Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-01-18

I'd That the members only be furnished
 with one of each of the daily newspapers
 of this city, instead of ten, as now pre- scribed.
 Mir. Brooks moved to lay it on the ta-
 ble.
 Mir. Cypert thought the members should not act hastily where an effort was made
 to save the peoples money There were
 more officers now than there was any ne-
 cessity for. While we are petitioning congress for aid in support of the poor, we were paying salaries to officers whose ser
 vices were not needed. The county courts are not able hardly to support their poor
 and we should not squander the peoples money. He appealed to the members not
 to uhceremoniously dispose of a resolution
 which has for it's object to relieve the peo-
 pie of taxation.
 MT Kyle offered as a substitute, that
 the resolution be referred to the committee
 on finance that it might inve tigate the
 matter.
 After considerable debate MT. Cypert
 called for the ayes and noes, the motion
 to refer prevailed. Ayes, 45, noes, lS' The President appointed the several
 standing committees.
 r Mir. Bradley offered the following reso
 lution:
 ,l REsoLrED, That the services of the officers embraced in the resolution offered by MT. Cyport, be dispensed with until the resolution shall finally be disposed of. A motion was made to refer the resolu-
 tion to the same committee as that to which Mr. Cypert's was referred. Mir Hicks (conservative,) desired to be informed by what authority these off,
 ces had been created and under what law
 they existed.
 The president said the election of off, cers created the offices, and the incumbents had been selected because the convention thought it would need their services. 2
 MT. Bradley said he belonged to no
 clique or faction; and although he had
 been advertised in the newspapers as be-
 ing a radical, member of the great re- 2 publican party, he would say now he rep resented no party on this floor, He had come here as the representative of a con stituency of several thousand citizens, and
 in looking to their interests he ignored everything like party attachment. He would not participate in any hasty leglsla- ton, and would not sahdIc unnecessary 1 burden on an impoverished people.
 Mir. Snyder said ss the gentleman from
 Bradley seemed so solicitous tosave money,
 he had taken the pains to make calcula- ton and found that his speech had cost the state eighteen dollars which would
 buy 360 copies of daily paper. He rs-
 lated an anecdotc to show the value of a
 newspaper to 2 family. He thought the
 sad condition of the people of the State
 was due to their lack of information in times past and which would to great de. gree be supplied by the circulation of r newspapers.
 Mr. Cypert read portion of the report
 of the first days proceedings in the Eve ming Republican and alluded to it's mea-
 eeraess and said such information was of
 no benefit to the people. His intention
 was to lop of superauous expenses.
 Mir. Hodges- of Pulaski, said he would , take but moment of time, and that al-
 ready sufficient time had been occupied in 7 discusdbg the matter for which the pec-
 pie money will be used, to go far towards paying the expenses that the gentlemen
 objected to; and tbat the people would be , satisfied with the convention so far as its
 expenses were concerned, if they would speedily accomplish the work for which it
 is assembled.
 Mr. Bradley did not wish to be under
 stood as saying all newspapers were cor rupt, but that they were devoted mainly : to promoting party purposes instead oi ] circulating valuable information. l Mir. Montgomery said that there were t other opportunities here beside the officers
 and perhaps they had all better be re- :: moved at once.
 fl The vote was had and the rsslution oi Mir Bradley referred: Ayes, 49-Noes Il. Some debate on reports was had after which, on motion, the convention ad - journed until the regular hour, 10 o'clock : te morrow
 E FOURTH DAT. January 10th, 1868. The convention was opened with f prayer by MT. Langley. The journal
 of yesterday was read, corrected and
 approved.
 ; Mf Hoye objected, as his credentials ,. were not regular, and it was proper z that the member from Benton should
 be sworn in so as to be allowed vote
 on all questions which may come be- fore the convention.
 On motion of MT. Snyder, the presi- ident was authorized to administer the
 oath to members.
 II Messrs. Reynolds, and Mallory, oI