Lower coast gazette., 1910-06-11
Members Of the Legislature Resume
Business After the Trip
to Washington.
AN0lSY WELCOME FOR S0L0NS
The Segregation Forces Are Agar"
Busy-A Skirm,Sh over income
Tax Resolution.

Ration Rouge-With the booming
OF cannon and the rattle OF mu5h''lH'
rho Louisiana lawmakers were "t'
coined back to Baton Rouge d''''
the Washington exposition trip III d
manner that has seldom been sur
passed in the history Of the old c'P'
,al for it's spontaneity and brllllahcF'
Thrnuch the combined efforts or lIle
city of Baton Rouge, the Doalu VI
trade, the state university, a SFd'"
welcome, with a generous outlouFl'5
of the people, took place "''el "'
yazoo & Mississippi Valley tram
rolled in from New Orleans "hlch
brought the sol0ns back to the state
capital.
Eytr, cars had been attached to the
regular train leaving New orleans IL
2.1, O'Clock, and practically the en-
fire legislature, just as it had lhVao-
cd Washington, was aboard, lnclud'NS
the governor. lieutenant governor
speaker of the house. president pro
tenn Of the senate and members VI
both houses.
Both house and senate reconveneu
at s o'clock p. H.. after having Deen
in recess for a week.
This is the fourth week OF the SEES
sion. Baton Rouge now presents
mere Of the character Of leslsla'''e
DAYS. The hotels and streets are
crowded with people.
During the first three weeks or the
session, however, there had not been
tho usual legislative activity. The
Panama Exposition measure over
Swallowed all other Legislation 1or
tho first tvo weeks. when the pros
pec,iye trip to Washington LOOK pre-
cedence. and there was a general re-
straint and withholding OF WORK IN
I'll the return. Upon the return,
however, the restraint or me llr9I
few weeks began to disappear ana
other matters that had been Kept III
the BACKGROUND began to tlmldly pop
up their heads.
There are already pending whispers
, of liu,1or legislation. 1t is said upon
reliable authority that the seSresa-
tionists, who at one time had packed
, their grips and gone home, Will re-
apnear in Baton Rouge in the next
l day or two. Many measures 1ha'
= had been allowed to rest until the eN'
I position legislation was passed and
signed and had been lying dormant
like an inactive volcano, have no"
t begun to show signs Of life.
There is now every indication tha'
: the remaining five weeks of this ses
4 sion will be quite as active as th(
. first three weeks were dull.
9 A significant skirmish TOOK place
. In the house we the federal neon
tax when Representative Delos K
i Johnson of FranklintOn asked TO Cal
;, y his income tax concurrent resolutlo1
n from the calendar and moved to max
= it a. special order of the day Thursda,
g in the morning hour. The temper o
y the house appears strongly IN rave
" Of ratifying the proposed tax. IN tn
d senate. it is said, the sentiment !
i AGAINST the proposed ratification. 5
p when the matter was sprung IN In
a house the opposition to the ratlflcf
n ton hoped to stave off action unit
~ after the upper chamber mad ma
e time to pass upon the p~ropos:tlo'
1t A counter move to Mr.. Johnson wa
IN to postpone action until n wee
ID from Wednesday, June s.. Mr.. Jon
at Son moved to table this motion, an
he carried the house with him.
a. Some interesting new leglslatlo
k. made it's appearance in the hous
II Representative Generelly Of New y
10 leans gave notice of a bill to requll
US 2 semi-monthly payday in Loulslar
bv all firms or corporation having
IL, IL. domicile aqd doing business with
a the state. At present there IS I
ID. legislation governing ~paydays. NJ
ny Generelly says his Dill Will ldlse
~ solve the money-shark nulsanc
ur against whom legislation of some SO
is. is proposed at every session.
~ Make a state payday every "
up weeks" said Mr.. Generally, and "
. will eliminate the excuse for the c
istence of the money shark. Und
the present system of monthly pa
ny DAYS the employees are forced to g
N. none in the interim, and hat CIV
N. the money lenders the opportun1
in to ply their trade
he Mr.. Generelly also gave notice
he q bill asking for a state appropr
ag. ton of $4,000 for the Beaurega
monument, for which enterprise 81
,ut has already been raised.
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