The Mena weekly star., 1909-05-13
Bill to Require Hospitals for Railroad Employers in All States Through
 Which They Pass.
HAVE FAITH IN NORWOOD
The Attorney General Chosen 10 Direct Settlement With Caldwell & Drake To Stop Corporate Laud
 Speculation.

DOT lHi C' WetV I'dNNtH bN 'uc NrH- ate yesterday. The bill provid. ing fo. a settlement oi the claim. of ihe state cap tol contractors and architect. the Bush bill crea, ing The educational cnmmissio, and the Logan bill requiring rail- road companies in Arkansas to file annually schedule If their property and indebtedness.
 A bill of special interest tt Mena was passed, requiring the Kansas Ciiy Southern railroad to build a viaduct over it's track on Seventh street. This bill has also passed the house.
 Senate bill No. 445, by S-nat T Oldham, appropriating $l75.0(0 to pr, vlde maximum fund to pay any award the arbitration commission might make 10 Gala  well x Drake, the state capitol contractors, was .aken up.
 The questions pendiug were the amendment offered by Senator Oldham providing for an sppro priation of $5,000 to pay the tx penses of special counsel is the case, and the sub stitute amend- ment offered by Senator Wingo, which provided that Attorney General Hal l.. Norwood should appoint the special counsel ir- stead of the governor.
 Senator Wingo said that the attorney general was held respon- sible for all litigation In which the state was interested, and that he was the proper official to at tend to legal matters growing out of the Ca aldwell&Drakesettlement He was paid by the state to look alter cases of that kind, and would do so without extra charge. Hal Norwood, he said, never in his life shirked duty. He was better known to the people of Arkansas than any official con- nected with the present admin istration, and the people had confidence in his ability to prop erly look after the legal phases of the settlement. ''Give 10 Norwood what is Norwood's and 10 Donaghey what is Doua- ghey's," said Senator Wiugo, "aud no mistake will be made. Hal Norwood was elected by the people to look after the legal affairs of the state, and when you deny him this right you repudiate tue wishes of the people,"
 Senator Logan was opposed to the Oldham amendment. He said the governor changed hit mind every day, aud that al though the bill might suit hiu today il was doubtful if 1t would be acceptable 10 him tomorrow He had been trying during the entire session, he said, to tinf out what the governor wanted without success, and would vots against the amendment.
 Senator Toney spoke in favol of the Wingo substitute. H' said the people of Arkansas hac confidence iu the ability of Ha Norwood ts look aftor the Cald Sell & Drake settlement case They krew tGas he was homes and colid be t.nstesl ~ith an duty, and they further kdeW tha every duty imposed upon hin would be faithfully discharged.
 At the close of the discussion both the Oldham amendment an' the Wingo substitute were adopt ed and the bill was passed a amended by vote of Fl to 3.
 In passiug on the Oidhaf state capitol bill Representativ Hamilton of Polk county offere an amendment cutting oil tn capitol tax after two years. m was the only amendment whic was seriously considered an after short, spirited hght'
 was declared lost, tue vote oeln AZ to 42.
 During the morning not House Bill No. l39 (Ellis amending section s37 os Kirby | 1 [