The Russellville Democrat., 1893-02-16
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bill No. 90, bill for an act to provide for paying costs in change of venue; also of passage of senate bill No 43, bill for an act to repeal an act providing for geologi. cal survey of Arkansas, approved March 5, 1857, and herewith respectfully transmit the same for your favorable consideration.
 JoHN W. HOWELL, Secretary.
 Mir. Welch, chairman of the committed on education, submitted an favorable report on senate bill No. Il6 with an amendment.
 Mir. Harris, chairman of the committee on labor, submitted a report without recommendation on house petition No. B.
 MT. Hutton, chairman of the committee on circuit and justice courts, submitted an adverse report on house bill No. s6.
 Mir. Sellers offered the following res olu- ton:
 Resolved, That the use of the hall of the house of representatives be tenderel for that purpose, and that Hon. J. H. Rogers, J. W. House, James Mitchell, J G. Fletcher and others who may be willing to dc so, to address the members of the general assembly and the public at 7:30 o'clock p. m. to-day, upon the relations and duties of Arkansas to the Wo1lJ Fair.-- J. F. Sellers.
 The resolution was adopted Mir. Stewart offei ed the following resolu- | tion:
 Whereas, The heretofore Republican state of Nebraska has within the past few 1 days elected Populst. w. N. Allen, to the United States senate and has thus strengthened the reform forces in that body; therefore, be it
 Resolved, by the house of representa- tives of the state of Arkansas, That we ex | tend to the legislature of Nebraska our hearty congratulations on their good work. Stewart, of Faulkner. l Mir. Hutton moved to lay the resolution upon the table, upon which Mir. -- called for the ayes and nays which was sustained, and the clerk called the roll, when 52 voted in the affirmative and 25 in the negative.
 Mr. Bradnax, chairman of the committee on pensions, reported adversely or senate | bill No. 21.
 l Mir. Adams, chairman of the commi tee l on enrolled bills, submitted the following l report:
 MR. SPEAKER joint committee on | enrolled bills beg leave to report that they have examined and compared senate bill No. 5 and find it correctly enrolled, and | herewith submit the same for your ap- | proval.
 R. k. ADAMS. Chairman. Whereupon the speaker signed aud re- 1 turned the same to the committee. MT. Welch, chairman of the committee on education, submitted favorable report on senate bill No. 63 The question recurring upon the passage of 1zsH .1 | the three-mile law at Jonesboro, sage of the bill Mir. Kimbel was earnest in his advocacy of the bill. Mir. Roberts, of Pulaski, spoke in favor of the bill, and his efforts met with ap. plsuse.
 Mir. Hays spoke against the bill. Mir. Roberts, of Pulaski, was granted leave of absence unti' Monday. The speaker resumed the chair. Mir. McMullin spoke in favor of the bill. He believed the majority should rule and was willing to vote for the measure on that | ground.
 Mir Collins was for the bill and gave substantial reasons for its passage. He spoke earnestly in behalf of the measure. | Mir. McCauley was in favor of the bill
 
 of Craighead self government. Mir. Foster was opposed to the bill and | spoke against it's passage. | Mir. Sellers in the chair.
 At the conclusion of Mir. Fosters speech | the house took recess till ? P. m. Thursday Afternoon F, ,bruary @. SENATE. Upon assembling, the following resolu- | tion was read
 | MR. PREsIDENT-Permit us, in behalf of the citizens of Hot Springs, to extend to | your honorable body an invitation to visit Hot Springs Saturday, February II, 1893, leaving Little Rock at a. m., and return ing Sunday at p. m. KMBELL AND MoCoLLUM. On motion the invitation was accepted. By unanimous consent Senator Davidson introduced senate bill No. 166, to settle the claim of Mrs. Josephine l.. Clark, widow of Gen. Henry F.. Clark, for work and labor for the state, and for which no l payment was ever made. Read first time. | Senator Hamby called up senate bill No. l, the constitutional convention bill, for consideration.
 Senator Hawkins moved to strike out section II of the bill, which makes an ap- propriation to pay the expenses of the con | vention.
 | Senator Amis opposed the amendment. | He could see in it a movement on the part of the friends of the bill to get the appro- priation section out of the bill so that it would not require a two.tEirds vote to pass it. That the question of calling a coDsti- tutional convention had been voted on by the people of the state at the election in l 88S, and the majority against calling a convention was over 5l GOO votes that uR- der the provisions of the bill the conven- ton would have not only the power to | frame a constitution, but would have the power to promulgate it; to put it in force without ever submitting it to the people l for ratification or rejection; that bill con 1 ferring so much power on the fftytwo del egates proposed ought to require a two thirds vote to pass it, and if the appropia- ton section should remain in the bin it could not be passed, except by two thirds vote, and for that reason he hoped the amendment would not be adopted
 Senator Gaughan answered Senator Amis as follows: To adopt the amendment means simply to assist the bill in passing. It will take out the appropriation and en- able the bill to pass by majority instead of two thirds vote. We therefore hope that the friends of the bill will vote for the amendment
 The yeas and nays were demanded on the motion to strike out; Yeas, Adams, Cal laway, Gaughan, Hamby, Hawkins, Me haffy, Oyler Scott, smith, West, Wilson, Word and Mir. President, l3; nays, Allen, Amis, Bell, J. H., Casey, Davidson, Erwin, Harkey, Holmes, Liddell, Pettigrew, Quin. ney, Russ, Sloan, Weaver and Witt l5. So the motion to strike out was no, adopted. This bsing practically a test vote on the bill, Senator Hanby withdrew it.
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