The Mena weekly star., 1909-04-08
TIJRDAY IN THE LEGISLATURE
,r Amends Hamilton's Depository ;Il so That It Would Be Referred to Vote of People at Next Gen
 eral Election.

Hr.;,tle Rock, April 4.-Friday Ip;pg house day in the senate
 be ouly measures considered V. er inc morning hour had ex ..,od were house bills. Probably
 he most important general bil. opsidered was House bill No. |7s (ways and means committee ' inc house) to provide money |or the general expenses of the xoverument for the next two s1,rs. The bill was amended by 'be senate several days ago ln ;or,m1ttee of the whole. The .il passed without a dissenting fote.
 Seuator Logan called up House XII No. 279 which Representa- I;ye Hamilton passed in the House two or three weeks ago. rbe bill provides a depository |aw for Polk county, to, take Meet as soon as passed.
 
 Senator Logan amended the b;ll, referring It to a vote of the pople of Polk county at the next veneral election, aud then had It psssed.
 # The senate passed the resolu- tion by Mir. Warnock, to provide lha. all capital invested in cot fon manufacture in Arkansas for tbe next ten years shall be exempt hom taxation for a period ct seven years. Senator Pindall nade lengthy argument against the adop.ioz of the resolution, But the friends of the resolution caimed the senator was speaking fp "kIll time" Senator Pindall resented thIs accusation in strong terms.
 k A statewide prohibition bill xas introduced by Senator Hen derson of Randolph. The bill provides for the submission ol tha question of state wide prohi- bitlon 10 the electors of the state at an election to be held July 2S,
 19O9.
 A fercely fought battle over | ie Patterson state capitol bill with the result that the biIl still Stands before the house i'll almost the same position as il did when the discussion began, was the feature of yesterdays proceedings in the lower branch of the legis- Iature. Almost the entire after boon was devoted to the fight pver the bill and the only result
 was that 1t was advanced from second to third reading. Sup porters of the bill urged that it De passed upon finally before ad' journment, but the house refused. Dn the other hand they succeed ed in checking the attempt , place the bill back on second leading for the purpose of con- slderiug amendments. They won out, however, by the narrow mar gin of one vote, the vote on the motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill had been advanced to third reading being 43 to 43. As a whole the spells of war were about equally divided.
 The state capitol fight in the house yesterday was the first real battle ever the state capitol mat Ter that that branch has had this session. l. not only marked the beginning of the conflict, but also proved to be one of the most strenuous conflicts the house has gone through thus far. Motions, points ot order and questions of came thick and fast Irom every side. The votes were close, as is indicated by the vote on the question ot placing the olIl ta;k on second reading.
 The opponents of the Patter son bill fought hard to have eel tain amendments considered. The supporters of the bill succeeded In overriding all such attempt aud the hou e did not consider a single amendment. The fight was wager principally over th