The log cabin Democrat., 1907-02-28
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

 hsa figured so largely in political campaigns for the past few years, and which was de feated in the earlier part of the present session Of the Arkansas Legislature, has been brought up again in a slightly differ ent form has passed both houses and now awaits the signature of the governor. The bill which follows, debars any but daily papers from competition as provided in section ;, because of lack of space.
 Section l. That 1t shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Senate to purchase and furnish each member of that body daily. for this session, forty daily papers of any paper publishing full reports of the proceedings of the Legislature, or in lieu thereof, two hundred and eighty weeklies publishing full reports of the proceedings of the Legislature, the choice of such pa pers, whether weeklies or dailies to be left to the member, and any papers published In the State whether weekly or daily be ing eligible to this selection, provided such publication shall comply with the terms of this Act otherwise. by publishing full and complete proceedings of the Legisla- ture. Provided such daily papers or week lies shall not cost over two cents per copy and the publisher shall be required to pay all postage on list furnished him by mem bers.
 Section ?. It shall be the duty of the Sec rtary of Senate, to purchase and furnish each member with 25 cents worth of post age stamps daily for this session.
 Section g.. That 1t shal be the duty of the Clerk of the House to purchase and furnish each member of that body daily for this session, forty daily papers of any
 
 ceedlngs of the Legislature, or In lieu thereof two hundred and eighty weeklies publishing full reports of the proceedings of the Legislature, the choice of such paper whether weeklies or dailies to be left to the members and any paper published In the State of Arkansas, whether weekly or daily being eligible to this selection, provided such daily papers or weeklies shall not cost over two cents per copy and the pub fisher shall be required to pay all postage on lists furnished him by members.
 Section 1. IL shall be the duty of the Clerk of the House to purchase and fur nish each member with. 25 cents worth of postage stamps daily for this session
 Section ,. The papers purchased under the provisions of the foregoing sections, shall be required to publish in addition to full and complete proceedings of bGSh houses, the full text of all laws passed containing seven sections or less and a plain intelligent synopsis of all laws passed containing more than seven sections and that when mention is made of pending bills in said papers, the name of the author and the title of said bill shall be given.
 law so drastic that it is expected to break up mobs after they have been formed and are actually engaged in the work or sheriff or other official was endorsed by the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday, and if enacted into law will establish pre- cedent in the Southern states.
 Under its provisions extreme penalties are placed on any officer surrendering prl- soner to mob, but it goes further and gives
  of the state. even If that citizen is then a participant of the mob, to his assistance, and, should the citizen refuse. fine of i,- 900 is provided for, together with six months imprisonment in the county jail.
 The Joint Penitentiary Committee. has returned from a personal inspection of the state farm at Cummins. which had been begun Friday morning. The committee re ports everything in splendid shape at the farm, the conricts orderly and well cared for, the buildings clean and the food sufi. cient. The entire farm was gone over, and 1t was found that much improvement has been made. The manner in which affairs are conducted was a complete surprise to many members of the committee, who state that the improvements made are far in excess of what had been expected.
 The bill of Representative Moore of Pulaski county, to require the Iron Noun tain to build a depot at Sweet Home. which was passed by the House yesterday, will if it becomes a law, mean great con venience to the old soldiers at the Confed, crate Home. The bill requires also that all passenger trains shall be stopped at Sweet Home, and this will be a great accommoda- tion to the veterans in making trips to backed up by Representative Barker when the bill came up for final passage The bill was passed without dissenting vote.
 Senator Meningitis bill exempting every person over the age of TO years from pay ing a poll tax in this state was offered In good fdltn, put when IL was IOuuu Us way into the Senate Judiciary. Committee it ran amuck of the constitution. When the bill was up for discussion, some member referred to the constitution, which says that every male citizen over the age of 21 years shall pay poll tax, and there the chances of the bill began to fade. It will be reported back with the recommenda- tion that 1t do not pass.
 At a meeting of the Senate Committee on Railroads held Tuesday afternoon, two irpn hills recommended for sage One is Senate Bill No 1S2, by Sen ator Amis, which requires every railroad the Auditor of State a list of the assets and liabilities of the road, and the other i sSenate Bill No. .1s6, by Senator Me Knight. which requires the railroads to keep up the crossings at all points where highways intersect the railroad lines.
 Chairman Kie oldham of the joint com mittee appointed by the legislature to in vestigate the affairs of the new state capi- tol had George W. Donaghey of Conway before a subcommittee Thursday afternoon in response to a summons that had been issued Wednesday. In accord With an agreement made in the committee at a former meeting the evidence will be taken behind closed doors, and nothing is given out pending the hearings except such as might be authorized by the chairman of the committee.
 A resolution will probably be introduced in the General Assembly sometime this week lOOklng to all eAleHSloH OI tue pIco ent session forty or sixty days Such ex- tension seems neeessary, at the E present sent tinue but a couple of weeks longer unless 1t Is extended by resolution adopted by both Senate and House, and there is much legislation yet to be done.
 Representative J. Frank Carlton of New ton county was the only member of the House voting against the bill increasing the tax levy for Confederate pensions. In explanation of his vote MT. Carlton said that he had promised his constituents that he would oppose any measure that tended to increase taxation and for that reason he felt in duty bound to vote against the bill.
 In accordance with a concurrent resolu tion by Representative Black Of Sebas tian county. Speaker Hamiter yesterday appointed Representative HartsilI, Run Rowell, Hancock and Morrow as members from the House on a joint committee to investigate the conduct of the Confederate Home at Sweet Home.
 Hon. Frank Witt Is writing a book on