JOHNSON VS. OVERSTREET CONTEST.
Mr. BELL, from a majority of the Committee on Elections, submitted a report signed by himself and Messrs. Fletcher, Sayre, Spann and Lockridge, that all specifications in the contest of Johnson against Overstreet, except the charge of bribery are not sustained by sufficient evidence to entitle the con tester to a seat in the Senate, and that the legal effect of the evidence as to the charge of bribery is not such as to sufficiently sustain the direct charge of bribery. And believing the contest was made in good faith, the report recommends that the contestor be allowed per diem and reasonable expenses.
Mr. McCULLOUGH, as a minority of said Committee, reported with the majority as to all charges but bribery, but that the charge of bribery is made out and sustained by the evidence, and it sets out such facts as are fully and clearly proven by the direct and circumstantial evidence adduced before the Committee.
Then came a recess till 2 o'clock.
