The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-03-27
NO SENATOR ELECTED
THE JOINT SESSION WITH
OUT RESULT.
Capitol Untlcr Guard-Democrats Denounce
Governor Bradley In Unmeasured Terms
-Colonels Chinn and Gathers Clash
No Blood Spilled.

No Blood Spilled.
FRANKFORT, Ky., March 1s.-The
last joint session of the legislature
assembled to-day as peaceably as Of
old. A better feeling prevailed in the
house and a number of women were
allowed for the first time since last
Friday to enter the galleries. The
doors were thrown wide open as on
yesterday, and the same sight Of blue.
coats was witnessed in the corridors.
When the clerks called the roll of both
houses the Democrats refused to an
swer and the roll stood IS present.
The ballot was then ordered for the
last vote in the race for United States
senator. Neither Democrats nor Re-
publicans voted. On motion of C. q.
Brown the joint assembly dissolved,
never to meet again. Then the long
meter doxology was sung and the
gavel fell for the last time in the Ken.
lucky general assembly at 12:l7, with
GU electing a successor ia, Senator
Blackburn.
As.soon as the joint assembly had
dissolved, many of Senator Black
burns friends made a rush for the
senate cloak rooms and began shaking
the hand of the champion of free sill.
yer.
Indications are that the legislature
will not adjourn until a late hour to-
night. Representative 70. Il. Burnham
SAID after the joint session that if the
Democrats had not refused to vote to-
day, both James. and Walton, the two
expelled Republican senators, would
have voted.
Colonel r. n. Gather was walking
to the Capitol Hotel when he met
Jack Chinn. Gather said: How are
YOU, Jack?:' and was passing on when
ehlnn replied: Damn you, don't you
speak to me- and at the same time
made a movement for his hip pocket.
Before a weapon could be drawn,
General 7. w. Hardin rushed IN be-
tween the two men and succeeded in
preventing a fight, not, however, be-
fore Gather had said to Ch:nn: 81
am ready for you at any time, sir. It
don't matter whether you speak to
me or not"
W.. A.. Dunlap, who was given Mr..
kaufman's seat in the house bv that
body, arrived from Lexington this
morning. When asked if he would
vote IN the joint assembly, he said:
II will not. | am here on other bus
ness"
Dunlap was sent for by Colonel
Boyle, the Republican nominee for
United States Senator, but he refused
to yield to the Republican instruc.
tions.
In the House Mr.. Barnett offered a
resolution indorslng the action of the
governor in calling out the militia
and Mr.. Howard of Butler, moved the
previous question. In a moment
almost every Democrat in the House
was on his feet demanding to be heard.
The speaker ruled that the previous
question had been ordered and no
speeches were in order. At least half
a dozen Democrats were at it at the
same time in the greatest of confusion,
during which bayonet rule, carpet
baggers, soldiers, militia, anarchy.
co~wardice and other such epithets
were thrown at the Republicans. The
resolution was adopted by Il yea and
nay vote of 81 to As.
The usual ballot was taken for
United States Senator to-day, the last
day, but there was ne election.
A meeting of Blackburn Democrats
IS to be held tonight, at which ad-
dresses are to be delivered by Senator
Blackburn, General Hardin, Ollie
James and others, in which they will
claim that the fact that no United
States Senator was elected at this
session is a great victory for Black
BURN. The meeting, it is said, will be
an opening of the free silver campaign
in Kentucky.
The report of the Senate investiga-
ton committee in charge of Senator
Goehl will not be ready until after
the joint session. 1t will be very
lengthy and will score the Governor
numerically. One story has it that
the committee will recommend that
the Senate fine the Governor $500,
together with Imprisonment for six
months. That this is contemplated is
shown by the remark Of a member of
the committees: "The committee has
power to recommend such punishment
as you have suggested. The only
ching that will prevent such a report
being made is the fact that it is known
that a number of Democratic Senators
will not consent to vote for the r>so-
luton"
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