The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-12-22
CHALLENGES Elk = C OV
TAYLOR'S STATEMENT.

TAYLOR'S STATEMENT.
To the Editor of The American.
Gov Taylor in his ra for United
States Senator seems to make Joke
of everything, if his fault is not more
serious than that even. 1t is chair
tat BILE to suppose he must have been
joking when he claiuled to be Il o
champion IF temperance in so much
that he saved the bill from defeat sub
uniting the prohibition amendment Of
1887 to the Constitution by hiring a
carnage at his own expense and bring.
ing sick Senator to the chamber to
give the casting vote that saved it.
When the writer lead his statement
of the Sam Williamson episode it put
him, as an humble actor IN the pro
ceedings of the Senate of 1887, to
cuugelling his memory tor some soft
of continuation of the statement that
the submission bill was ever in any
danger of not passing that fody. Fail
ing to find any impIession in that re-
ceptacle to that effect l have had re-
course to the Senate journal of that
ession, and after a thorough investi.
cation of that official record | unhesi-
tatingly declare that there was never
any sncn emergency; there wa3 never
anything approximatlng tie vote on
either OF the measures passed looking
to the subm lssIon of the proposed
amendment to the people, The first
was joint resolution agreeing" 10
the amendment that had been ''plC-
posed by the previous Legislature,
which passed three several readings on
three separate days | find on psgf $
2O7-S Of the Senate journal of 1857
that this resolution passed Its first
reading by vote OF 81 ayes to 2 noes.
On pages 1856 the vote on its second
reading is given st 80 ayes and 2 noes.
On page 264 the vote IN its third and
final passage is given at 81 ayes to 2
noes. The TWO senators voting no on
each reading were Messrs Lynn and
Montedonico. from Shelby County.
The largest vote that can possibly
be considered as even remotely I'M
friencly to the resolution agreeing to
the amendment was on motion |
offered by myself to fix Jan. 26 1887, |
as the day to consider it, as found on
page 226, when the ayes were ~ o !
10 noes Those who had the measure
in charge wanted to m axe 1t special
order for the 25th, one DAY sooner.
The most rigid scrutiny of the record
Is challenged for anything more
seroius than this This was Senate
joint resolution No. II.
Coming on down tie line, we come
to where Senate bill No 273. mage 345,
passei lis first reading by % aye. TO l |
no La its second reading, by 81 ayes
to : noes pages 36G-1. The noes were
Fairbanks and IoIley. We preferred |
the bill offered originally by the latter !
for the same purpose, and renewed on
this occasion by MIR. Fairbanks VINO
Is now thu States Attorney for the
McMlnnville- Fayetteville Judicial Cir
cult The pill was then referred to the
Jud'clqry Committee, and came back
with two reports from that committee.
After considerable sl1lrm,shing as To
which report should be adopted both
favoriug the passage of the EiU, how
ever-the bill passed it's third and final
reading by 81 ayes to l no. From
this 1T will be seen there was no more
room for the Sam Williams episode
on the passage of tie Submission"
bill than that of the resolution of
agreement. Its title was: $40 pre-
scribe the mode of submitting the
prohibitory constitutional
amendment to the people. Thus 1t
will be seen there were two separate
one bill the other a reso
utlon, but both necessary to get the
before the people.
VIM. P. IOLLEY.
Fayetteville, Tenn Dec 18.