The Sentinel=record., 1911-03-09
NEW JUDICIAL
 DICTRICT BILL
BILL CREATING NEW DISTRICT OF GARLAND AND MoNTGoM-
 FRY PASSES HOUSE.
While This Is Going on Senate Gives Approval to Appropriation for the
 State Fair.

leSteTudy was tanner Qay TOT Hot Springs in the legislature, two very important measures for the future Of Hot Springs receiving favor able consideration.
 The Wilmington bill. which crea- tes new Nineteenth judicial district of Garland and Montgomery counties was finally passed in the house by d vote of 54 to 22.
 Representative Leo Mclaughlin made his maiden speech on the floor of the house on this measure, and Representative Wilmington also made a stirring speech in it's behalf
 While this was taking place in the house the senate was given favorable consideration to the state fair appro priatiom bin by Senator Hamp Will liams, which gives $2O,O00 each year for the next two years as premiums for the state fair exhibits.
 The Whittin ton new judiciary bill 1t is said, is avored in the senate where it now goes for final action. The prediction Is that there will be but very little opposition to the measure in the upper legislative body and that it's passage into law is practically assured.
 In the house the state fair appro priation bill will find many advo- cates among the members of the Farmers Union, and it is also pre- dicted that this bill will be passed.
 Mir Mclaughlin, of Garland, called up House Bill No. 20l, being a bill creating the Eighteenth Judicial Cir cuit, to be composed of Garland and Montgomery counties.
 Mir. wilmington of Garland spoke for the bill. He defended the ques- toin of cost of maintaining the dis trict by saying that two-thrds of the cost would be met by Garland county alone.
 MT. Glover. of Hot Spring county opposed the bill and characterized it as bill that Is not needed and mas not been asked for by the taxpayers of the district.
 He said the creation of new dis trict would leave only three small counties in the original district, mak- ing the district too small and impe- cunious. Further, he declared the effect of the bill would be to elimi nate the present prosecuting attorney An additional effect, he said, would be to render the recompense to off ciais so small that efficient men could not be secured.
 Mir. Glover read letter from Judge ] B. Wood, prosecuting attorney oi the present district. in which the prosecuting attorney opposed the ere ation ia new district and in which he insinuated that the purpose of tht bill is to give the control of the new district to the Liberal element ir Hot Springs and Garland county. IT the letter Judge Wood said he re garded it as extremely dangerous tC the public interests" to enact a law creating new. district. as in hi opinion it would result in Garlant county selecting the controlling off cers in the proposed district, owing tt the fact that it is more powerful 1T voting strength than is Montgomerl county
 The object of this bill is to ge rid. of Judge Evans as circuit judge and J. B. Wood as prosecuting at torney in the district because th' majority of the people of Hot Spring don't want such men as these to di rect the affairs of the circuit assert eA MT. Clover.
 file asserted further that he ha heard that there are already seve' persons in Garland county mentione for circuit judge, provided the ne' bill goes through.
 Every man who stands for law en forcement in Hot Springs would g down in defeat if this bill Is enacted, he declared.
 T do not charge that the authors c this bill themselves have any impur motive in introducing this measure but they represent constituency tha has some ulterior motive in puslin this bill through the legislature h charged
 Mir Mclaughlin. of. Garland, spol' for the bill and denied most en