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

k V. Dr J. II Dye detiveredI
 prayer in the house thi. morning. | By r quest of Mir. Sevier, seua
 Jill POS, transferring ccrts
 unds to tue geperal revenue fuuf J sAs taken up and zeal tylss. N i Senate bill 90 was titel up, readI
 and referred to the committee on state
 lnds.
 (Mr. Dunsway ia the cha Mr. Ford introduced bill for the
 relief of pal ties who did certain dtch-
 ing for the state in Greene county in 1 1860.
 The committee on education, through Chi man Ncel, returnt q '
 house bill 2S5, recon neuding that ,t dl not pass; 267, do not pas;
 297, do pass as amended.
 Mir. Wit, chairman of the commit
 tee on county and nro3ate courts,
 returned house bill 2T4 recommends
 ing that it do pass. Also 294, simi-
 lar recommendation; also 266, simi- I lar recommendation al-o 254 do pass, al5O zoo nO pass.
 House bil 244, establishing chan
 cery courts in certain luuties was l taken up read the second time. M". Williams, of Lincoln, offered
 an am ndment, striking out Lincoln
 county, which was accepted. Mr. ey offsred an amendment fixing the time of holding court in
 Chicot county first Mondays in Apr
 and September.
 Mr. JJnes, of U ion, in the chsil The report of the committee on elections in the Pulaski contest case
 was taken up, and Mir. White, ch ir
 man of tn, committed, moved the l adoption of tue majority report,
 which retains the sitting members. h support of the repori, Mr. White read from Man fields Digest
 the law governing election contests. l He said in this case the contestants
 had not compl ed with the strict
 letter of the law. There had been irregularities in the transmission of he {, stlmony to the speak T ot the house, and the evidence showed that the abstract Of the votes of the county was showed in at some time after the taking Of testimony was closed. From the testimony given without the abstract If the total county vote there was no case. This abstract was not nong the papers when the taking of testimony was concluded.
 It had been subsequently inserted, which was nothing mora or less than
 an attem 4 to perpetrate bare faced fraud. The testimony did -ot show
 the vote iu any township, ex ept the | i've where there were double polls. Rejecting the abstract, which was n no wise legal testimony, the con testants were in no wise elected. l As part of his argumcnt, mr.., | White read the decision of Special Judge H.Idcastle in the case of O Hair against Mills, ard Dill against
 Field, He q ,sed his opening argu- l ment with an ale and thorough ex- position of the facts and the law gov | erning the case and warranting the committee in its a ti n. Mr. Crabtree, who submitted 1 minority report in the case, moved the adoption If ihe resolution em-
 bodiet in the minority report, which reopens the casa and admits the ab ,tract in question ss legal testimony. | He said two facts of very uupleas ant ma ure stared him in the face. | The contestees were D mocrats and the contestants were Republicans. l He wanted 1t under. lod that he l stood between both psr ies, ai q had no prejudices 10 actuate him in the | position he took II he were to be controlled by personal feelings he
 would favor the contestees, but it
 was a ma ter of principle with him. l He Ihen reviewed the action of the
 committee al length, and read the aw sustaining bis position. His ar. | gument was clear, concise and to
 the point. At the conclusion of his
 speech, and pending further consid-
 eration of the mat D., the house took
 recess. Both genil men will have
 the right to conclusion this after
 noon.
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