Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-10
Qua NASHVILLE LETTER.
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NAsHvILLE. Feb. @, 1875.

To Editors Of the Chronicle
There was pleasant little ripple
created in the dead sea level of routine
business in the House, yesterday,
when, in considering the resolution
relative to the Texas Pacific railroad.
Mr.. Spears emphatically protested
against the ninety>two Democrats in
this Legislature going back on their
proud record of the past. and sacrific-
ing, for the future, the sweet privilege
of charging the Republicans with
stealing all the public lands in the in
terest of railroads. "For years past"
explained this embryo statesman from
Marion, tive have been sweatin' and
groanin', and swearin' over the Re
publican party stealin' the public do
main for their railroad monopolies.
1t has been the policy of the Demo-
cratic party to refrain from this plum
derin' in the past and now Pm oppos-
ed to the Democrats comm in at this
hour and askin' Government aid for
any enterprise. | hope you'll go slow,
gentlemen, in this matter, for there's
a hen on.n To be sure, the resolution
in question did not ask the donation
of foot of land, as several members
| fastened to explain to the member
| from Marion, but the latter having
taken this lead, declared his infiexible
and uncompromising opposition to the
resolution, but, strange to say, the res
olution was adopted in the face of that
opposition.
WHAT WHISKY HAS DONE.
There was a lively debate in the
House to-day, over bill which pro-
hibits the sale of intoxicating liquors
on Sunday. The bill was on second
reading, and Mr.. Gardenhire moved
to amend, by restricting the sale of
Intoxicating beverages to quantities
| not less than q quart, and in urging
the adoption OF the amendment, made
an eloquent temperance speech. He
said that during a legal practice ex-
| tending over nearly one-third of
century, he had not been connected
with a single murder trial where the
murder was not traceable, either di-
rectly or indirectly, to the use of these
beverages. He asserted that, through
the use of liquor, collections of our
citizens at any of the county towns
are, in nine cases out of ten trans
formed into bowling mobs, in the
midst of which lady could not make
her appearance with any degree of
safety. He claimed that whenever a
man was about TO engage in the COM
mission of any criminal act, he al
ways raised his courage up TO the
proper pitch by pouring whisky down
his throat. The amendment was fl
nally adopted
A STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
| Senator Buchanan introduced to-day
a bill which has been prepared by
committee appointed for that purpose
by the State Teachers Association,
providing for the establishment and
maintenance of State Normal School.
The leading features of the bill are
the creation Of a State Board of Ed
ucation TO locate the Normal School,
and to exercise general care over it
aud the educational interests of the
| State; the appropriation of at least
six thousand dollars from the school
fund already provided by law for the
annual running expenses of the Nor.
NAL School, the Peabody Trustees hav-
ing agreed to furnish like sum for
that purpose; the location of the school
in the city or town convenient to other
portions of the State which shall Of
fer the greatest inducements in the
way of grounds and buildings suited
to the permanent uses of such an in
stitution the school to be made to
act as stimulant to the public schools
OF the State, by giving the preference
| to such pupils from them as by high
standing in their classes merit the re.
commentator of Boards of Education
as candidates for admission into il.
and the incorporation with the ma
chinery OF the bill some essential fea-
lures for the more effectual applica-
ton of the present school law, without
in any way conflicting with or chang
ing its provisions and requirements.
REAL REFORM.
There has been n vast amount of
| buncombe INDUCED in on the subject
of Retrenchment and Reform by
the members OF the Legislature-no.
| tably In the House-hut measure
passed the Senate to-day, on third
reading, which means business, and
is a step in the right direction. The
| bill IS short, and Is of such an i'm
| portant character, that give it in full
as it finally passed, after considerable
discussion. II was introduced by Mr..
Ragland:
SECTION /. BE G enacted 6y the
General assembly Of the State OF Ten
9csSee, That the County Trustee Of
each county Of the State OF Tennessee
shat g CT-o6iciO collector of the State
q ~ county taxes ia their respective
counties, with all the privileges rights
and duties, that are now conferred by
law on Revenue Collectors, and sub
ject to all the liabilities, pains aud
penalties that now attach to the same.
SEC. .. BE Il further enacted, That
the Trustee shall enter into bond, with
good aud approved security, with the
Chairman Of the County Court or
Judge, 10 be approved by said court,
aud also by the Judge Of the Cir
cult Court, Of the judicial district
In which the county il embraced, for
the faithful collection and payment of
all taxes, ~ now required Of the Rev
enue Collector. and settle with the
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