The log cabin Democrat., 1921-01-22
SECOND ABOLITION
 BILL INTRODUCED
SENATE'S BUSY SESSION
Workmen's Compensation Bill. Urged By Governor, Meets With
 OppositioE.

! ory, one of the authors of the bill abolishing the Arkansas Corporation Commission, and the author of the act which established it, introduced an other bill in the senate Friday after noon to abolish the Arkansas Corpo- ration Commission by referring all matters pertaining to it to the Ar kansas Railroad Commission and making the Arkansas Railroad Com- sion an honorary board composed of the secretary of state, auditor and state treasurer. A secretary at a sal ry of S3,600 is provided, who with n S1,S00 stenographer compose the clerical force of the commission. This bill will be considered before the corporation committee on next Thurs day night. Another abolition meas ure introduced in the senate Friday afternoon bears the name of Senator Montgomery. It would abolish the Arkansas Tax Commission and create in it's stead the state revenue depart ment, a one man affair. The bill merely re-enacts the statute relative to the Arkansas Tax Commission and inserts the words "State Revenue De- partment" wherever Arkansas Tax Commission appears. The Montgom- cry bill would also abolish the office of state inheritance attorney.
 The Gates bill repeating the Arkan- sas Penitentiary Commission which passed the house Thursday on vote of 92 to 1 was reported in the senate Friday afternoon. This bill has a provision by which the honorary pen- itentiary board may make contract with the sheriff of Pulaski county to do all it's plain and fancy electrocut- ing. Sheriff W. E. Taylor is high sheriff of gentle mein; the persons he puts to death he prefers to do so by overfeeding. He therefore has enter ed a protest and an amendment will be attached to the bill in the senate expressly specifying that no such contract be made with him. The bill has been referred to the senate pen itentiary committee and a report will be made immediately after the senate reconvenes.
 Veteran newspaper reporters have each session taken occasion to refer to the senate, then in session, as a glutton for work and to give 1t the palm for turning out work. The vet eran is with us still and the same old statement can be made for the 1921 senate and it be true one. The sen- ate on Friday passed upon 92 meas ures, advancing, amending or passing them. Not satisfied it adjourned Fri day afternoon until Saturday morn ing. The senate is sending all of it's members or investigating committees to the state institutions and as these will not return until Wednesday, the upper branch of the legislature will until Saturday noon in order that it's house be left in order
 Representative c. c. Tipton of Lit tie Rock, president of the Central Trades and Labor Council, announces that the labor interests will stand sol idly against the proposed workmen's compensation act which has been ln- troduced by MT. Kennedy of Sebastian county. MT. McHaney of the Pulaski delegation withdrew his motion to postpone the bill until the Fourth of July and consented to have it read the second time and referred to the judi ciary committee and 800 copies or dered, that its provisions may be read and carefully considered. This fol- lowed the submission to the house of the first special message from Gov ernor McRae in which he said:
 'In my inaugural address to you, I omitted to recommend legislation for workmens' compensation, but l have long favored such law for Ar kansas, and advocated it as a candi- date for governor. It will be remem- bered that the forty-second general assembly adopted a concurrent reso- lution authorizing my predecessor in the governors office to appoint a com mission for the purpose of reporting to the forty-third general assembly a workmen's compensation act. l am informed that such bill has been prepared and presented to your body. It is house bill No. POT and represents the result of careful study and inves- tigation. Nearly all civilized coun- ties, including a majority of the statec of the American U1sn, have such laws. All of our neighbor states now have workmen's compensation stat utes. It is in keeping with the spirit of the times and I therefore recom- mend that your honorable body gives careful consideration to the pending measure and if same is found to be just and proper one, I respectfully urge that it be passed"
 The house continued the considera- tion of emergency appropriation bills Friday afternoon and passed bills fol