Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-01-05
Meeting OF the Legislature Or
ganizatiOn of the House
Lewis BOND, Of Haywood,
Speaker the Sena-
ate Net Organ
lied.
Ballots for kre iding Officers Of
Both B5dieS-ClerkS of House
Elected Bonds Election
an Anti,JOhns0n Tri.
amph,
Gossip in Regard to the Election of
United States Senat0r-COm-
binati0ns Against john
SOn-TiEGe Eritered
Away.


Special to the Appeal.
NASHVILLE, January 4. - Botf
branches Of the legislature met in the
4pitol at half-past twelve O'Clock, tt
organize. Neil s. Brown, clerk Of the
former session called the house to order
and the oath of Office was administered
to the members by Judge Freeman, o.
the supreme court. Ali being present
except Matthews, Of Shelby, Galloway,
OF Hardemau, and Hill, of Lauderdale.
Judge Lea, of Davidson, was made tenn
porary chairman, and after returning
thanks for the honor, announced the
election of speaker to be next in order.
The house, on motion of Holmes Cun-
minis, adopted the rules Of the last
session. The nominations for speaker
were Z. l.. Gardenhire, of White, by
Judge East, OF Davidson; Lewis Bond,
of Haywood, by Mr.. Norman, of Bed
ford; J. L. Orr, of Marshall, by DR..
Noblett, of Lincoln; Charles Gates, OF
Blount, by Mr.. Ledgerwood, of Knox;
Holmes Cummins of Upton, by Lee
Head, Of Wilson.
On the first ballot, Mr.. Gardenhire
received "a votes; Bond, 20; Orr, 4;
Hates, 10; Cummins, II.
After the first ballot, Mr.. East moved
that the members be sworn sta nding
and with lifted hands, to support the
constitution of the United States and
as the official cath admins
tered by Judge Freeman did not contain
these clauses. Adopted, snd the oath
On the second ballot Mr.. = cad moved
to adjourn for one hour, which failed
Mr.. Gates was now Withdrawn, and on
the fourth ballot Mr.. Orr withdrew. The
following is the result of the balloting
after the fret one:
Mr.. Gardenhire-24, 26, 26, 2S, "a, 26,
p, 90, "a.
Mr.. Cummins-11, 16, 20, 19, q, q,
and was then withdrawn, a motion to
drop the hindmOst man prevailing.
Mr.. Bond-2O, "a, 25, "a 25, 25, 27, 26,
81.
On motion Of Mr.. Lee Head, the house
paado ais Bonds elee eaan St1aniraous,
and the gentlemap being c aducted to
the chair by MessTs. Cummlns, Finlay
and Taylor, was introduced by Mr.. Cum
Minis, chairman of the committee.
Mr.. Bond thanked the house for the
honor done him, and hoped the implied
promise made by every candidate would
not be broken by his occupation of the
chair. The house had met for the trans
action OF important business, and he
hoped the session would be occupied
harmoniously and truitfully in the en-
de2vor to discharge the duties incum-
bent upon its members.
The nomination seems to have given
satisfaction though Bond did not receive
all, but nearly all, ofthe West Tennessee
vote. Adjourned for one hour.
THE SENATE.
The senate was called to order at half
past twelve o'clock by Clay Roberts, as
sistant clerk Of its previous session. ALI
of the members were present, and the
path Of Office was administered by Judge
Nathaniel Baxter, of Nashville. Mr..
Wade, Of Davidson was called to the
chair pro. tenn. On motion of Mr.. Over
.on, of Shelby, nominations for speaker
we're dispensed with, and the senate
proceeded to ballot, the leading candi-
late being Blizz ard, of East Tennessee.
After ten ballots, with no election, the
,enate adjourned to ten o'clock to-mOr-
,Ow.
The following shows the highest num-
Der of votes cast for different members
luring the balloting: Blizzard, IL;
Haynes, 6; Logan, 6; Marchbank, 5;
Iosley, l; Wade, 5; Paine, 8; Hodges
Trotter and Wilson, l each; Turley, 2;
luarles, 4. Blizzard and Paine are the
,nIy declared candidates, they having
themselves at an informal
.aucus held at the Maxwell house this
previous to the meeting of the
enate. This caucus was a farce, and
,ossip says the fact of Blizzard and Paine
laving announced themselves there has
aised a strong opposition against the
ormer and impaired thelatter's strength.
t was evident that no nomination could
,e secured, the contest now being the
anne as that two years ago, when Lacey,
Il Memphis, was elected. Tomorrow
will doubtless make a run
ror the speakership.
AFTERNOON SESSION OF HOUSE.
The house met at two O'Clock this af.
ernoon, Speaker Bond presiding. Mr..
fibson, Rsdics' member from Camp
,ell county, offered resolution, fixing
he per diem pay Of officers as follows:
clerk, S.; doorkeeper, So; as
istant and engros-iDg clerks So; porter,
il so The resolution dispenses with
me porter, and requires the assistant
who is 10 receive So, to per-
Orm the duties. of messenger and page.
speaker Bond ruled the resolution out Of
rider, as the permanent organization
.0d been effected. The house refused
o sustsin the ruling, and the resolution,
.fter Queru GUS discussion, was adopted
The following gentlemen were nomi-
lated for principal clerk: Neil S.
Brown, OF Davidson; DR.. Owens, of
]. T. Martin, of Davidson;
md F. A Moses, of Knox. Mr.. Brown
vas elected on the first ballot.
For assistant clerk William Moor
lie, OF Williamson; Tom Jones, of Giles;
Trsuk A. Moses, of Knox; Matt. Tor
,ett, Harrison and White, of Davidson;
md M'BroOm, of Davidson. Moses was
.ected on the fifth ballot by a vote of
Z, his highest competitors being Jones
nd MiCorkle.
The house then adjourned TO nine
o'clock this morning.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
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