The Sentinel=record., 1915-02-27
Special to The sentIneI-Record.

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 Little Rock, Feb. 26.-Not in any one days session of either the senate or house in years has there been such a legislative battle waged as took place in the upper body today. when the State Fair Commission bill came up for consideration, and when the smoke had cleared away the measure carried an amendment that exempts 33 of the counties in the state from the provisions of the bill.
 1t was day that will lone be re. membered by those who participated Tn the proceedings and by the crow that was on hand to witness the fight
 The friends of the bill did not sue ceed in preventing fi'ibuster. They may have changed the rules. but the opponents of the bill took Thursday night il which to organize and plan. and the senate had not been in ses. sion very long when the lombard ment started The opening gun against the bill was an amendment to refer the same to the people This was lost by a vote of r. to 15. Then followed an amendment to exclude all counties save that of Garland That came within the proverbial ace of passing and had it been adopted the State Fair Commission bill would have had a hard road to travel when it reached the house. However. two of those who had been fighting the bill switched" and the amendment to give Garland county the exclusive provisions of the bill was lost by vote of IS to l4 All this took up most Of the morning session, for each amendment was the signal for ora tory. wise and otherwise for when filibuster is on oratory is uncorked, and this occasion was no exception.
 Shorty before the noon hour Sena- tor TOler arose with amendment No. 9, It was to strike out the emergency clause. Had this been adopted it would have pulliried the immediate adoption of the bill. The act would have had 10 wait ninety days before becoming effective and in that time there would have been much oppor tunity 10 initiate a petition against it. Senator Toler was speaking or his amendment when the noon recess hour arrived. and 1t was taken up i'm mediataly after the session had been called to order in the afternoon. This amendment. however, was lost the vote being s to l5.
 Not to be outdone, Senator Toler had another amendment By the grace and very kindly consideration of President Lundy the opponents. of the bill had all the best of the parlia mentary rulings For instance, Sena- tor John Ike Moore, who has been a staunch champion of the bill, imme- diately after the TOler amendment to eliminate the emergency clause had been lost moved the previous ques- ton The motion was quickly sec. onded, but President Lundy did not put the question. Instead, he per mitted Senator TOler's exemption amendment to be offered, and it was adopted, the counties named therein being as fo lows
 Grant, Saline, Hot Spring White, Faulkner, Prairie, Lonoke, Clarke, Pike, Cross, Woodruff Washington, Polk. Howard, Sevier, Little River, Hempstead, Nevada. Jefferson, Sebas- tian, Cleburne, Conway, Searcy, Van Buren, Greene, Cleveland, Crawford, Sharp, Scott, Franklin, Arkansas and Monroe.
 The vote on the exemption of coun- ties carried. Is to 15. A motion to re- consider the vote and lay it on the table carried, 19 to 15,
 Saturday morning at 9:30 o'clock the bill will be considered. The sen ate will vote on the measure as amended. It is very likely that 1t VIII pass and will then have to go to the house. which will be asked to concur in the senate amendment
 The house has not the power tc further amend the bill,
 The house will either have to adop' the senate amendment or decline tS do so.
 In the event that the house declines to adopt the senate amendment th' bill will he reported hack to the sen ate together with the action Of th'