The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-02-15
BREEZY Time IN
BOTH HOUSES
SENATE AND HOUSE HEAR WARM
DISCUSSION.
Claimed That Knoxville Charter en-
Is About 70 Disappear.

After loading Il with an amend
ment that renders It imperative 70
an indefinite period the Senate OF
Tuesday passed the Holiday 'tul
bilr. by an almost unanimous vote
The amendment makes the law g
Into eject when the Congress shall
have passed a Law prohibiting inter
state liquor trafic. A warm fight for
the amendment was made under the
leadership Of ex-Gov. Cox and senatos
Bean.
The argument made for the amend
met was that without 1t the bill
would only serve to enrich liquor deal
ers In nearby States. and would not
affect It's consumption In Tennessee.
A roll call on the adoption OF the
amendment was called for, but was
not allowed. and the decisive vote up
on It is unrecorded.
Senator Bean and Ewing exchanged
amenities inspired by recent antago-
nisms, and served to enliven the clos
ing scenes of the fight for the adop-
ton of the amendment Mr.. Bean had
stated In his argument for the adop-
ton of the amendment that he had ad-
vocated temperance since 1900, and
had always stood for the extension Of
the Adams law to the State. Mr.. Ew-
ing produced journal of 1901. and
asked II an entry showing that Mr..
Bean had voted against an amendment
having that effect was correct. Mr..
Cox examined the journal and stated
that Mr. Bean had voted for the
and Mr.. Ewing later arose
to a question of personal privilege.
and stated that Mr.. Bean had voted |
for the amendment to extend the !
Adams law to cities of 100000, but |
when 1t was amended to apply to cit
les of 104,000 he voted against the
of the bill. Mr. Bean stated
hat he had not the sinuous qualities
necessary to an investigation of Mr..
Ewing's record, and with some addi-
ional passages of this nature the in
;ident closed.
Breeze in the House.
While the members of the House
we're quietly engaged in the very I'M
interesting and prosaic business of ,
DING through the formality of passing :,
peal bills Tuesday afternoon and with T.
arely quorum persent, Mr.. NIGEL !,
oy suddenly awoke the echoes and
reated mild sensation by the intro
uction of resolution aimed at Rep !.
Albert Benham, the
hartman OF the House Committee ON
liquor Traffic. This resolution direct >
1 the Scrgeant-at-Arms of the House
!, obtain from the Liquor Traffic
hartman the bill authorizing an cleo
on In Knoxville to ascertain the will
the people on the question of sa
on abolition and to return to the
ouse to be acted upon not later than (,
!,
The resolution of Mr.. McElroy was ~
by petition signed by In
cry member of the committee re- in
testing that meeting of the COM al
lttee to be held at once to report the et
i. In presenting the resolution Mr.. or
cElroy stated that Chairman Ben n,
m had refused to heed the request
his committee but had given no
tisfaction as to when a commit
, meeting would be held or the bill az
reported.
clt
It was some time before the House 10
Ike up to just what was happening, -,
/ as soon as the nature OF the ex-
ordinary resolution was fully re
lied much excitement prevailed and
members began to crowd around
Clerks desk and to join In vol
e of "Mr. Speaker" Everybody
nted recognition at the same mo-
mt. Finally Mr. McElroy was al. 20
ed to proceed. He said he wanted hut
show proper respect to the Chair Lee
n of all committees but those sio
,irmen must show respect to the of
use, He declared that Mr.. Ben ing
a hoped to defer action or the bin int
in