The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-01-18
TENNESSEE STATE NEwa
Doings of the Legislature.


Nashville, Jan. THE legislature
met at noon today. Judge Caldwell
swore in the members of the senate,
while Judge Beard administered the
oath of Office to the members of the
house.
The senate organized by electing Hon.
Ernest Pillow speaker, Mann Willis
chief clerk, James A. Kirby assistant
clerk, Miss Mamie Tansill engrossing
clerk, w. L. Morris sergeant-at-arms
The house officers are: Hon. John A.
Upton speaker, r. e. Folk chief clerk,
Porter Dunlap assistant clerk, Charles
Cole sergeant-at-arms, Miss Carrie Jen-
nings engrossing clerk.
Mr.. Williamson, of Davidson, offered
the following resolution, which was
adopted:
Resolved by the General Assembly,
That the speaker of the house, with the
speaker of the senate, appoint COM
mittee of five, three from the house and
two from the senate, to examine the
books, accounts, vouchers, etc, in the
cOmptroller's and treasurer's offices and
settle with each incumbent, and that
said committee be empowered to employ
an expert accountant, and that the COM
pensation of said expert be at the rate
of $40 per day or 81. 25 per hour for the
actual time thus employed, this being
the same rate paid by the last General
Assembly; be it further
Resolved, That said committee report
the result of their investigation as soon
as possible to the General Assembly.
The proceedings were opened in the
senate on Thursday by the introduction
by Senator Cooper, of Davidson, of the
following petition, duplicate of which
was offered in the house:
To the General Assembly of tho State
of Tennessee: 1, Peter Turney, respect
fully present this address and petition.
/ am 60 years of age, and all my life
have been a citizen of Tennessee. / am
eligible to the office of Governor, and at
this time / am Governor of Tennessee.
| was a candidate at the election in No
vember for Governor, and claim that l
then received the highest number of
legal votes, and that / was then elected
Governor of Tennessee. Nevertheless,
l am reliably informed that on the face
of the returns it appears that the Hon.
II. G. Evans received the highest num-
Der of votes cast. am also reliably
informed that this result is due to gross
and fraudulent disregard and violations
of the law, and that an investigation
will establish this fact. / therefore
pray your honorable body to take such
steps as will permit me to appear before
you when ssembled in joint conven-
tion to contest the returns and to show
that l was elected, and that said III. G.
Evans was not. Respectfully,
P. TURNEY.
The petition was ordered spread upou
the minutes, and after passing a few
bills on first reading the joint resolu-
tiOn offered by Senator Butler providing
for q Joint session of the Assembly on
Tuesday, January Is, to open the re-
turns in the gubernatorial election, was
taken up.
Senator Beene offered the following
substitute resolution. After a lengthy
preamble the resolution concludes as
follows:
Be it resolved by the General Assem-
bly, of the State of Tennessee, That no
date be at present fixed for the meeting
of the members of the two houses to
count, determine and declare the said
vote for Governor; provided, however,
that the date shall be fixed hereafter
during tho session.
BE it further resolved, That all legis.
lation looking to a prompt and just de-
termination Of the election be speeded,
to the end that the person having the
highest number of legal votes at the
late cleo zion may be ascertained, the
vote determined and such person in
argurated at the earliest day possible
during the present session.
After two days discussion the substi-
tute was adopted by the following vote:
Yeas-Bartlett, Beene, Caldwell, Car
son, Canada, Cooper, Freeman, Ledger
wood, Morgan, Newsom, Rhodes, Scales,
Shinault, Sims, StOvall, Thompson,
WhitthOrne, Winburn, Pillow-19.
Nays-Bates Dem. }, Broderick (Pop.), !
Webb (Pop.), Weakley (Pop.), and the
following Republicans: Butler, Bowman,
Early, Ellis, Fitzgerald, Hodges, JEFF |
fries, McCarron, Smith, TaylOr-14.