The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-02-10

from contracts. In Arson county contracts
had been faithfully carried out by men who
could not give the bonds required by this
bill. Speaking on this subject previously,
he had been understood to say that for work
done on the railroad he had received no
pay; he meant to say he had recel mo pay
from the State.
Mr.. ESTES thought the bill interfered with
the vested rights of the railroad companies,
and moved to lay; it on the table.
Mr.. MALONE moved to amend the motion
by referring to the Judiciary Committee.
The bill was so referred.
: On motion of Mr. DAVIS, bill to incorpor
ate Beaufort Harbor Steam Ferry Company
of North Carolina, was taken up and passed
third reading.
On motion of Mr.. WnKIE, bill to prescribe
the mower and duty of the Governor IN re-
spect to fugitive from Justice, passed third
reading under suspension of the rules.
e Il 7i5ni.{. SPECIAL ORDER. fa8
Bills from the Code Commissioners.
Il House bill No. 1873, proceedings in ha6eas
corpus, passed its several readings.
House bill No. 1874, to make certain amend
ments in the Code of Civil Procedure The
amendments of the Committee on the Judi
ciary were concurred in, and the bill passed
third reading.
House bill No 1856, to provide for proceed
ings upon impeachment. The amendments
of the Judiciary were concurred in, and the
bill passed third reading.
Message from the Senate transmitted for
consideration bill to amend the charter of
the Western Railroad Company, and to build
branch of said railroad to Selma in john
ston county. Referred to the Committee on
Internal Improvements.
Also, announcing that the Senate had ac-
cepted the report of the Committee on Rri-
berry and Corruption, discharged the Com
mittee, and adopted . resolution censpring
Mr.. W. M. Robbins.
MIR. ESTES moved that the House concurin
the action of the Senate so far as it relates to
the acceptance of the report of the Commit
tee on Bribery and Corruption, and discharges
the same.
Mr.. MALONE said Mr.. Sweet this morning
in the Senate asked that the Committee be
continued He spoke at length against i'm
mediate action, and moved to postpone the
matter until Friday next at II O'Clock.
Mr.. ESTES said until some one interested
in this report of the Committee would ask
us to postpone it, he should move that the
MIR. Stilley thought to continue this Com
mittee was an indirect charge that corrup-
ton does exist; and if member had not the
courage to make his charges specific, the
Committee should be discharged and leave
no insinuation against the members of
the House. He called attention to the re-
port of the Committee, 4" Your Committee
beg to be discharged from the further con-
sideration y and said the Committee was
asked to be continued upon the statement OF
single member of the Committee, who
signed the request to be discharged. ia
Mr.. MALONE said Mr.. Sweet signed the
report at the request of members of the Com
nlttee. at. tglr
Mr. ESTES, as a member of that commit
tee, said Mr. Sweet was not asked to sign
the report, to his knowledge; and he
thought he gentleman erred in his state
ment. He Thought the clause asking the
discharge OF the committee, was drawn by
Mr.. Sweet himself. and signed without soli-
citation, though he might have been asked
TO sign the minority report.
Mr.. PuU favored concurrence in the dis
charge of the committee. %
Mr.. HARRIS, of Wake, had predicted
when the committee was appointed that the
investigation would end in smoke, because
he believed no member of the Legislature
was guilty of bribery. But the committee
was appointed, and empowered to send for
men from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and
now, after having exhausted all their power,
they come forward and Admit they have
failed to prove anything, What had Sena
tor Sweet proven2 Had he pointed out
the men upon whom he said he could lay his
finger in five minutcsa Not five minutes,
| but many weeks had been granted, and he
! had failed to prove it, except upon Mr..
Robbins. He could prove from the state
| meats of Mr. Sweet, that when he introduced
these resolutions he had in his minds eye
/ ualy two men. Representative Stevens
/ and Senator Robbins. Had he proven
| that Senator Robbins sold his vote
| and used his influence for the
I consideration of dollars and cents2 Had
/ he proven that the representative from Cra-
/ ven had been astuated by a consideration
/ OF dollars and cents2 In other words, had
| rot Senator Sweet failed in every particular
| to make good his declarations2 He was
/ surprised that the gentleman from Cald,
i well should talk about what Senator Sweet
/ says ROW. The Legislature had been hehi
| up to, derisipp, owing to the Senator's state
ment, the credit of the State has been black
/ ened,. and yet we are asked to keep the peO-
\ pies representatives in suspense and under
suspicion to pacify this spoiled baby from
I Craven, Senator Sweet; he protested against
| it,. Believing at the outset that not a menu
( Der OF either house wasguilty of bribery and
corruption, he was unwilling that the names
I of the representatives of the honest people
of glorious old North Carolina should be,
I cast all oyer the civilized world as the most
corrupt body that ever assembled, especially
upon. the assertion of a Senator who had
I failed TO PROVE one of his assertions. 1t the
controlling party allowed the Legislature
to be held up under this stigma, it would
| receive the contempt of the honest people
/ of the State When the integrity of this
body was at stake, and when IT had been held
up' to obloqny, he was opposed to the con-
uinnation of the committee when we had no
better authority for corruption than Sena-
tor Sweet, because he had utterly failed to
| make good the assertions he made in the
Senate; and he must have more responsible
sndorser before he voted to raise another
committee. If the gentleman from Cald-
we'll, or the, Senator from. Craven had char
ges to make, let them be made specific. He
hoped the committee would be discharged
| Mr.. HoDNETr opposed discharging the
Committee 80
| Mr.. HARRIS, of Wake, asked how long he
| proposed to continue it. 49,.
i MI HoDNETT answered, until the adjourn
nent of the Legislature. e s4a 81
4 Mr. INaRAM had favored the raising of tn,
committee he thought it was due to tn,
| Legislature. and to those asking the commit
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