Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-05-30
The Senate.
Adjourned till Monday.

LITTLE ROCK, May 24.-The senate met St o'clock promptly.
 Senator Hayes introduced a concurrent reso- lution to adjourn the legislature on June 1.
 Senator Hillhouse moved to amend that the legislature adjourn as soon the business spec flied in the governors call has been finished. Carried-ayes 16 noes 12
 The general appropriation bill was taken up, read third time and passed-ayes 26 noes 1. In the negative, Senator Lambert.
 House bill for maintenance of the Confed- crate soldiers home, appropriating s27 .040 for two years, was read third time and passed ayes 27, noes O.
 Senate bill to appropriate S25, 900 for the ben fit of the drouth sufferers read third time.
 The bill received the following vote: Ayes 19, noes z In the negative, Senators Grace, Gray. Quarles, Rains, Wilson, Witt and Will Hamson.
 The question was raised that it took a two- thirds vote of all the members to pass the bill, and the president so ruled the bill was de- clared lost.
 propriation bill was referred to the finance committee.
 Senator Hillhouse called up senate bill No. 6S, requiring hogs in the St. Francis levee dis trict to wear three rings in their shouts to pre- vent roofing up levees, the passage of which was recommended by the judiciary committee. The bill passed-ayes IS, noes 5.
 On motion Of Senator Hall, the rules were suspended and the bill to pay interest on the school fund taken up.
 Senator South said if this bill was insisted on he would hereafter oppose the direct school tax He thought the state was doing as well for the common schools as any state.
 Senator Quarles, replying to Senator South, stated that Arkansas never pays a debt, never had paid anybody, and as she is 60 years old, she could not plead the baby act. This is a sacred question; let us now begin to pay our debts.
 The bill passed-ayes 23 noes 5.
 Senator KimbelI introduced senate bill No 6e, for the relief of Geo. Tacxett sherif of Montgomery county, who lost sl. 800 tax money by fire
 The senate voted to reconsider the drouth suffers bill, and then adjourned.
 The House.
 Petitions were presented from citizens of Lonoke and Boone counties favoring the pass age of the Smith railroad bill.
 motion by Mir. Keith that the house ad- lourn June failed to pass.
 By permission, Mir. Wood introduced house bill No. 81, to repeal the act laying of and establishing that part of the St. Francis basin within the state of Arkansas into a leyee dis trict and disposing of the property belonging to said district Read first time.
 Under suspension of the rules, the deficiency appropriation bill was read third time and passed.
 House bill No 40 for payment of interest on the public debt, was read third time and passed-ayes B. noes 29
 The Hernn bill for consolidation Of elections was made special order for Wednesday morn ing
 House bill No. B, to reduce fee of congress sional candidates from BIO to s. was read third time. The bill failed to pass
 House bill No. 7, to cure defective acknowl- edgements, was read third time.
 On motion, recess was taken.
 II1., a l tion of house bill No. was resumed.
 Mir. Johnson favored the bill, and stated that those to be benefited by the bill were the farm ers who had trusted to the correctness of ack- nowledgements made before incompetent and ignorant justices and notaries
 Mir Curl opposed the bill, which failed to pass by vote of 43 to 34.
 The Bush bill to amend the election laws and extending additional rights to minority parties was taken up.
 Mir. Warren spoke at length in favor of the bill; he was in favor Of honest election meth ods, and was perfectly willing to abide by the result of such law. He challenged any one to point out wherein the bill was unjust and submitted that it embodied the very doctrines of the democratic party.
 Pending discussion of the bill, the house ad- journed.