The Forrest City times., 1911-06-09
REVOLT IN HE
 ARKANSAS SENATE
THE RESURRECTION FOR 4 TIME THREATENED TO BECOME
 SERIOUS.
Senator FreideII, However, Bearing Credentials From Both Factions,
 Averts the Expected Clash.

1 Little ROck.-EXcepting 10 the fail ure of President Toney 10 order q roll call on a motion 10 adjourn from l 10 o'clock June to 1l:45 June 3, and which motion the president declared carried on viva yoce vote. a number of senators, headed by Senators Old ham, Turner, Woods and others. insti. tuted movement to oust Toney from the presidency. Immediately after President Toney had laid down the gavel and vacated the chair after having declared the senate adjourned as above stated, Senator Woods took the chair and ordered the secretary to call the roll. which he refused to do, on the grounds that the senate had adjourned. Assistant Secretary Ter rell was then elected to serve as sec retary and called the roll, which dis closed that only IT members were present. whereupon Senator Woods declined to conduct proceedings fur ther, on the ground that q quorum was not present, and vacated the chair, which was immediately taken by Senator Jacobson, who declared q quorum present in the chamber and appointed committee, consisting of Senators CarlLee. Oldham and Deaton to visit the house with instructions to recall the Rainey resolution providing for adjournment on June g. This body then adjourned until 9.30 Friday morning, at which time Senator Old ham called the senate to order and ! read communication from President Pro Tenn w. C. Rogers, authorizing him to preside, in case the senate | could be legally convened on that date Assistant Journal Clerk Coun- eil was elected clerk and ordered to call the roll, which showed that l6 senators were present, but Senators Turner and Rainey entered the hall later. When the reading of the jour nal was called for. that important book could not be found, so the sec retary was ordered to read the pre-. yfous days proceedings from the min utes on the secretarys desk, which
 were adopted as the journal after be- ing made to show that the senate. on Thursday. adjourned to 9:30 Friday, | instead of to 11:45 Saturday. This course in reference to the record of l former proceedings was taken upon
 q resolution offered by Senator Carl Lee, reciting that the journal had been pilfered and removed from the
 senate chamber. Senator CarlLee i spoke in behalf of the resolution to
 change the journal, vigorously ar
 raigning President Toney on acts of
 alleged unfairness, and urged all the
 members present to express them
 selves fully on the. question. Sena-
 tors Holt, Rodgers of Benton. Turner,
 Johnson and Phillips followed with
 scorching denunciation of alleged ty-
 ranny and gavel rule on the part Of
 the president in times past. while
 Senator Woods arose to ask the for
 giyeness of the senators for present
 ing the name of Senator Toney for
 president at the beginning of the
 regular session. Then, on viva voce
 Vcte, the resolution to correct the
 journal, as above set forth. was de-
 clared carried.
 Senator Green then offered a reso.
 lution declaring the office of presi-
 dent of the senate vacant, so far as
 Senator Toney's claims are con
 cerned, and that Senator W. C. Rog-
 CTS be named as the duly authorized
 president of that body. Among his
 reasons for offering this resolution.
 he stated that he and Senator Toney
 had always differed on matters Of
 legislation, that he opposed his cleo.
 tion as president in the first place.
 even refusing 10 vote for him after
 he had become the Democratic caucus
 nominee for the presidency. and had
 been dissatisfied with his rulings since. That this resolution would do
 away with the one, adopted at the be ginning of the extra session, declarinp. i Senator Toney to he president. Sen l ator Jacobson asked for roll call on
 the adoption of the custer resolution saving that while he disfked some 1 of his rulings, yet he could not af- 1 ford to support resolution 10 depose l President Toney. after he had been al- most unanimously declared president 1 by the full membership of the sen l ate. Senator Rainey was opposed 10 such an extreme measure. as he had
 no patience with the steam roller
 method Of doing business.
 On roll call, Senator Oldham. pre-
 siding, the resolution to oust Presi- 1 dent Toney, was declared carried by
 a vote of 13 to 5. Senator Jacobson
 raised the point of order that no of.
 flcer can be legally removed except
 by majority vote of the entire body
 quorum is sufficient to settle any l question.
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