The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1909-05-14
OLDHAM BILL DEFEATED
Fifty Bills Considered and Many
Passed-Tax Commission Appro-
priation Defeated.

| Inc tuesday session of the House
was marked by few discussions and
the passage of q bills. The Oldham
| bill to pay Caldwell & Drake S175.-
0O0 II the state is indebted to them
was defeated. Messrs. Little and
Parks introduced a resolution resent
| Ing the special message of the COVER
| nor urging prohibition legislation
This resolution calls attention to the
House having passed two bills and
resolution covering the prohibition
question and that the Senate has fail
ed to take up the measures. In the
resolution surprise and dismay were
expressed at the governor having sent
a special message to the House when
the Senate was the derelict body on
| the liquor question. Mr.. Little in
| speaking for the resolution, said that
| of three departments, the House, Sen
ate and executive Office, the House
was really the only one which had
shown itself favorable to the cause
OF prohibition. He declared that il
| the governor had placed the influence
back of prohibition legislation that
he did in the capitol legislation, the
results might have been different.
He urged that the message was a re-
Election on the House after that body
had passed three prohibition meas
ures. The adoption of the resolution
was defeated after quite lengthy
discussion.
Bills creating the Arkansas His
tory Commission, separating the Of
fees of adjutant general of the Ar
kansas National Guard and private
secretary to the governor, making
the regular appropriation for the Re-
form School, appropriating 100000
to pay ON the state farm, making the
general appropriation for the peni-
tentiary for the next two years and
creating a new drainage law, were
passed during the day by the House.
The bill extending the criminal ju-
risdiction of the state across the Mis-
sissippi river was read twice and
made a special order. The Oldham
bill providing for tuberculosis hos
| pitai was read the third time, but
, the roll call was postponed.
The report of the committee ap-
pointed to examine the books OF the
Confederate Soldiers Home was
made to the House Tuesday This
report states that from the records
now kept it is impossible to toll what
particular items the money is paid
for. In part the report states that!
1--WE find the books kept only un-
dertake to give a general statement
and it is impossible to ascertain from
them for what particular purpose all
moneys have been spent. Under the
present system it Is entirely possible
for the management to exercise the
grossest extravaganza or even graft
and from our best information We
are by no means satisfied that this
has not been done.
"Of the several items appropriated
by the General Assembly of 1907. we
do not believe the state has received
adequate values therefor, and we es-
pecially call your attention to the
item of $4,000 for general repairs,
the greatest part of which has been
expended, and we are unable, after
a close inspection of the home and
premises, to find where a single dol
lar has been spent. We found the
cattle and hogs to be in very bad
condition, Notwithstanding the fact
the amount expended for feed seems
enormous.
Bills Passed BY the House.
Senate Bill No. 7 (McKenzie), Gre
ating the Arkansas History Commits
sion Vote, 20 to 8
Senate Bill No 2S5 (Greenhaw).
repeating Act 1SS G905). Vote, 70
to 0.
Senate Bill No. 32O henderson,,
separating the Offices of adjutant gen.
eral and private secretary to the gov
ernor Vote. At TO 81.
Senate Bill No. 39S (Rasco), au-
thorizing the Brinkley special school
district to borrow money. Vote, ~
to o.
Senate Bill No. 449 (White) TO en-
courage river transportation. Vote,
Is TO 0.
House Bill No. 167 (RusselD,
amending the labor contract act so
as to place Lee county in the pro-
vision of the act Vote, IS TO 0.
Senate Bill No. 352 (Arnold),
amending section S54 of Kirby's Di-
gest. Vote, 63 TO II.
Senate Bill No III (Turner), TO
protect the wages OF railroad en-
ployes Vote, 80 to l.
Senate Bill No. 237 (Fletcher), ap-
propriating 100000 TO pay on the
state farm On motion of Mr. DuLa-
ney, rules requiring bill TO be consid-
cred by committee of the whole. sus-
pended Bill passed. Vote. 54 tool.
Senate Bill No. 416 (Martin), Gre
ating the London special school dis
trict in Pope county. Vote. Sc 10 0.
Senate Bill No. AT (Wingo). 10