The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-06-15
LEGISLATURE BUSY
Lawmakers ContigaAse to Keep
Pace Set at Opening Of
Session.
COMMITTEES Usb1HE AXE
Tendency Shown to Stop AlGlnneces-
sary LegisIation-ManySsiIls
Are introduced.

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still having busy sessions. Committee
reports are pouring in constantly and
action being taken. The present law
making body exhibits tendency IN
restrict and review all legislation, sss
many bills are killed inespmmittee dis
cussion. Reform Legislation and sup.
port of the administration seems to
be the keynote.
Employers Liability Bill Up.
The Stafford, Burke and Vincent Sc
ries of employers liability bills will
be takes up by Senator Beale's COM
mittee, judiciary.
The bills by Senators Stafford and
Vincent include the series Of employ
ers' liability, assumed risk and con-
tributory negligence bills that were
championed two and four years ago
by Lieutenant Governor Barrett on
the floor If the senate. Labor organi-
cations have taken hand in their
passage this year, and a more deter
mined effort than ever will be made
to secure favorable consideration.
Senator Burke's bill provides for the
appointment of commission to be
composed of representatives of capital
and labor to make thorough investi-
CATION of this question, and report
the best legislation possible at the ses-
sion to of the general assembly to be
held in 1914.
Attorney Generals Report.
The recommendations of Attorney
General Guion to the general assem-
bly, were submitted to the members
in a special report in which he urged
that the attorney generals office
should have charge of all the work
which is now under the control and
supervision of number of boards.
In his final report General Guion
s4's:.i III oslisvs tliat thu attorneys " yns
ievee boards OF the state. which now
employ special attorneys. may be dis
pensed with and. We attorney general
given charge Of Ar work.
81 do not thiAN4t would be wise to
have the disteDct attorneys of the state
placed in charge of the same, for, with
their duties in criminal cases, and as
attorneys of the police juries and
school boards of the several parishes,
1t seems to me they should not be
given the added duties required of the
attorneys of the levee boards and
boards of statewide character"
beg to advise you that, if the work
OF the attorney generals office is to
be conducted and carried on promptly
and effectively, liberal appropriations
should be made not only for travelling
expenses, but for such other expenses
AZ we'll as must necessarily be in
Cured in the conduct Of cases before
the courts.
have been more or less hampered
in the work Of the office by not hav-
ing a sufficient amount appropriated
for these purposes.
Governor Does Not Approve.
Governor l.. e. Hall made 1t plain
to the administration leaders Of the
general assembly that he would not
place the administration stamp of ap-
provai upon that feature of the New
Orleans School Board bill which
makes the first board Of five members
appointed by the governor. He has
had the school bill in his possession
several days, and only gave it out to
Senator Walter J. Burke, of New Ibe-
ria, for introduction In the senate.
The measure is general in its ma
ture. applying to the entire state, but
has the Orleans special application.
The governor. 1t is said, approves the
bill with the one exception that he
does not assume any position on the
plan of making the pSsRosed New Or
leans board appointiveS
Representative Leon Locke, of Lake
Charles; w. c. Hughes, of Bossier
and J. l. Friedman, OF Natchitoches,
believe they have succeeded in block
ing any effort to secure considera.
ton of racing legislation in the house.
They gave out the statement that
their petition had been closed and that
they have 61 signatures and nine
others who are opposed to revival
of the issue. but who preferred not
to sign such a document. But they
will vote against it," declared Mr..
Locke and MLg'riedman.
Division IsSeause of Contention.
Once more the Calcasiue division
fight gives fsromise OF coming back
into its natSe element-the giving of
a beasltifuS Ssanitation of a parish di-
vision row. For Is years the people
of CalcasNa ave been to Baton
Rouge and fighting over whether or
Monroe councI(Nixed Up.