Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-03
ThE INSURGENTS
 DfN0UNCF T0NEY Declare That He Has Proven Ungrateful and Will Vote
 Him From the Chair
TROUBLE LOOKED FOR
Gun Plays Are Predicted For the Sen ate Session This MOrning-JOhn-
 son Breaks From TOney.

Little Rock, June 2-History mas been making, such as it is, during the last three days.
 The extra session of the Legsla- ture is developing all sorts of sensa- tions, and unless calm deliberation prevails, the end is not yet.
 There is an irrevocable split in the Senate, with two organizations claim ing supremacy, and two presidents contending for the seat of the pre- siding officer.
 The so-called Insurgent faction had nineteen men, one more than con- stitutiona1 majority, answering the rol, call Friday, and by vote of 13 to 5, one man being absent at the time, they proceeded to declare the presidents chair vacant, seating W. c. Rodgers, who was elected at the end of the regular session as presi- dent pro tempore, but who surrender ed his seat to President Toney when the extra session convened.
 Senator Rodgers, while present and voting with the Insurgents, said that he seriously doubted the legality of the session, and did nIot care to pre- side, so called Senator Oldham to the chair
 During the forenoon session. speeches were made by Senators Jac- obson, Phillips, Holt, Rodgers, of Ben ton; Green, Johnson, Woods and oth- CTS severely condemning Senator To ney hor what they alleged to be his arbitrary and unjust rulings. They declared that he had deliberately, by the rule of the gavel, overridden the rights of the majority, till the time had come when it could not longer be tolerated. Senator Turner sald that the majority of dilatory tactics and unfair rulings by the chair, had blocked nearly all desirable legisla- tion for the interest of the people, and had thereby brought odium on the Senate. As a member of the majority that had been thus denied their rights, he pnotested against such high-handed outrages.
 Senator Johnson said he had always been a personal friend of Senator To- ney, but was ready to vote to depose him, as he had betrayed the peoples trust, and had proven ungrateful and unjust. He gave notice that he then and there severed all political friend ships with him.
 Senator CarlLee moved correction of the journal of Thursday, to show that the Senate adjourned until Friday morning, and not till 11:45 a. m. Sat urday, as President Toney had arbit- rarily declared while many members were insisting on roll call. He asserted that President Toney's action was fraudulent under the constitu- tion, law and conscience, fraud per- petrated after mature and deliberate conspiracy to throttle the will of the majority.
 A resolution by Senator Green. re- citing the alleged fraudulent actions of President Toney on Thursday, de- clared the seat vacant and that w. C. Rodgers be the presiding officer This resolution prevailed by the fol- lowing vote:
 Yess-CarlLee, Christian, Fletcher Green, Hol., Miles, Oldham. Owens Phillips, Rodgers of Benton. Turner Woods-13
 Nays-,Deaton, Dill. Jacobson, Ran- ey. Rodgers f Howard-5.
 A motion by Turner for committed to locate the journal, which had "sNT- reptitiously disappeared and an at tempt to pass a resolution to adjourn sine die next week. wound up :he days business for the Insurgent Sen ate. At 2::30 there was one less than a quorum present, and the Senate adjourned until 10 a. m. today. There was much speculation tonight as te Il, he outcome of Saturdays session and there were predictions of serious trouble, even gun plays by some o1