The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-01-12
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LEGISLATORS ..,@ EFFECT AR.
RANGEMENTs BY WHIOH or
GANIzATION RESULTS. n.
Negroes Interested
In efforts of Republicans to secure
complete control Of State and
hold themselves. in readiness td
assist provided y. ,,s


Nashville, Tenn, Dec. 1Oth.-In q
general way the advance made by
the. Republicans in getting hold Of
the State Of Tennessee at the last
election has been threatened. The
Regular Democrats for while
blocked. every effort to organize the
Legislature and Hooper, the .Repub-
Hcan Governor-Elect with his Fusion
forces were somewhat embarrassed
last -Week.--Until- a point of agree
ment was reached this week, there
were signs Of no law-making at all
this year and--that Honorable Mr..
Patterson would eeatinue--to~. hold
down things for a season. The
Regulars" marched to and from
the. capitol all last week at regular
times and in regular order and they
seemed bent on keeping the thing
up unless they received some posi-
tive guarantee that nothing would
be done to endanger the chance of
their taking part In the making and
unmaking OF the laws this session.
The cause Of it all was the impress
sion n-ahroad-tAaat- -ttAeIFus4ea- jor-
ity In the House were to unseat sew
eral Of the "Regulars'' and thus fur
ther entrench themselves in pow
er.
There We're other causes too. The
law and order element thought the
Regulars had a fixed determination
to undo the whisbey laws The In
dependent are hot after the pie for
which they fought so. valiantly in
the last election. The G.. o. p.
keeps playing a deep game of poll
tics to further master the situation
with an eye, to victory in 1912 The
Regulars are trying to save the
State OF, Tennessee from Republican.
government and keep control OF the
State treasury and - ether good
things that the party in power likes
to have and to hold. -. - ..y.,,. .,
The factions finally agreed to stop
disagreeing and signed a peace pact
that should "go down In history as
one OF the most unusual documents
for political self-preservation ever
Worded by Southern American
statesmen. = -.-. ..
Full Text of the Peace Pact.
Following is the text Of the agree
ment reached yesterday between the
respective factions in the General
Assembly. Hon, B. Johnson acting
for the fusion contestants and con-
testees, and Hon. Vim. o. Vertrees
acting for the regular contestants
and contestees: .-..
To Thos. B. Johnson, attorney
representing the following contested
election cases in the Fifty-seventh
General Assembly of the State of
Tennessee: York vs.. Davis, in the
State Senate; R. G. Messick vs.. w.
C. Thornesberry, r. Orr VS.. G.. M.
Miller, H. Whitefeld vs.. T. P. Ew-
ing, A. P. Louthan VS.. D. B. Pur-
year, A. J. Harris. VS.. G.. L., Morris,
M. d. Rickman VS.. j. E. Foust, Eli
Jah Smithson vs.. A. Gibbs and Hi
ram Gassaway VS.. H. IT. Stewart, the
last eight named contests being all
the contests pending in the House of
Representatives Of the Fifty-seventh
General Assembly of the State of
Tennessee. ..-.. .....--.--
Il, William 0. Vertrees, attorney
representing the contested election
cases Of Wright VS.. Brooks, in the
State Senate and the case Of Day VS..
Ausmus, in the Lower House Of the
Fltty-seVenth General Assembly.
make the following proposition:
That all members of the House
a
qualified by taking the oath Of office,
after which all contests on both
sides in both houses are to be with
drawn.
Il will further agree that so far
as I am able to control the situation,
no more contests or efforts to un-
seat members OF the Fifty-seventh
General Assembly are to be institu-
ted in either house Of the Fifty
seventh General Assembly, provided
you will make the same agreement
(Signed in duplicate.)
"WM. o. VERTREES.
Accepted:
T.. THOS. B. JOHNSON. :... .,
Witness: -
NAT BAXTER, JR.
A. M. LEACH.
After the settlement Of the LEG
islative Row." the election Of sue
cessor to United States Senator
James B. Frazier comes next in i'm
Dortance, not SO much because of
the necessity Of the election but
rather for the reason that so many
are after the place, so few were
bold in announcing their honorable
ambition and all who want the job
are in the main so poorly qualified.