Year: 1875

the members opposing in all agreeing
that it was an excellent bill, but that the
State was in no condition at present to
incur the expense attendant upon the
establishment of such school.


A STRAW,


showing the way the wind blows is
found in the rejection in the senate this
morning of LOgan's resolution pledging
the legislature to a support of the faith
and credit Of the State in the payment
in full of all the States Indebtedness.
This resolution was offered early in the
session, and was made a special order on
three occasions, but, through various
subterfuges, final action thereon was
postponed until to-day, when it was re-
jected on the groun& that the subject
was "too important to be disposed Of by
resolution" The impartial mind will
fail to rely upon so trivial an explana-
ton for not indorsing the resolution, if
it were the intention Of the members of
the senate to do the fair thing by the
confiding creditors Of the State.


THE CONVENTIONAL INTEREST BUSINESS
will probably come up again tomorrow.
Senator Blizzard having entered this az
ternOon, a motion to reconsider the vote
by which the bill was rejected Saturday
afternoon, and as Senator Jones has re-
turned to the scene of his legislative Ia
bors, and is firm friend of the bill re-
pealing the cOnventiOnal-interest law,
it will probably pass, though Haynes,
Overton, Smith, and Wade stand ready
to do all that practical argument aud
parliamentary tactics can to prevent so
disastrous cOnsummatiOn. The house
bill, meanwhile, still occupies the posi-
tion it did last Friday-rejected, with a
motion entered to reconsider. This mo-
ten was made by Haynes, in order that
il might be tabled at once and thus de-
feat the bill effectuslly, but the motion
to table was not agreed to, and so it
stands.


THE HOUSE RESOLUTION


fixing the rate of taxation at twenty
five cents was again discussed in the
house this afternoon, and after half a
dozen members had aired their elo-
quence in connection with the State
finances, a resolution, in lieu, offered by
Mr.. Hurt, providing for the appoint
ment of joint committee to whom all
reso'u 'utions and bills relating to the State
finances shall be referred, with instruc-
tions to report bill looking to sus-
tanning of the State credit without in
creasing the burdens of the people, was
adopted.


EXPULSION OF CORRESPONDENT.


Bowers, the representative from Giles
county, came very near achieving, to-
day, a reputation outside of that which
would naturally result from a faithful
performance of his duties as q legislator,
having been discovered blocking out a
resolution to eXpel from the floor of the
house the Nashville correspondent of the
Courier. Journal, whose only objection
able characteristic consists of a DelchGnt
for parting his name in the middle,
thus: E Polk johnson. Whether or not
he would prefer to part his hair in simi-
lar fashion will forever remain a mys-
terry, owing to the eXpansivepess of his
forehead, which reaches to the crown of
his head. The resolution was based upon
the structures made by johnson in re-
cent letter upon the passage IN the house
Of the bill repeating the conventional
interest law. Butt is whispered around
that the real reason for the drafting of
the resolution was found upon
another letter written by Johnson to the
effect that two certain members
of the house had deRdheaded their way
to prominent seats st a Hayerly's min
strel entertainment at the operahouse,
week before last, by representing them
selves as the editors of the Springfield
Record and Knoxville Press and Her.
Gld, respectively. No names were used
in the letter referred to, but this evening
that little episode is freely spoken of in
connection with Bowers's resolution.
However, said resolution was not Of
fered, owing to the wise counsel Of some
OF BoweTs's friends.


THE MEMPHIS CHARTER


Messrs. Hanson, Camp and William
son, of Memphis, are here in the inter-
est Of the new charter for that city. The
Shelby delegs ton are in possession Of
five charters from which to choose the
best; but it is understood that neither OF
these will be selected as an entirety, but
that one will be drafted from the lot. A
meeting of the Shelby delegation, with
reference to this matter, will be had to-
morrow night.


JUDGE LoCHRANE,


OF Georgia, met q number of the legis-
lstors in private room at the Maxwell
tonight for the purpose of securing their
influence i'm opposition to the bill which
proposes to tax sleeping-cars. He made
en- elaborate and lengthy speech in the
interest of the sieeping-car company,
but it is hardly probable that he can Sc
cure his end, now that cur legislature is
casting about for new sources OF revenue
in order to reduce taxation on the MACS
es.


RoUsH's BILL.


A bill 10 submit to the popular vote an


amendment TO the constitution giving pow


er to The legislature to exempt manufac-


tures aud capital employed in them from


taxation.


WHEREAS, II is vitality important for
The rrr..r,nrifrr nf fha State To ahana laQ-