Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-02-19
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] Special 10 the Appeal
LITTLE Rock, February lS.-After
/ the regular routine of business in the
Senate to-day, Mr.. Dawson negro in
troduced a bill TO allow the late Com
missioner of Claims, S. w. Mallory,
eighteen hundred dollars for clerk hire.
Mr.. BrOoker introduced a bill to pay
the militia used last summer to crush
out the rebellion in Pope and other
counties.
After the introduction of two or three
bills of a local character, the Senate
went into Committee of the Whole on
the bill establishing a Board of Super
vIsors in each county in lieu Of the pres
ent system of County Courts. The bill
occupied the attention of the Senate for
a couple of hours, when the committee
rose aud soon after adjourned.
The bills introduced in the House
were: To cure defective conveysnces;
to repeal section seven of the public levee
act; to regulate the salaries Of judges in
Arkansas county; 10 exempt furnaces
and mining tools from taxation; to es-
tablish the boundary between Prairie
and White counties; to redistrict the
State for Congressional purposes; to pro-
vide for the relief of taxpayers.
Let us see what becomes of this spas
modic attempt of Mr.. Cleveland
The House then took up the report of
the committee appointed to ascertain
from the editors of the Republican what
members Of the Legislature were referred
to in its editorial headed, "Mild Admo-
nition."
Mr.. Miller, of Ouachita, submitted the
following resolution and preamble:
WHEREAS, A newspaper published in
the city of Little Rock, and known as
the Little Rock Daily Republican, did,
in its issue Of the eighth instant, editO-
rally assert, in effect, that there were
members of this General Assembly, and
that the editor of said paper knew
them, who have determined and
stated, that no legislation should re-
ceive favorable consideration at the
hands of this General Assembly, for
which said members had not received
compensation; and whereas, this house
did appoint a committee to wait upon
John g. Price, the editor of said paper,
to ascertain the names of said members;
and whereas, said committee did wait
upon the said John @. Price, editor Of
said newspaper, and have reported to
this house that the said editor refused
10 disclose the names OF said members
to the committee, thereby leaving a
reasonable presumption that said publi-
cati0n was false in point of fact; there
fore,
Resolved, That it is the sense of the
House that the editor Of the Little Rock
Republican, in making charges affect
ing the integrity of the members of the
General Assembly, and having failed
and refused to make said charges good,
that said failure and refusal are highly
reprehensible; and it is the further
sense of this House that said charges
were made and intended as q bluff, to
intimidate members with a view of con-
trolling further legislation in the inter-
est of schemes for personal aggTandiZe-
meDt, detrimental to the welfare of the
Taxpayers of the State at large; and
that further notice should not be taken
of the publication Of said newspaper.
After considerable debate and many
remarks explanatory Of the votes, the
resolution was adopted. You see the
adoption Of the resolution is a good way
to get out Of the scrape, as Mr.. Price,
given as he is TO bluff, may hold four
aces this deal.
After the transaction of some business
of minor Importance, the House ad-
journed.
At a caucus Of Republican members
last night, it was decided to withdraw
the new civil rights bill introduced in
the House on Monday by the negro
member from Woodruff county.
All the members of the General AS
sembly, with a few exceptions, will visit
Memphis to participate in the festivities
incident to Mardi Gras.
The Republican papers throughout the
State, OF, at least, the most influential
among them, advocate the passage of
the enfranehisement amendment to the
constitution, to be voted on March Sd.
The stockholders in the new gas COM
pany comprise Hon. Powell Clayton,
Chief Justice John Mcclure, Sheriff w.
e. Oliver, hon. Alexander Mcdonald,
Circuit Superintendent Of Public Instruc-
ton NJ. L. Cohn, John Fl. Cherry and
County Commissioner d. NJ. McCabe.
The Little Rock Medical College was
fully organized to-day, a fun Board of
Trustees elected, viz: Elisha J. Kinks
cey, NJ. D.; w. X. stark, n. D.; Ste
Phen ID. Wheeler, Henry Page, A. r.
Winfield, j. c. Walker, NJ. D.; w. H.
Barry, NJ. D.; Judge John Wassell.
Judge John Mcclure, Judge Daniel
Walker, jr.; General A. w. Bishop.
Senator r. J. Ratclin, Hon. J. W. COX.
General A. w. Bishop, President. w.
H. Barry, Vices :. ID. Tucker Secre-