The Russellville Democrat., 1893-01-26

 and do not show a single voter name, but only gives statements of how many votes each candidate has received. ~ T. B KITCHENS. MR. SpEAKER--I vote ssaye' because the testimony shows that the elections held in the townships of Dyer, Richland, Shep- pard and Lancaster, in Crawford county, were illegal. Some of the returns of which were not certified, and the names of the voters were not registered as required by law. R. h. ADAMS.
 MR. SPEAKER It's not denied that 3 majority of the judges of the precincts m which the irregularities exist were Demo crats, and they give McGinnis certificate O, election, and l deem it unfair for Demo erats to take advantage of their own wrongs and rnseat P. F., unless the irregularities had been of a more serious nature than they appear to be fr0m evidence. DIFFEE.
 MT F. NJ McGhee was paired with MT. A. G. Gray. Mir. McGhee would have voted to seat Loudon and Mr. Gray would have voted for McGinnis to keep his seat.
 MT Baird was paired with MT. Wells. Mir Baird would have voted to adopt the report, aud Mir Wells would have voted against it.
 Monday Morning Jannary e3.
 SENATE.
 The senate was called promptly to order this morning at 80. The roll was called. A quorum answered present. The body was led in prayer by Rev. Mir. Taralton, chaplain of the house. Fridays journal read and approved. A message from the house, stating that that body had passed senate bill No. l6, fixing the salary of the county judge of Miller county; that it had passed senate bill No. 26, for an act to change the time for holding the circuit court in Polk county.
 Senator Hamby was granted a leave of absence for this week.
 Senators Amis and Word were excused for the day
 Senator Russ was granted leave of ab- sence during the day
 REPORT OF COMMITTEES. Committee on circuit and inferior courts report that it recommend that senate bill No. 61 do pass; that senate bill No. 57 do not pass.
 Committee on county and county lines reported an amendment to senate bill No. 34, and recommended that it pass. Senator Allen moved that the chairmen be required to report on bills by title. Adopted.
 The following was submitted by Senator Gaughan:
 CAMDEN, ARK, Jan. IS, 1893. To the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Arkansas: Your petitioners would respectfully rep resent to yeu that they are members of the Ladies' Columbian Club of the city of Camden, and feeling the importance of having the state represented at the forthcoming fair at Chicago would urge your honorable body to make whatever ap- propriation that may be needful to make the states display creditable and sue cess. We are persuaded that this is grand opportunity for us to advertise the immense resources of our state, of which the outside world knows comparatively little.
 [Signed]
 MRs. J. W. BROWN, County Manager,
 MRS. ANNIE s. WILSON, President Lo-
 cal Club,
 MRS. E. S. GREENINe, Secretary,
 MRS. W. K. RAMSEY, Treasurer.
 Read and referred to the proper com mittee.
 INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
 Bill No. 79, by Senator Galloway, for an act to amend sections 305, 306, BOT and 309 of Mansfeld's Digest. Read and placed on the calendar.
 Bill No. 80, by Senator Hawkins, for an act to amend section 5968 of Mansfield Digest and to provide for the payment of special judges of the circuit courts. Read and placed on the calendar.
 Bill No. 8l, by Senator Gaughan, for the better prosecution of forgery. Read and placed on calendar.
 Bill No. 82, by Senator Pettigrew, for an act to amend section 11S7 of Mansfeld's Digest. Read. By consent read second time and referred to committee on judi ciary.
 Bill No. 83, by Senator Smith, for an act supplementary to CD aud amendatory of an act of the general assembly of the state of Arkansas, entitled, an act to create the county of Lee, and for other purposes, approved April IT, 1873. Read and placed on calendar.
 Bill No. 84, by Senator Mehaffey, for an act to provide for trial by jnry in equitable proceedings. Read and placed on calen- dar.
 BILLS ON SECOND READING.
 Senate bill No. B was read twice and referred to committee on judiciary.
 Senate bill No. 72 read and referred to the committee on judiciary.
 Senate bill No. "A read second time and referred to committee on education.
 Senate bill No 75 read second time and referred to committee on circuit and in- ferior courts.
 Senate bill No. 76 read second time and referred to committee on judiciary.
 Senate bill No. 77 read second time and referred to committee on finance.
 Senate bill No. IS, read second time and referred to judiciary committee.
 Senate bill No. 43. The amendments thereto read twice. Bill and amendments referred back to committee on mines and mining.
 Senate bill No 56, amendment thereto read twice and adopted.
 Senate bill No. 65, amendment thereto read twice and adopted.
 BILLS ON THIRD READING.
 Senate bill No. A, by Senator Gaughan, to prevent preferences by assignments and attachments and for other purposes, read third time and by motion of Senator morrow at ? Q clock.
 Senate bill No. 31, by Senator Sloan, to amend section 1907 of Mansfeld's Digest by striking out "as weapon," read third time and by motion of Senator Gaughan it was ordered that the third reading be reconsidered.
 Senator Gaughan amended as follows: Providing further, nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit any one from carrying razor or butcher knife except as a weapon. Amendment adopted.
 Senate bill No. 32, by Senator Petit grew, to permit offenders in cases less than felonies to submit their cases to the justices of the peace. Read third time and passed, by vote of 23 to 4, and ordered transferred to the other house
 Senate bill No. 38, by Senator Witt. for