Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-29

cities and towns of the State for the Ell
couragement of common schools. Passed
To authorize the Governor to appoi1
agents for the settlement of claims betWee
Tennessee and the United States. Passed
To enable the Railroad Commissioner
10 perfect the title to the McMinnville anC
Manchester Railroad. Passed.
To afford relief to litigants. Passed.
To defray the current expenses of til
present session Of the General Assembly
Passed.
To legalize the action of the Governor il
the protection and care of the archives O
the State, etc. Passed.
HOUSE BILL ON THIRD READING.
To change the time of holding the Chan
Gerry Court of Lake county. Passed.
SENATE BILL ON THIRD READING.
To regulate and fix the compensation O
the physician and chaplain of the Peniten
tiary. Rejected by unanimous vote.
THE REDIsTRICTING BILL.
The debate on the redistricting bill wa!
resumed.
Mr.. Earnest said it would be advisable tC
obViate the difficulty which had arisen
through adopting the House bill in lieu OF
the Senate measure. He therefore moved
that House bill No. 80 entitled can act to
appOrtiOn the representation in the Congress
of the United States, and adopted in lieu
of the Senate bill for the same purpose and
passed its first reading, be now taken III
and passed on its first reading as if no &C.
ton had been taken upon the bill.
The Speaker (Mr. Porter in the chair
ruled as follows: The bill under consider,
alton having been substituted for the Senate
] hill and II hlip-r on, tie IL
reading, the chair refuses to entertain such
! a motion.
Mr.. DuBose denied the right of the
! Speaker to rule the motion out Of order be-
! fore it was discussed. He (Mr. DuBOse)
commended that the bill would be illegal un-
less read three times in both houses. A
substitution was not an amendment.
| Mr.. Warren asked if bill should come
from the House and be referred to a Senate
committee and a bill should be reported and
adOpsed in lieu of it, would it not he valid?
Mr.. DuBOse said that was the question
to be settled. He suggested that the former
action of the Senate could be rescinded by
resolution.
Mr.. Tharpe was opposed to any
further delay on this bill. Delay was
the most powerful weapon that its oppo-
nents could WELD to defeat it. He suggest
ed that the Senate take immediate action
on the measure, unless Senators wished to
discuss it further.
Mr.. Coulter said the constitution only re-
quired that the journals should show that a
bill passed three readings in each House.
1t had already passed one reading in this
House, let it pass a second reading to-day
and third tomorrow. The mere STYLE of
'.first," "seCond" and ''third" reading was
for legislative convenience, and nothing
more.
No appeal having been taken from the de-
cisiOn of the chair, ruling Mr.. Earnest's
motion out of order, the Senate proceeded
to the consideration of the bill.
Speaker Vaughn denied the statement
which had been made that he was an as
pirant for any Office at the hands Of the
people in the Third district. He had been
slandered throughout the State by his enc
mics, but he cared nothing for that. In his
position as Speaker Of the Senate, he had
always endeavored to treat Republican
Senators fairly.
Mr.. Gibson acknowledged that Speaker
Vaughn had always acted impartially to-
ward Republican Senators. They had no
charge to make against him on that score.
Mr.. Vaughn continuing: The argument
used by the Republican Senators that the
I'd district had been formed to gerTymander
Horace Maynard out IF Congress was Who'll
ly unfounded. 1t seemed from the speech
Ofthe honorable gentleman from Campbell
mir. GibsOn) that the disappointed aspirant
TO Congressional honOrs was not Horace
Maynard, but the Senator from Campbell
himself. That was the secret of the honor
able gentleman's opposition to the bill
There need be no apprehensiOns for Mr.
Maynards future. He would, no doubt,
be provided for. Mr. Vaughn referred to
the charges which had been made against
him personally during the recess. aud said:
If have been charged with having acted in
a way unbecomiug a gentleman, | pro-
nOunce those charges false as he'll itselfand
the men who utter and hold themselves
responsible for those charges, l here in my
place denounce as liars and towards, and l
am responsible for what | say. If L were
guilty of what has been charged against
me, and belonged to the party in power at
Washington, it would be q good recon-
mendation for me, and l think l could 90
to Congress from the Third District.
After some further discussion irrelevant
to the question before the Senate, Mr..
Hughes commended that the eastern dis
tricts had been formed in the interest ofthe
State at large, to Obliterate lines which had
divided the State into three sections, and
to harmonic and consolidate the interests
of the State as q whole.
Mr.. Mcconnell having spoken briefly
against the bill the Senate rose for recess. |
The Senate re-asSembled at three O'Clock.
trpT-EIr TlTT { CS- THIN DE
To amend the act for the more efficient !
of the State prison. The bill !
was amended so as to provide that the |
Warden shall reside at the Penitentiary and |
shall be furnished with suitable apartments; |
also fixing his salary at 81 600 per aunum
together with fuel, ETC.. and 500 for the |
board of the Assistant Warden; also TeviV- |.
ing the Office Of Assistant Warden who shall |
be appointed by the Governor. The bill |
as amended passed.
To provide for the speedy hearing of |
causes in the Chancery Courts of the State. |
Amended and passed.
THE APPORTIONNIENT BILL.
The debate on the redistricting bill was
Mr.. Clarke said he would not take up
much time in discussing the merits of the |
DAil3 XVI 10 HehootAssC " 10 a lCitgOuC COuClu-
sion. He denied that the opponents of the
bill had delayed its passage. Its friends
were alone responsible for that. He an
pealed to the Senate, late in the session
though it was, to frame a better bill before
Mr.. Patterson said he supported the bill,
not as partisan, but because he was salts
fed athe bill was as fair a measure as
could pass the Assembly. he was not in
the Senate to legisla.e in the interest of any
politician or of any party, and if
a better bill than the one before the Senate
had bean offered, he would have given it
his support. But the opponents of the
measure had offered no plan and he was
obliged to give his vote foC the only yet |
Mr.. Gibson moved to take White from |