The Nevada County picayune., 1907-04-26
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

| | iye committee of the Arkansas federation Of labor. is in Little Rock at the head of l delegation of coal miners to hsht the coal screening bill passed by the Senate ias' week. lie gave out the following state ment today
 If the bill is passed, more than 40o0 miners in this state will go out on Il strike. | Mole -han that, they will remain on strike | until contracts can be made with the oper | ators just exactly opposite to this law. We want just exactly what we have We de ! sire no change We want tic miner to l get pay for his work He digs the coal | He should be paid for that. Under the l screen law all that goes through the screen | Is not paid for but the operator sells this coal at good price and there is no red son why the man who digs it should not receive pay for it. And when we strike | if will be one to be remembered We have settled this thing by legislatioD We made our contracts with the understanding that 1 they were to stand if the supreme court did not uphold the antiscreen O. mine-run law. | We went 10 work at Spad4a. the largest coal mining camp in Arkansas; after q settlement under arbitration. We will b. | backed by the United miue workers of l America. We will fight the battle 10 the | bitter end and we shall win. am no | saying this to influence action on this | bill, for l know that can not be done. The | Arkansas house of representatives are men | who not be influenced by any such 1 methods But since l have baen asked l as to the effect the passage ot the bill would have on us. am telling you just | what we m@an We want fair play. We
 want the law left just exactly as it is.
 Senator Harrison of Mississippi eoanty | in explaining his bill which authorizes the attorney general to begin suit in the fed | eral court against the state of Tennessee | 10 determine the ownership Of Flower k. | land, in the Mississippi near Osceola. said | that a one time Flower island was q DOT | tion of the State of Arkansas. but that | in 1889 the channel of the river changed | and tract of land of 5000 acres was | detached and placed east of the channel in,sn hot fHnF 1tnZ lAn E m | ing the island. Four years ago the sherlH | of Mississippi county went over to the | island to replevin some timber that had been cut. and he was arrested ny the other | state and placed in prison senator liar | risou further stated that the people resid | ing on the island were compelled to pay taxes to both Arkansas and 1ennesSee he | bill carries an appropriation oi s-,'o" | to pay the expenses of the suit. The ques- | ton for the federal authorities to de, termine is whether the original channel l of the river is to be considered the bound | ary line between the two states or whether | the change in the course of the rlVer aheft- | ed the line of demarkatfon. The property
 Is worth in the neighborhood of Slo9,o"o, | By q unanimous vote the measure was | passed
 Declaring that if appropriation meas nrps were not curtalcd the state of ArKan- | saS would face a deficit. and be issuing | warrants in lieu of cash for its obiiga | tions. Messrs. killough. McGollum and oth. 1 CTS wagged a relentless light throughout
 the major part of the day in the House l Friday against the University of Arkau l sas deficiency appropriation bill Almost l defeated in the closing minutes of the ses-
 sion and realizing that the aiority favor 1 cd the passage of the bill. an cndeaYor i NaS nauc 10 have an aHrudment tackcO
 on which would prohibit fine benchciaries
 in the bill from drawing the money nniI | after August 1. We will be on a ser;D l basis hr the first of June. said Mr kil- 1 lough. If We do not curtatt these m"asureS. 1 There k now but S15O,0eo in the treasury. i FbiS bill covers an appropriation of $50 i 0oo, that will be drawn the minate il be l comes law. With the prcsen: running
 expenses the full supply of cash NiA be | exhausted and warrants will have to gp out -snmeF hing >hat lt hAs been many n | day since Arkansas has been forced to do.
 The greater portion of the morning Mon l day waS devoted to a consideration or Jolnl
 Resolution No l, by senator Rowland; pro ! vidug Chat two hundred dollars of all per | Sonal property should be exempt from taxa | ton The resolution seeks to amend Sec
 ton Is of Article j of the Constitution of 1 the State of Arkansas The senator from | Boone explained that the proposed amend | ment was for the relief of the poor men
 who found great difficulty in the p,aymen,
 of taxes Senators SlmmS and Holland | opposed the resolution on thc ground thai | it would encourage perjury and II adopted l by the people would result in the eimip- 1 ation of several school districts in The l state as they were supported in some cnup.
 ties by men who never had two hundred | dollars and in some of the counties Ill me l hills these men composed the entire Popu- | lation. Senator roney favored the rrS1lu | ton for the benefit of the poor man while sen 1 ator McKnight was opposed to the measnF" | because it woud free every nesfo III the | state from taxation.
 Retaliatlng against the St. Louis South | western railroad for taking advantage "t l the fact that its TeNarkana passenger depot k just oyer the state line. and Tor | refusing to sell tickets from that city to 1 points in Arkansas under the terms or ihr | 3rent passenger rate. the House M4HdaH
 gave two hurried reading 10 bills intro | duccd by Messrs. UamiJer and owens which
 demand that this line erect depot l1 l Trkarkana on the Arkansas ,td' "i the | state lines where tickets may b. rur'tAsed l undrr the new rate law. AppilCa
 lions had been made from man, many
 points in this state for tickets tH itNal l Eara and in each instance tho company l charged the regular 3.ccut rate b'tause
 5Heli Tesaikana terminal was oGi "i Af@an | sas Persons in TeSarkana wee alS" m | all,. ro secure the @-cput rates iJ points III
 Ath1usas over the line
 Senator Goodwiu's bill enlarciag the pow
 CTS of the Railroad Comm.sston tn th,
 extent tlat this hsdy will have authority | 10 0X freight rates in equal ouAN over cop ueeting lines. wien more than one llnr ne 1 psrd in shlrmeHi, Was taken up D. ibp h3. | rnad Committee in tlr House "Wednesday | afternoon and the bill will I've returned
 Thursday wtth thn report that it pass Wth.ut | amendment. Senator Goodwin apPthItu | fore the tumHittee explaining hlell$ ta"
 1urprse of the bll and attorneNS f"r the
 railroads were also heard ln his cNplaha l tlon Senator GbDdWtp stated thlt eiieA ap | noranfI> diCerent lines were really operatcG | 6y inc same sto0 kao'ders. and that he be
 lIeved this Ut' would prevent hEher raies | being charged cn one lIue taHn hatF'u "i, 1 another through this method of operating 1 the lines.
 Mir. Ard Of Jackson iasists that he i
 saI'inns i'm ihe matter of having his anti
 sEatIne rink HlI enacted into a law speak
 ing on the bil, whi h was before the li9u,, 1 I15yr born introduced in tEr spirt of fflyol
 itr hut | have discovered that there i' | much merit in the mcasuse have l't | trrs asking that it pass. II is "'@imcd that | ,le skating rlnks are keeping tAr yo0na
 boys and girls from their studies anf then | homes The craze k spreading to every ! hamlet. and there are thousands Who object
 to continuance of the condition. an | willing that cities of the first oasS be eN nh. ti.r