Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-02-25


 Adjourned until Thursday morning.
 SENATE
 LITTLE ROCK February g The senate met yesterday morning pursuant to adjournment, a quorum present.
 An unusually large number of bills were re- ported from the standing committees.
 Senate bill No. lG0, substitute for senate bill No. IF, to settle the clam of Henry D. Clark for building Opossum Fork levee, providing for trial in equity of the case, the state not to plead the statute of limitation, auditor to draw his warrant for amount found due by the court, not to exceed SS4, COZ, was taken up,
 long and strong argument was made on both sides of the question and upon call of the roll the bill passed-ayes r, noes IA.
 Senate bill No. 152 to pay jurors mileage go ing and returning, was next called up. Passed ayes 15 noes 12.
 Senate bill No. 146. to tax transient dealers in general merchandise, was read the third time and passed-ayes 27.
 Senate bill No. 65 10 pay for supplies and arms furnished the state militia during the railroad strike, was read the third time and passed-ayes 8. noes L
 Senator Worthen moved that the remainder of the day be devoted to the consideration Of bills OF third reading. Carried.
 Recess until D. m
 After recess senate bill No 96 repeating cer- tain sections Of the assignment act was read the third time and passed-ayes 20, nays g.
 
 completion of the levee in the St. Francis leYee district was next on the calendar.
 Senate: Amis moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill went to it's third reading for the purpose of amendment
 A long and somewhat bitter debate ensued over this motion. Senator An1is stating that he knew he would stir up hornets nest when be moved to reconsider.
 The previous question being called for and sustained the motion to reconsider was car r.ed-ayes 19, noes '.
 An amendment was offered and motion made to refer to the committee on judiciary. whereupon Senator Wood asked permission to secretary started to read the amendment a cit izen on the oprosite side of the room called the secretary's attention to the fact that he was reading the wrong page first. Senator Wood regarded this as a queer proceeding. This statement caused no little talk among the sen. ators.
 The bill was withdrawn and the senate ad- iourned until Friday morning.
 HOUSE.
 Immediately following the reading of the journal in the house yesterday morning a peti- tion was presented from some 1900 negroes and others, praying for assistance to enable said negroes to go to Liberia. Referred. The report of MT. Clement, chairman of the committee appointed Tuesday morning to con fer with the auditor on his refusal to issue warrant to special assistant janitor, al once precipitated a debate. The report says the auditor bases his action upon the written opin- ion of both the retiring and the present attor- ney general Mir Monroe moved that the whole matter be referred back to the auditor with the compli- ments of the house; that he seemed to have better idea of what the house should de than the house itself, and the house should show it's appreciation of it.
 After A long wrauoIa inc motion 4uaS mt amid storm of noes, withdraw it." etc. Mir. Manning moved that the motion be tabled, which was agreed to
 After quiet had been restored the regular or der was resumed and house bill No 116 to le- galize primary elections, being special order was taken up
 When the discussion of this measure began it was apparent that the members had cooled down only temporarily, and determined on slaught was at once made on the bill by it's op- ponents and was met with equal determination by it's friends.
 Three or four attempts were made to order previous question without success; debate con tinued amid great deal of confusion Half the members were on their feet tlamping around the room discussing tho matter with each other, while the speakers gavel kept up an al- most inoessnnt knocking
 Soon after II o'clock another move was made for the previous question: which was met with prompt second MT. Patton then got in his work by moving m adjournment until D. m., which was carried, and thus for the time being the house escaped action on the bill
 At the opening of the afternoon session the discussion on the bill legalizing primary cleo tions was resumed.
 After several more flights Of brilliant oratory the roll was called and the bill passed-ayes A. noes 43.
 Vote ln detail:
 Ayes Baird, Broadnax, Brown. of Prairie; Coffman, Gotham, Crawford, Davies, Dedman Dunavant, DuVal, Gray. Harrod Hathcock Hayes, Henderson, Hilzheim, Holiheld, Houck Howard Jones, Kimbal Lake, Lambert Leatherwood, Lee, Leslie, Luck, Manning Martin, McGehee, McKie, Newton, overman. Patton, Quarles, Reese Robinson Rogers. Ro. mines, Sallee Smith of Union, Toomer. Turn. age, Vineyard Wadley, Wolters, Yancey-47 Noes-Armstrong, Blackwell, Bradsher Bratton, Brooks, Brown of Carroll, Bullock Butler, Campbell, Gate, Clement Comstoclx Groom, Dunn, Eagle Ferguson, Ford. Foster, Gallaher, Goodwin. Hanna, Herrn, Hill Hud- son, Keith, Liddell, Lybrand Mathes. Mat thews, Miller, Nance, Neai, Pope, Roberts. Ru. ble Shaw, Stephens Thomson, Wagner. Walker, Warren, Witt Mir speaker-43 Absent and not votiug--9.
 House joint resolution proposing an amend. nent to the constitution providing that the