The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-25
ARCHITECT MANN
 SLATED TO GO
The Effort to Reconsider Resolution Providing for His Discharge Failed Capitol Bill Up in Senate
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Parks resolution providing fo, the discharge of Geo. K. Mann, late Wednesday afternoon, after having spent the entire day IT Consideration of the measure. During the morning session the house voted to reconsider the Resolution, the evident intenl and purpose of this reconsidera. ton being to vote the resolutior down, on the ground that it has no legal value and represents merely a sentiment, and the req power lies in bill to disch arg ( Mann, as the state capitol arch;- tect.
 MT. Hatchett, of Van Buren, Surprised the whole house by the splendid effort he made against the resolution. He be.i,ves Geo. R Mann should be discharged, but he did not believe that con- cprrent resolution would do if and he challenged the advocates of the resolution to show that ii would. He believed the passing of the resolution would retard rather than advance the solu- tiou of the matter, and favored voting it down and pressing the house bill bv Mir. Hurst, which provides for the discharge of Mann, to it's carly passage ip. stead.
 Mir. Parks then closed the dis cussion on the resolution, in it's favor. He reiterated statements he had made formerly in its favor and charged that 10 vote against 1t would be tsking the side of the contractors against the in- terest of the state, As 10 the legal weight of the resolution itself he did not go into any particular analysis, but declared that Mann should be discharged and the sooner the better.
 Final vote on the resolution was taken, showing 5l in favor of it's adoption and A against it.
 Following this action of the house Hurst called up house bill No. 165, of which he is the author, providing for the dis charge of Mann and empowering the governor to select another afchitect in his place. The bill was read the second time and rent to ths committee on the state capitol with other matters now before that committee. MT. Hurst is a member of the com mittee on state capitol, and it is expected that the bill will he re. ported back to the house without delay.
 The Senate.
 The senate took an early ad- journment last afternoon, in or der so rest up from the tension of the two days debate over the Greaves Sumpter contest. Only two or three bills were either proposed or considered. Senator White called up the state capitol bill of Senator DeRossitt. being a till provided for the comple- ton of the new state capitol, and carrying $550, 1000 for that pur- pose. An amendment was pro- posed providing for the employ ment of construction snperin- tendent at a salary of $2500 per year, the adjournment was taken before any consideration could be given the measure.
 Prior to this bill by Senator Rowland providing for an amend inent to the rules governing the entrance of pupils to the deaf mute institute and fixing the eligible ages at from c 10 2 years, was unanimously adopted.
 The bill providing for a sue ceeding judge to sign bills of ex. ceptiou in cases where the pre- ceding judge has died or become Insane, was also passed.
 The house bin providing for the creation of a levee district in Crawford county was called up, read twice and referred to the commlttee on drainage.
 Announcement was made to the senate of the appointm ent by the governor of several members to tie state university medical board as follows: Dr. J. H. Lenow, Little Rock; pr. w. B. Lawrence, Batesville; Dr. l.. Kirby, Harri- son.