The Russellville Democrat., 1891-03-26
Friday Afternoon, March 20.
 HOUSE.

Mir. Owens moved that the house go into committee of the whole to consider ihe bill providing for the support aud maintenance of the Arkansas school for the Blind. The motion was lost.
 The chairman of the committee on auditors and treasurer's books reported the results of their investigation, which was ordered printed without being read.
 The report was ordered spread upon the journal without reading and printed according to the law in the case.
 The speaker stated the report was very lengthy, and it would take some tune to have it placed upon the journal; that it could not be printed until after that had been done.
 MT. South offered resolution author izing the assistant journal clerk to em- ploy an assistant when necessary to keep up the work, as so many lengthy reports had to be put on the journal.
 Mir. Berry moved to amend the reso- lution by striking out the word "as- sistant.''
 The vote was taken on the amend ment, vtua coce, and the vote stood 35 ayes to g. nays. The speaker did not declare the res 1t.
 The yeas and nays were called for, and the vote resulted, yeas, 37 nays, 40.
 The original resolution was adopted.
 MT. Newton then moved that the house go into committee of the whole on the bill for the maintenance of the school for the blind.
 The motion preyai ed, and MT. New ton was called to the chair.
 After q short discussion of the bill, the committee, on motion of MT. Otey, arose to enable the secretary of tAe senate to report message from that body, after which the committee re- sumed it's sitting.
 Mr. Neal closed the debate on the substitute, after which vote was taken and the substitute was lost by vote of 24 yeas and AS nays.
 The committee arose and reported the senate bill favorably to the house.
 MT. Bellamy was excused indefinitely on account ol sickness.
 Mir. Morgan was granted leave of absence until Tuesday.
 Senate bill providing for the mainte- nance aud support of the school for lhe blind was read third time. The roll was called anu the bill passed by vote of 62 yeas to l6 nays.
 Mir, Manning was granted leave of absence until Monday.
 MT. Donohoo was excused un il Mon- day.
 Senate bill 151, appropriating Sl96, 900 for the support of the insane asylum, was read first time and referred to the ways and means committee.
 MT. Adams called up sonate bill 96, to quiet the title of certain lands sold for non-payment of taxes in Grant county. Read second time. An amend ment recommended by the committee was adopted, the bill read third time and passed.
 Mir. Neal moved that three commit tees, consisting each of three members, be appointed to confer with like com mittees on the part of the senate in re- gard to disagreement to amendments to senate memorial asking that the arsenal property be donated to the state; senate bill prohibiting the exportation of game from the state, and house bill prohib L. ing prize fighting.
 The speaker appoin ted the following committees:
 On the memorial to ongress-Messrs. Sellers, Newton and Sloan.
 Prohibiting the exportatiOn of game -Messrs. King of Lonoke, Jones Of Pu- laski, and Mitchell.
 Prohibiting prize lighting Messrs. Sellers, Newton and Sloan.
 QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE.
 Pending adjournment of the house yesterday afternoon Representative Ford raised privilege question and stated that a card in The Gazette of the l7th, relative to the appointment of The temperance committee, reflected seIl- ously on the speaker. He stated that the insinuations by the writer, J. R. Cason, of Lockesburg, were untrue. The gentleman from Baxter offered a resolution calling the writer of the card "smart Alex, y which the speaker pro lem. promptly and properly ruled out of order.
 A resolution by Mir Jones, of Union, | condemning the charges, was adopted. Mir. Neal also rose to question Oi | privilege and stated that in The Texar- | kama Democrat of the 17th, au article appeared which might be said to reflect on the speaker and members. He | started to read the article, and as sup. pressed by obiectioTs. ANOTHER QUESTION.
 Following is the article in question as taken from The Texarkana Demo. crat of the l7th inst:
 The house of representatives Is mak. ] ing bugaboo of the arrest of Hon Representative South by Policeman 1 Adams. From what we read of tho ! affair we are inclined 10 think that Mir South Is as much or more to blame than the policeman. He wa little toC previous with his mouth, and then h. had little gun, pistol, in his pocke for which he should be made to pay th'