The weekly soliphone., 1917-01-11
DRASTIC CUSTER
BILL INTRODUCED
Adams of Phillips County
Offers Measure to Remove
Delinquent Officials.

| Little Rock, Jan. 10.-The house
! got down to business yesterday with
the completion of its organization,
the introduction of six general bills,
| three constitutional amendments,
and the passage of the first bill, to
provide for the apportionment OF
$4,000 for the payment of mileage
and per diem of the general assem-
bly,
For chaplain, II. M. Collier nom
mated James r. Jones of Wash
| ington, j. w. Ellis nominated A. d.
Perkins of Hampstead, Eric M. Ross
nominated r. w. Glover of Grant,
Jo Hardage nominated e. M. Pip
kin of Clark, r. S. Osborne nominat-
! cd E. II. Gray of Logan. The Rev.
E. NJ. Pip6in was elected on the
! first ballot, the vote being: Pipkin
so, Jones IS, Jenkins 4, Glover IL,
and Gray Il.
Three proposed constitutional
amendments woce offered by house
joint resolutions. One by Mr.. Hard
age is designed to enforce the pro
vision that no local or special bill
shall receive any consideration in
i the general assembly unless it has
! been advertised in the district af-
fected for 80 days prior to its in
| ! An hor hyy AIr TO
of White provides that no property
shall be exempt from sale under
icXccution or other legal process for
the collection of legal debts. The
third is by Mr.. Rabb of Union, pro-
viding that general state elections
shall be held every four years, and
that state officers shall be ineligi-
! Bile for reelection.
Mr.. Johnson of Sebastian intro
duced a bill to provide for the bet
ter regulation Of coal mining and
for the appointment by the cover
nor of a state mining inspector,
who shall have had eight years ex-
Ipcricncc as a miner at q salary of
$500 per annum, for term of
two years.
CUSTER BILL INTRODUCED.
Mr.. Adams of Phillips introduced
a bill for the removal of uhfaithful
pubic officials by custer for drunk
cnness, gambling or violation of the
penal statutes involving moral turpi-
ltudc.
Mr.. Bland offered the first uni
form text book bill in the house,
providing for state uniformity and
the creation of state text book
commission.
Mr.. Davies of Garland introduced
a municipal court bill for Hot
Springs, being a copy of the Little
Rock bill, except that the compen-
sation of the constable is not so
large
Tuesday morning the house took
iup house bill No. i QIardage), to
borrow 100000 from the capitol
fund, $4,000 from the state high
way Improvement fund, and SIS, 900
from the fertilizer fund, and appro
priating the same to pay the mile
age and per diem of the general
assembly. Mr.. IIardage, following
Iobjections raised by Mr. Waggoner,
lofforcd an amendment striking out
the amount borrowed from the fer
tilizcr fund, and the bill was made
"a special order for p. m.
employees NAMED.
The election of house employees
was then taken up with the follow
ing results:
Journal Clerk-T II. Ward of
Bonneville, IS; C. H. Ray of Lit
tie Rock, 28.
Assistant Journal Clerk &C. w.
Garrett of Madison, so; j. E. IIig-
don of Franklin, H.
Enrolling Clerk Four were nom
iinated, Mrs. Imogene Bunch Bryan
iof Boone, Mrs. Lucy Pilling, Miss
Dorothy Freeland of Hot Spring,
Mrs. Mary Walls of Logan. The
second ballot resulted: Bryan So,
Freeland 28, Walls 16,
Engrossing Clerk Miss Nettie
Tisdale of Prairie, As; Mrs. Kate B.
Eads, Little Rock, 50.
There were five candidates for
postmistress, Mrs Pearl Corneilson,
Miss Lula Scruggs and Mrs. Kate
billiard of Pulaski, Mrs. Grace Conk-