The Green Forest tribune., 1909-01-22
Legislative Gossip

SlHSle DlOOm III tne fapef Ol HIS oNet- coat.
 T. F. Parks, representative from Lafayette, is considered to be one or the leading authorities on parliamln- ary law in the House.
 Ed Lucas of Ola, chief clerk of the House two years, has returned home He has been here this week assisting in the clerks work at the opening of the House
 The first commission issued by Gov ernor Donaghey was one making Paul Little, the retiring secretary to the governor, captain of inspection ol small arms in the First Regiment.
 Senator Bush of White left Little Rock on an early train Friday morn ing. On motion of Senator Raseo leave of absence was granted Sena- tor Bush, as his wife is ill
 Just before retiring from the office of acting governor, Jess NJ. Martin president of the Senate, granted an additional pardon, making "A during the three full days he acted as the governor.
 The legislative committees of the va rious labor organizations of the State are in Little Rock and the majority of them has opened headquarters ana announce the intention of remaining IS long as the legislature is in session. Senator Patterson of Woodruff will probably not bring his entire family to Little Rock to live during the ses- sion. Mrs. Patterson and daughter, Eloise, arrived Friday and will spend several days in the city. Eloise was mere baby two years ago and was called the Baby of the Senate. While many of the senators call upon various stenographers to get up their clerical work, Senator Logan or Polk is his own stenographer. He has a typewriter on his desk. With this he attends to his correspondence
 and prepares the bills or resolutions he submits from time to time.
 of the legislature Friday resulted in
 2 general exodus of senators and rep resentatives last night. It is prob able the House will hold seven ses sions week during the remainder ol | the General Assembly, and it is also
 probable the Senate will adjourn fol
 the week every Friday at noon. On account of the infirmity of deaf
 ness, Senator Simms of Chicot has tc
 pay close attention to all proceedings | He has called the attention of his fel | low senators to his deafness and has asked them to speak as distinctly as possible when talking on any measure
 in which he may be particularly in | terested.
 | Attorney General Hal L. Norwoot Saturday rendered his opinion in re ' gard to the authority of each house O
 the General Assembly to provide for { 1 committee clerkship by resolution, th'
 clerk to receive his pay out of tht
 contingent fund, holding that eacf house had that right and that the
 auditor should issue the warrant fo
 the pay of such clerk when certn
 cate properly signed is presented tt him.
 It is thought probable that some at | tention will be paid during the pres
 ent session of the legislature to ths | divorce laws of Arkansas. Governor
 Donaghey in his inaugural address de
 clared that he believed the laws or l this subject now ill force in this stat; are too lax. He recommended thai | the legislature make careful ipvnG
 tiga ion of the matter and pass
 laws as will make it more difficL | 10 secure a divorce.}
 Senator Montgomery has prepared ;
 State banking bill modelled after tho | Oklahoma law, which he expects tt | submit to the Senate soon. The la, | is regarded in Senate circles as ;
 good one, but the members expect th' | bill to be seriously opposed by lead | ing bankers of the State The princi | pal objection lies in the fact tha
 every bank guaranteeing depositors
 money places all on practically th' same footing, making weak banks a. | safe for depositors as the strong ones The youngest page in the Senat' | is Bennett Burton Patterson sen 0 1 Senator Patterson. Burr, as his tath CT speaks of him, was named ate ! Aaron Burr, man whom Senate Patterson thinks was lilly used. Th' | lad will be 10 years old his neX I Dll LHudN, DuL lie udS iCdoOAlDS POW CTS not to be expected in one of hi age
 Senator Keel of Jackson is one o the apt story tellers of the Senate. II defending his newspaper and stamI | bill he told a story in substance a! | follows: When he was a member O | the lower house, one of his constitu ents wrote and told him that in tht distribution of garden seed he ha( been missed. Thinking the voter ha( been overlooked by his congressman Mir. Keel informed him that the seet
 would probably arrive in due cours, of the mail The seed did not arrive and Mr Keel was taken personal! to task for it, with the result tha the present senator bought 90 cent
 worth of cabbage seed and gave tn.
 package to his constituent. Durin! the last campaign. Senator Keel rodt
 up to the house of the man to whom he had given the seed "You don need to get down from your horse
 Senator" said the man, heartily '' am for you and so are the boys" have been for you ever since I go the cabbage seed. l reckon l hay'
 raised the best cabbages in this sec tion of the state.
 The members of the Legislature wear all sizes of hats, but it canno be truthfully said all styles. Tn prevailing style is of felt with rather broad brim and crown creased
 To men of average height and bull, the hat is becoming.
 MT. Tucker of Jefferson, one of tn
 new and comparatively young men bers Of the House, is said to be on | of the wealthiest.< His plantation ,. of Trokor and pra cf ll,, c,,,