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tie Arkansas supreme court t1sis f7t,-
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ten CT Prifae Se f....5s. jaeo9=
son for temporary restraining erdes
ae.,iil51 the legislative commission to
e2@jein thsm from proceeding further
,7i1h any work in connection with til
erection Of the state capitol until the
;.sue can be finally determined by the
supreme court upon its RECOMMENDING
next fall avs the Little Rock Demo
erat. FAe question was argued in 3
its merits and upon its bearings by
Private Secretary jacobson on berl-S>1
ef the s6Ee1IGr.s commission, aud by
CAas. T. Ce5eman for the legislative
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hour and half Mr.. Coleman sug-
gested that tie injunction could not
be properly issued as the legislative
commission IS not party to the quo
VIZ rranto proceedings appealed from
Pulaski circuit court Al the cone.u=
,iGn CT the argument Chief Justice
Bum announced taat he would de-
cline to grant the injunction, for the
reason assigned by Mr.. Coleman. And
50 the legislative commission will
continue in the discharge of it's duties
as though there had never been any
attempt to question its authority or
inlpsde its work.
1t was stated to be the ayowed pur
pose Of the governor to secure the
, Injunction if possible to prevent the
awarding Of the contract week from
today loi the completion of the build
, ing. The indications are that there
will be some lively bidding for the
! contract, which will run from 5000, 900
to 1915 600. No bid for a greater
amount than $1000,000 shall be con-
sidered. The successful bidder shall
be required to give bond in the
sum of $500 900 for the faithful per-
forlnance of his contract. It is prob
able that there will be nearly twenty
L;tders from all over the country,
, tnat number having secured and paid
for copies of the specifications. All
other things being equal, it will be
expected that the contract will go to
an Arkansas man
Mr.. Jacobson made an argument
lasting an hour and a half Rose and
Coleman, for the state, then suggest
ed that the judge was without power
to grant any injunction whatever
against the Legislative commission,
which was not party to the suit, and
could not be made a party. as this
was an appellate proceeding.
Private Secretary Jacobson announc-
ed that he would at once bring suit
en- behalf of the governors commits
sion against the legislative commits
sion to recover the alleged office OF
capitol commission under the usurpa-
ten act This will be brought before
Judge E. ". Winfield Of Pulaski cir
cult court, second division. Judge
Winfield is now holding court at Per
ryyille, and having adjourned court
here until August u, the suit could not
be heard in time 70 stop the letting o.
the contract Oh the 18th unless il
should be taken before the court at
Perryville.
Hon. E. NJ MeGfiman author of the
state capitol bill. was much elated
at the result Of the action, which he
believes definitely settles all eontro-
versy as to which is the legal com
mission. When told that it was pro-
posed to institute suit under the
| usurpation act, he replied that could
have no effect, as a plea of res adju
| dicata would be entered, and that
would be the last Of it.
Architect George R. Mann arrived