The weekly soliphone., 1917-02-15

done right or wrong, but you donc
 done it.
 ! The amendment remained on the tables and the fight then took place on the section which provid- ] ed an attorney fee of 5000 for John Ike Moore, c. w. Mckay and Steve Carrigan Jr. The budget con-
 mittee, of which Senator Moncrief
 to reduce the fee of the two young
 CT attorneys to 5000. He declar-
 cd that they were not entitled to Gs much as Judge Moore, who had gone to New York to take dcposi- 1 tions, and took the lead in every l thing The senate took another
 view, rejecting the amendment , to IA, but not without an argu-
 ment in which many senators par l ticipatcd, and in which a general laugh was provoked when q Gena-
 tor asked Senator Caldwell, who
 was speaking for the bill, if he was the Caldwell mentioned in the firm of Caldwell & Drake.
 The bill finally passed by vote
 of 2G to ,.
 Tho senate on Monday afternoon rejected the Alexander bill appro-
 priating $28,000 for the completion of the pavement of driveways on the capitol grounds, as well as the paving of half West Seventh street along the capitol property. Tho senate voted 21 to 6 on the ap- |propriation, but it was stated that Q tWo-thirds vote was necessary, so Senator Alexander changed to the
 negative for the purpose of moving
 a reconsideration. It later develop
 necessary, so the bill will be declar- ed passed.
 The only bill introduced in the senate Monday afternoon was one by Senator Kendall to regulate the fees of officials in Madison county. The senate cOncurred in all kinds of house amendments to senate bills, and was discussing the Brown bill to permit the state tax com mission to order reassessments, when Senator Johnston awoke to the fact that it was the anniversary of Abra- ham Lincoln's birth, and as it was , o'clock anyway, he moved that morning out of respect to the mem ory of the martyred president Fa- vorable action was taken on this 
 Little Rock jobbing houses are the bill introduced last week by Senator Burgess, to make it unlawful to give premiums with The manufacturers at first favored the bill, but they dis covered that if it was enacted into jaw it would permit the mail order houses and foreign concerns who have agents in the state giving premiums goods, and shut out the retail merchant Of the state. They have started a fight against the bill which threatens to kill it be- fore it gets very far.
 The third veto message of Gov. Trough was read in the house yes terday afternoon, being his disap- proval of a bill to require the Iron Mountain to stop it's fast train, No. 3, at Tuckerman in Jackson He said that the bill is similar in it's purpose to one vetoed earlier in the session, providing for a stopping of a fast train on the Frisco at Rudy and Chester in Crawford county. He said that if such measures are to prevail in the legislature, it would not be long before all fast train service in the state would be abandoned. He suggested that the recourse is in the railroad commission.
 The house yesterday afternon, by a vote of 54 to 25, refused to sus- tain tho veto of Gov. Trough of the TIardage bill to require the let ting of contracts for the printing of I. and R. measures on competitive bids. Tho bill was passed over the veto and against the opposition of Meador, Riggs and Coker, Speeches in favor of the bill and against the veto were made by Representatives Gentry, Josephs, Ellis and Randolph, Williams and Choatc.
 The house deferred it's Monday night session until Wednesday night, on account of the reception rendered last night to the members of the legislature in honor of Gov md Mrs. Brough.
 The bill which seeks to trans form the railroad commission into a public utilities commission, mod cled after the Missouri commits sion has made it's appearance in the house, having been introduced by Mir Bland, and referred to lhe oor,D,;tton n,,k1fo uory;nn aorDpr-