Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-02-08

would support the scheme for six judges.
This would give sufficient force for two
courts, with very small additional ex-
pense over the regular court.
Dir. Davenport thought the five judges
for in the regular court could do all the
business, from the fact that many cases
on the docket of the Supreme Court arose
out of the wan and few decisions would
clean the business off very materially.
Mr.. Garner was in favor of teplpO
rary court. He wanted to rush through
the arrearage of business, and get through
with it in a few months if possible.
Mr.. Brown, of Davidson, strongly
favored the plan for having six Supreme
Judges. Increasing the regular force
from five to six would give them the bene-
fit of two courts. These two courts could
wOrk-the one on the equity, and the
other on the law docket, and thus push
through business with dispatch.
Mr.. Nicholson favored the plan of Mr..
Heiskell, although he had prepared an
amendment providing for temporary
Judges. He thought there were strong
arguments against all the propositions
which had been offered for putting the
business of the court in commission.
Mr. House was still in favor of his
plan, which provided for nine Judges.
This force would be able to work off the
present docket in about a year. The six
Judges would be laboring along encum-
bered with back cases, and it would be
hard to tell when they would get through.
He thought the interest of the people of
the State demanded that the old business
of the Supreme Court should be disposed
of as speedily as possible. There was no
means of getting rid of the sixth Judge
when arrears of business had been dis
posed of. He m ght hold on for the en-
tire eight years.
Mr.. Turner proposed TO amend Mr..
Heiskell's amendment by giving the Gen
eral Assembly power to dispense with one
of the judges after 1878. This was &C
cepted, but was afterward rejected upon
objections being made.
The proposition of Mr.. Heiskell was
adopted in lieu of that of Mr.. House,
Mr.. Fentress having withdrawn that of
fered by him.
The vote ON the adoption was as fol
lows:
Ayes-Messrs. Allen, Arledge. Bate,
Baxter, Blizzard, Britton, Brown of Da-
wilson, Brown of Henry, Carroll, Gibson
and Madison, Burkett, Burton, Byrne,
Campbell, Chowning, Coffin, Cypert,
Deaderick, Doherty, DrOmgOOle, Fen
tress, Fielder, Fulkerson, Gardner, Gaut,
Gibbs, Gordon, Heiskell, Henderson, Hill
of Warren, Hill of Gibson, House of Da-
wilson, Robertson and Montgomery, Ivie,
Kirkpatrick, Mabry, McDOugal, McNabb,
Morris, Netberland, Nicholson, Porter of
Haywood, Porter of Henry, Seay, Shep-
ard, Shelton, Staley, Stephens, Taylor,
Thompson of Davidson, Thompson of
Maury, Turner, Walters, Williamson and
Wright-53.
Noes-Messrs. Brandon, BransOn,
Brooks, Cummings, Davenport, Dibbrell,
Finley, Garner, Gibson, House, of Viii
hanson, Kennedy, Key, Kyle, Meeks
Parker, Sample, Warner-17.
MIR. Dibbrell offered the following:
''The first election for Judges of the Su-
preme Court, Chancellors, Circuit and
other Judges, and District Attorneys, after
the ratification of this Constitution, shall
be held on the first Thursday Of August. j
Mr.. Baxter proposed to amend by max
ing the time on the last Thursday in July
next.
The Convention fixed the day for the
election of judicial officers on the last
Thursday in July, by the following vote:
Ayes-Messrs. Allen, Arledge, Bate,
Baxter, Blizzard, Brandon, Britton, Brooks,
Brown of Henry, Carroll, Gibson and
Madison, Burkett, Burton, Byrne, Camp
bell, Cliowning, Cummings, Deaderick,
DiJbrell, Doherty, Dromgoole, Fielder,
Fulkcrson, Gardner, Gaut, Gibbs, Cor
don, Henderson, Hill of Warren, Hill of
Gibson, House of Williamson, Kirkpat
rick, Kyle, McDOugal, McNabb, Meeks,
Netherland, Nicholson, Porter Of~ Hay
wood, Porter of Henry, Scay, Shepard,
Stephens, Taylor, Thompson of David
son, Thompson of Maury, Walters, War
ncr, Williamson and Wright-5O.
Noes-Messrs. Branson, Brown, of Da-
wilson, Coffin, Cypert, Fcntress, Garner,
Gibson, Heiskell, House, of Davidson,
Robertson and Montgomery, Ivie, Kenne-
dy, Key, Mabry, Morris, Sample, Staley
and Turner-17.
On motion of Mr.. Nicholson, the sChed-
ule was referred to the Judiciary Commit
tee for further amendment.
The Convention then adjourned.