Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-01-10
NASHVILLE.
Proceedings Of the Legislature Yester-
day-The Senate Resolution In Re-
gard 70 Louisiana Passed.
New Revenue Bill Intreduced-SWeep.
ing Ref1rms-Railroads to be Tax.
ed-Jhe People 10 be Re-
lieved.
A General Corporation Bill Proposed
The Question OF JuTies in Civil Ca
ses-JObnsOn ana the Sena-
tOrship.


Special TO the Appeal
NASHVILLE, January 9.--In the sen.
ate to-day, Mr. Logan offered resOlu
ton for the appointment OF a commit
tee 10 report on some measure to prevent
traffic in cotton.
After dark the committee on Federal
relations recommended the inspection o
two resolutions previously offered, auC
the adoption of Mr.. QuaIIes's resolution
relative to the Louisiana outrage. Adopt
ed.
Mr.. Boyd presented the following
resolution:
ReSOlUed. That our senators are here
by instructed, and our representative
requested, to support and insist on aucf
guarantees as will i'm mmediately restor,
to the State OF Louisiana her rights under
the constitution as q sovereign State o
the Federal Union.
In the house the important bills pre-
sented were as follows: By MIR. Walker
To abolish the State and county super
intendents of schools. By Mr.. FinIRy
To provide for the organic alton Of 3 stOr
age and compress corporation. BY Mr.
Roush: To grant iDjuncti0ns to/stay tht
sale Of real estate. By Mr. Mathes: A
bill to provide for the revenue and reduce
the burdens thereof. This is an abstrac
bill of ten sections, providing that State
taxation shall be thirty cents on the one
hundred dollars worth OF property as
sessed at its cash value; greatiyT educing
the number and rate of privilege taxes
reducing the tax on tippling to seventy.
five dollars, instead of one hundred anC
fifty as now al cities; regulating and
diminishing the tax on home and
foreign life and fire insurance compan.
les; taxing misdemeanor and cases
of unsuccessful litigants, and an addi-
ing to costs; reducing the tax on ali
amusements to living rate; and omit
ting tables, express wagons, real estate
agents, hucksteTs, and various industrial
pursuits hereafter taxed. Also, fixing
a specific tax on sll sleeping cars run in
the State, and providing, particularly,
that all railroads be completed in twenty
years, and the personal, real, and mixed
property of such railroads shall be taxed
as other property, the tax to be paid to
the State treasurer who shall have
the same power to collect that tax-col-
lectOrs have to proceed against deIin-
quent Taxpayers. The features affecting
railways are somewhat similar to bill
which only lacked one reading of being
! passed at the last legislature. The mer-
chants Gd UalOre1n tax is reduced to thir-
! ty cents, and the property tax to fifteen
cents on the one hundred dollars, and
the mode of cOnstraining merchants
capital is changed greatly in their fa-
vOr. The bill, If passed, will be q decid-
ed relief measure, especially to COM
mercial centers and interests. It is es-
! timated that the railroads will almost
make up for the reduction in other
quarters
Mr.. Haines offered q resolution pro-
viding for the appointment of q COM
mittee to whom shall be referred so
much of the governors message as re-
lates to the three hundred and fifty
bonds of the Memphis and Little Rock
railroad.
No new developments regarding the
senatorial question.
