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

o'clock pm.
 HOUSE.
 Ia the house this morning Mir. Sellers called up his memorial asking the do- nation of the arsenal grounds to the state for the pu pose ot establi- hing school for indigent white boys and girls.
 Mir. Shorts amendment, that the ar senal grounds be donated for the use of the general school fund, was then dis cassed.
 MT. Sellers hoped the amendment would not be adopted. He explained the Intention of the memorial, and hoped it would pass in it's original form.
 MIR EMERSON.
 Mir. Emerson was in favor of the greatest good to the greatest number, and be wanted the amendment adopted. Mir. Jones. of Union, was in favor of the ,mendm, n', and spoke i'll favor of it's adoption.
 HON. JACOB KING.
 Mr. King, of Stone, spoke In favor of the amendment. He thought 1t would give the indigent boys and girls throughout tle state better chance II the general school fund was increased. If school should be established at any one point the boys and girls designed to be benefited could not attend. He therefore hoped the amendment wou be adopted.
 MT. cal thought the establishment of an industrial school in some city would never benefit poor boys and girls. He was for the amendment.
 Mir. Ford thought this matter should oe considered deliberately. He be- ieved the state should do something for her orphans, and as the memorial stood it would reach them. He hoped the amendment would be voted down.
 Mir. Manning did not believe the state should place herself in position where her appropriations would have to be increased. and therefore he was for the amendment.
 Mir. DeBois said it looked as If some people wanted personal benefits from every measure introduced He was against the amendment.
 Mir. Seyier understood the memorial to mean that indigent children were to be cared for, clothed and educated. He believed the time for the establish ment of such an in tituiion most opportune, and he hopt d the amendment wou d not be adopted Our general .chool fund was amply able to care for itself.
 MT. wimberly thought the memorial meant to secure the benefits of al edu. cation to that class of children not otherwise provided for. It di igned Q equip and maintain the school. If the amendment was adopted 1t would defeat the prime object of the original memorial.
 HON. T WALKER.
 MT. Walker was satisfied that the ar senal grounds were not valuable enough n eouip and maintain a school as con cmplated in the memorial If the ne morial should be adopted without amenamentf it was inevitable that 1t would bring charge upon the state Under pres, mt ci cnmstances he was not willing that such q charge should be incurred. The public school itself VAS the proper channel through which 10 reach the poor children of Ark Ansas lis experience had taught him that the great reason which stood in the way of he success of the pubic schools was tor the lack of money. He hoped the amendment would be adopted.
 HON. J. L. SHORT. Mir. Short. In support of his amend .nent, said, if adopted, not only the in- iigeut boys and girls, but the boys and siTls of tbe entire state would receive a ienefit. He hoped the amendmen would be adopted He called for the ayes and nays and the roll call resulted in it's adoption. Ayes, 54; nays, 23 The men orial, as amended, was adopted.
 Mir. Flippin introduced house concur ! ent resolution 23, extending the pres | ent ses sion twenty-six days. In support l f the resolution he stated that the ap- 1 propriaiion bills had not yet beer reached and many other important measures were yet to be considered making the extension abs bsolutely iuiper alive.
 Nil. White, in support of the resolu' ton. said it would be the heighth oi ioly for this legislature to adj ourn with out completing the work 1t had alreadl begun. He believed, however, that 1 ] twenty days extension would be suf fieient.
 Mir Berry offered the following amendment to the resolutions
 "strike out the 9th day of April an'
 nsert ihe l2th day of March, 1891
 The amendment was lost.
 Mir. Dunawsy offered the fo lowini amendments
 ..strike out the 9th day of April an insert the lsi day of April"
 IT amendment was lost.
 MT. Quinrey offered an amendment striking out the 9th day of April an inserting the Sd day of April, whic ! was adopted.
 The roll was then called on the adop ton of the resolution as amer ded. The vote stood-ayes, 60; nays, 2 70 the resolution was lost, not hayin received a two thirds majority.
 Mir. Flippiu, however, gave notie l that on tomorrow he would move
 reconsider inc vote by which the resc f luii0n was lost. l Mr. Jones, of Union, moye1 that q i. special rlle of the house be applied \. senate bills, except that they be take : ID regularly on the calendar. The m'
 lion prevailed.
 i Mir. Howard gave notice that on t f morrow he W, uld move to reconsid
 the vote by which house bill z42 pass z the house.
 Mir. Elippin, chairman of the cor c mitiee on enrolled bills, reported sena q bills l9 and 46 correctly enrolled.