'16 





tionod was passed, ami Mr 



tfJSt tlgrt*** 1 I lie act a- IH-III;; unconstitutional 



and void. Soon after the n-turns u 



betook the oath 



the |*-ft.v at ti '> the 



>! it. o|Vli :.,;- and alnml l.".i 

 . vn i nt: that, as I he re- 



turns -h"'-d Ins el.- .: and 



duty to take the oath. II TII to 



in- 1. it was olTered to th. 

 of State to be placed on tile, but he refused to 



r- .- ' 



vote was opened in joint convention, and 



: M , an i Kvans were mad.' 



.run ,,f the various counties. Mr. 



made under | 

 against the manner of proccedim;. Moth cn- 



; tin- r. turns from : coun- 



ties: Turney objected to 29 in addition, and 



those of 2'J were not ob- 



! i. 11 -.-rats chared frauds in 



1 ies mainly, th.- K -puMirans in 



the middle ami western. Tin- former alleged 



that in tin- :.! counties >'.' - were cast 



in-lit of p.. II taxes of which -.,.- 



i \\ aiis ami li.D.V.i 



for Turn. -y. It was estimated that *J4 percent. 

 should bededooted for the votes of citizens who 

 were over age or otherwise legally exeinj.t from 

 the payment of jn-ll ta\.--. \\hjrli would leave 

 Bran* credited with iT.-jns H nd Turney with 

 5389 illegal votes on the face of th< returns. 

 The total illegal Tote on the fa-.- of the returns 

 on account of violation* of the poll-tax law was 

 .'.">97. U was also charged that 

 ts had been allow.- 1 t vote in Anderson 

 County: that votes had been Openly booght in 

 Campbell County : that in ( 'o<-k>- < '.unity no legal 

 returns whatever \v. <hat in (Jreene 



C.-unty the !K>X was illegally OJH-H,- 1 h.-fure the 

 -mi; the |,l|x; ,;,! ,,ther irregulari- 

 ties were named. 



The answer iin.l -..unter : that 



88^96 votes cast for Turn. \ a:i I :: !.;:; ,. :t M f-.r 

 Evans were affected by ill rod frau-K 



Then was an answer to this ,l,H-ument. making 



|>vi!i 



The hill that had been passed provided f., r 



the piNMMtttirnt ,,f a committiH- f ."i S.-nat..^ 



nd 7 Representative- : ...f ,-,,nc ( -rninu r 



allalHre'l fraiidt* and viohiti-.n- of ,],,! j,,n law- 



in any part ..f t|,,. >tati-. and t., report within 



Uy* to the join' M. w hidi -hould 



-y the rase up-.n the report ami pnn.f s,,!,- 



mit< 



Fire of the 12 appoint. -d to the r-ommittei- 

 Itrptihlicans. The <-..inmitt, . |,.-anl 

 i n reference to i for adm 



*r+. etc.. and pleading in regard to th- 



I r re*tigation. It 

 that the rulini:- 



1 in fuller hv*ti Cation of the eastern 



JH than of the middle and western, some 



Mist baring been thr Ml..- MM. 



it^.- * dirided into 4 snU-omniit- 



f which a part of th- <-ounti 

 '*%* was assigned: ami th--. -nh- 

 went thprHiirh the Si ininff 



u *""g testimony. The I/egiHat ure 

 of iihout forty-five da\ during 

 ami reoonrened Apr:; j. Thi 



I a 



majority i ...1 l.y tin- 7 l>.-n, 



im-mlnT- of tin- <-ommi!tec was Milimitteil April 

 J7. antl ho\\c<| a pluralilN :--r Turm-y. 



The coiumil le,- had ea>l <'.ul ',' 

 f which : 



an*. Hi- plurality wa^ at tir-t n-p.-ried. 

 hut err.-r- fouml in tall\ sherts had red' 



The mn 



that the committee exceeded ll - aillh<'i 

 deciding some < ' i hat it did 



not find accordini: to the law and th- 

 that it rul<-d in o|ip<- 

 est recjnircd. Atx'MMi.-nt- wer 



at ure in joint convention, and t he i 

 ity rep,,rt wa> adopt, -d liy a v..|r of 7<> 



i iin votini:. <-: 



,i- th>- rea-on that, while hi- c.p|i-!i 

 1 him to Mjpport the mnjont 

 could not conscientiously <lo so, Indu'vin; 

 the invi'-i iu r ai i"ii liad not I n lull and thor- 

 ough. <?ov. Turin-y was declared clectc.. 



:iani;urati-i| .M., 



l.i 'U i-l.it i\c Session. The l.eirislatnr- 

 \ein-d .Ian. 7. and adjourned Ma\ 1 I. A recess 

 of alt.. ut forty-live .; ,,en. in 01 . 



allow the i: :i'of alle-ed election Irands 



t" I-- made. It reconvened April 2 

 another recess of ten days Anril 

 the purpose of givini: time for the l.cii..n and 

 other committees t,, finish their work. 



was called ly the (io\ eriior. 

 ninu' May :l. and adjourned .lime II. 

 Ernest Pill-.w was .-ho-en Speaker of tl 

 I .lohn A. Tipt-.n Speaker of the I 

 The Democrats |,. t d 'J(l S.-nat.-rs and I5n 



f the lower ho||-e ; the Ueplll'Iie 



Senators and 32 in the lower hou--: the I'Mpu- 

 i.ectively. Isham (i. Ilarri- was 



le-eleeted Tinted St.T !'. Tile K 



Mean candidate was K. .1. Saiiford. and A. L 

 Minis was v..ted for ly the Populists. 



urt of Chanci r r. a!i-d f<-r 



the purpose of assisting the Supreme Court to 

 finish the cases on hand am! to try all tie 

 on the docket at each term hereafter. ! 

 con-i-t of :{ judges. 



In order to restrict corom-r-* imjin-sts to cases 

 where they are actually needed, an a 



passed requiring certain evidence in writing DM 



ich imjuest can !< held estalilisl 

 jirohaoility that death resulted from vjo|, 

 foul in 



rintendents ,,f v,.|io(.is jn coin 

 000 and over were forbidden tear-hii, 

 contracts f,,r school work, and passed 



to provide for the better qualification of county 

 sutK-rintemi 



The LTame laws were amended: it wa- 

 unlawful for an\ p.-r-on to ship from ' 

 Count v any quail at ai 



mr.r to hunt any quail or pa: 

 in (IraiiiL'eror Hambl-n County from April 1 to 



,de to protect deer 



tain co unties. H ml to pn- 1 - 



County. Laws were also made for tin 



protection of fish. 



The so-called no-fence law was mad" t'. 

 . Kno\. Shelby, f iilison. and M; 

 Counties, and it was provided that other coun- 

 ties may adopt the law by a majority vot 



