The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-18
TEN YEARS OF ALABAMA
No. 76-Dual Legislature at Montgomerv (Continued1
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money, but the draft was not honored. Revenue Officer Meyer advanced federal funds in the same cause, and to save | himself doclSed the pay of his subordi- mates. Francis Widmer suffered an en- tangement of his official accounts with the senator's necessities. He was a Swiss, one of Speneer's s favorites. to whom had been given the office of collector for the middle district. Kinds at Decatur and also the senator himself drew public money from Nidmer in large amounts. They failed to keep faith, their patron was detected. indicted and was under ar rest in Montgomery, where he died of yellow fever in the great epidemic soon following, in 1873, before trial
 | memorandum of this carpetbagger senator's political machine in Alabama in this decisive juneture of affairs in his career of prostitution discloses the fixed features of the situation. The following named persons were at his command in Montgomery, either as members of the court room body or as lobbyist: Robert Barber, government revenue collector; Cochrane, postmaster at Selma: Clarke of the mail service; Wilson, postmaster at Montgomery; Lou H. Mayer, revenue col lector; Duston, treasury agent; Baker, marshal; Chisom, employe of the Mobile custom house; Whitney, revenue apprais- CT; Goldsmith, auditor of the custom house; Goodloe, revenue collector Som merville, receiver of the land office: Fin | ley, another receiver. McAfee, United States district attorney; Hinds marshal Osborne. revenue officer; Candee, deputy collector; R. A. Mosely, postmaster at Talladega; R. NJ. Reynolds collector port of Mobile; J. D. Pennington, carpetbag- ger. later appointed, as if from Alabama, to be governor of the territory of Dakota. INV. H. Hunter. earpetbagger from ! Lowndes, in the court room legislature, was promised an appointment as consul to Egypt He was neglected and then re- sorted to methods of revenge, which We shall presently relate.
 l The man chisolm, just mentioned as a member of the court legislature, lived in Lauderdale county and where he was de- feated for the legislature at the late No vember election. Next he received an ap- | pointment in the Mobile custom house. He was suspended from that connection,
 on full pay to permit him to take his seat at Montgomery. The carpetbaggef | Baker, also mentioned as a courthouse legislator and as marshal of the north- ern district, agreed 10 become a senator | for the price named and was paid accord ingly. There was a young carpetbagger | from Butler county in the courthouse senate named Miller E. w. Mar tin, democrat represented the same dis trict, composed of Butler and Conecuh ir the capitol legislature. This was case of peculiar interest. The final settlement | of 1t approached a riot.
 | Lewis E. Parsons accepted the place of speaker of the courthouse legislature | After much hesitation, Lieutenant Gov ernor McKinstry took his seat as presid- | ing officer of that senate" M. P. Blue, hold over secretary of the senate that had expired, took Up his duties there with the
 lieutenant governors decision. | The courtroom people sent formal message to Governor Lindsay, using the | style of the two houses of the general as- | sembly of Alabama, notifying the execu- | tive of their organization and readiness | for business. The governor replied in terms of scorn.
 We return to the capitol and the per l formances there.
 | On the day and at the hour required by law the senate assembled and Lieutenant Governor Moren called the body to order. Roll call revealed the presence of 17 sen ators with lawful certificates of election
 one in excess of a quorum. This number l included J. T. Jones from Marengo anc Mabry from Barbour, democrats.
 The House met without quorum or
 Monday. the first day. and adjourned tc Tuesday, Speaker Hubbard presiding ] No quorum that day compelled an ad
 journment without organization unti 1 Wednesday.
 Messrs. Morgan, McNeil and Kimbrougl l were arrested at Faunsdale on Sunda,
 about midday. They arrived at Montgom-
 cry from the commissioners court at Me. l bile on Wednesday and immediately re-
 paired to the capitol. Mr. Amos R. Man
 ming from Mobile presented their creden-
 tials and they were sworn and took their
 seats. These members made 53 seated, g
 quorum.
 The body was seen to be of an excellent quality of citizens. From Mobile came | Amos R. Manning and b. C. Anderson 1 from Tuscaloosa. N. L. Whitfield and
 N. H. Brown from Marshall. Rufus K
 Boyd; from Pickens Lewis M Stone; from
 Lee. Samuel c. Jones from Jefferson, Dr.
 R. s. Greene; from Barbour, s. H. Dent
 Jere N Williams and Michael Cody.
 Lewis M. Stone from Pickens was chosen speaker without opposition, Ellis Phelan clerk and Thomas Taylor engross- ing clerk.
 | A joint committee reported the organlza- tion of the two houses to Governor Lind say. The next day. November 21 the governor, about to retire, set in an inter- estng message. In the last five years he said, notwithstanding the enormous sac rifices of the war. a thousand miles oi new railroad had been built, distributed in almost every part of the state. Eight | cen months before, the smoke Of a lonely cottage here and there marked the spot where now stood the city of Birmingham with 4000 population. All through the state sleeping villages were changed ae by magic into signs of industrial life. The income of the state was in round numbers s2,250,Ooo and from this the pub lie schools drew only less than half. The state could lose nothing on it's liabilities on account of the new railroads, for it held first mortgage each and all and the property was worth far more than the state liability.
 The day after Governor Lindsay sent in his final message the two houses met i in convention in the hall of the house of representatives to hear Lieutenant Gov ernor Moren count and declare the result of the late election. A joint committee was sent to the governor and lieutenant governor-eleet to inform them of the re- 1 suit as to each and both.
 | The house of representatives then passed a resolution to appoint a joint commit tee to report to the public at large the existing condition of affairs at the capitol and selected Messrs. D. c. Anderson, Whitfield, Manning, Conan and Gresham as it's members
 l The governor-elect declined to observe the usual ceremony of induction into his | office befOrp tho aufira lecislatttra IIe