The Monticellonian., 1895-02-01
ARKANSAS LEGISLATURE.
Proceedings of the Thirtieth General
 Assembly of the State.
SENATE.

participated in by nearly all the members On , call or the roll the amendment was adopted ayes, To; nays. l3
 message from the house announced the passage of senate bill No 27 proyiding for ths employment of committee clerI.s fl Yin9 ,,a,, etc. s'"' P"S'
 The roll was called for tne introduction of 9lIIs ana large number were presented. %IAohB lhe most important was senate bill No 4-, appropra0hg slo,000 for the holding of county institutes in every county in the state ana other disposition Of the school funds and 3p29ils'nhg the normal schools now in existence.
 ALSO senate bill No A, authorizing the banks. ' "
 Recess until 2:S0 p. m.
 ne senate re-convened al e:3O.
 Senator Williams gave notice that he would today move to reconsider the the vote by which the motion to print 900 copies of Gev tlarke message failed to pass
 Senate bill No. F, to provide for the calling ot constitutional convention, coming up for Gonsldefauon upon it's second reading. brought on lengthy argument pro and con. Various amendments were offered principal ananr which was one to strko out the clause appre. prlat1n8 D. 900 10 carry the act into effect; also one t0 strike out the eaacting clause but they were defeated and the bln with pending amendments referred to the judiciary com, mittee.
 The next move of importance was the con. Slderat10n Of Senate bill No g. with refer,nce to the pay Of members and employees of tho as sembly, and the balance of the afternoon session Was taken up in it's discussion On motion the pll with amendments WAS laid on the table by motion 10 reconsider this vote the senate adjourned
 HOUSE
 Speaker Colqutt called the house to order promptly at9 O'Clock yesterday morning
 Alter the usual morning business an effort was made ta ret resolution through author lzlng the printing Of all bills after their second reading but it was a total failure m 9ehate bill No. 2 was taken up and passed pay ment Of clerks etc.
 iliiis upon bills were then introduced by various lmSmbers. Among the number was house bItt No. l0e providing for a constitu- tlonal convention
 House ioigt resolution was introduced whieh provides for constitutional asneodmenf wherein school taxes paid by the whites shall .Sobu0ls
 Rcccss until 9 o'clock.
 The house met at 2 D. m.
 The hfst business was the second reading Of bills and their assignment to the proper com mittees after whicha number ofnew hills vere Introduced, making the total number to date ll5 VO
 joint concurrent resolution was introduced s9 iufhlsh eaen member twenty daily papers pAbhshlns full legislative reports, or their equivalent iii weekteS and Q cents in DostaRa stamps, Lost; ayes, 3G. nays, 43
 Adjourned until Wednesday morning
 SENATE
 LITTLE ROCK, January 24.-The senate met yesterday morning pursuant to adjournment, twenty-five senators present.
 Senator A. E. Williams introduced a reso ls Ils To continue i'll session until T., m. and when IL adJoufns il shall De To the next morning The r=aotatlon went oyer under the rule that 1t re- qulres one days notice 10 amend the rules.
 The purpose of this resolution was 10 permit the standing committees to meet in the after noon of each day
 Mrs J. F Pagan was selected as clerk Of the pehltenIary committee and sworn in.
 A resolution was introduced providing for twenty daily papers and 9 cents daily in post age stamps to each member The resolution NaS discussed at length and finally passed by a vote Of I ayes to II says.
 Senate bill No 2s to authorize tho pubiica- ton of 2600 copies Of the secretary of states report was Taken up plac upon its. third Ieadthg and debated at length. The bill passed by a vote of ls ayes to nays.
 A humber Of bills were introduced among which was senate bill No 70, amending ! the dlgest so as to prohibit the sale of liquor claed. Referred to the temperance commit.
 Senator King, who introduced the bill ex. planned 1t in character stfCly candid speech in which he discussed the liquor question at length. He wants total prohibition or no pro mhition He said he would prefer a stlll house on every sixteenth section of lan1 than 10 have the state in the condition existing under the present laws governing the liquor traffic.
 Senator Williams then called up his resolu- lion Of yesterday by which the senate refused to order 5000 copies Of Gov. Clarke's message printed. The motion to reconsider the vote by which the resolution failed to pass was car ried.
 HOUSE
 The house was called to order promptly by MT Speaker ct q. m. yesterday morning
 Alter the usual morning business and the TO- port of various committees house bill No 49 was read the third time and passed by a unan-
 House bill No 69, regarding the Jackson county Savings bank was read the third time and passeds Yeas 53. nays, B.
 Mir. South moved to reconsider the vote by which the resolution regarding tho furnishing oi newspapers and stamps to members was defeated Carried.
 A ,5;. To amend 1t was finally passed in it's original form by vote of II to 43.
 After the second reading of number of bills and referring them 10 the proper committees fhe house took recess until o'el 9ek.
 The house reassembled at o'clock
 Almost the entire afternoon session was talk Gn up by the second reading of bills and thclr reference to the various committees, and tho introduction of new bills. Total number of bills introduced to date 13t. MT, Wagner presented resolution recItng 1he alleged bad results from the denomination oi silver and instructing our members of con gress to vote for free coinage of silver Referred 10 Ways and Means committee. MT Wadley introduced house bill No. 47, to legalize primary elections. Adjourned until o'clock Thursday morning.
 SENATE. LITTLE ROCK, Jan. D Met at 9:30 Twenty five senators present
 Senator B. D. Williams stated that he had been requested by Gov. Clarke to withdraw his motion to reconsider the vote by which the sen ate refused to print 3000 copies of his message and he accordingly withdrew it. The resolution fixing the converting of the senate at 9:3O q. m. and adjournment at ?. m., was debated at length and finally defeated. A message from the house announced the | passage of house concurrent resolution No. 4 | providing stamps and newspapers for the mem bcrs. Senate bill No. 52, fixing the punishment for Train robbery at death or imprisonment for l twenty-ene years was amended so as to make | the firing of gun or other weapon into a nov | ing train felony, with penalty Of not less | than five wears Imprisonment. The judiciary committee reported back sen | ate bill No r., to provide for the holding of a | constitutional convention, with the recon | mendaton that il do not pass. House concurrent resolution providing news | papers and stamps for members was taken up | md discussed at length On call of the roll | the motion to adopt the resolution was lost by i a tie vote--14 to h.
 Recess until 2:30 p. m. Immediately upon assembling for the after noon session a motion to adjourn until e;30 Friday morning was put and carried, in order | that the various standing committees could | meet during the afternoon.
 HOUSE.
 The house was called to order at O clock MT. Mathes. of the committee to ascertain | the price of newspapers reported the price of the Gazette, Democrat and Press, publishing | full legislative report. dailies wrapped and | maii0d free, at subscription price or separate | at l-2 cents each, seven weeklies in place of | daily one week; Commonwealth at cents Memphis Gommercial- Appeal, l2 cents; St | Louis Republic. 6 cents a month. The entire morning sesslon was taken up in | the second reading and assigning Of numerous | bills. and at noon the house took recess until | 2 !. m.
 The afternoon session was devoted to the in | troductlon df bills, 3l new bills being introduced inakipg q to1al 10 date of 165. On motion tie rules were suspended for the | purpose of electRe g stationery clerk and Miss | Hattie Hicks was nominated and elected with | out opposition At 3 :S5 D. m the house adiour ned until Fri |