SENATORIAL, ETC,
! EDITORS APPEAL - The senatorial
question is exciting more interest here
than any other at present. Andrew
! Johnson, it is thought BY some, will get
! thiTty-five or forty votes on the first or
! second ballot. I do not believe he will
even get that many. cannot believe
that any Democratic nominee, whom he
characterized in his Chattanooga speech
as ~dogs with collars on them" will
! ever vote for him unless specially in
| structed. The members from Shelby
consider themselves instructed. They
| are to be the judges. Even with their
votes there is no prospect Of JOhnson's
election. 1t is generally recognized
among Democrats that his election
would be the destruction of Democratic
organization in the future. II, say they,
the man who has opposed organ
ization with all his power, can be elected
| by Legislature elected as nominees of a
| party, then there is no use in ever nav-
| ing another Democratic convention in
| the State. This is the reason why the
Radicals support him, because they
| know bis election would be the destruc-
ton OF the Democratic party of Tennes-
| see. He did all he could to defeat that
! party in the last canvass, and failed, and
! If it remains true to its organization ne
| can never defeat it. Had he acted in
! harmony with the party, even during
! the last canvass, he could have been
| strong, but in refusing to do so he lost
! his power and influence. Who will be
| the successful candidate is doubtful, and
is very unimpOTtant compared with the
importance Of defeating johnson. There
will be no secret caucusses, but the
| Democrats will unite upon s
candidate TO defeat him as an enemy
of their organization and an ally of the
Radicals. If he is not an ally of the
Radicals, why are all their presses and
! all their public men sustaining him? His
| only hope Of election is by the votes of
| the eight Radical members of the legis-
| latuFe. The friends of the various Dem
Ocratic candidates will unite on some
man to defeat Andrew Johnson. The
election of treasurer will take place next
| week. There are several very worthy
| men candidates, two of whom are from
west Tennessee-polk of Hardeman and
Glass, of Gibson. The bills introduced
! into the legislature, in regard to the
| State debt, will, OF course, attract atten-
| ton. | have no comments TO make on
them; they speak for themselves. am
glad to say one Of them was introduced
by Radical. In regard to the speakers
election, 1t Is proper 10 say it had no
bearing on the senatorial election, or indi.
Gated nothing in regard to the funding
act. Head ,,of Wilson, an opponent of the
funding bill nominated Cummings, ami
Orr, of Marshall, an advocate OF the bill
voted for him. Newton, GaTdenhire,
Cummings nor Bond were understood
to be friends of Johnson. l do not
think there are ten Democrats in this
legislature who wish Jchnaon elected,
but many will vote for him because
they think he is strong with their con-
stituents. Mr.. JOhDson's attempt to
get up instructions signed by negroes,
Radicals, ETC., will not affect this legs-
lature. They will treat such pretended
Instructions with merited contempt
| The Union and american is not advo-
eating the claims OF Governor Brown
or of any other man, l suppose.
1t is not as decided against Mr..
johnson as the Democrats wish it to be,
but it does not appear to be advancing
the claims OF any aspirant. II any
other man than Andrew johnson had
denounced the Democratic organization
as Andrew Johnson did, would he not
be denounced by the Democratic press
all over the State? Emerson Etheridge
was as good a Democrat as Andrew
Johnson, supporting as he did, Porter
and Casey Young, and how was he
treated2 Why should any difference be
made between him and Andrew John
son. DEMOCRAT.
4N<AohN A4%41f-I y tlJ O. 1914
Special Correspondence OF the Appeal
NASHVILLE, Tenn, January IL
Learn to-day that recommendations
made by some OF the leading lawyers Of
Memphis, INCLUDING Judge Wright, Geo.
CAN'T and others, are anxiously looked
for here in the shape of bills prepared
under the direction of the Citizens pro-
tectlve union. 1t is Tumored that the
members ofShelhy will consult with the
members from Davidsop in passing a
general corporation bill for cities of their
amount Of population; restricting the is
suapee Of boBds; limiting the rate Of
taxation; prohibiting the issuance Of
certificate OF election, and requiring
them TO take outstanding Indebtedness
IN payment OF general taxes, sto.
1t is believed that movement will be
made by both cities through their repre-
sentatives, and that they will agree upon
reforms that will greatly reduce their
running expenses.
Bills have already been prepared by a
prominent member from Davidson, but
are held up to await recommendations
from Memphis.
From present appearances there will
be hard fight by the Shelby county
delegation to abolish juries in civil cases
nnlaSa called for and fl.,, -, ha Maid for