The log cabin Democrat., 1913-02-13
HOUSE BILLS
 FLOOD SENATE ENOUGH FOR ALL WEEK GOV. ROBINSON HAS SIGNED . THE TEXARKANA FRIEDELL
 WHISKEY BILL.

Little ROCK, FeD. S.-HOuSe DlllS fairly rained in the senate Friday and enough bills were read first and second time and made spe- cials orders to take up all of the time on house days of next week-Tues- day and Friday-with reading them the third time and calling the roll on their passage.
 Working Friday afternoon is a rare pastime for the senate, but 1t was a work-day session, once the members decided to take a chance at the bitter dose Twenty-four meas ures were considered, four of which were passed.
 The only thing to break the monot- ony of the rapid fire of house bills was the announcement from Cover nor Robinson that he had signed $. 5. No. 20, a bill which has become his tory maker in the state, it being ln- troduced by Senator Friedell to pro- hibit the sale of liquor within 10 miles of a schoolhouse in TeXarkana. This bill was passed through the sen ate little effort, and afterwards pass ed by the house after a spectacular fight. Strong efforts were made to have the bill vetoed by Governor Rob- inson, but he declined to entertain the arguments advanced by the people of Texarkana who fought the bill.
 Among the house bills to be read was that by Ragon, substituting the electric chair for hanging as mode for the execution of persons convicted of murder in the first degree, or oth CT capital crimes. The Posey "pure shoe" bill also was up for two read ings and amended so that it will not go into effect until 1915, instead of 1914, as provided in the bill.
 The Greenhouse bill, No. IS, requir- ing the secretary of state to have printed the constitutional amend the people, and send one to every vot- CT whose name appears on the county polling lists, was passed.
 Although the bill by Senator Smith, permitting the commissioner of agri- culture to employ additional inspec tors of fertilizers, was reported un favorably by the committee on agri- culture, Senator Smith offered amendments to his measure, permit ting the commissioner to employ sev en fertilizer inspectors, one for each district Senator Moore offered further amendment that they be employed but seven months each year, which also was adopted.
 The bill making fishing on Sunday a crime was read twice and referred to the committee on agriculture, and if this committee cannot kill it, sena- tors intimate they will exempt prac tically every county in the state from it's provisions, so the man who works all week can hold high communion with the speckled trout, the bass and on Sunday, if he is so in- cEned
 Meeting as committee of the whole, the senate reported favorably upon the Ragon electrocution bill, and it is made special order for Tuesday morning, when it will be passed.
 Senator Miles introduced bill reg ulating quorum courts and providing for their meeting on the first Monday in October.
 In order to hear arguments on the back-tax bill by Senator McBee, in which some of the leading corpora tion attorneys of Arkansas partici- pated, the senate adjourned until Monday morning. This back-tax bill is a drastic measure, and the major ity of the committee on judiciary, which has it in hand, will report back that the bill do not pass.