The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-13
Holiday Bill Passes
 20 to B.
WOMEN IN GALLERIES
 SANG SEVERAL SONGS
Intense Enthpsiasm Among th'
 Tempekance Advocates.
svAen the senate Was Raped to or- Ser Yesterday Morning the Cham-
 Der We. Crowded To Hts
 Utmost cspaeity.

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 Nashville, Tenn, Jan. 12-At 5:02 o'clock this afternoon, Senate Bill No / l, providing for the prohibition of the sale Of liquor within four miles of any schoolhouse in Tennessee, passed third and inaT reading in the Senate. The vote was 2o+ to IS. Senators Barker vtlle, of Sumner, and Swab,s of Claib- orne. voting with the eighteen who have been known as 'State-w -widers."
 It is expected that the, House will pass the. bill tomorrow. Immediately the vote in the Senate was announced, the widest disorder prevailed and as soon as a motion to. adjourn could be put and carried. a frantic crowd sur- rounded Messrs. Holladay and Mans- -neid, noof leaders of the prohibition forces, and the celebration took on tho form cfsa love feast. f =
 The debate preceding the passage of 4he measure was replete with sensa- tionaf Incidents, one of which was ex- Goveruor John I, Cox's speech in de- 3ense of his past record and his pres ent attitude toward temperance legis- lation. Another was charges made by Senator Dancy Fort, of Montgomery County of intimidation against Rev. Dr. E. .N. Folk, whom he termed the "high xnognl' or the Anti-Saloon League. Senator Fort charged that Dr. Folk had threatened to ruin him religiousiy as well as politically if lie, voted against prohibition, and further charged that Folk was attempting to carry out his threat by publishing in his paper, Tho Baptist and Reflector, an insinuation tn Che effect that Fort was an infideL
 The galleries were packed and damned until it seemed probable that some one would be precipitated on to the floor Of the Senate any minute. The floor was thrown practically open to whomeoeyer desired to enter the cham her, and aIl of the space back of the desks was niled with women and poii- ticians. n the front row of the gall lsry sat Mrs Sllena M Holman, State President ok the W. c. T. U.. and by nor sldS at Mrs. Florepce Atkins an csAer pronsiaept member of thak akGa'a-
 Ths ,specsasors were almost Aii stass- wEaera and they were by no means slow to express their sentiments. Naughe bHt 3esrs and hisses Erected the 1aavc- cates Of local option, while the fwiidest cheers wers sent up at each pause in the spoechesi for Statewide prohibition, Time after time, Speaker Kinney threatened to clear the galleries if q more courteous hearing were. not given the admInistration Senators. but it was of little or nc avail.
 The entire debate was bitter and many strong speeches were made. but they were ofTno effect on the one side orFthe othter.s Every man present had made up hts mind long before the, ses- sion was calied to order, ana the vote taken at o'clock was just what is would have been at II o'clock. Six hours were consumed between the time the Senate was called to order and the moment of adjournment. and nearly all of 1t was spent in consideratioa of che State wide bIlI
 Must Prove Charges.
 The House was almost forgotten In the importance of the days work in the Senate, but in that body the Tatum whiskay lobby investigation resolu- fion was tabled Drs. Chappell and Haynes of the Methodist Church, in a resolution tftroduced, are called upon to appear before the House and sub stantfate the charges made by them in re9ard to corrupt infuences being brought to bear on Statewide legisia- tton, and if they fail to do that, to be hauled before the bar of the House and show the cause why they should not be heraided abroad as common slanderers :" The House Liquor Traffic Committee recommended the State wide bill for passage.
 The resolution regarding the minis- ters charges was presented by Repre- sentative Cooper of Shelby County, and went over, under the rules. After quoting the article from an afternoon paper, which tells of the ministers allegations. 1t says:
 "Wthereas, If said published state- mont correctly quotes the Revs. s. 10. B. ChAppell and B. F. Haynes, this honorable body Is entitled to know who the Representative Is who has been eeduced and corrupted, and the names of the witnesses by whom the charges can be proven and the names of the parties by whom the charges were made, that proper action may be taken by this honorable body in the prem tses. '4
 '.Th efefore. the Speaker of the House Is hereby authorized and empowered to- issue citation to the said E. B. Chappsii. and B. F. Haynes to appear tnstanter and make specific charges, giving the names of the guilty parties, the iseduced; and corrupted Representa- tive, the witnesses or witness and the parties who are circulating these fel- orous charges; that the sergeant-at- arrns be directed by the Speaker to serve this citation at once, command ing the said II. E. Chappell and B. F. Haynes to appear 'instanter at the bar of the House and make and file specific charges against the guilty member or members;- the names or name of the corrupting parties. both men and women. and other witnesses they may know of. and unless the said E B, Chappell and B. F. Haynes ap- 2 pear and file said charges as above, re- lqalred, together with the names of the Hitnesses and the sources from which kAid Chappell and Haynes obtained the.r ihforma tion, in case of their failure in So doing-then that the Speaker shall Instantsr issue a waEfant to the ser- geant-at-arms of the House to arrest the said F. B, Chappell and B, E.. Haynes and bring them before the bar of the House. there to be publicly rep rimanded as cornmon slanderers, un- worthy of belief and decent associates"
 Before the Senate was convened the Woman's Christian Temperance Union women. who filled the galleries. sanG several prohibition songs, which crsat- ed Intense enthusiasm among the ads voeStes of statewide prohibition.
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