bone consideration until Tuesday and to place 1t on it's third reading and final pas sage were made. The question finally set, fled on the motion to suspend the rules ana have tbe bill read the third time, which was made by Mir. Ruff. After a lengthy debate the motion was lost by vote of 42 ayes to 43 noes To carry the motion would nave re ouired 57 votes, a two-thirds majority. The vote cannot be taken as test on the hnal passage of the bill because there were some members who voted against the motion to suspend the rules who have stated that they viii vote for the bill on final passage How ever. if taken in the light of test vote; 1t indicates that the bill will be passed In the House as the 43 votes the motion received were significant when it is consld- cred that the House has almost stead1astly vancement of bills of general nature
 At the morning session the House adopt ed a resolution by MT. Walls for the ap- pointment of a joint committee of seven, four from the House and three from the Senate to investigate charge made by an Agrenta paper that bribery has beep attempted since the covening of the legis- Bills passed at this session were:
 Senate Bill No. 49, to amend an act or 1905 creating Red River Levee District No, i in Lafayette county; Senate Bill No. 15 recurring Iron Mountain to establish depot at wideman, Izard county and House R NS0ros S0 6 ee te prPRPf Phps snf and st. ranc counties. between December l and May l.
 The House of Representatives was the only body of the General Assembly in ses- sion Saturday and it adjourned at noon h0oi ness was the making of the Cartwright Webb contested election case special ae+ otde+ for Thursday morning: When the contest was called up, MT. Hunt who wrote the maiority report, was absent and in deference to him the matter was not taken up.
 Representative Hoyle's bill to make pub lie glnners public weighers of cotton was amended as to apply only to Bradley, Ashley Drew. Calhoun, Nevada and Wood ruff counties.
 The House. in Committee of the Whole, considered the bill by Mir Roby to reim- purse Ashley county and the town of Ham burg for money expended in oe enforcing the vote of 34 to 31 decided to return the bill with the recommendation that 1t pass
 Only on bill was passed, that of MT. Foster requiring the Cotton Belt to estab- fish a depot at Kedron, and to stop one passenger train daily each way at Draughan, both stations in Cleveland county
 Four bills were introduced at this ses- sion. They were