Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-03-25
SINE DIE
The Kentucky Legislature Adjourns
Without Electing a Senator.
The Joint Session Meets. Bot on Roll Call
But Two Votes Were Eccordcd-Whiis
Singing the Doxoiogy the session Ad-
1ourns INCREASINGLY and Forever.

FRANKFORT, Ky, March IS.-When
the legislature went to the capitol
Tuesday morning the Louisville and
Lexington companies were parading
about town, while the Frankfort com.
pany was doing duty about the state
buildings and grounds
Col. Jack Chinn and Col. +. p. Gath
er. of the Second regiment, came near
having a clash. Gather spoke TO Chinn
pleasantly and the latter replied he did
not want him to talk to him. Gather
retorted angrily and both started to
draw weapons when Gen Il. Wat Har-
din stepped between them.
When the house met Mr. Barnett Of
fered resolution endorsing the gov
ernor. Some one moved the previous
question The speaker put il and in n
minute the house presented the wild
est scene of the session. The previous
question was ordered by n vote of so 20
45. Then the resolution was adopted
by party vote.
At 1885 Dunlap had not arrived. and
the members ceased TO look for him
Col Gaines said he had received no
word to admit him TO the state house.
At 1880 Senator Goebel had not come
into the senate with his report on the
action of the governor, but il is known
that IT is going to be n very severe CEN
sure. The judges of the court of APP
peals refused to meet at the state house
tuesday or on any day while the
militia is in charge there. The judges
are holding n session in one of the
chief Justices parlors at the Capital
hotel.
The movement was led by Chief JUS
tice Prior, who refused TO go to the
state house as long as the militia was
there.
Nell and Lands, republican senators
Will resign after the joint session Tues
day to accept appointments by The gov
ernor.
There will be vacancies in the house
If Dunlap fails to qualify and Order,
republican, is made penitentiary chap
lain.
A special election TO elect n successor
to the late Senator Weissinger, of
Louisville, will be held April Ia
The joint session began promptly at
noon amid the din of voices inside,
trumpets, bugles and drums outside
and CLINT and glare of musketry inside
The senators and half hundred news
paper men filed through and in the
house hall. The lobbies of the latter
were filed with ladies and state Off
cials- While the crowd WIS gathering
n good-humored group had to be raped
to order for feigning the doxology.
The preliminary roll call found no
Dunlap present and no democrats an
swered to their names. There was no
suppressed excitement as heretofore
Nearly every member seemed in a play
full mood. The chair announced that
SO had answered to their names, but
that n ballot would be taken to see if
70, quorum, was present and voting.
The ballot began; not man, repub-
lican or democrat, answered to his name
during the call of the senate roll. Mr..
Burnam asked for a call of the senate
absentees, but was not accorded a sec
ond. There were no votes in the house
until Burnam's name was called and he
voted for Boyle. Garrett also voted for
Boyle. No other persons answered and
the ballot resulted: Boyle, 2.
Mr.. Howard moved that the session
be dissolved 'everlastingly, eternally
and forever. His motion carried.
A member started up the Doxolgy
and the crowd in the lobby joined in.
Senator Blackburn sat in the senate
cloak room surrounded by his friends.
smiling at himself in having accom-
plished all he had really hoped for from
the beginning. He will leave for Wash
ington at once. st. John Boyle did not
look happy. He had been badly disap-
pointed. Tuesdays ballot was the
fifty -frst
Senator Blackburn spoke ut the
opera house Tuesday night His
friends say it is the opening of the
senatorial campaign of 1897. The SEN
ate has adjourned until three o'clock.
Senator Goebel mads his report and
1t was adopted by party vote. The
report mildly censured the governor
for calling out the militia Ito further
partisan ends" There was no refer
ence made to fine or imprisonment