Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-04-02
TELEGRAPHIC.
The Legislature Runs Over Its
llotted Time.
Gov. Marks Signature Attached to
the so cent State Debt Bill.
Report of the Committee on Capt.
NJ, D. Bearden's Case,
Which will Likely Create a Sensa-
tion and Some After-claps.
NASHVILLE, TENN March 81.

/ ~ Aon AA4A@ASi E14NN OIL
Special 90 the chronicle.
Senators Grove, Bledsoe, Bibb, Say.
age, Lands and Anderson entered 9
protest against the passage of the bill
to settle the State debt at fifty cents
with four per ce1t. interest.
The Senate was engaged most of the
day on the consideration.of the Appro-
| priation bill.
A gOld-headed cane was presented by
the Senate to Speaker John r. Neal.
The House committee on the case of
Hon. VI. d. Bearden reported that from
the testimony adduced before the COM
mittee, while they are reluctant 10 be-
lieve that NJ. d. Bearden has been
guilty of corrupt conduct in procuring
State aid for railroads, they are com
PEELED to admit that the testimony
against him is of grave and serious
character, and this testimony forces
your committee to the conclusion that
| Col. Bearden's conduct at Nashville in
1868 was exceedingly questionable,even
| If it were not actually corrupt.
| The committee insert in their report
| the following: "B Garden denies that
| the statements of Cooper, Doughty
and Gossett are true; denies that
| these gentlemen are worthy of credit /;
avOws that they are his bitter and re-
lentless enemies, and asserts that the
facts of the case are as follows; and
not otherwise: Il represented the
Knoxville and Charleston Railroad )
says Mr.. BearIen, and was asking an
appropriation for the same. Shepard,
of Hawkins, Singletary, of Carter,
and some one else, whose name / do
not now remember, but they were all
mem bers of the Legislature and were
all in favor of the passage of the ON
nibus bill, and all wanting appropria-
>ions for some little rOadiin East Tenn.
called at the st. Cloud Hotel and said:
We want to borrow some money,
and if you will let US have the money
we need we will return it to you.'
They did not State what they wanted
with the money, neither did I ask
them. In few days after this occur
red Shepard came back to my room at
the st. Cloud Hotel and handed me
back the amount / had loned them,
stating at the time that he had not
used the money. This is all that ever
ton. never gave money or any
other valuable considerations to any
one for votes or Influence either di-
rectly or indirectly
The House was also engaged the
most of the day in the consideration
of the Appropriation bill.
Messrs. Hearn, Roark, Driver, Bal
Ian fant, Buchanan, Duncan, Haynes,
]. J. Lowry, Hsynie, Dunning, York,
Sample, Watkins, Holman, w. F.
Lowry, Gregg, Lyttle, Sugg, Andrews,
Beasley, y,Alexander,a and Manson, asked
leave to spread IN the minutes pro-
test against the passage of the bill to
adjust the State debt at fifty cents,
with four per cent. interest, asserting
that it was done through "undue in
f1uence." Objection was made to this
phrase as being an unjust assumption,
and as reflection upon the majority,
and parliamentary, and the House
refused to allow it to go on the journal
containing these words, which the
protesters refused to strike out, by a
vote of 33 to 80. Both Houses ad-
jouned over until tomorrow morning.
The Governor signed the State Debt
bill. A gold-headed cane will be pre-
sented to Speaker Fowlkes tomorrow.