Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-22

posed by him were not more compact than
those reported by the committee.
Mr.. FriersOn insisted that they were not.
The God of Nature had made the country
so. In the mountain region of Tennessee
straight lines and compact districts were
impossible. The LIST and I'd district, as re-
ported by the Committee of Nine, would
each have about 139, 400 population-only
400 more than the regular ratio. He saw
no reason why the dividing line should run
north and south any more than east and
west. And, as to harmony and equal
representation, the gentleman should re-
member that he was acting with party
which had consistently repressed every
such consideration for the past seven years.
Mr.. Richardson, of Dyer and Lauder
dale, charged that Mr.. Freeman's object in
offering the amendment was to recommend
himself TO the Narragansett, and through
! him to the Chief Executive at Washington.
Yet he remembered only short time ago,
! when the gentleman was before the people,
asking their votes, on the ground that he
had not been and never would be Radical,
and proclaiming his Democracy or Conser-
yatism.
Mr.. Freeman suggested that there was a
difference between Conservatism and De-
mocracy. He had never claimed to be a
Democrat.
Mr.. Chambers took up Mr.. Freeman's
proposed appotionment, and showed that
the Second Horace Maynard's) district
would thereby have eighteen counties, with
population of 162, 000-the regular ratio
being only 139,000-and that it would join
three States-North Carolina, Kentucky
and Virginia. The Third district, as made
up by Mr.. Freeman, though extending from
Varnell's station, on the East Tennessee
and Georgia railroad, to within twelve miles
of Nashville, would have only 12S,0O0 pop
ulation-or II 900 below the regular ratio.
He insisted that the East Tennessee dis.
tricts reported by either of the committees
conformed as far as possible to the sparse
ness of the population and the rugged nature |
ofthe country.
Mr.. Fireman explained that he had vindi- |
Gated Horace Maynard because the Democ- |
racy were prescribing him. He would 90 |
with no party which did not believe in and |
carry out the great principles of equal and |
exact Justice to all men. The Democratic |
party was now just as much party of pro-
scription as the extremists of Tennessee |
were in 1865.
Mr.. Snipes asked if the party which Mr.. |
Freeman deserted, when he went back to
his people and proclaimed himself Con-
sentative, was the same which be now de-
Tended.
Mr.. Freeman: No more than the party
which the gentleman from Madison (Mr.
Snipes) had deserted-the old Wing party.
Mr., Snipes had heard of no Wing party
since he could remember.
Mr.. Freeman remarked that he would
rather be the ghost of dead Wing than to be
a live Democrat.
Nfr. Padgett insisted that the Republican
members of the House were not DESTROYS of
gerrymandering the Districts in their own
interests, but only upon fair and just
basis.
Mr.. Lewis reminded Mr.. Freeman of the
exclusively partisan basis upon which the
Legislature of Illinois had Just
that State.
Mr.. Freeman's amendment was rejected,
ayes II, noes 81.
The bill was then passed on second read
ing, and was made the special order for to-
at IL o'clock.
NEW BILLS.
By Mr.. Lewis: To give relief to the coun-
try by providing proper remedies for the
trial of criminal causes. Passed.
By Mr.. Lewis: To afford Telefto litigants
and to the country, by providing proper
remedies for the speedy hearing of causes
on the crowded dockets of the courts.
Passed.
By Mr. Freeman: To afford relief to liti-
giants. Passed.
NEW RESOLUTION.
By Mr.. BleVins: Joint resolution for re-
printing in the acts Of the present session
an act passed Dec. Is, 1871, in which a |
printed error occurred as to changing the
lines between the counties of Hancock and
Hawkins. Laid over.
The House took recess until 2:3O P. NJ,
when it reassembled.
NEW BILLS.
To defray the expenses Of the General
Assembly. Passed.
To secure the clerks of inferior courts
their commissions and costs on land sales
aud legal costs. Passed.
HOUSE BILL ON SECOND READING.
To repeal the act of last session defining
the duties of the Attorney General and Re-
porter, so far as it relates to editing, pub
fishing, etc, the Supreme Court Reports.
Passed.
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING.
To relieve the Supreme Court docket by
the rate of interest on judgments
and DEGREES, and to prevent appeals for de-
lays, as amended by the Committee on
Section 8. Rejected, ayes IA, noes 81.
To amend the act to revise the rules of
Chancery practice-taken up on Mr.. Till
mans motion to reconsider the vote by
which it passed third reading yesterday.
Mr.. Til man offered an amendment clear
ing away an obscurity of expression in the
bill, which was adopted, and the bill as
amended passed third reading.
REDEMPTION OF STATE WARRANTS.
Mr.. Enloe's resolution authorizing the
to borrow $4,000, for the pur-
pose of redeeming State warrants hypOthe
Gated for the benefit of the Penitentiary was
made the special order for twelve O'Clock to-
TO CORRECT AN ERROR.
Mr.. BleVins offered resolution in lieu of
that offered by him during the morning ses-
sion, to correct an error in the published
act changing the line between Hawkins