The Russellville Democrat., 1879-01-23
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 ernor's message were referred to the appropriate committees.
 A resolution was adopted inyiting the Senate to a joint session to count the vote for State officers.
 Some time was then consumed ir the discussion of the report of the committee on joint rules.
 Mir. Richardson, of Calhoun, pre- sented resolution requiring the Sergeant-at-Arms to furnish each member with len daily newspapers ten three cent stamps, and ten ono cent wrappers each day. Mir. Burke, of Phillips, amended so as to make tho equivalent in weekly papers if desired by members MT. Stubbs, of Independence, nov ed to. postpone indefinitely. The cost, Mir. Stubbs said, would amoun, to $5, 400 during the session, and nc wanted to know if the House with all it's talk of retrenchment, intend ed to saddle these large and unnec essary expenses upon the people. Mr. King fully agreed with Mir Stubbs.
 Mir. Fishback, of Sebastian, Said Mir. Stubbs would find ample room to put his theories for reform and retrenchment into practice before the session was through. Mir. Minor said there was point of law involved, and he wanted some attention paid to it. The expendi ture of money as contemplated could only be made when ordered by 2 specific statute making an appropri- ation for the purpose, and there is now no such statute. If the Ser geant at Arms made the purchases ordered, he, alone, could be held re- sponsible for the orders filled. Mir. Flippin said this matter had only been a precedent since 1874, and he dld not propose to follow the precedent. He wanted his constitu- ents to be informed in regard to the proceedings of the Legislature, and therefore he had gone to the Gazette office and subscribed for thirty papers for them, and paid for them I himself.
 MT. Fraser said he had done likewise.
 At II o'clock the Senate appeared in the hall of Representative and in joint session the vote for State off cers was counted, and Speaker Bear don announced the vote to be as | follows:
 Wm. R. Miller SS,730 votes; Milt Rice ,; J. N. Cypert l; M. L. Bell 1; B. $. Fox 1; J. c. McGuire ,; ". P. Grace ,; E. N. Conway 1; Thos. Fletcher 3; Jeff, Rice 1; Fletcher 1; s. o. Cloud 2, Martin Levy 2; Scattering l5.
 After the joint session was dis solved Mr. Mack speaking to Mir. Richardson's resolution, said:
 That he deemed it right to him. self and his constituents to declare his convictions on this question. He hoped that every member of the General Assembly would take into consideration the fact that the people will not approve of expending the money paid into the state treasury by them in unnecessary ways. Members ought to be willing to pay for their own papers and stamps. The member from Sebastian informs us he will afford us many opportun- ities for retrenchment in itemssso of greater magnitude than this. If so, 1 will take great pleasure in suppor- ting hlm In all such efforts.s
 Mir. Stubbs moved to indefinitely postpone.
 Pending the further discussion of the matter the house took a recess.
 After recess the subjeca of procur- ing newspapers for members was again taken up, and on motion of Mr. Burke referred to a committee of five to report on the day following. Messrs. Burke, Stubbs, Pindall, Richardson, and Jamison were so appointed.
 An election for Janitor and Assist ant Janitor was then gone into, and after wasting about a hundred dol lars worth of time in useless discus sion of the matter, Si Hill, and Henry Clay, both colored men were elected.
 FIFTH DAY-FRIDAY, 17TH.
 In the Senate the only business of