Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-04-25
Well, McGibbony and Fran ey Vote Against Sus~
 pending Rules.
BLANCHARD ORDERS
 DRAFT WITHDRAWN
With Assurance Ordinance Will Re Passed Next Monday Night, Business Men Wire Railroad Builder Urging
 Him to COuntermand Orders.

Although supporters of the ordf nance granting a franchise to the Hot Springs. Pine Bluff & Mississipp River railway were unable last night at the adjourned session of the city council, to muster 9 sufficiently large vote to suspend the rules and place the franchise on it's third reading there is no doubt felt by them that when the council meets in regula' session next Monday night, the ordi- nance will have it's third reading anG be finally passed.
 Under the rules, a tWo-thirds vote is necessary to suspend the rules. r. is necessary also 70 suspend the rules whenever an ordinance is to be given more than one reading at any session of the council, and it is necessary to suspend the rules 10 consider any ordinance at an adjourned or special session, unless such session be called specifically to consider such ordi- rance.
 There are eight members of tha council, and to suspend the rules it requires six votes favoring suspen- sicn. Last night, at the crucial mo- ment, when a motion was offered to suspend the rules and read the ordi- nance the third time. the vote was , to 3, and the motion was lost because there was not the necessary iwo- thirds. Those five are "stickers," |" howev.r, and it is confidently ex- pected that when the ordinance comes up in it's regular turn Monday night, each of them will vote to pass ft. The five are:
 Alderman H. V. Bahlau, Alderman J. A. Clement, Alderman IF. o. Mc- GeWe Alderman J. Harvey Means and Alderman J. M. Simpson.
 Alderman Ben B. Well and Alder man George D. McGibbony have been consistently in opposition to the franchise ordinance since it was first put before the council on March G, exactly seven weeks ago.
 Alderman Frank Franey was ap- parently in favor of the passage of the ordinance early n the session last night, but later reversed him. self and no. only voted in opposition. but made short talk against hurry up" and "hasty" action on the meas ure.
 May Withdraw Ordinance.
 Unless telegrams sent last night to President George B. Blanchasd of the road have favorable effect. how ever, orders contained in telegram received yesterday afternoon from MT. Blanchard by his engineer here, w. L. Hart, will be carried out. MT. Blanchard's telegram instructed Mr. Hart that unless the ordinance was adopted last night, substantially as 1t had been amended and reported to him by telegraph Saturday night, for MT. Hart to move his headquarters and crew to some other point, to pro- ceed with the survey of the road from Benton to the Mississippi river, and to withdraw the ordinance.
 The council. after it's vote refus- ing third reading to the ordinance, was informed of this decision by MT. Blanchard, and attempted to win over one of the three antagonlstic members, but without avail. Local business men in their telegrams 10 MT. Blanch- ard late last night stressed to him the fact that there is little doubt the ordinance will finally pass at the meeting Monday night, and urged him to countermand his instructions to Engineer Hart.
 Big Crowd Present.
 There was a big crowd of business men , attendance at the meeting and several of these took part in the discussion and argument. Among the most prominent of those in the as sembly, to watch the council handle a matter which is generally ack- nowledged to he fraught with great and grave possibilities, were the fol- lowing:
 Creed Caldwell, Tracy Mills, F. E. Renfrow, Jo Nichol. H. w Coles, Judge w. D. Jones. B. c. Fowles. Stanley Dr: yfus, Clifton Dreyfus. Hugh c. Fox, J. F. Mcintyre, E. J. Kerwin, John F Mills William Eisenkramer E. B. Bloom, T. Havis Nixon, John W. Reap. c. E. Philpot, M. E. Bloom ). C. White. D. G. Payne. J. w. Merriam, J c. White, H. I. Holderness. 8. c. Alexander. Leo M. Andrews, Mai. w. J. Parkes, c. A. Cunning, w. B.