The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-05
MAYA, 1865.
The House met at o'clock. Prayer
by Rev. Mr.. Gee.
REPORTS M co,ruTTrra


las, offering in lieu, bill to punish |
providers, guerrillas, brigands, highway |
pirates, and outlaws The bill provides |
those who, being no part Of any organ |
lied army, make raids upon citizens |
and deprive them of their property, |
shall suffer death. Those who in dis |
guise or otherwise, by violence rob citi-
zens shall suffer death. All armed |
providers, scouts, or single soldiers, at
lacking citizens by force, to kill or rob
them shall suffer death. All who, aid,
by feeding or Otherways, such outlaws,
be shall be punished with 5 to 20 years
in the penitentiary. The bill in lieu
was received and placed on the cslen-
dar.
The same reported House bill No 60:
To amend and -defne the statutes of
limitations Passed second reading
Mr. Fusan, from committee on Insane
Asylum, reported Senate bill No. SO:
Regulating admissions into the Insane
Asylum, with a bill in lieu, providing
that negro patients shall not be admit
ted into the same building, but that
the necessary arrangements be made,
at an expense of not over $4,000, for
their reception at the farm belonging
to the institution. The bill in lieu was
spread upon the calendar, and the
House took a recess preparatory TO go
ing into the election of United States
| Senators.
ELECTION or UNITED STATES sEEAToRa
At 10 o'clock the two Houses went
into Joint session for the election Of
two U. s. Senators.
Mr. Duggan stated that Senator from
| Randolph was confined to his room by
| sickness. He understood that in such
cases the custom was to appoint q com
mittee TO take the vote Of the absent
member. He moved that q commit
tee of two be appointed TO perform
that duty.
Senator Senter wished to know
| whether the committee were to report
on each ballot, or only on the final one.
The Speaker could not answer the
question, it was for the convention 70
decide.
Senator Butler read from the State
Constitution & provision requiring the
vote to be given viUa vocs
Senator Smith could not think it
posi- ble' TO take the vote in the way
proposed. How could they do it if the
said person were far away in West OF
East Tennessee?
Mr. Dillon did not believe the Leg
islature had power 70 take a vote in
the manner proposed.
Senator Trimble moved to lay Nr.
Dugcin's motion on the table which
motion prevailed, and those present IN
joint convention proceeded to the
election.
Senator Butler moved that the Con-
vention first 90 into an election for a
successor to Hon. Andrew Johnson,
whose term, the Speaker announced,
expired March 4th, 1868. The new
term will expire March 3, 1869
Mr. Speaker Rogers nominated the
Hon. Horace Maynard Of Knox county.
Mr.. Cooper nominated a. A Kyle, of
! Hawkins county.
Senator Butler nominated Hon. Da-
vid 7. Peterson, of Greene county
Mr. Symmetry nominated Hon. Ma
thaniel G. Taylor, of Carter county.
Isl ballot Maynard, So; Patterson,
80; Kyle, IL Taylor, y Necessary to
choice 49, No election. Total mum,
Der of votes 81.
The following is the vote on the fret
ballot:
JSenate-MAYYARD.-Bosson, Case, Fri.
erson, Hurst, Keith, Peart, Smith, SEN
ter, Spence.
PATTERsoN-Butler, Bowen, Cate, Cy-
pert Frazier, Lasater, Muse, NJ cKin
.ney, BIcElwee, Trimble,
TAYLoR-None.
KYLE-None.
RepreSsnt1tiucs. -MAYyARp-Anderson,
Arnell, Donaldson, Doughty, Dowdy,
| Duggau, Elliott, Gaines, Garrett, Gar
ner, Gilmer, Henderson, Kerchival,
Mason, Maxwell, Melton, MINIS, Null
10y, Moss, RaulstOn, Ryder, Rogers,
Smith. Of Hardeman, Underwood, Wa
tiers, of Madison, Warren, Wines.
PATTERsoN.-Carter Dillen, Faulkner,
Fusan, Gillem, Grimmett HermaDs,
| Heiskel. Hudson, Jarvis, Jones, of
Greene, Lewis, McNair, Nicks, Pickett,
Scales, Simmons, Shultz Smith, of
Obion, Stegsld, Thomas, Of Coffee,
Thomas, Of Benton and Humphreys,
Waters, OF Wilson, Walker, Wright,
| Woodcock.
DEMONSTRATION, Brittle, Coward,
Copeland, Griffith, Grove, Mullins,
Porter, Symmetry, Wagner.
KYIE-COoper, Jarvis, Mullenix, Nor
man, Steele, Thornburg, Willis.
2d ballot. Maynard 81, Patterson 2,
Kyle s, Taylor Is
81 ballot Maynard "a, Patterson 30,
KYLE s, Taylor l3. Mr. Cooper with
drew the name of Mr.. Kyle, himself in
the next ballot voting for Taylor.
4th ballot: Maynard IS, Patterson
a, Taylor Is. Mr. Symmetry withdrew
the name Of Mr. Taylor
9Th bsllOt Maynsrd IS, Patterson 81
TAYLOR l.
The following is the vote on the 9th
ballot
.S.aatorG-MAYSARD-Bosson, Cypert,
Case, FriersOn, Keith, Peart, Smith,
! Spence
PATTERsoy--Buter, Cate, Frazier, Las
alter, McElwee, Trimble
! TAYLoR-Nuse.
KYLE-Boweu, Hurst, Mckinney,
Senter
one vote was given for Rodgers
PeDreseEt1iiucS MAYNARD - Ander-
son. Arnell, Brittle, Coward, Donaldson,
/ Doughty, Dowdy, Duggan, Elliot. Gaines,
Garrett, Gilmer, Grove, Henderson,
Kerchival, Mason, Maxwell, Melton,
MINIS, Mulloy, Moss, Porter; Rsuiston,
Rogers, Smith. of Hardeman, Under
wood Waters, of Madison, Warren.
PATTeRsoN-Barton, Carter, Cooper,
( Copeland, Dillen, Faulkner, Fusan,
Garner, GillemIG Griffith, 6rimmett, Hood,
Hudson, Jarvis, Jones; of Greene, Lew
is, McNair, Mullenix, Mullins, Nicks,
Norman, Pickett Ryder, Scsle-, Sim
mons, Symmetry, ShultE Smith, Of
Obion, Steele, Stegsld, Thornburg,
Thomas, of Coffee, Thomas, of Benton
b and Humphreys Wagner, Waters, OF
Wilson, Walker, Williams, Willis,
Wines, Wright Woodcock, Speaker
Heiskell
TAYLoR-Wagner.
; kYLE-None.
J. Speaker Rodgers announced that Mr..
fatbefson was elected to serve four
years from March 5, 1865.
y THE SECOND ELECTIoN.
e The convention then went into an
eleeh9 lI Tor IS a Senator in place of Hon.
a A o. Z. Nicholson, for the tsrr, ~ -,
I years from March 4, 1865 I'm = S'>
Mr. Dillon nominated Hon + {
N Fowler, Of Davidson county. .
4 Mr.. Simerly nominated Senator Joh,,
q Trimble, Of Davidson county 0''D
a Mr.. Carter nominated w. II. Wissrer
- Of Bedford county.
Mr. thomas nominated Jna B
n hodges, of Van Buren, county.
az Senator Case nominated Isaac R
Hawkins, Of Carroll county.
senator Irimble nominated Return
j. Meigs, Sen, of Davidson county
70 Mr. Arnen nominated Frapci. T
be Fogg Of .Dayidson county,