Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-28

9 concessions; and the friends Of the
1 bill wisely contented themselves with
making occasional brief but telling re
plies to the sophisiry Of their oppo
mems.
: At eleven O'Clock the senate ad,
: journey to the hall Of the house oi
/ Representatives to elect a registrar,
: and on returning took a recess.
{ l. In the afternoon several house bills
, were advanced stage.
The debate on the redistrictiDg bill
was resumed.
Messrs. Mcconnell and Gibson spoke
against the bill.
Messrs. Tolley and Coulter replied.
The latter exhibited plan Of the ap-
, poriionment proposed and voted fOT
!, unanimously by the Radicals in the
, other house. Some idea of the char
acter Of those high-toned gentlemen
may be gained by the following fig
ures: First district, las, ,250; second,
162, ,653; fourth I25,492, which shows
a far greater disparity in the popula-
ton of the districts than in the bill be-
fore the senate. The second and
seventh districts are gerryman-
dered out of all shape. The
/ exhibition OF this remarkable
chart cut the ground completely
from beneath the feet of the Radicals.
It has a labsrynthine appearance, re-
sembling the popular picture Of Rosa
mond's bower. After this exposure
OF Radical hypocriey and trickery
there is little danger that their cry of
geFrymander viii deceive any one.
The debate was postponed till to-
morrow.
The house resolution appointing a
committee to attend the funeral of the
late Ex-Governor Trousdale, at Gala
tin, tomorrow, was coneurred in, and
Messrs. Ridley, Brandon and Patter-
son appointed on the part of the sem
ate. The senate then adjourned as
mark OF respect to the memory OF the
deceased.
IN TEE HOUSE
Mr.. Harris presented the following
protest against the action taken by the
house yesterday, in the passage of the
house bill to amend the charters of in
cOrp0rated cities and towns for the
encouragement Of common schools:
''We, the undersigned, believing it
unjust and in direct conflict with the
principles of Tupublican government
70 tax the property of women and
non-residents for corporation purpo-
ses, without their assent or dissent
expressed at the bsllot-box as pro.
posed by this bill, do most solemnly
protest against its passage.
]. W. HARRIS,
Z. Z RICHARDSON,
The bill to dimin ish the public debt
was taken up as the special order, the
or Oh
raised yesterday by Mr.. Gordon that
the bill was not authorized by the
Governors proclamation.
Mr.. LUmpkin maintained that the
point of order was well. taken. but
even admitting that the bill came
within the scO-e of the governors
proclamation, he c0ntended that It
Wss still unconstitutional, the title of
the bill not containing the subject
matter of the measures. The caption
of the bill was to amend an act TO di.
minish the debt OF the State, while
the sUject Of the bill related to the sale
Of railroads.
Pending the discussion, the senate
met at the house of Representatives at
eleven O'Clock to elect registrars to I'LL
the vacancies in the land offices Of the
State, and the following officers were
elected: James Glover, for Middle
Tennessee; Montgomery @. ,Dibberel,
for the mountain district.
MIR. Pearson nominated A. Biles, |
OF Jackson, and Senator War |
rem, John W. Gates of Jackson.
district. On the first ballot Mr.. Gates |
received forty and Mr.. Piles forty-four |
votes. Mr.. Gates was declared elect. |
ed. MIR. j. W. Hicks, Of Cleveland |
county was elected for Oeoee district, |
and Mr.. james II. Armstrong, of l
Knox county, for Knoxville district. |
The convention then adjourned and |
the house resumed consideration of /
the railroad bill, which was finally |
tabled. Mr.. Crews offered a resOlu- |
ton providing that should the edUca-
ton bill now pending in congress be- |
come law, then the treasurer of Ten |
nessee as uperintendent ex-ofiicio of |
public instruction be required and di- |
rected to make report to the proper /
Otficer OF the United States govern |
ment OF our State system of public in |
structiOn, as required by said act.
Mr.. Freeman offered the following /
joint resolution:
WHEREAS, On Monday evening a /
mob was allowed to assemble in Nash /
vile and take from Jail and shoot and /
hang prisoner therein confined; and |
Whereas, The authorities of the |
aforesaid city of Nashville, having had /
one years notice Of said mob's inten-
ton, deliberately refused either to pro-
tect the prisoner or allow him TO be |
removed to place OF safety from said |
mob; therefore,
Resolved, In the opinion OF this
general assembly, that the aforesaid /
authorities have manifested an inefi-
cheney that Is alarming in its eharsc-
ter.
Resolved, That His ExceIIency John
Q. Brown, governor, be, and is hereby /
instructed to enforce the law upon all /
occasions, and whenever in his opinion /
the county, State or municipal author
tiles are unable or unwilling to do so,
he is hereby instructed to call upon
the United States authorities for such /
force as may be necessary to prevent
the violation Of law by mObs and force.
On motion of Mr.. Harris the rules
were suspended, but before any action
was taken on the resolution, the house
rose for q recess.
House joint resolution authorizing
the State railroad commissioners to
settle with the receiver of delinquent
railroads, was adopted.
The house bill to provide for col
lecting unpaid State and county taxes
by reselling lands heretofore sold for
such taxes was taken up on the senate
amendment, which was concurred
in.
Mr.. Harris moved to reconsider the
vote cOncurriDg In the senate amend
ment, vesting the authority to appoint
land commissioners in the county
courts. He explained that his object
was to offer an amendment providing
that no person who was and had been,
for the preceding twelve months,
member of the county court, or who
Yves interested in lands to be sold,
should be eligible to the Office Of land |
commissioner.
The house refused to reconsider the
vote of concurrence.
Mr.. Guild announced to the house
the death of Ex-Governor Trousdale,
and offered a resolution TO appoint
Joint committee to attend the funeral
Of the deceased at Gallatin tomorrow.
Adopted and Immediately transmit
ted TO the senate.
The speaker appointed assuch COM
mittee on the part OF the house Messrs,
Guild, FrieFson, Martin, Lewis,
Cheatham, McGlOthen and Wilson.
Adjourned.
ERIE