Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-05-05
PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY MORNING. MAY
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 Therefore, be it resolved by the Senate, that the author of this speech and accusations be requested to ap- pear before the bar of the Senate and be required to make specific charges; that he be required to state who so- ceived money to influence legislation, and who, so far as he knows, paid the same; what legislation was thus influenced. and all other charges con- tained in his so-called valedictory, and that the immaculate House which eo wiAungly lent ear to the charges made by innuendoes and which so anxious1y desired to propagate the same by printing them from Its con- tingent fund, having no doubt ex- hausted every known means to spend the same, be invited in body to at tend and listen to said charges, and that said member be requested to ap- pear forthwith,
 When the resolution was ruled put of order Senator Covington arose to a question of persanal privilege, and said:
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 MT. President-You are to be com mended for your attitude upon this question, and I agree with you that things of greater magnitude should claim the time and attention of this body While the action of the House in permitting MT. Little to indulge in such bitter and unwarranted invec- tive toward the Senate, and while it permitted a fragrant violation of the joint rules, yet, we should not con- plain, for in abuse there is no argu- ment and charges based upon false hood must fall
 MT. Little is to bye pitied rather than censured, for the reason that his action with all the attending clr- cumstances shows conclusively that some cowardly and irremedfable jack ass prompted him to it.
 Some of the senators here-so ome of you old gray-heads. who have never known dishonesty and who led the fight against the Bradham-Hurst bill may think that yo uhave been slander- ed, but let me Say to you that to have Little, who Is everything that his name implies, charge you with cor ruption, should be, and Is, a certifi cate of good character. No one should take seriously little pissmire like Little, for his stock iii trade is the profession of a parrot.
 In this, the closing hours of the session, when the interest of the state rests in our hands, it requires that manh|ood that at all times char acterizes the acts of the just and those who would establish the truth It requires that manhood that rises above the petty prejudices of the hour For, as has been beautifully said, I've are nothing but poor, weak mor- tals, after all"
 Among the other senators who dis cussed the resolution were Senators Martin and Phillips. Sena- tor Friedell said if any senator had done any wrong it ought to be in- but he deplored the act of the representative whlo so far forgot the rules of order as to indulge in the speech in the House yesterday.
 Senator Martin though the Senate should not dignity. the fellow whip made the speech yesterday.
 Senator Phillips said. 1.-two wrongs 10 not make right" and commend ed the President tof the Senate for his ruling that the Senate could not with take notice of what had been said.
 Every man who made speech on thetmatter commended President To- ney for the high and dignified stand le took, and it is the universal opin- on of the members that he had acted in statesmanIfke manner.