Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-08-14
TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE.


In the Senate Tuesday, petition from
a number of citizens Of 0bion county
praying for the extension Of the fran
chise law.
Mr.. Elliott, from the Committee ou
the Penitentiary, presented q report
identical with that submitted by the
House Committee on the some subject
In the House. the petition from Mem
phis against calling militia, and simi-
lar one from Wilson county, we're re-
ceived.
Cason moved that the petition be re.
ferred to the Committee on Military
Affairs.
Singletary moved TO amend by re-
ferring that portion Of the petition re-
lating TO the Kx-Klux Klan, but not the
declaration with regard to the Loyal
League.
Doughty did not think that the memo
rial ought to We referred at all Itwas an
insult TO the Republican party in Ten
nessee and to the House-the most infa
nous document ever yet presented 10
this body. He denounced the rebellious
spirit displayed in attempting to identify
the Loyal League, an organization hav-
ing for its object the protection Of lib
erty and the encouragement of loyalty,
with the blood thirsty and traitorous
Ku Klux Klan.
The House refused TO refer the memo
rial, and it took the usual course by be-
ing spread upon the journal
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the use of the Hall for this evening TO
Gen. W. j. Smith, Judge Barbour Lewis,
Capt. Hudson and Capt Carter. in con :
junction with the parties granted the
same privilege by the House yesterday.
Williams remarked that If, as the reso.
luton appeared to indicate, the quarrels
among the Republicans of Shelby county
were to be dragged into this Hail, he, for
one, was not in favor of adopting the
resolution. We already had bad enough
squabble in Davidson county.
Hamilton said that the names in the
resolution seemed to suggest that such
was the nature of the application.
Other members thought that as the use
of the Hall had yesterday been granted
to one wing of the party, it ought also to
granted to the other. Iaaa
Slngletary offered resolution in lieu,
to the effect that the use of the Hall be
rendered to ell persons who desire to dis
cuss the questions of the day, this pm,
at seven o'clock. f,
The resolution was subsequently with
drawn. ta
Taylor, OF Carter and johnson, moved
to amend the resolution offered by
Mckinley, so as to grant the use of the
hall next Thursday night, to the persons
named in. the resolution. Agreed TO,
and the resolution as amended was
agreed to.
Bosson, from the Committee on Fl.
nance and Ways and Means, to whom
was referred the bill to make settle-
ment with Colonel Boone, reported the
bill in lieu specifying the amounts to be
paid to certain parties on account of the
Quartermaster's Department, and pro-
viding that the Controller shall issue
his warrant directly to officers and men
of the State Guard for services and COM
mutation as shown by the pay and
muster rolls, on approval and recon-
mendation Of the Adjutaut General, in.
stead of issuing the warrants to Colonel
Boone.
Ryder inquired why the Controller had d
not already settled these accounts, as the
State Guard had been mustered out of
service long ago.
Bosson replied that he had been greatly
surprised when the original bill was in
troduced, as he had supposed that the
bill mastering out the State Guard had
fully provided for the settlement of these
accounts. He had not been informed
why the Controller had not paid them.
Ryder insisted that the House ought TO
know why the Controller had not taken
action in the matter, and moved that the
bill in lieu be recommitted to the Com
mittee on Finance, with instructions to
ascertain why the Controller had not
done so. Agreed to.
Woodcock offered a resolution instruct
ing the Committee on Military Affairs to
report whether there are any State
Guards at present in the service, and
how many. he bad seen commcnica-
ton in one of the papers, this morning,
signed by member of the "Second Reg.
ment Tennessee State Guards" Not
being aware that the State had any forces
N the field, be did not want the admin
stration to be credited with any more of
his sort of thing than actually existed.
The resolution was adopted.