Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-09

son entered motion to reconsider the
vote rejecting the bill
To incorporate the Shelby county
Agricultural, Mechanical, and Horticul'
tural Society, passed.
Adjourned until tomorrow at 10
o'clock
HOUSE.
MONDAY, Feb. S.-The House was
called to order at 10 A. M, Mr.. PrOsser,
Speaker pro tenn, in the chair, and fiitys
seven members present.
PETITIONS.
Mr.. Mckinley sent upa petition from
the members of the st. MaTy's Orphan
Asylum Association for the purpose of
more effectualIy providing for the wants
of the orphans. Referred to the Com
mittee on Finance and Ways and Means.
Mr.. Mason presented petition asking
relief for the wife of William Lyles, who
was shot last summer in attempting to
arrest certain parties charged with muir
der. Referred to Committee on Finance,
Ways and Means.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF SATURDAY.
The consideration of the House bill to
incorporate the Tennessee Agricultural
Association came up on second reading
from Saturday, the question being on Mr..
McKinley's amendment giving the Gal
latin, Murlreesboro and Lebanon Railroad
Company tho power to extend their line,
with the same rights, privileges, etc, as
provided by charter from Gallatin in the
direction Of the Kentucky State line,
through Robertson county, and connect
with any other road at such point as the
company may deem best.
The amendment was adopted, and the
bill, as amended, was passed on second
reading.
Mr.. Singletary, chairman of the special
committee appointed TO investigate GER
tain charges against f. 5. Richards and
other members of the House, contained
in the report of the School Fund InveS-
tigating Committee, made 4 report OF
which a synopsis will be found else
| where.
Mr.. Doughty moved that the report
be cOncurred in and the resolution re-
1 tbiullltllttb ny Nllc COllAlllllO 10 AuOilGus
Mr.. White, of Greene The report had
taken quite a short cut in the matter,
| Just as he had anticipated. How could
| they come to correct conclusion Just
from hearing the report read ? While
the reputation Of Speaker Richards
had been brought in question in a
grave manner it should also be Temem
bered that the interest of thousands Of
children Of this State were also involved
lie saw plainly enough tho lodges which
had been resorted to for the purpose ofre-
heying the persons implicated by the tes-
timony Of Mr. Rutter and by their own
letters and dispatches. In the resolution
offered by him the other day he had held
that Mr.. Richards was not, in view OF
the testimony heretofore elected, fit
to preside over this House, and
he believed so yet. He was
for at once destroying the canker worm
which had so long been eating away
| the financial vitals of the State 1t look d
very strange that these witnesses against
Rutter had been brought before this sec
ond investigating Committee, as if to
crush his testimony by the very weight
of numbers Was the party afraid to
have the whole truth known Was it
rotten to the core that the revelations
thus made should not be permitted to go
lfrth to the work? As for himself, he
was not afraid to have his acts and mo-
tions laid bare, in connection with the
legislative record, and the House owed
it to itself to show tho same willingness
| He made full and frequent reference to
the admissions made by Speaker Rich
ards 40 his letters to Mr. Rutter as over.
| balancing, in his judgment at least, tht
testimony submitted by the former in hif
: own behalf, particularly with reference
| to the letters written from Chicago, il
| which Speaker Richards intimates tina
, he will recognize Rutter's kindness ''in;
5 practical way" While the rebels had car
ried off the millions of School Fund ant
: | robbed the children of the State, IN
. ease of emergency, and for the PURPOSE
/ Of carrying on war against the Govern
ment these other gentlemen, thes
wolqes in sleeps clothing, had sneaket
in and stolen tho rest A mean man II
one party was as bad as mean man IL
a another party. If they could not sustain
= the Republican party without having i
full of cut-thrOats, of men who accep
b brides and flch the legacy bequeated b.
k | the State to its children, then let the par
> ty burst-and he was as much Radica
n as anybody As regarded the falsel
termed eryGFte nature of the testimOn
- submitted by the first committee (whic
. was composed of men who could not b
" whitewashed, who could not be bride
= and did not want hats aud gold canes), b
would as soon accept the testimony {
one ctiprn as Of another. MIR. Whit
n evidently referred to the defense Of Nj
II Richards. submitted this morning, Il
y compared with the testimony of Mr.. Ru'
u ter. He hoped that the report just pre-
y scented would not be adopted as the sens
of the House.
Is MIR. Welsh made some remarks on th
r subject taking the position that the test
q mOny failed to convict Mr. Richards Ii
,e | said there was no doubt that the preser
al | agitation was a mere effort at d" tiustTIti
cation so as to split up and demoraliz
the Radical party. Was it rot quite az
T. parent that Rebels, COppcrheads and tn
" enemies Of the party were pushing tn
~ matter, and was not their object quit
= apparent2 Outside pressure was beiu
II brought to bear on this Legislature, an
% it was proper that members of this lIou.
should he cognizant of the fact
r. Mr. Bowles said that the outside pref
l. SURF" brought to bear was the acts {
oi guilty parties themselves.
at Mr.. Brown thought the mere fact
le borrowing money from a regularly cha
tered and solvent bank should not be col
he sidered an impeachable offense, and b
We yOnd borrowing some money from Il
he Tennessee National Bank, of Memph
lis Mr.. Richards was not gully.
sc During the course Of his remarks
RS made what MIR White, Of Greene, eonsl
cred refiectioes on himself when the Ia