Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-08


| gfzed TO the senate ana 10 one another,
and like brave men made friends.
The trouble arose in a debate over a
resolution brought about Mr.. Alexander
providing that reward be offered for
the apprehension and conviction of
Messrs Irish, Ingraham, Merrill and
Hamaken, the committee from the in
insurgent miners of Briceville, on the
ground that they had melted lawlessness
and rebellion against the authority of
| the state.
This exciting episode served to divert
attention from the other proceedings of
the session TO some extent, and the house
resolution appointing committee to in
vestigate the alleged incendiary conduct
of Commissioner of Labor Ford and
Representative Alleman and the house
resolution declaring the general as
sembly powerless to abrogate the lease,
were adopted, the latter with an amend
ment, without creating ripple. Under
other circumstances fiery debate would
no doubt have been called for by both
measures.
An Important Bill.
The most important message in the
house was the passage, on third reading,
of a bill that will save the state some
thing like 100000 year, and do away
with professional witnesses. 1t came
from the committee recommended for
rejection, and when they secured its
passage Speaker Myers and Hon W. /.
Ledgerwood scored signal victory. The
only two bills that have passed a third
reading in both houses, and now only
await the signatures of the speakers and
the governor to become laws, were
turned out by the general assembly
Thursday. They were the bills attach
ing Sequatchie county, which was not
attached to any district in the last con-
gressional apportionment, to the Third
congressional district, and that detac hing
Cumberland county from the Fifth and
attaching it to the Third judicial dis
trict.
Saturdays Proceedings.
The military bill was introduced in
the senate Saturday by Mr.. Curtis. 1t
first invests the governor with power
and authority to call out, maintain and
use the forces designated and placed at
his command, for the purpose of repel-
ling any invasion of the state, and 20
suppress all instructions, mobs and
other like unlawful assemblages, wheth-
er existing or emminent, that in his opin-
ion shall be too formidable for the To-
cal county authorities or shall threaten
to any serious extent the immediate in
terests of the state. He is authorized to
keep such part of the force as he may
deem necessary so long as the interests
of the state demand.
By Section the governor is empow-
cred and authorized to take out the sher-
if of every county in the state together
,nh q of% he
designate, which shall be known as the
Army of the Tennessee, and of which,
considered as a military body the gov
ernor is commander-in-chief. These
forces shall be subject to the discipline
and shall receive the pay as prescribed
by the military laws Of the state.
Section 4 makes it an offense punish
able by fine Of not less than $40 for
any officer or other citizen to refuse or
fail tQN)bey the summons of the gov
ernor.
The act is made to take effect at once,
but to expire by limitation at the end Of
the term of the present general assem-
bly,.
Mr. Galloway offered a bill condition
ally to pardon or parole prisoners now
incarcerated or hereafter incarcerated in
the penitentiary.
The house tabled the resolution for
conference with the lessees as to the sur
render or modification of the convict
lease.
The resolution for the investigation of
the penitentiary management was tabled
also.
Mr.. Davis resolution to investigate the
penitentiary question and the Briceville
trouble shared the same fate.
Mr.. Cochran's resolution, declaring it
to be the desire of the general assembly
that the convicts in the penitentiary
never again be leased, was defeated by a
vote of 80 to 86, after many explana-