The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-01-08
TEMPERANCE FORCES WIN GREAT, VICTORY
p AGAINST THE CORRUPT COHORTS OF THE
INFAMOUS PATTERSON MACHINE
sTATEwIDERs IN CONTROL FcENERAL ASSEMBLY.
TAYLOR, GIBSON COUNTY, ELECTED SPEAK
REPRESENTATIVES,
Special tc The Herald.

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! NASHVILLE. Tenn. Jan. 5.--State-
wide prohibitionists and anti-machine
Democrats are now in complete control
of the organization of the Tennessee
Legislature, having elected Hillsman
Taylor Speaker of the House and VIII
liam Kinney Speaker of the Senate.
Taylor was elected Speaker of the
House late yesterday afternoon after
the whisky and machine Democrats
!, had made an intellectual effort to break
a quorum.
Taylor's victory was forecasted in
these dispatches yesterday and was
no surprise, although the opposition
died hard and resorted to every tactic
to delay or defeat his election. At
about o'clock the machine Demo-
Gratis left the Hall and broke a quo
rum, but about O'Clock enough of
them returned to make the necessary
two-thirds and with bad grace they
yielded to the inevitable.
Taylor received sixty-three votes
and twenty-six members sat silent in
their seats and refused to vote. There
were ten absent. Taylor received the
votes of forty Democrats, twenty-five
Republicans and one Independent He
therefore received the votes of ma
jority of the Democrats of tn House.
After Taylor's election the House |
at once proceeded to the election of
a clerk and Edward B. Martin |
and Sam ]. Stockard were nominated. |
The roll call resulted, Stockard 6, Mar
tin, 81. Fred T. Wilson was then re-
elected assistant clerk without opposi-
tion.
The House adjourned to meet this
morning when the other officers will +
be elected.
1t is now absolutely certain that
Statewide prohibition bill will be
passed Such measure will be intro
duced as soon as the rganization of
the Legislature is completed and will
be pushed rapidly through friendly
to its final passage. Should
Patterson veto the bill as he has
threatened 1t will be as promptly
passed over his veto. K
Patterson and his gang are dazed [
md stunned by this blow. It was UNI t
While large majority of
he members OF both Houses had been g
elected pledged to Statewide prohibit
ion it had been expected that enough ,
would be taken from the cause by
means of bribery, coercion and threats
0 enable the administration to organ
ze the House. But the machine lead
rs reckoned without their host. This
! Legislature that Patterson ma :
hine cannot control.
The vote in the House on the cleo
on Of Speaker follows:
Those refusing to vote were: Rep
Brooks of Hawkins, Car
en-, Cheatham, Cleage, Dixon, Garrett, a.
1T, Goodman. Hickman, jackson, M
,hnson, Langford, Lockert, Mat %
Jews, Murphy, Phelan, Poston, Pur- W
EAR, Rogers, Scott, Stewart Of White, ID
lat Taylor, Watson. Williams, Wise NJ
an and Worley. VI
Those voting for Mr.. Taylor were: ~
Alexander, Ashley, Bates. Bennett, q
Brooks of Cooke, Brown, ~
ford, Burbage, Buttry, Carson, 70
lestnut, Cole, Conger, Cooper, Girls
an, Draper, Drummond, Fitzhugh, 81
ltrell, Galloway, Graves, Grissam. Oh
oss, Hall, Hannah, Harper, Harris, -
slm. Horn, Hoover, Ketchum, Leach, I'M
noir, Lipscomb, Luther, McLaugh- W
!, McWhirter, Naples, Marshal.
assa, Messick, Miller, Mitchell, a
,ore of Clay, More of Obion. Medley, -
wport, Payne, Phillips, Rambo,
ewes, Hickman, Robinson, Rule.
aw, Slpes, Sparks, Stewart of Can
a, Stout, Stovall, Tatum, Thach,
omas, Tidwell, Townsend, Webb, M
lite, Whitfield, wilkerson.