The Springdale news., 1915-02-05
INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
 IN THE LOWER HOUSE
(M. N. Collier.

led by a member whose Quorum Court last fall, refused to make an appropriation for farm demonstrat- or, but appropriated money to buy two hound dogs. The repeal carried, the advocates of it declaring it un- constitutional and wron as 1t took money from the country schools and gave it to the towns. MT. Buchanan made speech against repeal
 MT. Jones bill for District Audi tors to audit the accounts of county officers was reported unfavorably by the committee and when an amend ment was proposed motion was made to indefinitely postpone fur ther consideration of the bill This brought forth sharp debate for and against the bill; an earnest appeal for due consideration being made for it by Speaker Sawyer The House refused to Indefinitely post pone and the bill with some amend ments was referred back to the com mittee.
 The question of statewide prohibi ton has kept the Senate warm this week and the committees to visit the various educccationa1 institutions are being held back until an agreement can be arrived at. In the House the same question came up on Wednes- dav u,bap Mir of pnpnp nf- fered a bill for statewide prohibi- tion. After it's first reading mo- tion was made to indefinitely post pone, but this was voted down. Lat CT in the day a bill was introduced on the same subject by Mir. Newber- " of Clark, which was signed by 52 members This has been read twice and made special order for Monday morning 10 o'clock. This will be the real battle on this ques- tion as far as the House is concern ed. This passed the House by a vote of 75 to 22.-Ed.
 Other bills of general interest are | by the people at the last general election; Q provide for the inspec tion of lumber camps. hospitals. con- vents, etc.; to insure land titles; con stitutional amendment providing for state income tax and for graduated tax on lands in excess of 320 acres i held by one person. Local bills pro- lviding for changing the time when county officers of Washington county l shall make their settlement with the County To prohibit the shipping or receiving intoxicating liquors within a radius of ten miles of the public school house at Lincoln.
 The joint Budget Committee has number of subcommittee at work on the appropriation and they are expected to introduce bills for all appropriations, yet there is quite a lot Of stirring around among institu- tions to be sure that they will get their part As yet there are not figures enough avai' able to give an es innate as to how they will fare com pared with former years, but if the state keeps within it's revenues and does not attempt to pay any present deficit, the appropriations will have to be cut.
 So far the best of feeling seems hot and also between them and the Gov ernor The Governor has not at tempted to dictate any legislation or policy, but has left the matter to the two houses. Both houses have provided for four stenographers each, besides requiring that all conn mittee clerks, of whom there are many, to work for the members when not engaged with committee work; ye all these are kept busy for longer hours than the houses work, writing bills and letters for the members County delegations frequently presen. exact opposites, their votes being cast exactly con- trary. One House member can al- ways get in a pretty good argument under the guise of asking some mem- Der who has the floor, question. One member serving his fourth term has never made single speech, mo- tion or other action except to intro duce two bills. Another member has not voted intelligently on ten bills presented on account of defect i've hearing and there not being suffi- cient time to allow desk mate to explain to him. The house is now making pretty good time, and on Sat urday afternoon refused to adjourn until 4:3o though often the sergeant at-arms had to go out and get quor- um.