The Russellville Democrat., 1893-02-16

the property or attempts to remove it. Or | passage the vote stood as follows: Yeas Allen, Bell,J H Casey, Gaughan, Hamby 1 Holmes, Mehaffy, Oyler, Pettigrew 1 Chimney, Russ, Scott, Smith, West, Vii son, Witt Mir. President, r. | Nays--Adams, Amis, Galloway, David son, Erwin. Harkey, Hawkins, Liddell Sloan and Word--10. So the bill passed | Senate bill No. l47, be Senator Holmes to establish and define the line between Yell and Perry counties. l Senator Holmes explained the bill and i l passed without opposition. Senator Chimney introduced senate con current resolution No. l3, praying our reI resentatives in congress to use their infiu ence and vote to secure the enactment O i legislation to regulate express companies Adopted.
 Senator Russ offered a resolution cor graduating Nebraska on the election of l Populist to tie United States senate. Senator Word moved to amend by insert | ing sympathies instead of congratulations The amendment was adopted, but the rest | lstion, on motion of Senator Amis, wa l tabled. 1 Senator Erwin introduced senate bill Nc 167, to fix the salary of the county judq of Lonoke county at 5000 per annun Read twice and referred to committee O circuit and inferior courts. Senator Gaughan introduced senate bi No. 16S, to change the times of holdin circuit courts in Ouachita and Calhou | counties. Read twice and ordered to ii third reading.
 Senator Russ introduced senate bill N, l69. to prescribe the mode of payment all obligations of debt to be paid in none, | Read twice and ordered to it's third reat ing
 Senator Chimney introduced senate bi No. 17e, for Senator Lucas, to prohibit Il sale or giving away of liquors within thrs miles of Bentonville public achool Senator Witt introduced Senate bill N, I'll, by request, for the assessment an collection of omitted taxable property ar the employment of persons to discover u the same. Reld first time. < Senator Galloway introduced senate bi No. 172, regulating the charges on expre and baggage. Read first time. Senntor Adams introduced senate bi No IFS, regulating the manner of electii officers in cities of the first class and pr scribing the terms of such officers. Re- first time.
 Senator West introduced senate bill N l74, to amend an act approved March 1891, amending section 256s of Mansfield Digest in relation to divorces.
 Senator Weaver introduced senate b No. 175, to extend the charter of railw, companies. Read first time.
 At o'clock pm. the senate adjourn' till 9:30 a.m to morrow.
 HOUSE.
 The house re- assembled at 2 pm.
 The question was upon the passage house bill No. 81.
 Mir. Witt moved the previous questio which was lost.
 Mir. Robertson spoke in opposition to t bill. He explained the meaning sumptuary laws and declared that it not the inherent right of man to s, whiskey. It was a traffic that came und police regulation. A community had right to banish whiskey from it's midi Several years ago Jonesboro asked | legislature to pass bill that would pl tect it's schools. Now it asks for the peal of that law. The speaker could D realize any change in the conditions whi existed at Jonesboro at the time the thr mile law was asked for, and he would VI against the bill
 MT. Wright spoke of the importance the question under discussion. He start / out by making the prediction that in questions relating to temperance bropc before the legislature, that the side favor of temperance would domina' The members of the legislature, he sa were not legislating for the Democra party alone, but for the future interests the people. He was glad to see so ma men in the house who were not afraid stand up and vote against the whis traffic. The speaker believed if the whis traffic was not checked this country, in | course of time, would be nation drunkards.
 MT. Bailey said the bill affected the p, pie of the entire state. It was not To question. The speaker referred to famous decision of Chief Justice Marsha wherein he declared that the governms had the right to control the morals of country. Government, he said, instituted for the protection life and liberty, and when went outside of this principle we destroy the foundation of the republic. Mir. Bai denied that the passage of the pending would enforce the principles of self 2 ernment. A majority of the legal vot may petition for an equal division of pr erty in that community, but no legislat would think of passing such law. ] law as it now existed at Jonesboro ws good one and ought not to be changed.
 Mir Richardson said he was just as m, opposed to intoxicating liquors being in the shadows of school house as any in the state. The gentleman from Crt l-. l.l .l.F &. representing the wishes of those who him here. The people of that county as intelligent and as loyal to their gove ment as those of any county in the st, | The law they asked to be repealed affected those against whom it operat To deny this request would simply be ing the citizens of Craighead they were capable of self government. MT. London did not believe the legii ture could afford to repeal the law as now stood. He did not believe the legi l ture had any right to wreck the sch house at Jonesboro and establish sal upon its runs. He said that if the
 was enforced there would be no whi | sold in Jonesboro. Elect the proper shei and prosecuting attorneys and the whi | traffic would cease. Array the statute | the state against saloon keepers and if
 latter insisted upon violating the law, VI ! the officers determined to enforce it, would find that the statutes would win
 the only expense would be incurred in
 enlargement of the jails in which to l prison the offenders. The tempera | question was now a leading one, and ha
 be met by the Arkansas legislature.
 was Q question of saloons against sch houses. He would always vote aga
 laws such as presented by the gentle from Craighead.
 Mir. McGhee, in addressing the ho exclaimed; fOh, women of Arkansas, have you been slandered in this hous ! representativesl No man admired wo or respected her more than he did.
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