Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-02-04
Legislative Gossip

Mr.. Ard of Jackson was granted In
definite leave of absence. He left for
his home at Newport Immediately.
S. K. Lenoir, a railroad expert ac-
countant of Jonesboro, was in the city
for few days. Mr.. Lenoir's friends
are trying to get him a position with
the state in the present railroad rate
litigation
W. T. Gam of Herd, representative
from Benton county, has drawn the
largest amount of mileage thus far.
He drew mileage for $40 miles, or $53,
as each legislator gets 10 cents per
mile of travel
Allen Hamiter of Lewisville, speak
er of the House two years ago. was a
visitors on the floor of the House
few days ago. He was given an ova-
ton when the courtesy of the floor
was extended to him.
Senator Yopp, who is a famous
hunter, has his fine pack of hounds
in Lite Rock and will make use of
the vacations of the Senate to do
little hunting on the side. Senator
Vopp has one of the most famous
packs of hounds in the South.
Representative DuLaney states that
the citizens of his county will petit
ton the legislature for two levee dis
trictS in that county. One will be To-
| Gated east and the other west of the
Kansas City Southern railroad, and
will be created for the purpose of pro
tecting the county from the annual
ravages of Red river.
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propriate $4,000 to fight the railroad
| rate cases through the federal courts
| is no longer a bill but a law, petitions
are still coming in to the Senate urg
| ing the passage of the bill. President
| Martin is seeing that the petitions are
| filed with the secretary of the Senate
| as to read them would be spending
time in a useless manner.
A ton of plaster, more or less, fell
| from the ceiling in the Senate cham
| Der the other day, and struck in the
| general direction of a senator. Being
| a parliamentarian, he rose to point
| of personal privilege and asked Presi-
| dent Martin to appoint Senators Keel
and Rowland as a committee to fix the
plastering on the ceiling. A man as
| tall as the combined height of the SEN
| ators named for the committee
would be about 13 feet tall.
Friends of the semi-monthly payday
| bill, which has passed both the House
and Senate, are yet considerably ex-
| ercised over the safety of the meas
ure. The bill is now in the hands of
| Governor Donaghey for signature to
| make it a law, and the labor advo-
l. -
| get the governors veto to the meas
ure. The labor delegation is actively
at work to complete the process by
which the bill will become a statute.
How many months in the year
should boy be sent to school? In his
| discussion of the increase in the sal
airy of judges, Senator Carlock of Mad
! ison stated that a boy should go to
school not to exceed five months in
| the year from the time he is five until
| he is Is years of age. In his opinion,
boy is not worthy educating if it
| takes more time than the amount he
| indicated. The senator, however,
| specified the boy should be under a
| capable teacher.
Inasmuch as many OF the senators
| insist on breaking the rule on smok-
| ing during the sessions of the Senate.
| a resolution was introduced by Sena-
| tor Rowland of Boone to have the rule
repealed. Many senators were ready
| for the question" but as the adoption
of the resolution affects a Senate RUE,
| it had, under the rules, to go over
| for a day The senators who smoke
are used to lighting cigars when they
| feel like smoking and the rule is often
| unconsciously broken.
Il do not take it as a personal COM
| pliment that my bill for the suppress
sion of night riders and other kindred
| organizations received every vote in
| the House on it's passage but l do
think the state is to be congratulated
on the fact that no member of the
| House voted against it," stated Mr..
Little of Mississippi, author of the
| night rider bill passed by the House.
| 1T is drastic measure, but it is in
| tended to cure an evil that is a great
| menace to the future peace and pros
perity of the state
Senator Robertson of Lee keeps his
eye on the ball" and always talks Wig
During the debate on the bill to in
! crease the salaries of circuit judges,
the senator declared the judges earn
their money and favored the bill. In
refutation of argument that the posi-
tons of judges have never gone beg
ging at the present salaries, Senator
Robertson said he could get lawyers
in Arkansas who would be willing to
come to Little Rock and serve on the
supreme bench at $3.50 per day"
One of the most unique votes cast
in the Legislature in years was read
the other day in the House, in answer
to the name of Mr. Brown of indie
pendence when the roll was called
for the vote on Mr.. Monroes motion
to put the bimonthly pay day bill back
on second reading. 1t was moved
that the bill be put on second read
ing and referred to a committee for
consideration. Mr.. Brown objected
and his vote read as follows:
"Why send it off to get a fetter?
For they can bring out nothing better.
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