Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-02-20
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NASHVILLE CORRESPONDENCE.
Legislative Progress.
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EDITORS CHRoNIcEfN 4 Ican't say thai
L am very hopeful as to the General AS
Nfe9ttaab9lyy accomplishing Aiaeh for the wei
! fare of Tennessee. When I first came tc
+ thec G3pit6k was favorably impressed
with the prospect of affairs, and so stated
I'm former communication, but, upon q
more thorough insight into the workings
| Of the body i I am satisfed,I6 was slightly
mistaken. It-movess slowly TO be sure
there is no lack cctimflated material.
That piles up all the time in the form Of
bills and resolutions. T9 an outsi1er there
tseennsito:be too much precious time ex-
hausted over the most trivial matters.
.For example, through some strife, the
House, the other day, spent two hours on
renewed motions to adjourn, and for that
little ebullition of bad feeling the State has
to pay. about seyenfy a0e loliars.$ s
7 1tSthe opinion Of many that there is an
obvious lack, of-a strong and resolute
leader in both branches OF, the Assem-
by. : A9qfS this, aEr 6 fully CON
thn Hou Th9fe s is Of no 9bo question
u
cans. al c6ncede that. But Of the other
political factions there are wane. OF course
do uot iasinuate thatk tASTe are none
competent. There are a number Of dis
tfnguiShed men among them. The diff
Guilty is, they, are, tinlid and ahse.zward. If
each party We're Jed on by:dbOfd and .un-,
fiinciing leaders, tlFeE business of both,
Houses would melt away in rapid ~succes=
sion.
NJ ;,,,,,t->,4 ,.,,oc.;o,, -, ,,o4 Loo,
reached and disposed of, and the fear now
is, that Immigration, Free Schools and
Agricultural Reform will not be legssiated
upon for the want of time. xIaanust re-
member that there are OnlyCabout twenty
five days to go upon; and, I'll that Time;
ASSESSMENT, Funding, TOrbett Issue and
some other leading measures have to be
disposed of. Toab sure it would not really
REQUIRE all thisatfme to put3tiaenas through,
provided they Sxsre underssaed- aud there
was unity of Opinion; but This is not
the ease, unfortunately. Nou have never
TWftnessed such lamentable confusion as
}sesVades both Houses ont questions.
The darkness is I'm penetrabie1 and thecon-
fusi6A fearful. The emergrneY seems to
be toe! formidable for the Salens.szgFhey
haveah elephan6.of such huge, proportions
that they don 'tkhOw where to put him or
IpW to get rid ofhim. TIL ! need OF some
powerful mind,<hpld and dafsslg enough,
To confront thefpresent financial troubles
of the State and TO grappl6zWfsh them as
vigorously and earnestly, is apparent,
1t occurs to Us. that it would be Infinite
ly better to hold two sessions a day. The
Body meets at D1o'clock, and adioarHsZ at
is+91fdeck-onlY3two hours for business.
81 o Know it is impossible to do much in
this space of time. When you remember
that, by law, the46;eneral Assembly is COM
spesled to adjournin seventy five days, you
can readily see the necessity of economiz-
ing every moment of time.
. More than likely there wiff3be an aad-
ioutned session II5It is talkedz6f strongly
Apsa Number of members. The exigencies
will, perhaps, demand it. szsszzs5
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