The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-04-03
READ BOYER
OUT OF CAUCUS
Representatives DenOunce Cooke
County Member and Rule
Him Out of Caucus.

In the legislature, Thursday, Repre- |
sentative Boyer and Royston of Cooke
and Washington county, respectfully
paid their respects to Governor Hooper
in no uncertain terms, the debate be-
coming so warm that Royston and
Rulaston loyal administration Re-
publicans called each others names.
Bower, Royston and Love affiliated
with the regulars and succeeded in
passing a bill to amend the laws which
created a Republican state auditor and
a Republican insurance commissioner.
AT the night caucus of the Republi-
cans, Rep. Boyer was expelled from
further participation In the caucus Of
that party, the resolutions being as
follows:
"Be it Resolved, by the republican
caucus of the 5Sth general assembly,
that we do hereby expel and exclude
from said caucus q. +. Boyer, the rep
resentative from Cooke county, for the
reasons following:
"Mr. Boyer was elected as a republic
can. Soon after the November election
he entered into conspiracy with the
regular democrats to organize the legis-
lature and to olheswise place the regu-
lars in power.
1--WE are reliably informed and can
prove that he was employed and paid
by certain regular democrats to visit
republican members of the Legislature
before the session began for the pur-
pose of inducing them to support the
plans and schemes of the regular dem
ocrats.
"After the legislature convened, we
made an effort to secure the co-opera-
tion of Boyer with his fellow republic
cans. He attended the caucus num-
Der of times and spoke, voted and par
ticIpated. At the same time we were
aware of the fact that he was continu-
ally running to democratic headquar-
tiers.
"When the senatorial fight was on,
|, two regular democrats from his town
came down and took him in charge.
On a majority of the important votes
in the legislature he .oted against
republicans almost as reliably as a
regular democrat.
"After the recess he returned to \ ash
vile, and answered onl.y one roll call
between Monday and Thursday.
every day the house now submits
to the disgrace of having liquor lob
byist stand guard over two or three
so-called republican members, presum-
ably to see that they vote right. This
lobb yist is permitted by the speaker
to sit within the bar.
ITO crown his treachery to the repub-
iican party and to the people of his
county. Boyer voted in favor Of the
regular democratic election law, which
takes away from the republican party
every particle of representation in the
election machinery of the slate. lie
voted to put the naming of every Off
cial ie the hands of the liquor demo.
crats--to rob the people of their votes,
as has been done in years past. Ills
vote was the only republican vote cast
for this Infamous bill.
"Moreover, he has stood up today in
the house and misrepresented things
that occurred in the secrecy OF the re-
| publican caucus. 1t was dishonorable
| for him to make any statement about
these matters, and still worse Tor him
to misstate them.
"Several weeks ago, some of our
members were convinced that Mr.. Bo-
yer had forfeited mis- right to member.
ship in republican caucus, but Gov
ernor Hooper insisted that he should
not then be expelled, with the hope
that he might pull himself away from,
the liquor lobby of the regular demo-
Gratis.
"ln view of these facts we therefore
| take the action aboveiudicaled.' i