The log cabin Democrat., 1913-01-22
SENATE PASSES
 UNEVENTFUL DAY
ONLY LOCAL MFASURESUP
ADOPTS RESOLUTION DEPLOR- ING DEATH OF LATE SENA-
 ATOR DAVIS.

Little Rock, Jan. 22.-Apparently with the life knocked out of the body through a skirmish over the employ ment of an additional stenographer, and at time when idle stenographers already employed sat about the room, the senate listlessly Tuesday after noon passed the time away on local bills and minor affairs.
 The only important measure of the afternoon session was the adoption of a resolution of house concurrent reso- lution No. 3, by Doyle. deploring the death of the late United States Sena- tor Jeff Davis. Senator Charles Ja- cobson, for a numUer of years private secretary to Senator Davis but who later parted political company with his former chief, delivered a very pa thet.c eulogy on the deceased senator, telling of incidents in which Jeff Da- wis asserted his true self. and charac-
 Nl -E-tIiS iAi4il sb9 q 4sic-is C-ii~tLt OA Jul pose. though he many times appeared to be ins;ncere He ~t&ted that the love of Jeff Davis fer the common people was not political thunder, but t came from the heart He also spoke of the supreme confidence of the form CT governor and senator, saving he never went into |. campaign without the belief he was going to win, and was able to convince al with whom he came in contact that he would tri- umph. Senator Jacobson further stat ed that Senator Davis, as little as many people believed it, was Q deep thinker, and was supremely happy when alone, looking out window, see ing nothing and busy with his thoughts.
 Only once in the afternoon did the senate take on fash of it's morning fighting form, that being when Sena- tor Martin arose and called for senate concurrent resolution No. 1, which called attention to the fact that there was supposed to be only a 60-day ses- sion, and with the senate entertaining local bills, too much valuable time would be wasted. He asked that this be disposed Of and it Was-tabled "A to 6, showing that practically all the senators have local bills they wish to pass sooner or later. 4 motion was made to amend to consider only local bills which had been advertised in their counties for thirty days prior to the converting of the General As sembly, but this, too, failed.
 On motion of Senator Holt a con- mittee of seven, three from the senate and four from the house. was provid- ed to visit the State Normal.
 The bill introduced by Senator Carl Lee. giving the owners of the river bank on a navigable stream the right to operate ferries and to make landing on the opposite bank, even though the ldHu IS IlOI OWHtu IllcIS by NiiSHI, was passed.
 Senator McBee called back his bill for the consolidation of towns adja- cent to each other, providing for a special election in each town before consolidation could be made, for an amendment. He was granted the privilege and tackled on provision which made the bill apply only to Crittenden county. He explained la ter that the bill was introduced for the purpose of consolidating Earle and Norvell, but it is the general opinion that Argenta and Little Rock are the two towns most interested in the bill. The feature which requires an cleo tion in each town, where a majority of votes must be received in favor of consolidation before 1t can take place, looks as though Argenta is making sure Little Rock will not take advan- tage of the present law and again make one city of the two.