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Published in The Famous white River Country, where Alfalfa is kino
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Newark, Independence County, Arkansas, Friday, Hay (9, 1911
Vol. I I, No. 6
RANEY MAKES REPORT
At The Journal’s Request, he Tells
Experiences in Recent Ses
sion of Legislature
Newark, Ark., May 15, 1011
Mr. 0. F. Craig, Editor The Journal,
Newark, Arkansas.
Dear Sir:- In reply to yours ask
ing me for a report of my experi
ence in the 38th General Assembly
l have the following to submit.
There were about four hundred
laws enacted by the legislature and
I was the author of eight of them
as follows:
Senate bill No. 18. (A general
Jaw) providing that the Governor
appoint an art commission to serve
without pay whose duty it is to ac
cept such works of art and statu
ary as is suitable for the new State
House and grounds. This was ask
ed for by the Governor in his mes
sage to the legislature.
Senate bill No. 100. (A local bill >
Making it unlawful to sell or manu
facture whiskey in Stone county.
Senate bill No. 1 !l(a general bill)
Providing that all persons who sell
liquor must have a license from
the county court of the county in
which the whiskey is sold. Previ
ously distillers have had the right
to sell in packages of five gallons
or more without license. Under
this law the distillers will have to
get license the same as any saloon
man. Since all the distilleries are
situated in the hill counties of the
state where no license can be ob
tained it will not lie possible to sell.
The attorney general has constru
ed this law and announced that a
distiller can not ship whiskey out
of the state as the place where the
business is kept is the place of sale.
There are about eighteen distillers
in Arkansas who put up a stubborn
light on this bill. This was the on
ly general law passed by the legis
lature affecting the liquor traffic
and the temperance people of the
have written me several nice let
ters expressing their appreciation
of this bill, as it practically brings
to an end the manufacture of
whiskey in the state. The whiskey
interests tried to get the Governor
to veto this bill but I had the pleas
ure of having the bill signed with
my pen which I expect to keep as
a memento of this hard light and
pleasant victory.
Senate bill No. 15<> (A local bill)
Requiring the railroads to fence
their lines of road in Independence
county with a hog proof wire
fence, except where located in an
incorporated town or fencing dis- ‘
trict.
Senate hill No. 201 (A local hill)
'This bill affected the Katesviile
water works and light plant.
Senate bill No. 231 (A local bill)
Organizing a drainage and levee
district on Black River.
Senate bill No 290 (A general
hill) requiring the railroad compan
ies in Arkansas where they have
lines of road located in a fencing
district to pay a fence tax. This
will add $75,000 in taxable prop
erty to the Big Bottom fencing dis
trict as the railroad has six miles
of road in this district. On the pres
ent fence lax levy the railroad will
have to pay about $200 annually
to keep up this fence. This will
have the same affect in all fencing
district in Arkansas and will save
thousands of dollars annually to
the farmers of Arkansas.
Senate bill No. 198 (A local bill)
Abolishing drainage district No. 1
of independence county.
I did not give my entire time to
these measures but took an active
part in all other matters coming
before the Senate. 1 was against
Sunday base ball for the cities andi
on on the moral side of all ques
tions affecting the moral welfare:
of the State.
1 only missed two days, which
was when 1 had to attend court at
Batesville and did not touch a drop
of intoxicants during the entire
session.
1 took a prominent part in the
fight for an annex to the present
Hospital for the Treatment of
Nervous diseases and attach here
to an editorial which appeared in
the daily Arkansas Democrat May
5.
I NS AN K WILL UK ( A HKD F< Ml
Tht-iv is already a law passed by the
legislature for the care and support of
tin insane people of the State, anti it
is said that this will he the measure
that will meet the present needs and
result in tiie removal of the insalie peo
ple of the State from the jails in the
as\1 urn.
The hill is one introduced and passed
by Representative (Hover in the
House, lie wave his best efforts dur
ing the present session of the legisla
ture to the passage of tin- hill.
For a time it looked gloomy for the
bill in th-' Senate, but Senator Haney, j
who had intr 'duyed a similar bill in j
the Senate early in the session, ga ve j
this < ilover hi 11 his undivided attention :
and anient support. Had it not been ;
for bis untiring and persistent effort
the bill would never have become a
law.
