The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-01-14
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The joint session t. order. An order
was then given for the arrest Of
Lieutenant Governor Meikpijohn
"n the charge Of mis- md lct in af-
fi9e and n breach % III" rracc. The
lieutenant governor Il, fed the ntii-
Ger and was taken iuiO custody.
3 t, -'lp| hal n fr"e If srlgeants-
ai-armS within call, aud any at
tempt on either SIDE ~ proceed
with II canvass of the vote would
have rreripitniea aiow. 70 avoid
thi-, a committee from each rafty
was sent with statement Of The
Case To the supreme court. Cover
nor Thay.r order,I cut II company
at the national glnsds aud ut ltv-
rli "'rln'k they ,ta Ertt arms IL tie
corridors of the caii,ol.
''ruWdS are n,ri>in- on every
train to t'nd the inauguration of
Governor-"lect Boy and conri''tr-
bic inp''i.ncr j, shown over the
delay ia unting til" votes.
Al l2:lJ T. ~. ia NGprene court
issued n writ If mau dumuS, direct
ing the speaker OF the huu~. to ca,l-
vaSs the returns. The shtrift III
Lanca.trr county, With, depuihs
aud hailiff of tie supreme court
burst in the doors of the house and
fought their way through the crowd
Of alliance men guarding the en-
trance. The wrii AZ, serted "a
tn. 81 rakrr, the motion to 'akeIre-
cess until three o'cl EEK was declared
cirri Il by the lieutenant governor
and thu democrats and republicans
filed out nf the HALL. The speaker
of the house declared that no recess
had been taken, and all The aliiance
members present remained in, and
others were called in, tor an at
tempt to proceed to the business ~
the j,int session
Proceedings in tn afternoon were
less sensational than the mhrhins.
The mn,,lamus of the supreme
court soberpd radical alliance men
and II spirit Of moderation was ira,l-
Tested. Afler the republicans and
'ttlriiocrats Ipft thp ifssf the tmaos'
ppndents remained during some uii-
important business and making an
effort to amend the rules of the
joint convention to make the speak
er Of the house presiding officer i'll
stead Of lieutenant governor.
An adjournment WA then taken
until 2:3O O'clock. At that hour the
independents were in their sent,
hut transacted no business until Inc
full body were present and the leu
tenant governor called 'he convene
ton to order. A number of concjl-
iatory speeches were made and the
independents seeing that they
could not gain their point by insti-
tuiing contest before the canvass Of
the vote was made, no further
obstruction to business the speaker
Of the house proceeded to open the
returns, and democratic Governor
Boyd and the full republican state
ticket, with one exception, WAS
elected on the face of the returns.
A resolution was then passed, re-
ceiving the full alliance vote, de-
claring that the canvass had been
conducted under protest, and that
, the legislature in no wise recognize
| ed the election of officers who had
D been returned as rec living the
highest number votes. The officers
h however, were sworn ia promptly
:. by Chief Justice C0br.
n The contest will now GO on a.
prescribed by law. There is pros
pect that the legislature will unseat
i every one Of the new officers. Mat
T. tiers were further complicated to-
8 night. At eight o'clock Governor
elect Boyd called on Governor
g Thayer and was informed that the
latter would not give up tie Office
on the ground that Boyd was not .
citizen of the United States and
was, therefore, not eligible.
Ell This tangles the situation untD
II nobody dares predict whst outcome
J. will be. Gov. Thayer has barricad-
J. ed the executive Offices and remains
8 on the inside with the police and
= the militia on guard.
q 1t Is impossible to reach him 10
q ascertain hi. purposes, but it is un-
r derstoOd that he will remain gov.
d ernor If possible until all questions
= affecting his successor are settled.