The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-06-26
PUT ARMED
MEN ON DOOR
Warm Times in the Session of
Tennessee Legis-
lature.
REPASS THE ELECTION BILL
After the Excitement is Over the
Fusion Members Hold a Joint
Jolifcation Caucus and Adopt
A Resolution Thanking the
Regulars For Making a Monu-
mental Blunder.


lists were barred in the house of repre-.
sentatives Saturday morning and held
in check.by force OF armed men and
were madt!;to sit quiet and make a
quorum while regulars passed the elec
tion bill over the governors veto.
1t was a dramatic incident and the
roll was called while mems passions
were at fever heat. Trouble was i'm
minent and only ccol counsel of fusion
lists prevented bloodshed. The desper-
ate move of the regulars came just as
the refunding bill passed. Previous to
the roll call on this bill, Speaker Stan.
ton named a lot of assistant serge ants
alarms and these were ordered to pre-.
vent any fusionists from leaving the
chamber. Regulars, however, came
and went as they pleased.
After the refunding bill passed final
reading Mr.. Cox arose. He was pale as
death, and trembling with fear at the
trouble he feared he was about to pre-
cipitate, though he knew he would
not be in it.
The Cox resolutions follows
"Whereas, the bill known as house
bill No. 759, was as follows, namely
(The bill was here readl-was passed
by this house on the third dav of April,
1918, the governors veto onotwithstand-
ing and
"Whereas, it has been objected by
the governor and others that the bill
did not pass the house for the alleged
reason that less than the number OF
members necessary to be present to
enact bills was not then present, and
"Whereas, in view of the public ma
ture and the Importance of this bill all
matters of controversy as to it's enact
ment should be determined.
"Now, therefore, the said bill is here
by, re-passed, the governors veto not
withstanding, and with it is ordered
that the clerk of the house transmit te
the secretary of state duly certified
copi of these proceedings.
The guards appointed by Speaker
Stanton this morning was composed
of the following well known men,
Henry Rice, B. p. Williams, Johr
Gaddes, Walter johnson, George Car
ter, Andrew Vaughn, Jesse Webb
Leslie Jordan, j. A. Robinson, w. II
Binns, Clarence Burt, Earl Buchanan
and Alvin Graham.
In the senate an effort was made tt
bring up the appropriation bill to pass
it over the governors veto and sharl
fight was precipitated during which
the refunding bill came over from thu
house. The motion TO take up tn,
consideration of veto message was with
drawn only after the fusionists haC
agreed that they would remain in ses
sion after the refunding bill was pass
ed.
Fusionists claim that they have ha(
no intention of running away agar
and in speech in the house Mr.
Smith, of Knox, said that such wa
the case, but that if he had not intend
ed to stay armed men could net keel
him there unless they killed him.
Saturday night the fusion member,
OF the legislature in a joint jolifica,ior
caucus over their success during tn,
three days of the reconvening of tn,
legislature, adopted resolution
than king the regulars in The house TO
taking action in their attempt to rcpas
the election bill over the governor
veto, by which they confessed tha
they had no election law, no election
board and no law suit.
The fusion caucus was jubilant owe
the results of the first three days o
what might be called the especial re
funding session. They came 10 Nash
willie with the expectation that tn