So, to Senator Haney and Hepre
senative (Hover, the people of the
State owe a debt of gratitude for hav
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Of all the unhappy homes, not one in a
hundred has a bank account; and not one
home in a hundred who has a bank ac
count is unhappy. Why jeopardize your
happiness, when it is such an easy and
simple matter to start an account with the
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HON. THOS. J. RANEY
tb Senatorial Districts Able and Efficient Representative in tbe
Arkansas State Senate
ing put through the hill that will re
lieve the situation as far as the unfor
tunate insane people are concerned.
There lias been an effort (luring the
session to pass a bill that would pro
vide for building a new asylum, and
the men who favored that were slow
to give their support to any bill look
ing to the enlargement and improve
ment of the present asylum.
It was only after Senator Raney
agreed not to light that bill in the
Senate thu* the Glover bill was con
sidered favorably.
lie proved to be a shrewd politician
in withdrawing Ids opposition to the
other hill, because the Glover hill was
passed because of that act on his part
and is now a law: so it will not appeal
to the members of the 11 ouse that there
is any necessity of passing another
hill providing for a new asylum, when
the enlargement and improvement of
the old building has been provided
for.
There is no sort of doubt hut what
the law will be adequate now to meet
the situation, and it can no longer lie
said that the insane peoplenf theState
are not being cared for as they should
be.
1 opposed all extiavigant legisla
tion and voted against raising the
state lax rate.
I was with the laboring people
of the state and not with the cor
porations. 1 attach a personal let
ter hereto which shows my attitude
to organized labor.
Little I lock. Ark., May Li, HU I
1 Ion. T. .1. Raney,
Senate < hainber, Little lloek,
Dear Sir and friend:-Tho session of
the ,'iSth General Assembly "ls now at
an end, and I feel that I would be un
grateful if I did not express to you
ni) many thanks for the kind consid
eration given our labor bills that have
come before you.
1 represent one of the largest labor
organizations of the State, and on be
half of the mem tiers of the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen in this
State, please accept my many thanks !
for the past favors, and if l can ever
serve you in the future. I will gladly
do so. Yours very truly,
\V. I). .Jackson.
State Chairman State 1 legislative
Board of the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen.
I will be a hold-over in the next
Senate and if my health permits,
expect to make a tight to be
President of the Senate in which
position 1 could do greater things
for my people and the entire state.
Trusting that I have not written
too lengthy and that this report
will be satisfactory to my constit
uents, I remain, Yours truly,
T. J. Hanky.
SHOULD SILENCE SOLOMON
“Solomon,” who lately placed a
very imposing letter in the Newark
Journal, attempting to prove the
smallness of woman and her infer
iority to man, was last week ans
wered by a woman, who defended
her sex creditably and hit the ene
my with ti pointed force which
should silence the wise one for a
spell at least.—Sharp County Re
cord.
STATE CAPITOL GOSSIP
Legislature Adjourns and is Call
ed by the Governor to Re
Assemble on May 22
Special to The Journal.
Little Rock, May 17.—-The legis
lature is taking a recess for the
Reunion, which is this week put
ting Little Rock big on the map of
the universe.
The regular session was pro
ductive of more local legislation
than anything else. There were
1118 bills introduced during the
session, 579 in the senate and 539
in the house; and of these, 280
were enacted into law.
The governor will veto all the
appropriation bills passed by the
regular session, giving free rein
for the extra session to begin all
over again and provide more eco
nomical budgets for the various
institutions as well as the state
government. It has been suggest
ed that even the agricultural
schools may be closed for the next
two years to enable the state to
catch up and get some new system
of revenue started. That item
would save the state $150,000 a
year. It is expected that there will
be an enforced retrenchment
wherever possible, in order to
“make the garment lit the cloth.”
The subjects specified in the
governor’s call to be considered at
the extraordinary session which he
has called to convene on Monday,
May 22, are as follows.
To revise the revenue laws of
the state so as to provide sufficient
revenue to meet the expenses of
the state government and dis
tribute the burdens of government
and reduce taxation.
To pass an act making effective
the constitutional amendment pro
viding for the initiative and refer
endum.
To pass a law abolishing the con
vict lease system and providing for
the proper management and con
trol of the State Penitentiary.
To make appropriations to pay
balance due the State accountants
in the rate cases of $2,500, and to
pay actual court cost, not attor
ney's fees, $12,500, for appealing
the rate cases to the Supreme
Court of the United States.
To make necessary provision for
transferring the Supreme Court
and State Treasurer’s office to the
new capitol.
To make appropriations to
maintain the several departments
of the state government.
