The Forrest City times., 1909-02-05
Legislative Gossip

definite leave Of absence. He Jeff for his home at Newport immediately.
 :. K. Lenoir. a railroad expert ac- countant of Jonesboro. was in the city Tor few days Mr. Lenoir's friends are trying to get him q position VI, h the state in the present railroad rate litigation
 W. I. Gam of Herd. representative rom Benton county. has drawn the largest amount of mileage thus far. He drew mileage for 52G miles. or S5S. as each legislator gets I0 cents per mile of travel.
 Allen Hamiter of Lewisvile. speak CT oi the House two years ago. was a visitors on the floor of the House a lew days ago. He was given an ova- ton when the courtesy of the floor was extended 10 him.
 Senator Yopp, who k famous hunter, has his fine pack of hounds Tn Lite Rock and will make Use Of the vacations of the Senate to do a llttle hunting on the side. Senator Nopp has one Of the most famous packs of hounds in the South.
 Representative DuLaney states that the citizens of his county will peti- tlon the legislature for two levee dis trlcts in that county. One will be To- eated east and the other west of the Kansas City Southern railroad. anC Will be created for the purpose of pro tecting the county from the annual ravages of Red river.
 Regardless of the fact the bill to ap- propriate $50.000 10 fight the railroad rate cases through the federal courts IS no longer bill but law, petitions are still coming in to the Senate urg- Ing the passage of the bill. President Martin Is seeing that the petitions are hled with the secretary of the Senate, as to read them would be spending tlme ill useless manner.
 A ton of plaster, more or less. fell rom the ceiling in the Senate cham Der the other day. and struck in the general direction of a senator Being pafliamentarian, he rose to a 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 II a law. and the labor advo- cates say an effort is being made to get the governors veto to the meas ure The labor delegation is actively al 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 ary of judges. Senator Carlock of Mad ison stated that 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.
 lnasmuch as many of the senators insist on breaking the rule on smok- ing during the sessions of the Senate, l 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
 
 feel like smoking and the rule is often unconsciously broken.
 T 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 MT. Little of Mississippi, author of the night rider bill passed by the House. Tt is a drastic measure, but 1t Is in tended to cure an evil that is a great menace to the future peace and pros perty of the state.
 Senator Robertson of Lee keeps his eye on the ball" and always talks wig orously when he engages in a debate. 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- tions 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 Sl.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 Mir. Brown of 1nde- pendence when the roll was called for the vote on Mir. Monroes motion to put the bimonthly pay day bill back on second reading. II was moved that the bill be put on second read ing and referred to committee for consideration. MT Brown objected and his vote read as follows:
 Why send il off to get letter? For they can bring out nothing better. Let Us get up and make law