The Green Forest tribune., 1909-03-12
Legislative Gossip

It seemed to be the general impress sion the bill would be transmitted to the Senate on the spot and that the Senate would at once take up the question of the passage or the bill.
 Orto Finley, representative from Lawrence county in the House in 190o and 1907 and assistant journal clerk of the House in 1903, defeated as candidate for journal clerk at this session. is now located at Lewisyiile, where he has a position as secretary and assistant to Allen H. Hamlter, speaker of the House two years ago His family has moved to LeWisvllle.
 Representative DuLaney of Little River received a telegram to the ef- feet that the firm of Perkins-DuLa- ney, in which he is a partner had sold 12,0O0,000 feet of hardwood lumber near Ogden MT. DuLaney is one of the most prominent lumber specula- tors and dealers in his part of the state. He is now prominently asso- ciated with the new Arkansas Invest ment Company, which is being organ ized.
 All communications addressed Lo Governor Donaghey can not be an- swered with satisfactory resuts for the writers, especially such let CTS as one received this week in wE4ch the applicant asks the governor to SUD- ply him with rod which will locate lost treasure and minerals. Governor Donaghey has answered the letter, saying the state has run out Of such instruments and he can not supply them.
 A resolution introduced by Senator Wingo has been adopted in the Senate authorizing the finance committee to call for books, papers, examine Wit nesSes under oath, etc, for the pur- pose of getting to the bottom of the tax revenue proposition of the state. The committee wants to be able to draft a bill at this session that will increase the revenue of the state with out increasing the tax levy.
 There was one feature of the pro- hibition fight that certainly did not appeal to me-" declared a member of the House, and that was the occa- sional hissing of guests on the floor of the House. Kissing, to me, is the one unpardonable sin at any and all times, no matter who the speaker be or what his subject, but it was cer- tainly surprising to see and hear hiss. Similar expressions were heard from other members.
 The extension of the sessA,n for so 'uays is now one Of she prsncipal sub jects of discussion in the Senate. IL is believe dthe Senate will concur
 with the House to extend the session as there is not time enough left for action on the state capitol and pro hibtion questions. Several senators
 who had expected to request leave of absence remained over until this mat, ter is settled since it will require g: , votes to carry the matter.
 One of the amusements of the mem bers of the House after business hours is the game of checkers, which is played every night in the northeast corner of the House chamber From 10 to 15 lovers of the game of check CTS gather there after supper each night and either play or watch some spirited contest over the checker board. Several members already have regulations as being "sharKs" at the game.
 Senator Glover succeeded in having Senate Bill No. 119, to create the Woodson levee distrist passed The
 bill was opposed before the roll call by Senator Toney of Jefferson Sena-
 tor Glover, in defense of his bill, said
 it was monumental cheek" for the
 senator from Jefferson to oppose a levee bill On roll call Senator Toney
 voted for the bill The bill affects
 the building of levee in Perkins
 township, Saline county, which is
 about IS miles below Little Rock on the Arkansas river
 The statement "In concluding" has
 become a byword and joke in the House. Since the fight started over the prohibition measures pending be-
 fore the House some of the members who have been fighting the Gam bill
 have made some lengthy speeches, one
 lasting one hour and 55 minutes, and
 another two hours and 30 minutes.
 Several of the anti-Gann members
 who' were speaking against time
 cheered the hearts of their opponents
 shortly after they started to speak
 by the phrase, Tn concluding" but
 the conclusion" was always slow in
 arriving. Tn concluding" stated Mir
 Martin of Yell at o'clock Saturday
 night, and two hours later he was
 still on the floor.
 Major J. c. Minor Of Hot Springs,
 major surgeon of the Arkansas Ma
 tional Guard and president of the Arkansas National Guard, is another
 of the prominent members of the guard who believes that the offices of adjutant general of the state militia and private secretary to the governor should be separated 'I believe, for the next two years at least, we should have capable teacher at our head as adjutant general-say some retired army officer like Jackson of the Arka- delphia school We have good men in the guard association who are ca pable all right, but none who can af- ford to devote his entire time to the work at so small a salary as our state can afford to pay"
 The second name of the speaker of the House, "Epps," is an uncommon name, but that there should be an- other person besides the speaker who not only possesses the name Epps, but Brown as we'll, makes the coinci- dence the more remarkable. Dispatch es under recent date show that ]. Epps Brown of Atlanta has been elected vice president of the Southern Bell Telephone Company. He is also general manager of the same com. pany He came from South Carolina.
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