Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-01-01
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.


Mr.. Sinclair moved to reconsider the vote
by which the consideration of the bill to
erect the new County of Dare was post
poned until the third Monday in January
next
Mr.. Davis moved to lay that motion on
the table. Lost.
Mr. Farrow said he hoped the House
would not reconsider the vote. It would
not certainly hurt the bill to postpone it for
a short while. All that he asked was
little time to hear from his people, in order
to ascertain their wishes.
Mr.. Jarvis said it was nothing but rae
sonable to grant the time asked for. He did
not think, because they were the dominant
party, that they should hurry through
bill which might be distasteful to the peo-
care whether the movement was political
one or not. He should certainly follow the
dictates of his own convictions of right and
wrong, and object to any reconsideration
of the vote.
Cuffee Mayo, colored, favored the recon
sideration; William Cawtherne, colored, OBJ
iected to it and VIM Hutchipgs, colored,
also favored it.
j. S. Leary, colored, said that. on yester-
day, this question of postponement was
thoroughly discussed, and the bill was post
poned. He voted for that motion because
he thought the request of the Representa-
tiyes of those counties for time to ascertain
the wishes of their constituents in the mat
ter was a most reasonable one. He thought
so still. He had the party lash often
cracked over his head because he did not
act as other men wished him, but as long as
be had seat On this floor he would inform
everybody that he intended to represent the
interest of the people, and not the interest
of any clique. He hoped the motion to re-
consider would not prevail, as it was moth
ing but fair and courteous to grant the re-
quest Of the Representatives of those coun
ties, who, he must presume, knew more Of
the wishes of the people of that section than
We do.
Mr.. Stilley took the floor in favor of the
reconsideration. He said the Republicans
of that section asked for this county, and
the gentlemen who represented that section
on the floor were Democrats, and the Re-
publicans were not represented.
Mr.. Jarvis Can you put your finger on
the name of Republican on that petition?
Mr.. Stilley: I suppose the Senator from
that section who introduced this measure,
knows who are Republicans.
Mr.. Jarvis: want you sir to point them
out.
OGlIl0y III SuUStduCo GHdG
he did not know them, and continued for
some time to urge the reconsideration, re-
peating In substance the arguments gone
over yesterday.
After some further debate, Mr.. Stilley
said the Senators of that section author
lied him to say that they would prefer to
have the bill defeated than postponed.
Mr.. Stevens spoke in favor of the mo-
ton to reconsider.
Mr.. Pou said that when he was satisfied
that the people of that section wished for
the new county, then he would vote for it,
regardless of what any outsider should say.
For the reason that it had not been shown
that the people wished it, he voted for the
postponement yesterday, and for the same
reason he would oppose any motion to re-
consider.
Mr.. Argo expressed himself to the same
effect. He did not think any action should
be taken in the matter, until the desires of
the people concerned should Re clearly and
fairly ascertained.
Mr.. Farrow said he had been member
of this House off and on for many years,
and he had never, during the whole course
of his experience, witnessed such an entire
disregard of the usual courtesies which the
House paid to Representatives where mat
ters of purely local character concerning
their Immediate section were under dis
cussion.
Mr.. Sinclair called for the prerious ques-
ton on his resolution to reconsider. The
call was sustained, and the motion pre-
vailed-yeas AZ, nays 35.
After a long debate, and innumerable
points of order as to the present status of
the bill, the question was decided by the
Chair to be properly on the motion to
postpone until the third Monday in Janu-
ary.
Mr.. Jarvis said the people of the section
which the bill proposed to cut up did not
know even that such a proposition W as
pending in the House. He could not see
any reasonable objection to the request of
the Representatives of the people of that
section, for time to ascertain the wishes of
the people. He knew that it had been rep
resented outside, that the reason he oppos-
ed the bill was because the one hundred votes
that the bill takes away from the county
of Tyrreil would leave it Republican. That
was not SO, for that county has registered
maj ority of over three hundred Democrats.
The question required upon the motion
to postone until the third Monday in Jan
uary.
On motion, the yeas and nays were
called and resulted in a vote Of yeas "a,
nays 40.
The question REQUIRED npon the motion
to refer to the committee on Counties and
Townships.
The yeas and nays were called and re-
suited, yeas 80, nays 40.
Mr.. Sinclair moved to suspend the rules
and put the bill On its several readings,
and on that motion called the precious ques-
ton. The call for the previous question
was sustained and the rules were suspended
by vote of yeas A, nays 81.
The bill was again read, when Mr.. Sin
clair moved to put it on the second read
ing, and on that motion called the previous
question. The call was sustained, and on
the passage of the bill, the yeas and nays
were called and resulted in yeas AZ, nays
"a
Mr.. Sinclair moved to suspend the rules
and put the bill on it's final passage, and
on that motion called the previous ques-
ton. The call was sustained, and the vote
stood yeas At, nays 81.
The motion did not prevail-two- thirds
not voting in favor of it.
On motion Of '. a. Harris, Of Wake,