The log cabin Democrat., 1907-03-21
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

Monday and read the first anu Ser, times and which provides & TOT tns T,Il cause those whe are not familiar Wlth lne o Ptbe history of the state to ask, nat "i'
 In 1897 ESQ tbe state made arrangements 10 pay S16O GOO to the general govefhlltendI in a compromise settlement cons hsIl,Irt nun +he that year To make up this amour, Cor | agisiature nassed an act providing TOT the borrowing of part of this sum llII tpa the Internal Improvement luhu, ah ato yov ernor to execute his note for the +irnn was borrowed The governor at that time was r Dan w Jones, and he drew ondT two borrow, T6Sg ed from the swamp land fund anu T, In other for S59. 33910 for the sum dTamh dEach from the internal improvement tunu. f rat ta of these notes bore interest al tne . of of ? per cent per apnum rom tue u"t'
 The sinking fund, from which & 1t is pHbra tbe posed by the House bill to uraW +dS amount for the redeeming of these notGS tbe was created for the purpose or paSi,nSd bv debts of the state It IS nnaIId' ad tbe acts of the Legislature. On January l, od tn year. there was in the sinking fuhd SlQI, tIe 25502, an amount sufficient to rei,i1H reqggm the | Governor Jones notes besides paylns tbe interest accruing on the bonds thaI 'N
 The entire amount of the two notes with the interest thereon amounts to aoou' Auditor Auditor A. E. Moore suggested the ,PPayy PPaayy- ment of these notes In ms repoit VI | 06
 Abe Dreide left the Senate Thursday afternoon after adjournment, prlinsne lie R | a close his career as a law maker. ne was appointed one month ago to represent l the Seventeenth senatorial district ei1in, TU posed of Drew and Desha countess th Ii,lWs HoWs the vacancy caused by the death ron or HOW, an ard Robb Senator Dreldel was never ah | aspirant for political honors, ana was SUI SUI prlsed when message rom GonerHot GniOtmant | h nf to him When the special election was or dered Senator Dreidel refused to allow HIS name to be submitted to the pe9Pbde be snsScia saSih election was held Saturday.. successor was elected, and it is more than propaDIe that Senator Rreidel will not again an swer the roll call as representative oA the people of Desha and Drew.
 In the bill for the support of the the Ar Ar kansas Deaf Mute Institute, the appropria- tiOn asked for is, in the aggregate, the same as the bill passed at the last session. Under the bill introduced Thursday. the salary of the superintendent of the lnStl- ute is increased from S1,2OO per annum to the employment of, P literary teachers fore is increased from s21,3 to 25,ooo. The appropriation to pay the current eX- penses of the institute is increased from propriation of 1000 to pay for the build ing, constructing, furnishing, heating, ight- ing and connecting with the water system a building to be used as a general store room, gymnasium and additional class and bed rooms.
 Senator Montgomery introduced a bill in the Senate Wednesday fixing the maximum rates that any person may be charged with in the state for sleeping car accomodations. cent a mile shall be charged when a pas senger is not occupying berth, and no passenger shall be allowed to ride in any without purchasing berth, The rate and charge for occupying lower berth from s o'clock a night until ' o'clock the next morning shall be S2.OO, and for upper berths $1. The bill also provides that no mileage shall be collected from passengers riding in a sleeping car after such passen- ger has been furnished with berth"
 Realizing that it is getting behind in the passage of numerous local measures, the House has adopted tactics that will soon result in evening matters between the business of the two bodies Monday will be devoted to local measures Tuesday will be devoted as usual to the considera- tion of Senate business, and Wednesday again will be given to local measures from both branches. Side-tracking the general legislation in this manner will keep down floor conflicts and the House will soon have the calendar cleared for the more import ant measures.
 The following counties were exempted from the provisions of the Arnold Good Roads bill Fulton, Newton, Madison, Carroll, Ashley, Desha, Boone, Drew; Col Stone, Sharp, St. Francis, Ouachita, John son, Van Buren. Cleburne, Randolph, Jack son. Montgomery, Izard, Little River, Grant, Hot Spring, Bradley, Arkansas, Lawrence, Perry, Lee, Dallas, Conway, Marion, Pope, Baxter and Clay.
 Rock at a recent meeting passed resolu- tions thanking Senators Legate and Car dock for the support they gave the measure fincreasing the tax levy for Confederate pensions to such an extent that each pen sioner would receive the full amount allow ed by the Pension Board. Senator Legate | is a Republican and Senator Carlock is a Confederate veteran
 One of the most important measures to be presented before this legislative session | is a resolution by Mir. Wells which seeks to submit to the voters a proposed amend ment to the constitution, providing that | Representatives and Senators shall be elect ed for four years, and that in the future, | the legislative sessions shall be quadrennial instead of biennial. except on the call of | the governor
 The Senate Railroad Committee Thursday afternoon recommended for passage the which prohibits railroad companies from allowing their employees to work for a
 longer period than 16 hours without an intermission of eight hours in which to
 
 operation of the law would be suspended.
 Hon. X. o; PindalI of Arkansas City has been elected to the Senate from the | Seventeenth district. composed of Desha and Drew counties. The election was to choose a successor to the late Howard Robb, who died during the second month of the Legislature As the term is hold over" one, Mir Pindall will also be a member of the Senate in 1906.
 Walter Parsons, assistant chief clerk 1 in the House, received a message SatuSday announcing that his mother was very low and not expected to live through the night Mir Parsons left for his home In Jonesboro on the night train. accompanied by Secre- tary George Trevathan of the Senate. The Rector antifutures and anti-buck- ct shop bill one of the most drastic that has been presented in the present Legisla- | ture was acted on favorably in the Senate committee Thursday afternoon after It was learned that the House had passed the Moore, Heartsill bill.
 A bill introduced in the House We'd
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