The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1895-04-12

senate oiil No. is2, to regulate N.
ton OF fish, passed-ayes % mo-. me experss
resolution thanking IN.
rress, Democrat and Gazette for ,s..n q Ne
impartial report OF the prooe.e,s r ler Nd
adopted. 'eeoings WA
House OIL No. <s4 to repeal thu
ing she Lyronzo river navigable. 49, ses dsolsH
House bill No 25s, to flx the ,..
ries OF the officers of on COUNT SAY, n sal
ayes 20, noes Z. W. passed..
Many other bills were indefinitely no,,.
~ ~ "e.o ie.s on sae calendar as a her,ss..
.a', ne. sssemo.y ana at IL o'clock the 81.
Tell ana the thirtieth general a.semh,- sss
an end. noy vas at
During the closing hours of the ....,-
eral resoi utlons were adopted and .rroas . se''
the records thanking the various os..- upon
senate ana expressing Appreciation ~ ae
faithful and efficient manner in wh,ss ne
had severally performed their duties 'ney
senator Quincy, in q pleasant .n....
Denaf OF the members, presented Hon CO... "
VIII, president Of the senate, with shsa
some cane which that gentleman aeoeo,ssa
OF the gift. Ppfec'a'ioa
Senator She'll in q neat address
Hon. Thomas NJ. Mehafy with b sns.4a
gold-headed cane as a present from h,s ,s,,u'
senators as a token of his ability ana ,h.,.
TEEN Senator Mehany's response WAS ..s 81
acteristic, to the point and expressed NJ.
probation Of the gift. ap
Kew. Jewell was presented with a silr ~.
oehaf OF the senators and employees NV a.
Chas. 1. Gordon, secretary Of the sens,. -.
which he rendered his sincere thanrs 80 i ~
voked the blessings OF God on the donors
dav ns ha
quietly yesterday morning, but there wss -.
siderable nervousness among the member, -.
fear apparently OF another clash on the hy,h.s.
question. Only once. however was II ra,.,.s
10 during the day, and that was when ",
Brown. OF Prairie, arose TO q question OF nr,vt
lege. He stated that he did not supnoss a..
one thought for an instant that eith,, ~ !.
Mr.. 9ancey accepted the 800 from Mr. On,
with the intention OF keeping it, but be de,,,.a
10 state that he had delivered the mouev "a
Mr.. VIM. s. Mitchell. OF the Arkansas nsra
crat, on Mr. Coxs written order, for pres,n,s
tlon TO the orphans home OF this CITY. Th.,
organization had refused to accept the N ons,
aud Il had thereupon been given 10 the ocaos,,
OF the united charities
The Atlanta exposition appropriation Nm
Was the first business to come up,
A long debate ensued the opposition putting
forth every exertion to defeat the bill To ",
south was delegated the task OF defending ,he
measure by its friends, and right nobly ala Ia
execute the trust His speech was proesblv
the strongest most eloquent and most direes
that has been made In the house this session
and he was loudly applauded as he closed
The roll was caiied and resu.ted-ayes "a
noes p, which being less than two thirds
vote, the bill was declared defeated
Later. however, Mr. Speaker statsd that
there was reason able doubt as to the bill
making an appropriation from the treasury,
he aid not care to take it upon himself TO de-
clare that q two-thtrd's vote was necessary.
and would therefore, reverse his ruling ana
declare the bill passed II there was any
doubt 1t could be settled in the courts. The
decision was received with cheers and shouts
Following Is the vote in detail: