The Carlisle independent., 1909-03-04
Legislative Gossip

representative I1Ilmdn B. HdrhS o1 Lafayette county has received pe- tition from citizens of his county ask
 ing him 10 support statutory state
 wide prohibition legislation.
 Frank Nelson, assistant secretary
 of the Senate, will probably take up
 permanent residence in Little Rock
 at the end of the session. He is
 lawyer and has been practicing his | profession at Mt Ida. He was gradu-
 ated in law at Lebanon, Tenn Enterprising men of POinsett coun- ty have written to Governor Dona- ghey asking him to grant them the exclusive right to fish upon two mile stretch of the St. Francis river. AS there is no law by which a mo- nopoly can be created in the fishing
 of the state, Governor Donaghey was | forced to refuse the request
 Senator Fletcher of Franklin is the
 proud possessor of a new gold-headed
 cane It was presented to him by
 officials and the journal committee
 of the last legislature. The presenta- | tion speech was made by Allen H. | Hamiter, former speaker of the | House, at his room, in the Hotel Ma | rion.
 A conference between the interest | ed parties in Levee Districts Nos. and in Jefferson county, resulted in | the differences between the two dis | tricts being settled and it is said | that Senator Toney will introduce a
 new bill in the Senate looking to the | consolidation of the two districts un- | der single management
 In his speech in favor of the segre- | gation bill in the House Hon. A. B. l Shockley of Saline county read let | ter from a school teacher in Hensley
 township saying that while the white people paid 90 per cent of the taxes | they received only fourth of the | school benefits. This condition was | incorrectly reported as applying to the whole county instead of to the
 one township.
 That man takes one route and | follows it is demonstrated by each | legislator. Stairways lead up from | the right and left to the legislative | halls in the state house It is just
 the same distance either way, but 1 each legislator goes the same way every time, if he is by himself. It sometimes happens that two will be | talking when the stairs are reached. They will stop and chat few min
 utes and then go to the next floor by different routes.
 A bill introduced by MT Vim of l Pulaski will very materially reduce
 the chances of railway corporations 1 in fighting off judgments in suits for l injury damages, if the measure is l enacted into a law. The bill provides | that in all cases where railroad com 1 panies have operated trains or cars
 with defective safety appliances, no | defense of contributory negligence | may be set up as against a person l suing for damages for injuries sus | tained, no matter if such person be | so guilty.
 | Governor Donaghey was surprised | to learn that another sparring match
 had been pulled off in Hot Springs
 in violation of the orders he gave to | the authorities there several weeks
 ago. Governor Donaghey was com
 municated with by citizens of Hot
 Springs and informed a bout was I
 notified those who talked with him
 the law must not be violated. Cover
 nor Donaghey stated that if the law
 is against boxing matches and glove
 contests he will see that the law is | enforced.
 Stands for Development.
 In commenting upon the present condition of the state and it's needs | few days ago, member of the legis i lature had this to say
 Every member of this body is more | than anxious to give his time and | best efforts to further the material in | terests of the state. We need foreign
 capital with which to build railroads, mills and factories, and should enact | laws that will protect and encourage | these institutions. The time has
 come when the people of this state
 realize that all this clamor about cor
 porations and the railroads and wealth 1 is a selfish and senSelesS effort to
 further political designs, and that it | can mean no present or ultimate good
 to the state. To be prosperous we | must have the investment of capital
 and in no way can this investment be
 made a greater benefit to our peo- 1 pie than in our railroads. Waste 1 places must be made to blossom; wild 1 regions must be redeemed and made 1 populous; Arkansas as a whole must
 be brought in quick connection with
 the markets where her produce will
 be sold, and all this means railroads, l prosperous railroads with money
 enough to construct new roads and to | improve the old, to repair and buy
 new equipment and to give the state
 a railroad system which will be up to | the highest standard of modern times, | quick and efficient service-not at | ruinously low but at fair rates, the imposition of no unjust burdens by
 way of expenses; no senseless require
 ments which are the offspring of fla
 naticism and which cannot help peo-
 pie, but can burden and check the 1 development of the railroads. The
 time has come for the exhibition of
 sanity if Arkansas would keep pace with her sister states.'
 l MT Collins of Drew has introduced bill providing for an annual salary