The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1913-02-21
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BILL DEFEATED
DECLARED ANTI-CATHOLIC
BILL PROVIDED FOR INSPFC-
TION OF HOSPITALS AND
BOARDING SCHOOLS.

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Thursday afternoon fought right
through until time for adjournment,
and would then have had it all over
again on motion to adjourn until
o'clock when local legislation would
be considered, had there been enough
supporting the night session to make
any sort of decent fight. When the
motion was placed before the senate
CarlLee, who had made it, and Toler
were the only two to vote in that di-
rection.
The main fight of the day was upon
senate bill No. 1872, Holt, providing
for inspection of hospitals, boarding
schools, and all institutions where mi
nors are kept. This bill looked inno-
cent enough, but it turned out to be
an anti-Catholic measure, aimed at
converts, though the author declared
there was no such intention on his
part when the bill was introduced
The argument was long and loud,
with Covington, jacobson and Going
arguing against the bill, and Holt and
Toler for it. Those who opposed the
bill called attention to the present
laws of habeas corpus which give re-
lief to any who are oppressed, and
they argued there was no demand for
such drastic measure.
Senator Jacobson and Senator To-
ler had a little argument in connec-
tion with Senator Toler's insinuation
the institutions were not always prop
erly attended to, and that many chill
dren were cruelty treated. Senator
Jacobson demanded positive informa-
ton from the senator from Grant,
and when he could not cite specific in
stances, called it cowardly for a mem
Der of the senate to make such an as
sertion on the floor, abusing charita-
BILE institutions when they had no
chance to defend themselves.
In closing for the bill, Senator Holt
stated that if there is no demand for
such bill now, there is in other
states, and Arkansas will soon follow
He called attention to newspaper
clippings which told of girls being
sent to Catholic institutions by courts,
where they remained for many
months despite efforts to have them
released
Senator Jacobson interrupted Sena-
tor Holt to ask if he was opposed to
the appointment of a good, law -abid-
ing citizen as a judge because he was
Catholic. He made his question
more specific by asking if the senator
thought the appointment of the chief
justice of the supreme court of the
United States, who is a Catholic, was
a just one, considered alone from the
point of his religion.
NAY, verify, nay" was the reply of
the senator from Hampstead, who
continued in his defense of the bill,
still classing his bill as one non-sec-
tartan, and declaring it was simple
measure. The other members did not
consider it so simple though, for they
voted 20 to 10 to kill the measure
The second fight of the afternoon
took place on senate bill No. 21S, by
Ferguson, which increases the North
east Arkansas tick eradication district
to take in all the territory east of
White river, and north of the Arkan-
sas. 1t was discovered there was a
point of Desha county sticking up in
to this district, and Senator Moore
opposed it being included. The SEN
ate declined to leave out the portion
of Desha county, but did agree to
change in the member of the commits
sion for lizard county, the name of C.
E. Jet being substituted by L. E.
Puckett.
During the discussion of the claim
presented by Senator Miles in senate
bill No. 226, whereby Mrs. j. F.
Trumpler expects to get $4,000 for
guns and ammunition which were
Iconfscated during the Brooks Baxter
war, Senator CarlLee offered an
amendment which provided the attor-
neys representing Mrs. Trumpler get
but 10 per cent of the claim, and the
state auditor deliver the balance in
person to Mrs. Trumpler Senator
jacobson characterized this as an in
suit, and Senator CarlLee stated he
was willing it should be so considered,
but that he had not offered it as such,
not intimating either of the senator's
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