Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-03-07

ceiVed with great cheers.
 The Senate Proceedings.
 LITTLE ROCK, March 5.-Yesterday Chair man Gray of the joint committee on public charities, submitted senate bill No. 246, to pro- vide for the support and maintenance Of the Arkansas state lunatic asylum for the next two years. The sum appropriated is S226, ,327
 Senate bill No. 207 (South), relating to quiet ing of titles, was read third time and passed ayes 27: noes. ?.
 Senate bill No. 228 (Haley), changing the time to May l, before which samples of fert1li- gers may be submitted to the state chemist, was read third the time and passed-ayes. 28; noes, l.
 Senate bill No. 4S (Nianning), the railroad commission bill, was then taken up.
 Senator Grace offered an amendment which provides for the railroad company to select one member of the commission, and the goyernor, treasurer and chief justice of the state to Se- lect the other two The governor to appoint the three persons that are so nominated.
 Pending discussion on the amendment the senate took recess.
 Immediately after recess a vote was taken on Senator Grace's amendment to the Man ming railroad commission bill. The amend ment was adopted by vote of 20 to 6.
 A messenger from the governor reported that the governor had approved the following bills:
 No. 79 (Manning), to authorize the secretary Oi SJdle GO nave pfepdr6u journals ana SVd- tionery for the general assembly.
 No. 97 CMeGehee), to allow incura bles to be admitted in the insane asylum.
 No. 27 (Cazort, to prevent disorderly con- duct in legalized primaries.
 No. 9S (KimbelD, for protection of passen- gers of railroads from annoyance
 No. 100 (Witt, relating to criminal pro- cedure.
 The messenger also reported that the gov- ernor had vetoed senate concurrent resolution No 7 (A1anning), for the settlement of the diff f6rences between this state and the United States.
 This created quite commotion Motions to postpone, and to adjourn were made and voted down. Finally motion to defer until this morning prevailed
 The House.
 House bill No. 184 fPrince). to provide for working roads and highways, repairing and building bridges. was ordered to a third read ing.
 Mir. Prince in advocating the bill said that mill and half would pay for 50 days work with horse and wagon and seven men. One of the good features of the bill is that it pro- vides way to utilize the county conviets. It carries a local option law and he hoped it would pass
 After some discussion the bill passed-ayes, 60 noes, B.
 House bill No. 63 tWitherington) to make payable to the holder the checks of corpora tions and others, was ordered to it's third reading The bill passed-ayes, 64; noes, 10.
 House bill No. 297 (Wfllis), for the relief Of Jas H. Vandiver, eX-treasurer of Pofnsett county, was read the third time. Itappropri- ates $l, ,652 to reimburse the ex-treasurer for money paid to the state and of which he had been robbed.
 MT Naylor moved that the vote by which the bill passed to a third reading be reconsidered and the bill pass to its second reading. Car ried. He then moved that the rules be sus- pended. resuming it's consideration in com mittee of the whole. Carried.
 The bill was again read and MT Smith re- marked that MT Vandiver had sacrificed his farm, house and lot, and everything for honors sake He read letter from the prosecuting attorney, Jos. A Simpson, and letters from the business men in Harrisburg in favor of the passage of this act and in commendation of Mir Vandiver's character and honesty. He also presented the petition asking for his relief. The bill had been reported unani- mously to pass by the ways and means con- mittee. The house then took recess.
 House bill No. t3l (Moss), was placed on it's third reading. The bill increases the fines for gambling. At present the fines range from BIO to s25. The bill raises it so to range from S20 to S40 and reduces the prosecuting attorneys fee in such cases to BIO. The bill passed-ayes, 41: noes, 35
 House bill No. 21 (Herrn), consolidating state and federal elections, was read the third time. This was discussed in full, and when the vote was taken the bill failed to pass ayes 41 noes. 42.
 Mir Potts moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill failed to pass and to lay that motion on the table. After much confusion the vote WAS takPn-ayeS 43: noes 39