The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-01-27
SENATE.

FRIDAY. Jan. 10. 1901
The Senate met according to adjourn
ment.
The PRESIDENT in the Chair
The Journal of Saturday was read and
approved.
A message was received from the Code
Commissioners transmitting bill for proceed
ing in case of bastardy, and in cases of mills
Mr.. WELKER gave notice of the introduce
ton of bill to charter a railroad from
Greensboro to Cheraw s. c.;
Also, of bill in relation to juries.
Mr.. Davis introduced bill to prevent the
obstruction OF the passage of fish up the
Pee Dee, Yadkin and Uwharric rivers
Referred to special Committee on Fisher.
les.
Bill to prohibit hunting on the Sabbath
passed third reading.
Bill to prevent the telling of trees on the
Catawba River came up for third reading.
Mr.. BARROW offered an amendment which
was adopted, and the bill as amended pass
ed third reading.
Bill to allow citizens of North Carolina to
practice law in tue. Courts OF theState pass
ed third reading.
Mr.. Moore of Carteret introduced a reso-
Senator elect from the 18th District vacant.
Laid over
On motion of Mr. HAYES the case of John
A. Oates, and the report of the Committee in
his case was taken up.
Mr.. MOORE, of Carteret, introduced reso-
luton declaring it to be the sense of the
14th Amendment.
Mr.. MOORE, of Carteret. said he hoped this
matter would be disposed of to-day, as the
Senate had already decided that Mr.. Oates
vas banned by the 14th article OF the Constl-
ton of the United States. He desired to
call the attention of the Senate to an article
in the Sentinel on the 21st instant, headed
"One days work of the hands," which said !:
1T will be seen from the Senate proceedings
of yesterday that Mr. Purdie's seat was vaca-
ted at this late hour of the Legislature I'M
der the cover of the Howard Amendment"
Therefore.to save the money of the people,
and to avoid listening to the reading OF the
Attorney Generals opinion, and long win
ded speeches by the opposition, to take up
the time of the Senate and waste the peo-
Piles money, he moved the previous ques-
ton
Mr.. GRAHAM thought he (Mr Graham)
was treated with discourtesy in this matter,
as he was not allowed time to speak in OPP
position to this resolution. This case was
not the same as Mr.. Purdie's
The motion for the previous question pre-
vailed.
The resolution was adopted by the fol
lowing vote:
YEAs-Messrs. Barrow, Beasley, Beeman, Bel
lamy, Brogden, Burns, Blythe, Cook, Dsyis,
Eaves, Etheridge, Forkner, Galloway, Hayes, ~
man, Jones, of Wake, Lassiter, Long, Martin
dale, Moore of Carteret Moore of Yancey, Rich.
ardson, Shoffner, Smith, Stephens, Welker and
White-27.
NAYs-Messrs. Beall, Graham, Lindsay, Love
| Melchor, Scott, and Wilson,.
| Resolution instructing Public Treasurer tc
| appropriate certain money to pay the Gene
raj Assembly came up by assignment.
! Mr.. LOVE offered substitute for hi
amendment which provided that none O.
the money should be paid to William H
Thompson for payment on any penitentiary
work, and especially for payment of wori
done on stockade. He offered this becaus,
the resolution forbidding any further pay
ments for this purpose was being hung up il
the House. There were various rumors which
induced the committee to believe that tn,
contract in relation to the stockade was he
eng Violated and the work imperfectly done
Tbe committee knew of propositions to d,