The Brinkley argus., 1907-05-10
rAE HOUSE.

THE HoUsE.
 Folio ing tho pnseage of the blIi iuss- Aay winch authorized the st. rrancs
 wee Board 10 issue bonds In tns sun .S. S yession took place wednesday morning over
 The House took time before noon .s. ad,
 Committee on the orc-IIeartsill bill. Un- der The report no blame was fixed for the
 ado.torIpc' of the bill but Chief Clerk Ed
 Lucas wss criticised for ms ,,r. cnrv,e if en.
 rolled by the expressing clerk when tne
 enrolling clerk was the proper one 70 | have done It. .x .....nc ... l sion of Wednesday wAs devoted to con 1 finuance of the discussion of the bishop
 bill which had been taken up Tn the iore-
 Tn. House adjourned In an uproar or or
 excitement over the third reading of oili 1 for working convicts on the roaos' The .npropriatIon for the preparatory dera rtment in the University of Arkansas,
 which has been the subject of attack m past Legislatures Is to be sDohsnSd % uIuei a bill which passed the House Thufsoay,
 int roJuced by NIT. Black of Sebastian. and
 was the subject of three hour discnSs,oin; sn.oix when the appropriation bill was being
 p'1Ie The sum "m'' of s5O.oOo is appropriated for
 the establishment and mnintenansGe Iasa,,,tur.i Q, school. under a bill that passed the House
 r,itb"nt any discussion. and with but one dissenting vote. The bill is endorsed oy 'hs
 s~ricult,lral organizations of the state.
 night session was agreed on, at which time only local bills should be consider ed.
 The report of Ahe Joint Committee on Ststc CapitoI on which the members or the committee have been working since the DC
 ginning of the session, ins Wns rf"1 h"t no actiop l rvii, he taken until next week. when tns
 members of the Senate will have had .
 chance 10 study the .s testimony yd 'na. cnn.ider l presented to the committee LII" eo"'u'.
 The Mckenzie anti-clgarette bill occn' pied the attention of the House tnro1sn' ts
 out the greater p,nncea par. 9I discussion @ ' wss passed. . f tb. yoin% Committee on the staie honr and q l San Inf the Friday afternoon session. Al its close Mir. Hunt submitted rcsoiutl1n rcn,,s,n which was read twice. ana wn,cn rrn,n l henp interested in any manner m IutuIe
 rnsronrist,ons orms The resolution Is as fol lows ... uorsc of Repre- l ..rtot,yes of the General Assembly or AT. l kansas. the Senate concurrinS therein. ino. tho Roard of Commissioners or tne new
 state capitol building % are nd neTeoy Contractors to complete their contracts on sa,a M nhit.ct l and that said contractors and the arch'ec.
 then dsrh"rgsa ;Ss and .%a,tlona hoa work pro. Eyided for by this Legislature.
 The second attempt made within the week to secure the appointment oi U gun gun mittee from the Legislature 10 VII. r,.ist,
 ernor John $. Little at Corpus Christi ! Tay was frustrated Saturday In the House; | when resolution to this ehect, introuuceu
 by MT. White of Logan county; Ss' ss tn 2s. The resolution asked only for the appoin. mert of a committee of three from tne House the Senate being excluded shce II nod expressed its distaste Tor the pro posed investigation the day before Dy s l vote of os to ?. Under the White measure; l in ecommittee was to proceed to I%ets % n .mu
 investigate the mental ana 2 physmar rarart oH th. iiition of Governor Little ana report '"e | results to the Legislature; ~ c.,.. 1 The appropriation bill for the state Hospital for Nervous Diseases, whcn car ries slightly over &400.OO0. passed .ns l Honse 15 minutes after It had been placed l A b,ll by Mir Scrimshire of Dallas coun- ty making it felony to sell hquor 1 aH
 temperance territory passeo ps
 The walker bill and the measure by Mir Hamilton of Polk, both designed 10 ! enforce aftPnuante of the state by all children between the l ages of 6 and i4. were both considered to- | rether and the House decided to give US
 support to the measure by MT nnn,,,tod aiam,n,oa | If i.eaa Nearly 40 counties were exempted from tln provisions of the bill mostly oy the bla,k belt representatives, who were op- I posed tosforcing education on the negroes. l Appropriati0n bills were given the righi l of wny In the House Monday. The Dill l by Senator Rowland appropriating $2',W' | for the contingent expenses Of the Legs, gs, | lature was passed as was also the piI l for the support of the Confederate Home; l A stone dome for the new state capitol l building as a substitute for the copper l dome that had been anticipated In former l nlans was approved in the House when acting on the committee bili for the com | pietion of the new. building the lower l legislative body decided to grant every l item just as the Investigating Committee l had requested.
 blIi authorizing the teaching of ele l mentary agriculture Tn the pupilc sch""is
 One new bill was presented in the House
 and read twice. The bill appropriates l torney general in securing counsel to hell prosecute the many eases under the King antitrust law.
 l After debating the matter for four hours 1 the IIsrse Tuesday defeated by seven votes | the amendment to~ the capitol appropria | ton bill Introduced by Mir. Mccollnn
  immediate discharge of Caldwell X Drake | inc contractors of the new state capitol. and George Mann. the architect, and the | employing of new men to complete tho work on inc state house. together with the DublishIng of bids for the remainder of l inc Iainr and the material involved. The Senate 7lill by Judge Mcdaniel pro | viding 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 h Senator Wingo, modifying the Ross e., l for the donlesticafion of foreign corpor | ations for a second reading. failed b | large vote A measure appropriatin, | Sl5O00 for the establishment of stat, normal school. by the same author. was read twice and referred to the Committee on Education.
 Other bills passed were:
 By Senator Legate. appropriating si.So' | for n geological survey of the state depos | its of the state.
 | Ing $60.O0O for the completion of new pen | itentIary.
 | The death knell of the cgarette-home- made and taIlor-naade sounded Sat l urday morning when the House passed the antf-clcarette bil Introduced In the Sen l ate during the third week of the session by l Senator Mckenzie of Nevada county Ear | ly next week the measure will b~ approved | by the governor. and on January I. 1908. | tho sale or giving away of cigarettes or | cigarette paper in the state of Arkansas will be msdemeanor. punishable by q l fine of from BIO to $50. The bill was not | made effective immediately to allow the cig-
 arette dealers until the beginning of the | ..f et...t..