The Russellville Democrat., 1891-03-12
HOUSE.

1e5teTQay dIterUOOn, lultueIiateiJ on the reconvening of the house Mir Neal introduced resolution tha the house adjourn as the senate had so as to attend the ceremonies of lay ing the corner stone to the Masoni' temple,
 MT. Ssvier objected to an adjourn ment and called for the ayes and nays. The vote stood: Yeas, SS; nays, 30. So the house adjourned till 9 am. to-day.
 After convening this morning ths journals of yesterday and Tuesday were read and approved.
 By unanimous consent Mir. Brun didge introduced house bill 3l6.
 Senate bill 65 was recommitted tt the committee on agriculture.
 As privileged question Mir White, chairman of the committee or elections, submitted report on the Pulaski contest cases, which is pub. lished elsewhere. The motion to adopt the report was postponed til 2 pm.
 Mr. Hare introduced house bill 217, to protect the estates of minors.
 Mir. Jones, of Calhoun, introduced house bill SIS, local measure.
 (Mr. Russell in the chair.
 MT. Head called up his motion to reconsider the vote by which senate bill 159 passed, and spoke i'll favor of the motion. The bill prohibits the sale of intoxicants in ten miles of a certain college in Howard county.
 Mir. Holt was opposed to a recon. s,deration, and hoped the members would respect the wishes of the petitioners and a majority of the good people of Howard county He made strong effort against the motion and, finally, moved to lay the motion 10 reconsider on the ta- ble. The motion to lay on the table prevailed.
 A message from the governor an nounced the approval of the election bill. Ia his message the governor called attention to certain errors and legal omissions in the bill and sug- gested supplementary act to perfect the law.
 Special order house bill 2I8, by Mr. Witt, fixing the number of rep resentatives in the house at one from each county, and decreasing the pres ent number, twenty in all, was taken up and, being upon it's final passage, was discussed.
 Mir. Neal thought to pass the bill would be an outrage, and that it was unconstitutional. Just such legisla- ton as this by the English govern ment was what created ,iissension among our forefathers ana helped to bring about the revolution. 1t was an uncalled-for bill, and an unjust measure.
 HON. DAN W. JONES.
 Mir. Jones, of Pulaski, believed the pill was contrary to the constitution of the United States, and if it should become law it would give us gov that was not republican. Taxation without representa- ion had caused too much rouble in this country, The bill was contrary to the spirit md genius of government. If this innovation was made no one cou d ell where it would end. It was no light thing that the bill attempted Q do. It would be ruinous to our government.
 HON. SAM J CRABTREE.
 MT. Crabtree was for the bill. ie could not see where the constitu- ion of the state conflicted with it's The bill reported by he apportionment committee pro- -ided for ninety eight members. f that bill should become law it would not be long before the state would have to override the provisions f the United States constitution and nake the house body of more than % members. He believed that one epresentative for county was nough.
 HON. E. c. MITCHELL. MT. Mitchell refuted the idea that lch law as this caused the revolu. on. Every school boy knew that it 'as not on account of basis of presentation, but for total lack of | presentation.
 In some of the counties for in- ance, Phillips, Jefferson and others | the same kind, there were no ore white people than in many of ie inland and more obscure counties. nd the people in these latter coun. es were just as Intelligent as those the former counties. Mir. Mitchell | as for the bill and hoped il would Iss.
 HON. T. D. BERRY.
 Mir. Berry had talked to some of e best constitutional lawyers in the ate, and among all there was a 'ubt as to the constitutionaIity of Q bill. Article of the constitu- 'n said that the number of rep sentaiives should bs increased pm time to time and not decreased. 2 was for voting the bill down.
 HON. J. D. DRBoIs+ Mr. DeBois read Article X Gec