The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-10
Bob Taylor Tries to Ease Himself.
He Talks Against His Veto Of the
Moody Penitentiary Bill,
And Dwells Upon the Governors
Great Provocative.
Ho Still Claims He Hadn't Time ia
Consider IL
Before Monday, and Adds That the
Mountain Laborod and Brought
Forth Mouse, and That He
Killed the Little varmlnt.
Special Dispatch To Tho Appeal.

Special Dispatch to The Appeal
NASHVILLE, Tenn, April 0.-Gov Taylors
veto is still being talked Of by local Demo-
Gratis All the members Of the Legislature
have departed except those who remained to
destroy the Torbett issue aud Bank Of Ten
nessoe bonds. Gov. Taylor was asked today
what he thought Of Senator Moody's charges
that tho bill had been held back, and said:
THE charge answers itself and makes the
accuscr contemplate. l had on my table
10 be examined, between the time received
the Moody bill aud the delivery Of the veto
message, sixty-cight bills aud resolutions
Tor examination aud consideration, including
the longest and most important bills OF
the session. aud | worked hard up to tho
last hour upon them, besides being contin-
ually bcsct with callers upon all manner u
business. | could not, therefore, possibly
have considered this bill before Monday.
did not receive Il until II o'clock Saturday
morning. | treated the Senate with moro
Difference than the law required OF me.
was not required to write message, but
could have simply held the bin and Il would
have died for lack OF approval Out Of defer
enco To the Senate aud consideration for tho
personal feelings Of its members did not
treat them with the indignity u silence
gave my reasons openly, aud went further
IN doing w than the Constitution required 10
give the Senate nn opportunity 10 override my
veto, when wns not compelled to do 50 II
they did not have aquorum Il WIS not my
fault, 10 was their own. The charge under
the light oi these facts In ridiculous aud
ought a. be- beneath the dignity ola senator
Senator Moody occupies an uncnyiahle attl-
tudc In this affair. Ills minority report To
| the Senate holds up il hand la holy horror
| Of the prisoners In their present condition
aud wocps crocodile tears over the condition
which II necessarily cntailcd upon the prs-
oners II screams aud tears it, hair over the
miscfics and depriyatiuns TO which conyicts
are now subjected for want Of prison accom-
modntiun-. aud yet hc has deliberately
drafted a bill which Ia spirit and IN terms
pustpuncs any action for the relief ui tho
| prisoners, making hell IN his report aud
| leaving them TO suher la Il la his bill. The
bill wa an insanity, and, whether 40 In
tended or not, was u deception | would not
be- party Ia 10, and vetoed II, o. II was my
sworn duty Ia do. ! protested against tho
hill weeks before II passed and warned
Senators aud Representatives that ! would
veto u u they passed u ~ Il was. I kept
my word. IN . decent dcfcronial decor
/ Gus and constitutional way | declined 10
sign H. received indignity aud
abuse Ia reply not from Tie loly
OF the mcn In the two branches
OF the Legislature, but from few men who
sought the aid Of Republicans 10 reject upon
ne. II u unkind aud unFrncrous and has
ln Il all the elements of boomerang. II
y the irst and only bill except one ] ever
vetoed. ! have signed hundreds some ~
which did not entirely Ike. yielded my
views Ia many cases and nov | ann maligucd
for not yielding them in tlic very last one.
| Thew \ nothing IN the bill, aud am salts.
fed that the thinking Democrats " Tonnes
see when they have weighed the facts, will
approve what have done. II n a tempest
| in teapot The mountain was in labor
| and brought forth mouse. / killed tho
mouse, or at least cut his little tail OF