Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-08-10

Williams and West-3S.
 For Mr. Barker-Beshoar, Burns. Car lisle, Duval, Gordon, Hill and Neal-7.
 For Mr. Neal- Brewster, Burns. Bus sey, Jeffrey, Killgore and Montgomerv-6.
 And Messrs. Abbott, Anderson of Phil lips, Carroll, Craighead, Crawford, John son of Desha, Johnson of Pulaski and Lyles, ooted tor Mr. Oates-S.
 Mr. Couch voted for Mir. Murphy.
 Mir. McCammon voted for Mir. Fulgham.
 The chairman announced the election of Mir. Benjamin T. Duval, who was sworn in by Chief Justice English. The Jeffrey Resolution calling for Show
 ing of Hands.
 Wednesday,, Feb. 16th, 1859.
 MT. Jeffrey offered the following resolu tion:
 WHEREAS, It is the right of the people to know what their representatives have been doing; and also to know what am ount of money has been drawn from the treasury by each member of this House of Repre- sentatives for his per diem; therefore be it
 Resoloed, That the memorandum kept by the Auditor of State, of the number of days, and dates, for which each member draws pay, be spread upon the journal of this house, and be made a part thereof, and that the same be published with the balance of the journal, with the name of each member, the number of days for which he drew per diem, and the total amount drawn by each; and that the clerk of this house procure from said auditor the memo randum aforesaid.
 Hcw the Jeffrey Resolution was
 Strangled.
 MT. Mitchell moved to lay the resolution on the table-Mr. Jeffrey called for the yeas and nays.
 1he cotes to ioy on Me toble. mere
 Messrs. Abbott Anderson of Phillips, Barker, Bateman, Doak, Dunn Edwards Garland, Gray Hammond, Hays, Mitchell, Robertson, Stuart and Vaughan-15.
 The uotes GgatnSt laying on Me taJie, were
 Messrs. Baxter, Beshoar, Brewster, Bus sey, Bunch, Burns, Carlisle, Carroll, Chil- ders, Cook, Couch, Crawford, Duffie, Far mer, Ford, Gordon, Green, Hefington, Hemingway, Hill, Jeffrey, Johnson of Desha, Johnson of Pulaski, Johnson of St. Francis, Killgore, Lyles, Montgomery, Moss, Murphy, McCammon, Mccoy, Me kean, Neal, Newton, Oates, Pennington, Reynolds, Saxon, Shaver, Thrower, Vena- ble, Weir, West and Mir. Speaker Duval IA.
 Mir. Hemingway offered the following amendment:
 Insert in the preamble after the word per diem" the words " and mileage" and after the words " number of days for which he drew per diem" in the resolution. add and the number of miles for which he drew mileage
 Mir. Stuart offered the following amend ment to the amendment:
 Add the clerks of the House, doorkeep- CT, assistant and the chaplain. Read and adopted.
 Mr. Doak offered as an amendment, ''that the auditor also be required to publish at the expiration of each year the amount of money paid out of the treasury, and to whom paid by way of refundng for taxes which have been previously paid" Deci- ded to be out of order.
 Mir. Garland moved to reconsider the vote taken on the adoption of Mir. Stuarts' 
 MT. Stuart moved the adoption of Mr. Doak's amendment. Decided to be out of order.
 MT. Hammond moved to postpone in definitely the resolution and amendments MT. Burns called for the yeas and nays The members who voted to postpone indefinitely, were
 Messrs. Abbott, Anderson of Phillips, EarkGr~ BateRan, CEsifanu, Gdfdon, Gray, Hammond, Hays, Johnson of St. Francis, M&hell, Newton, Reynolds, Robertson, Stuart, Vaughan. Venable and Weir-23 tive. were
 Messrs Baxter, Beshoar, Brewster, Bus sey, Bunch, Burns, Carlisle Carroll, Chil- ders, Cook, Couch, Crawford Duffie, Ford, Green, Hefiington, Hemingway, Hill, Jeffrey, Johnson of Desha, Johnson of Pulaski Killgore, Lyles, Montgomery, Moss, Murphy, McCammon, Mccoy, Me Kean, Oates, Pennington, Saxon, Shaver, Thrower, West and Mr. Speaker Duval- 36.
 So the resolution and amendments were not indefinitely postponed.
 Mr. lIemmingway's amendment as amended by MT. Stuart, was then adopted Mr. Edwards moved to strike out "au- ditor" wherever 1t occurs and insert trea- surer"
 Mr. Murphy moved to lay MT. Edwards o,, bn
 Mr. Moss moved the previous question lost
 Mr. Garland offered the following:- ' Amend by making the preamble and re- solution the journals of this House for the present session of the General Assembly, since they contain the bulk, if not the mat ter requisite. Decided to be out of order Mr. Edwards amendment was then voted down.
 MT. Carroll offered the following amend ment:
 Add how many days each member of the house received pay when absent from the sessions of the House, and the cause of such absence, and who such members were.
 Mr. Lyles moved to amend the amend ment by saying-"we are killing time without profit, either to ourselves or con stituency." Decided out of order.
 Mir. Dunn moved to amend the amend ment by adding how much each member has paid for board, washing, cigars, liquor. theatre tickets, etc Decided out of order.
 Mr. Baxter offered as an amendment to the amendment:
 :" Resolced, That it would be a great saw ing to the treasury if the people would elect members to the General Assembly who would serve them without pay" De- cided out of order.
 Mr. Hays offered as an amendment to the amendment:
 Amend by instructing the Secretary of State to furnish each member of this house, at his own cost, a copy of the bun- com5e resolutions they may have offered" Decided out of order.
 Mir McKean offered as an amendment to the amendment:
 Amend by requiring the auditor to furnish the items of the contingent expen- ses of the House; also by including the amount paid the page of the House"