The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-03-31
Walker & FrierSOn.


Both sides of the charter question
was well represented in Nashville
last Monday, when the question was
10 ne heard by the House Committee
on Interpretations. Those prese hl
favorlng the new charter were Rule
Peyton, James h ,berls, Andy sellers,
Bud Phillips, Ben Lazarus aud Eu
GreeI. Those opposing the chaI g-
were E. E. Erwin, w. F. Tucker.
James Flel, Jno. w. Frierson and {.
ID. Lauder.
1t may be interesting to our read
ers to know that some six weeks agJ =,
acting under instructions from OuI
local representatives in the lrgisl. =
ture, the petition pan was agreed
upon to settle this dispute. Senator
Whltthorne and preventative
r cketts at that time SAID to DO h
factions, 1--WE do not wish or Intend
u take sides as between yOui We ar.
here To do the will VI The people; < /
up your petitions, aid the side hav.
ing the greatest number of Demo-
cratic sIgners, entitled TO vote III
Columbia, will get our endorsement
1t was positive y STA Ell 10 botn sides,
more than once, that, Without favor
or prejudice, tue matter would be
entirety decided 10y the petitions.
Monday was the day set TO decide
tne maUer. The gentlemen from
Columbia went up Oh the morning
train. The committee OF the House
met at 8 o'mOck; when called l,
order, Mr.. Ricketts, sad he had been
requested Uy the Andrews b Ii crowd
| to ak hat the mater DO referred t.
u primary election. A motion To this
effect was made by one of the com
IN ttee, but If er 1t had been UppO. eu
by Messrs. Erwin aud L ,nIer, " was
Withdrawn. A sugg si III WAS then
made by member vi The committee
! that 1t be lett To vote OF the taA
payers. Mr.. Lander, Tor his side Ol
the house promptly accepted this,
but Mr.. WhitlhOrne opposed 1t, aud
it was withdraw.
The opponents to the Andrews bill
made three several propositions {
the committee, either OF which We
believe the committee would hav,
accepted had the lvr | members on
Maury endorsed it; ut our m IN
beTs seemed disp sru first, to do moth
ing, or, il they mu do anything
then to delay, aud # l"s+ible refer Il
to primary election or in some way
av ii taking resp visibility up L
themselves. The p ufosi,iOns made
by the opponents Of the Andrew
bill t. the committee and TO Oul
repre- sci tatives, were nese:
| iF ..1 In for
that the local repre- .enta'iv4s haC
promised that the III tGter ell Iuld be
decided by the petit ions, and tina
the only thing to do was to count the
names and decide accordingly.
This being declined it was ther
proposed 10 do away with tn
petition altogether AMI submit tb,
Iacts to the committee without argu
ment, aud allow the committee t
decide the case upOu its equities
Or, il the facts could not be agreed
upon, to file copies Of the preSen
charter and 81 the Andrews bill
with the committee, without petition
or argument, aud let the committe
r. commend for p ssage he bill the,
thought the best.
, None OF these propositions wer
accepted ,y the other side. The.
J continued TO insist upon q primar,
election, and " ged Ii continuance be
cause OF the al sence of Mr.. Smise
The time having arrived f"r tn
House to meet, tie comm tee al
iuurned and further consideration
was postpone until Tuesday morn
ipU at the sAnAe hour.
Time and sg41n during the ia
efforts were made Oy the opponent
p ! of the Andrews bill to induce tn
, other side to how dnwu Of hand
and fail rount, and Mr. WhitthOrn
e and Mr.. Ricketts, were urged to CON
ply with their promises and force
count, bat all to no avail. Mr. Ne
: ION claimed that the bill was intro
> duced in the Senate by Mr.. Whit