Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-10-06
TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE.

Senate.
TUESDAY, Oct. 5, 1869 -The Senate met tO.d ay
| at 10 clock A. NJ, Mr.. Speaker Thomas in the
| chair and the following members present
| Messrs Bryant, Clementson, Cubbin. Cooper
| of Davidson, Cooper, of Bedford, Cason, Eason,
Etheridge, Faulkner Greene Hmaw S, Hart HAIL
! Palmer, Pearson, Peyton, Slaughter and Self.
Mr.. Martin was the only member absent.
Mr., Cubbin, of Shelby county. being present,
| was requested to come forward and have the
oath administered to him. which was performed
by Speaker Thomas. ,s.-
The Speaker stated that the first business in
order was the election of p Doork eeper.
Mr.. Bryant said that ne hoped the election
| Of Doorkeeper for the present would be sus-
| pended. as some of the members were absent
The Speaker said that as a quorum was
present they had no right TO suspend any cleo
ton unless by special order.
Mr.. n elsOn said that the suspension OF busl-
ness, when there was a quorum in the House,
was paramount to an adjournment. and that he
concurred in the opinion of the Speaker. IT,
Nominations having been declared in order,
the following were made: Mr.. Bryant nomina-
K. D. DetOrd of Hardin county. Mr.. Nell
s sSR M STEPHEN Beard Of Bradley
uel Ellison. of Sumner county. Mr.
Gason, nominated Henry, Blackburn. Of
Rehalb county. Mr.: Faulkner, nominated
WIN. Il. Walker, of Wilson county. Mr.. Pear
son nominated N. +. Towne, of Hamilton
county. Mr.. Hall nominated Barney Hines, of
Davidson county. Mr.. Cooper. of Davidson,
nominated i. b. SPAIN, Of Davidson county.
Mr. Luttrell nominated Anderson Hill, of
Knox county. Mr.. ClementsOn placed the name
OF w. z. Davis, of McMinn county, in nomina-
ton. Mr.. Cooper, of Bedford, nominated Rob
nominated james Ii. Mickey, of Lawrence
county. Upon the ballot being taken, the
following was the result: Deford B. Beard 2; e.
IIson : blackburn VIM. u. Walker y; N. +.
Towne 2; Hines l; Spain !; Hill 2 Davis /; Lewis
/; Mickey l.
The names of Mickey, Davis and Lewis. were
withdrawn after the second ballot. and after
the third ballot the name of N. T. Towne was
withdrawn. After the fourth and fifth ballots
were announced, the names of Messrs. Spain,
Ellison and Beard, were withdrawn by their
friends. Mr.. McFall then nominated W. j.
Morris, OF Williamson county, but after the
seventh ballot his name was Withdrawn. On
the eight ballot the vote stood as follows: De-
ford. 10; Blackburn, -; Hill, l. The ballot re-
declared duly elected. The following members
voted for Mr.. Blackburn on the last ballot:
Cooper. of Davidson, Cooper, of Bedford, CasOn.
Faulkner, Halves, Hart, Hall. Millsaps, McFaI,
Nelson, Pearson, PeytOn and Self
The next business announced by the Speaker
was the election for Assistant Door Keeper.
Mr.. Faulker moved to entirely suspend the
election of this officer, and remarked that if
there ever was a time in the history of Tennes-
see when they should economic it was now.
Mr.. Nelson said that he had served in the
Senate for four years, and there was a good
deal of work to be done, and it would require
the services of an assistant doorkeeper. There
was always something for him to do, and the
Senate would find that in very short time his
services would be needed lie moved to lay
the motion on the table.
Mr.. Faulkner said he would modify his TesO-
luton by suspending the election Of this Of
hcer for the present. An active doorkeeper
like the one they had just elected. cou u do the
work of body composed of only twenty-five
members without much difficulty.
Mr.. Morris stated that he had many assu-
RANGES that the members would all be at their
moi huun m
look up absent members.
The motion to lay on the table was carried by
a vote of IS to fl.
The following candidates for assistant door
keeper were then announced:
VIM Basket, W X Mccall. VIM Henry Cotton.
Frank Adams, John h Finnegan, Joseph X
Sell, Jn0 LAWRENCE. W Hill, Sandy Keel.
" hite Blakemore, Lawrence Sieer, J Ven
able. VIM 4 Hinton, James I Ellison. VIM
Lyon. Howard Pickett, Waitham and John
Patterson.
2 Mccall 6. Cotton 3, Adams !, Self 4, Hill !,
BlakemOre l, Hinton l, Pickett 2. Waltham l.
Eleven ballots were taken and on the eleventh
Mccall received IL, Cotton 2, and Self 9.
Mr.. Mccall was declared elected. The follow
ing members voted for him: Messrs. Bryant,
ClementsOn. Cubbin, CasOn, Etheri1ge, HAYES
Hart, Hall, McFall. Morris, Nelson. Slaughter
and Speaker Thomas.
The Principal Clerk, Mr.. George A. How ard
EngrOssing Clerk, Mr.. L. l.. Williams; the
DOOrkeeper. Mr.. Henry Black burn, and the As
sstant Doorkeeper, were then sworn In by
Speaker Thomas.
Mr.. Nelson offered q resolution, which was
adopted. that the Clerk ofthe Senate inform the
House of Representatives that the Senate was
organized and ready to transact business.
Mr.. Morris moved that the Clerk only state
on the Journal the result of the last ballot for
the various offices.
Mr.. CasOn said that the Journal ought to
show the acts of the Senate. The motion was
carried.
Mr.. Nelson moved a reconsideration, which
was lost.
MIR. Hart moved that the rules oforder and
government of the Senate for 1867 be adopted
as the rules and regulations for the govern
mept of this Senate for the present, Carried.
Mr.. Nelson moved that the clerk furnish each
mem Der Of the Senate a copy of those rules and
regulations.
Mr.. Morris stated that they were only adopt
ed temporarily, as he understood it, and would
be referred to the committee for Revision, as
soon as it was appointed. Whereupon Mr.. Mel
son withdrew his motion.
On motion of Mr.. Morris, the Senate adjourn
ed until tomorrow morning, ut 10 O'clock.