The Forrest City times., 1909-01-29
Legislative Gossip

Senator Arnold of Clark was granted a leave of absence on account or sickness.
 Jim Wright Robinson, son of Sen ator James T. Robinson of Lee county is spending a few days with his father | III Little Rock.
 R. w. McFarlane. chairman of the State Capitol Commission, who has been in the city for several days, returned home To Greenwood.
 Mir. Monroe of Hampstead was pre- | siding officer in the house for short while Friday morning He was called i to the chair by Speaker Brown.
 There were a large number of Iorm- CT legislators among the good roads l delegates and a lively interest was manifested in the work of the present assembly.
 Mir. DuLaney of Little River. one Of | the prominent members of the house, was in his seat again. after an absence l Of about week. lie was called home on account of important business.
 Clyde Going. of Harrisburg. former prosecuting attorney of Poinsett Coun- l V, and at one time a men bar of the l legislature. was in the cit4 this week visiting with the senators an- #r,pre- l seutatives.
 The 8iIl for semi-monthly pay day has been bufeted back and forth in the sena on one preteAt or ah- other aEt1l it finally landed il the 1 hands of the committee on engrOssed bills.
 Manager Wilson of the Marion has placed d the disposal Of the com mitiee on judiciary the Travellers l Rest Room as a place of meeting for l the committee.
 All the committees have organized and are getting down to work. From Hhls time forward she Senate will probably find business confronting it aE times when aH adjournment is nee zessary now
 Mr. Simpson Of Scot was one of the defenders of The Sae.od0 appropria. ton bill iH tne house MT. Simpson. in his defense. declared that th- bill was iu the interest Of the farmers Of the state
 In he Senate q petition was filed representing persons al Eagle Mills 1 Ark. requesting that Senate Bill No be deieated The bill was intro duced b Senator Patterson and pro Fides that corporations in Arkansas shall establish two monthly pay days
 A petition was read in the Senate from persons al Thorton asking that Senate Bill No I. To require =corpora- fions 10 establish Two regular monthly hay days. he defeated This was thf second petition read asking for the defeat of the bill
 Senator GreenhaW.s bill creating the special school district of Leslie was passed unanimously by the Senate during his absence. Senator Dill and Patterson explained the purpose of the bill 10 the Senate and asked its pas sage during Senator Greenhaw' ab- sence
 MT Glover of Hot Springs corrected the report that he had said il would only require 49 days for the state To make up the appropriation of S50.- o00 II the low rates are restored. figuring on the basis that the increase III rates cost the state S2.000 900 per year. It would only take nine days. instead of 49' explained Mir Glover. The legislature has materially in. 1 creased the outbound mail from Little Rock postofice. As the session grows older the mails will grow heavier. as there will be printed copies of bills mailed out to many of the constituents of each legislator who introduces a bill of statewide importance An ad- dluonal mailing clerk has been put 10 work in the postofiee 10 work during the session of the legislature
 The Election Committee of the Senate met and took up the work preliminary 10 the hearing of the BolesHoliand senatorial contest This contest is already in the form of l dispositions, the evidence having been taken prior to the opening of the legislature The records contain 1900 pages. The chairman of the Eelec. ton Committee is Senator Montgomery Of Lafayette. The present contest will De disposed of before the hearing be gins on the Greayes-S -Sumpter case.
 Speaker Brown gained a reputation as humorist one morning when he brought the house down by stating in mauer-of-fact tone when amend men's were being introduced on every side 10 bin up for consideration. tha. he would have 10 get our hIS rules and see where he was al While amendments and motions coming from every side. the speaker calmly made an investigation 10 ascertain which motion O. amendment had procedure and then made his ruling
 Even though the legislature is Gailg reducing the cash in the State treas ury the pile seems to be going down very slowly. The joint committee ei the House and Senate 10 inspect the books of the auditor and treasurer began the work of counting the cash in The office of the treasurer After an all days count one of the Jig safes was empted of it's conteas ana br GH rf- n .+-