Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-02-25

Amendments galore were offered and repudi- ated the only ones able to stand were those exempting number of counties from the oper ation of the bill Sympathy, sarcasm, sentt ment and slush. intermingled with humorous observations, were the order of the day in fact the whole thing was real funny" conslo- ering the importance of the bill.
 Pending final action the senate took recess until p. uL
 Immediately upon reconyening the senate re. sumed the consideration of senate bill No. lSO Another long discussion followed ending In Q defeat of the bill by vote of ii ayes to l4 noes.
 On motion the vote by which the bill was de- feated was reconsidered and laid over, so the comedy will be reenaeted in the near future.
 House business being tho order, | number Of bills were read and referred or otherwise dis posed of
 Senate bill No. 155, the antitrust bill. was then taken up and pending discussion of an amendment offered by Senator Amis, allowing. in effect, lumbermen to combine as much as they deslre as to business done oatside of the slate, the senate adjourned until Wednesday morning.
 HOUSE
 At the opening session of the house yester- day morning and until the morning hour ex. pired, the time was taken up with committee reports.
 Senate business being next in order num-  ferred.
 Senate bill No 21, to give laborers n mines and quarres Q lien on their output, and also on the machinery, was read the third time and passed unanimously.
 House bill No. 104. to abolish capital punish ment came up on it's third reading, and after some discussion failed to passages 9, nays 74.
 House bill No. 9, fixing fees and mileage of witnesses summoned from one county to an- other, was defeated-ayes 10, noes 67.
 House bill Mo- 24 to reduce the per diem ot members of the house to S4 per day with mile age at three cents, was next taken up.
 Pending debate the house took 8 recess until 2p. m.
 At the afternoon session the special order was postponed so that bill No. 24, members salaries, could be disposed of
 The discussion of this bill was entered upon with a vim, and consumed the major part of the afternoon.
 Upon call of the roll the bill was defeated ayes 29, noes 59 absent IA.
 House bill No 265, to transfer Lafayette county from the Thirteenth to the Eighth Ju- dicial circuit, being special order was taken up and argued at length. The bill failed to pass by vote of IS ayes to GO noes.
 House bill No. 165, to establish railroad station on the Mississippi river opposite Mem phis at the junction of the railroads, was next in order.
 oHN6Ebl dlDc4QLH6Ab5 ReES OAGISA aAAA Slo- cussed and final action postponed until next Monday.
 motion to reconsider the vote by which house bill No. 190 to detaeh q small tract of territory from Howard county and add same to Sev1er county was defeated, was the bone Of contention for the next half hour, ending in the vote being reeonsidered-ayes 60, noes r.
 Adjourned until Wednesday morning.
 SENATE.
 ' a to order yesterday morning at 80 by Prestdens Witt.
 Senator Cazort asked leave for the finance committee to retire to consider business. Granted.
 Senate bill No. sO amending the fencing dis tr1ct law by prohibiting the running at large of any stock in such district, was read the third time The roll Waa called, and the bill passed ayes 16 noes 9.
 Senate bill No, e4, to legalize the acts of dep. uty clerks who were not twenty-one years Of age, was passed-ayes IS.
 Senate bill No. IA to provide for the appoint ment of state board of election commission CTS, was read the third time After some dis cussion the roll was called and the bill failed to passages 9, noes II.
 On motion the vote was immediately recon sidered and the bill referred to the judiciary committed
 Senate bill No. 14O, amending the digest, pro- vtding that when there is no collector the sher- iff Of any county may advertise and sell six teenth section land as now provided by law, was next taken mp and passed-ayes 20. The bill is general but is for the especial benefit of Chicot county.
 Senate bill No. ITS was introduced as a sub stitute for senate bill No. 42, and adopted. The substitute provides for the abolition of all state normal schools and the appropriation of s10, 900 for an Institute for each county to be held at least one month.
 Senate joint resolution No. g. for an amend ment to the constitution providing for @ state tax of five mills and district school tax of two mills, was discussed at some length and pend ing further action the senate took recess un- til 2:30 p. m. At the opening of the afternoon session the sumed
 After some further argument vote was taken resulting In the defeat of the resolution ayes 8, noes l7.
 of senate bill No s7, to aid in the building of the levee h the St. Francis district.
 A long argument followed partaking at times of the sarcastic over mo ion to reeommit the bill to the Judiciary committee The mo- tton was defeated
 Under suspension of the rules senate bill No. 1l6 to amend the laws in relation to the pay ment of poll tax, was read twice and amended in several particulars, and referred. ! At 4;S0 the senate adjourned until 9:s0 this morning.
 HOUSE.
 After the usual routine business in the house yesterday morning and the disposition of com mittee reports, MT. Clements introduced a res olution making general appropriation bills for charitable institutions privileged questions at all times. This resolution caused considerable discussion, and Mir. Quarles introduced sub stitute, directing the chair to appoint com mittee Of three to be known as the steering committee, and which shall have the power to call up any and all appropriation bills that they may deem necessary. The substitute caused a greater storm than the original reso- lution. Mir. Manning opposed 1t as calculated to retard Legislation. Nearly all of the time for the next two weeks was set aside for spec ial business, and is this resolution was passed 1t would act to set aside these special orders and greatly Eetard business. Mir. Clement was in favor of it as expediting business heretofore the excuse for an extension of the session had been that the appropriation bills had not been passed, and if they should adjourn without passing them the governor would have to call special session at great expense This bill would give these appropriation bills the right of way. and they would be disposed of thus giving no excuse for an extension of the session and saving the state great expense
 Here the speaker announced that the morn ing hour had expired and the resolution would nxrar