Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-14
KENTUCKY SENATORS ANGRY
Action of the Governor stirs Up Tempest
in Teapot.
BY MUTUAL APOLOGIES
Republicans Again Decline to votes
Thus Drcnting n Quorum ana Rec
sulting In n Failure 10 Elect
n United states senator.


n United states Senator.
LOUISVILLE, March ia special to the
Post from Frankfort says: The state house
was full of omnous rumors this morning.
Party leaders hurried to and from secret
conferences. ST. john Boyle. the republican
nominee, was consulted all night. Into his
rooms at the Capital hotel the leaders went
with mysterious rapIdty. 1t was not denied
that Mr.. Boyle and his friends determined
to ignore the Illegal expulsion OF Senators
James and Walton by the senate on Wedncs-
day, and that at the proper time these sena-
tors were to rise in their seats, be recognized
by the chair and cast their votes for Boyle,
whether the clerk of the senate, who is
chief clerk of the Joint assembly, recorded
their votes or not. or course, he will re-
fuse to call their names or enter their votes
as cast on the journal, but this the re-
publican leaders have decided is not neces-
sary, If Dunlap will qualify and vote for the
nominee
Mr.. Boyle received another long telei s. N
from Senator John Sherman today in which
he gave it as his opinion that sixty-nine
votes constituted legal quorum since the
death of Senator Weissinger. and with Dun
lap and the two Illegally expelled senators
voting with the other sixty-two members,
would elect, and in his opinion the senate VI
the United States would 80 decide. The
ruling of Lieutenant Governor Worthington
yesterday, that seventy votes were required
to make legal quorum, did not disturb the
leaders. They believed that the ruling would
be changed. The republicans called in all
the pairs. There was to be no faith put in
the vote Of Popust Poor for Bolye, although
that unfortunate member was overwhelmed
by letters and kilograms from his home
county, urging him TO vote for the nominee.
Both James and Walton were in the house
chamber shortly after that body met. DR..
James declares he will answer his name IL
called. Walton says the same.
1t develops this morning that the demo-
cratic members are far from being united
on the policy to be pursued.
CLEARED THE CORRIDORS.
Shortly after II O'Clock Sheriff Armstrong
made his appearance with eight deputies in
the corridors between the two house cham
bers. Senator Blackburn, with a few of his
friends, including Jim Williams Jack Chinn
and others, came over to the senate cloak
room about II 80. Colonel Chinn approached
Colonel Lew Tarleton and said he under
stood Tarleton had been talking about him as
one of a crowd of rufiians. Colonel Tarleton
said that he had not said anything OF the
kind, but he did say as citizen OF the
county, II think the civil authorities should
be on hand to suppress an outbreak of any
kind"
At 1880 o'clock Sheriff Armstrong re-
ceiyed instructions from Governor Bradley
to clear the senate cloak room, in which
| were Senator Blackburn and his friends, In
| cluding Jack Chinn and others. AS soon as
\ the senate majority heard of this move of the
governor. the friends of Senator Blackburn
grew hot and at once drew up resolution OF
| rebuke to the governor, which was adopted
1t caused the widest confusion.
| The reading of the resolution caused
| sensation. Petrie, republican, said that 1t
was extraordinary and he asked that COM
mittee be appointed to confer with the gov
| ernor and see IL such an order had been Ia
| sued by him.
Senator Bronston grew fiery and bitterly
| scored the governor. He called for the
adoption of resolutions.
| Senator Goebel spoke equally as bitterly
| He said the governor had no right to inter-
| fere with the rights of the senate II for
one," he shouted, in his cold, penetrating
voice, "am ready to protect my own rights
and privileges"
| Salyer was not carried off his feet by this
storm of denuncation Of the governor. He
| said it was the duty Of the senate out of re-
| spect to the governor to send a committee
| to find out from that official II he had issued
such an order. "If 1t is found, said he.
| that the governor has issued such an order,
| then am in favor Of passing the resoiu-
| ton but let us not act hastily"
Bronston said: Never will that commits
tee go to the governor with my consent, or
| with my vote"
"Or mine" cried Goebel and Others
The sheriff, who was present, here said
that he had received the orders mentioned
| from the governor
DENOUNCED GOVERNOR BRADLEY.
Senator Bronston said: II denounce the act
| of the governor, IL 1t were with the last
| drop of my blood. 1t Is outrageous and un-
| lawful, treacherous act. denounce IT,"
| he almost screamed, amidst the pounding OF
| the gavel and the suppressed hum of many
voices 'Iet the governor leave us alone.
| Pass the resolutions and condemn the man
who is governor by accident. lenounce
his action and am ready as kentuckian
and as a man."
Then, white as a sheet, the senator sat
| down.
The sergeant t-at-a arms shouted: "The pre-
siding officer will clear the floor"
| Then Senator Deboe arose and denounced
the reflection of Bronston on Governor Brad
ley as false and untrue. II say 1t to his
face" said he glarng at Bronston Then he
| sat down.
Senator Bronston jumped up and COM
menced to unbutton his vest, and many pres
ent thought that the lime for bloodshed had
arrived. Before he could act the presiding
officer succeeded by pounding the gavel and
pleading for quiet In restoring erder.
Senator Salyer rose and said that he was
not willing to insult the governor of Ken
lucky, and moved to refer the motion offered
by Bronston to the committee on rules, and
this was done.
Bronston, Goebel and the friends of Black
burn, seeing they had been outvoted, sub
sided and one of the most remarkable scenes
ever. witnessed in deliberative body ended.
The news of the exciting scenes in the
senate had not reached the house before the
joint assembly arrived, and when the senate
filed in shortly after noon the members OF
the house had not been fortunate or un-
fortunate enough to hear what had passed in
that body.
The call OF the roll developed the fact
: that the republicans had not succeeded in get
3 ting out all their members. There were two
pairs.
The roll call showed 1873 members present;
5 necessary TO choice, sixty-fve. The reading
of the journals was dispensed with without
. any attempt on the part of Senator Bronston
to delay the proceedings on yesterday by
inaisting on having read the journals Of each
house.
, The ballot resulted: Blackburn, so; Car
Isle, 13; Buckner /.
, The republicans again refused to vote and