The log cabin Democrat., 1921-02-24
DEFEAT MEASURE 10 HELP SCHOOLS
100 PCT. ASSESSMENT
For School Purposes is Killed il House-Anti-Sunday Fishing
 Bill is Introduced.

| Little Rock, Feb. 24-To the great
 variety of purity bills already passed
 or proposed by the legislature, the house yesterday added two more, to
 provide for purer baseball and purer Sundays. One by MT. Tipton of Pu- laski seeks to make it felony, pun ishable by term in the pententiary,
 for any person to give or offer to give
 any baseball player or employe any
 money or other thing of value flor the purpose of inducing such player
 to do any act or thing calculated or
 intended to win or lose any game of
 baseball or to be played.' A bill by
 MT. Williams provides that "here- after it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to fish in any stream, lake, pond or river of this state with hook and line, pool or sein, gig, sein net, bush drag or to in any way catch fish on Sunday or the Christian Sabbath" Both bills were referred to committees.
 The members of the house are averse to adding extra taxes upon the people for any purpose. This was manifest yesterday by the defeat of a bill by Smith of Benton by vote of 40 to A, to provide for the assess ment of all property at 100 per cent valuation for school purposes exclu- sively. The measure was attacked by Mr. lobe and MT. Belote as uncon- stitutional, as it would provide for inequalities in taxation. MT. Me Haney, speaking for the bill argued otherwise, but the house took the view of the opponents of the bill and voted against it.
 Economy is spelled with capital letters in the senate. The budget committee on Wednesday afternoon reported adversely on the senate bills asking an appropriation for perfect ing the acoustics of the house and senate chambers and for the preserva- tion of the old state capitol by an honorary board. The senate very soon after indefinitely postponed the budget committee bill fixing the salaries of all employees and state officials. This was done in order that all amend ments to the budget bill be cast aside. The original bill will be reintroduced and those who forced the indefinite postponement declare it will be passed.
 The fourth proposed constitutional amendment to be adopted by the sen ate, with only one to go on the ticket, was passed over to the house We'd nesday afternoon. It is the Collins senate joint resolution providing for 12-mill road tax, giving each county the right to vvote the desired tax to that limit. There was no argument and all members present, 32 in num- Der, passed an affirmative vote.
 The senate Wednesday afternoon defeated the Golf and Jackson bill to increase fees for service rendered by sheriffs. The increase in fees aver aged about 50 per cent. When the failure to pass had been announced, Senator Shockley made the customary motion to prevent reconsideration, but this was voted down and notice was given that a reconsideration would be asked for at an early date.
 One of the warmest fights in the senate took place Wednesday over the Wilson and McCabe bill to pension needy mothers. An amendment was attached to the bill which would make it optional with the county courts whether or not the law was effective in that county. After this amend ment had been affixed to the bill, Sen ator Wilson declared that it was mere ly an effort to delay until too late for passage of the bill and asked for per mission to withdraw it. He was as- sured by many members that if he would only let the bill rest for day, they would restore it to it's original form This bill provides for an addi- tional $150 on each marriage license for the creation of the pension fund.
 A bill to provide a board of cen- sorship for motion pictures was in troduced in the senate Wednesday af- ternoon. Tins is copy of a bill pending in the Oklahoma legislature and prohibits the showing of pictures reciting the exploits of outlaws and cri,,ina1c