To make appropriations to sup
port the Stale Charitable and edu
cational institutions, so that said
appropriations for the support of
the state government and all these
institutions may not exceed the
available revenues for these pur
poses.
A notable omission in this call is
the question of the completion of
the state capitol, which was defeat
ed in the closing day of the Senate
by being “talked to death” by
Senators Covington and Logan.
HILLS PASSU!) AND APPROVKI)
S. 15. 127, by Holland, consolidating
two special school districts in Sebas
tian county.
S. B. I ho. by Me line, prohibiting the
sale or manufacture of whiskey in
('rittenden county.
S. B. 21 it, by Holland, regulating
the enrollment of non-resident attor
neys to practice law.
S. B. 241, by Carlee, ctvating a spe
cial school district of Cotton Plant.
8. B. .117, by Rodgers, providingfor
stenographers for the supreme court.
8. 13. 204, by Rodgers,providing for
the collection of certain taxes in Ben
ton county.
8. R. IS,4, by Jacobson, prescribing
fees to be paid by Building .V Loan
Associations.
8. II. 447, by Johnson, amending the
Grassy Lake drainage district.
8. 13. 449, by Henderson, creating
a drainage district in Randolph coun
ty.
8. 13. 5011, bj Woods, amending Sec
tions 7002 and 7004 Kirby's Digest.
8. II. 520, by White, creating a
special school district in Logan county.
8. 11. 524, by Holland, providing
the manner of assessing railroad, ex
press, sleeping car, telegraph, tele
phone and pipe line companies.
H. 11. 191, by Deiseh, amending Act
No. 227 of 1909.
H. B. 209, by Wagner, prohibiting
the sale of whiskey within live miles of
Kibler school house,Crawford county.
H. B. 279, by Mil wee. declaring four
wires a lawful fence in the Southern
District of Prairie county.
H. B. 212, by Sims, fixing the sal
ary of the county judge of Miller
county at $1500 per year.
8. B. 205, by Carl-Lee, authorizing
Grubbs special school district to bor
row money.
8. B. 297, by Fletcher, creating a
special school district in Franklin
county.
8. B. 402, by Deaton, creating a
special school district in Pike county.
H. 13. 182, by Barrow, amending
Section 7452 Kirby’s Digest.
H. B. 270, by Williams, creating a
special school district in Logan
county.
8. 13. 107, by Rogers, amending the
general road law.
8. 13. 220, by Rascoe, amending Act
414 of 1!K>7.
8. 13. 295, by Fletcher, providing
for a depository for Crawford county.
NOTICE TO HUNTERS
We have posted our pastures
and will allow no hunting in them.
Eller Bros.
ROAD IMPROVEMENT
Important Matter That Our Coun
ty Is handling: in a Host
Practical Manner
While it may be said that there
is and has been quite a good deal
of money wasted on the publie
roads of Independence county, yet
our county enjoys the undisputed
distinction of having better roads
and more steel bridges than any
county in North Arkansas
We are working the county con
victs on the roads to good advan
tage. This, however, has only
been done during the last two
years, notwithstanding the fact
that such a law has been on the
statute books for thirty years.
We also have a new system of
overseers’ reports, whereby a close
check can be kept upon the over
seers, and unless they falsify their
reports under oath, it is impossible
for them to get more money than
the work is worth, unless especi
ally favored by the county judge.
We have more restrictions plac
ed around the overseers and their
work than ever before, and it is a
safe prediction that Independence
county is going to make rapid
strides in practical good roads
building in the next few years.
We have some of the strongest
and by far the best steel bridges
in the whole state, which are the
.equal of any road bridges in the
South. Our county can claim the
distinction of having the longest
and heaviest re-inforced concrete
bridge in the state,with the possible
exception of Pulaski and Sebas
tian counties.
Many of the most important re
forms and forward movements in
the good roads cause in this coun
ty are inovations made by Judge
Cul. L. Pearce during his brief but
active term in office, and we are
! pleased to note that his successor,
! Judge A. J. Craig, is wisely con
tinuing the policies put into effect
by his competent and active prede
! eessor in office.
If our county continues to make
; the rapid progress in road and
j bridge building that was made
| during Judge Pearce’s brief ad
; ministration, we will, within a few
years, have a system of good roads
throughout the county that our
people may well feel proud of.
Good roads benefit all classes of
our citizenship, and all should take
a greater interest in any move
ment calculated to give us better
roads and bridges.
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Their home to look beauti
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WHY?
Because we sell the best
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