Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-18
BLACKBURN HOLDS OVER
There Was No Election for Sen-
ator in Kentucky.
LEGISLATURE ADJOURNED
"Eyerlastingly, EternalIy and Forever" Amid
the Widest Excitement.
Mr.. BLACKBURN CARRIED HIS POINT
AT Meeting at the Opera House Governor
Bradley and the Louisville Demo-
cratic Press Were Bitterly
Denounced.
Mr.. BLACKBURN CARRIED HIS POINT

Cy Browns motion, the Joint assembly of
the Kentucky Legislature adjourned
today. The session was fail
ure. Primarily the chief busi-
ness of the body the provision of
proper means and the enactment of just
laws for the conduct and administration
of the government, was neglected and
In addition was presented the rare spec
tacle of state capitol filled with troops
and the enforcement of martial law.
And lastly the election of a representa-
tive of the state in the highest body in
the land failed of accomplishment The
lamentable feature of today's pro-
cedure was the failure to pass the
revenue bills. The urgent necessity for
the passage of the revenue bills may be
gained from the fact that the present
Indebtedness of Kentucky is $500 000 and
the calculated indebtedness by next June,
81, SOC, 900.
Senator Blackburn processes to be elat-
ed. Boyle is negatively rejoiced. The
silver democrats are angry and the sound
money democrats are the only really con-
tented element. They gained their point
and did not have to violate party con-
victions and vote for republican, The
militia leaves tomorrow. There was a
grand review on the capitol grounds this
afternoon, at which Governor Bradley
made a speech, thanking them for their
services.
When the legislators went to the capitol
this morning the Louisville and Lexing-
ton companies were parading about town,
while the Frankfort company was doing
duty about the state buildings and
grounds.
Jack Chinn and Col. e. Gather of the
Second regiment came near having a
clash. Gather spoke to Chinn pleasant
hn 10 for tnA hot he .nt
want him to talk to him. Gather retort-
ed angrily and both started to draw
weapons, when Gen. p Wat Hardin step
ped between them.
When the house met Barnett offered a
resolution indorsing the governor. Some
one moved the previous question.
The speaker put 1T, and in a minute the
house presented the widest scene of the
session. The previous question was or
defed by vote of so to 45. Then the
resolution was adopted by party vote.
AT 11.35 Dunlap had not appeared, and
the members. ceased to look for him.
Colonel Gaines said he had received no
word to admit him to the state house.
The joint session began promptly at
noon amid a din of voices inside, and
trumpets, bugles, drums and the CLINT
and glare of musketry outside. The SEN
ators and newspaper men filed into the
house hall. The lobbies were filled with
ladies and state officials. While the
crowd was gathering the good-humored
group had to be raped to order for sing
ing the doxology.
The preliminary roll call found Dunlap
not present, and no democrats answered
to their names.
The chair announced that sixty-six
had answered to their names, but that
ballot would be taken to see If sew
enty a quorum, was present and voting.
The ballot began, but not man, republi
can or democrat, answered to his name
during the call of the senate roll.
Burnam asked for call of senate alb
sentees but was not accorded second.
There were no votes in the house until
Burnams name was called, and he voted
for Boyle. Garrett also voted for Boyle.
No other person answered and the ballot
resulted: Boyle, 2.
Mr. Howard moved that the session be
dissolved everlastingly, eternally and
forever His motion was carried with
a wild yell, members started up the dox-
ology and the crowd in the lobby Joined
in.
Senator Blackburn. sat in the senate
cloak room surrounded by his friends,
smiling at his satisfaction at having ac-
complished all he had really hoped for
from the beginning. He will leave for
washington at once
ST. John Boyle did not look happy. He
had been badly disappointed Today
was the fifty-first ballot.
Blackburn Addressed His Friends.
The Blackburn people held meeting
at the opera house this evening. feat
ure of the occasion was a speech from
Jack Chinn, which was loudly applauded.
Senator Blackburns address had to do
with the different phases of the strange
political drama just closed here. He
was rather bitter in his denunciation of
what he termed the TRAITORS of the par
ty," and warmly euloglzed the populists
for their support of him.
He scored Governor Bradley in a bitter
and impassioned manner for calling out
the militia, characteriZing his action as
despotic cowardly and tyrannical. He
also fired some hot shot at the press say
ing: There has not been one single
line-original, copied, borrowed or stolen
in the democratic press of Louisville
for the past three months which was not
a liew He then reviewed and reiterated
and defended his views on silver and
other national questions.
The Judges of the court of appeals re-
fused to meet at the state house today
or any day while the militia Is in charge
there. The judges held a session in one
of Chief Justice Prices rooms at the
Capital hotel.
Nell and Landes, republican senators,
will resign today to accept appointments
from the governor
A special election to elect successor
to the late Senator Weissinger or Louis
VILE will be held April IA.
The proceedings of both branches OF
the Kentucky legislature today were
nretty much like those of other legisla-
fures.s They were marked by disposi-
tion ON the part of the members to do as
iittIe as possible In the morning moth
ing Of particular Importance was done.
From 1890 o'clock till nc the members
lonnged about the chamber, while the
clerks read some bills that were enrolled.
When the senate recoHyened afher tne
;ninf assembly Senator Clark called at
fention to the fact that several appro-
prfation bills were still unpassed, and
appealed to his colleagues not to adjourn