The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-06-14


it looks like the orators On the other
side with the will Of the people" as
their theme were going to get a d.
vision without so much as protest
from the opposition. The bill dividing
up the parish went through the house
without protest, but it struck snag |
in the senate committee on parochial |
affairs, when Senator Vincent, of
Calcasieu, presented a petition for
change in the parish lines between
Calcasieu and Beauregard.
Division Bill Reported.
With only the vote of Senator Aladdin
Vincent in opposition, who wished to
amend the bills so as to change the
line between Calcasieu and Beaure-
gard, the Calcasieu parish division
bills were reported favorably by the
senate committee on parochial affairs.
House committee members on peni-
Tertiary, Thos. c. Anderson, chairman,
made quiet trip to the penitentiary
walls in Baton Rouge to get person
al idea of conditions prior to giving
THE bills dealing with the penitentiary
hearing.
| A report had come , the committee
that a negro, William Johnson, had
been horribly beaten up at Angola
| farm, and had been brought to the
walls suffering from his wounds. The
committee found Johnson sick and in
high state of fever, but did not
show any signs of desperate corporal
punishment. He had one cut on the
back several inches long, but the
committee was not impressed with the
seriousness of his wounds.
Otherwise Chairman Anderson re-
ported they found the penitentiary
buildings in pretty good condition.
Railroads had hearing here that
proved one of the largest and most
interesting of the whole session. The
railroad commission rooms were
packed.
Representative H. G. Koppel's bills
suffered as result. His bill provld-
ing shed protection, where five or
more laborers were at work was killed.
Carte's bill, to provide for suit at
point where shipment Is made, was
discussed, but held over
.Koppers electric headlight bill was
the feature 1t provides for electric
headlights on every engine appearing
in the state. The railroads appeared
in force. c. H. Rea, assistant super
intendent of the Louisville and Nash
vile, at Louisville, an expert head
light man, was brought here for the
occasion. His demonstration against
electric headlights was as interesting
, as lecture, showing that the power
full reflection on rain drops creates a
rainbow effect and blinds the engi
neer.
Koppels bill to compel railroads t.
block frogs and switches to preven
the human foot from becoming caugh
was reported favorably. 1t was Kop
y pies unfavorable night.
Asylum Report Made.
d A special report from Thomas c
Anderson, of Orleans, and F. Amed
k Tete, of Assumption, as members o
n the Joint committee which visited tn
v Jackson asylum on May %, was re
8 ceived in the house. The report, with
g out preamble, starts to the meat o
g the situation at once. The first decla
J. ration is that the asylum is in grea
o need and should be taken care O
Lliberally.
d The committee finds the cost pc
v capita is 80 cents per day, and recon
d mends an appropriation be made to il
crease the per capita expenditure
33 1.3 cents per day. 1t is stated tha
IN the 80 cents is from Is to so cents les
10 than that received at forty-five inst
# tutions of the kind in the Unite
n. States.
w The committee states that the sma
n increase asked for will relieve man
re- parishes of the state from caring II
,s the insane in the parish jails.
N For maintenance, improvements an
to repairs for the period ending March
IA. 1914, the total appropriation recor
mended is s47O,30O. This takes in
q. consideration an increased populate
ut of 470 patients.
n The record shows that the instit
he ton for maintenance, mas receive
he $40, 900 per annum since 1902, whit
he is approximately the amount it is r
,r. ceiving now, the actual appropriate
being $145,0OO. About $4,000 Of tn
10 amount was added to take the pla
az of about $4,000 which was former
% received from pay patients. The as
II. lum to the date Of the report has
"a. 51S patients.
se. Would Have Official state Flag.
at Mr.. Ray of st. Bernard, gave mott
lat of bill defining and adopting sta
ne flag. The bill provides that the
'al ficial flag of Louisiana shall be tn
lot flag now in general use, consisting
ey solid blue field with the coat-of-arr