The Green Forest tribune., 1909-02-19
With The Legislators
House Votes to ouss Mann.

| House Votes to ouat Mann. The concurrent resolution providing | for the discharge of George R. Mann | as architect of the new state capitol | introduced in the House, was adopted by that body after a strenuous fight | which lasted throughout the entire day. The adoption of the resolution by vote of 46 to 42 closed the hard | est fought battle the House has seen this session. battle which was won practically all legislators conceded, by l the individual efforts of one man, Rep. ! resentative Tillman B. Parks of La fayette. the only man who spoke in favor of the resolution from the time | it was introduced until the final vote was taken and who spoke for forty | minutes, closing the debate.
 | Old and tried members of the House who have witnessed many battles on | the floor of the north chamber esti- | mated that there were not 20 votes | In favor of Mr Parks resolution when he took the floor The same men did not hesitate in saying that the re- mainder of votes, or the other 26, were brought over to the resolution | by the author of the measure in his | closing appeal.
 MT. Parks denounced MT Mann and declared that he had been for the in terests of Caldwell & Drake against those of the state throughout the en- tire history of the capitol. He urged that the House choose the state in a question of defending either the state or the man. He attacked the argu' ment that MT. Mann had a good bond by declaring that good bond did not count for much in litigation. He de- clared that he believed the resolution would hold good and ridiculed those who would keep MT. Mann rather than have lawsuit
 He spoke in a quiet, matter-of-fact manner during the greater part of his speech It was seen at the start that he intended to fight with matter-of- fact argument. and not by resorting to eloquence. He went over the mat ter from start to finish, replying to opposed him, and when he concluded he was given the only ovation given any of the speakers at the close of their speeches
 The close attention paid Mir Parks during his speech and the ovation at the close appeared significant to the spectators who filled the gallery and lobby throughout the afternoon. The significance developed when the roll call started. and long before the clerk had reached the middle of the roll call 1t was seen that the speech of MT. Parks had brought about a decided change in the situation.
 House Disapproves Proposed Changes
 Two measures of statewide import ance were defeated in the House We'd nesday, but not until after a vigorous defense of each. One was the meas ure by MT. Cartwright of Stone County providing for the general dis tribution of the common tax levied upon railroads; the other was a bill by Mr Hurst of Washington providing for the right of cities and incorporated towns to use within their respective corporate limits four-fifths of the road tax levied in the city, and the re- maining one-fourth to be eXpendea III liIS SdLlG lJWiiSiip as tiiaJ III W -A-NAi the town or city is located.
 MT Hurst spoke in defense of the bill urged that the original intent of the present law was to effect just what he intended to have his bill secure, but that owing to a laxnesss of the provisions of the law the county judges could, and. in many instances, he declared, did defeat the purpose of the law by expending funds raised in one township in some other township and generally transferring road tax funds where they pleased.
 On final vote. the resolution lost. but the vote was much closer than would have evidently been the case. had the measure been pressed to q vote week ago. at which time it would almost certainly have been overwhelmingly voted down. It had gained considerable favor during the past few days.